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July 27th, 2010 - 8:53 pm § in Filmmaking, UCLA Film School

A Son Like You on Kickstarter!


MY KICKSTARTER PAGE

A few weeks ago I began the process of raising funds to get my last short film, A Son Like You, through post-production. This is a lengthy process that includes a colorist who cleans up the image, digital transfer to HD, foley (SFX) work, sound mastering and mixing, and DVD creation. It can be an amazing process to watch a colorist at work, as I saw on my last film:

This is the kind of magic a great colorist can do. It’s night and day.

Please take a look at my Kickstarter page and donate to become a part of the film. I am offering some great perks for those who do.  Click on the link below to help out. Thank you for reading!

SHORT FILM NEEDS FINISHING FUNDS


July 26th, 2010 - 10:16 pm § in Contemporary Short Films, UCLA Film School

Great UCLA Shorts: Shane Acker’s 9

This was made into a feature in 2009. The piece is quite remarkable on all levels, especially when compared with the relatively primitive animation from that year. From UCLA’s 2005 Director’s Spotlight:[...]


July 20th, 2010 - 8:33 pm § in Contemporary Short Films, UCLA Film School

The Swimming Lesson

The Swimming Lesson is the story of a young girl who takes extreme measure to get her overworked father to go swimming with her. The Swimming Lesson is the first film I made at UCLA. We were given four hours and one roll of 16mm film (about 10 minutes) to shoot a film.[...]


July 20th, 2010 - 5:07 pm § in News

The 25 Faces of Independent Film

25 New Faces of Indie Film Unveiled – indieWIRE An excellent list to watch out for. A few film students, a few new media people, a few doc people, and a few actors.[...]


July 12th, 2010 - 3:52 pm § in Contemporary Short Films, Filmmaking, Screenwriting

10 Problems With Student Scripts

After my first year at film school I have spent a lot of time with short screenplays. I’ve written around 20 or so at this point, and have dealt with almost all of these difficulties in my own writing. In the last few years I’ve seen a lot of short films, and these are the [...][...]


July 5th, 2010 - 1:17 pm § in News

July Cinema 2010

This is a list of all the independent and art-house screenings in LA in July, compiled by fellow TFT Directing student Richard Parkin. July 2; 7:30pm – Lisandro Alonso Retrospective: Liverpool @ Billy Wilder Lisandro Alonso in person. Very excited about this ongoing retrospective. Along with Rey[...]


July 2nd, 2010 - 4:08 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers

The Berlinale Talent Campus

The Berlinale Talent Campus is an excellent program that takes place every year during the Berlin Film Festival. The application is open from July 15th to October 6th. The talent campus is a six-day creative summit for up-and-coming filmmakers. The next edition is from February 12-17, 2011. Filmmake[...]