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 creat[...]
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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.[...]
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[...]
June 18th, 2010 - 8:42 am § in Opportunities for Filmmakers, UCLA Film School
Summer Jobs
Forgive me for my absence in the last few days. The combined efforts of finding a job and an apartment have been taking up all of my time. Which brings me to an interesting question; What do UCLA Directing Students do in the summer? What should they do? There are a number of options. 1. [...][...]
June 6th, 2010 - 5:07 pm § in Contemporary Short Films
Blue Tongue Films
Blue Tongue Films is a loose Australian film collective responsible for such films as Sundance World Jury Prize Winner “Animal Kingdom,” Oscar-Nominated Short Film “Miracle Fish,” and the feature “The Square.” This article chronicles their rise to fame in the last[...]
May 30th, 2010 - 5:36 pm § in Filmmaking
Some Quotes from Alexander Mackendrick
Mackendrick was the legendary director of The Sweet Smell of Success and a long-time professor at Calarts Film School. On filmmaking, his collected lectures, is one of the best books I have ever read on the subject, and is especially useful for student filmmakers. Some quotes: Student films come in [...]