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.[...]
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. [...][...]
May 23rd, 2010 - 12:15 am § in Filmmaking, UCLA Film School
The Thesis Film in the Era of the Microbudget
Jared Moshé recently published an article entitled “The Microbudget is the New Short,” where he comments that the microbudget feature is “essentially the new and improved version of the short film.” This is an idea that has been floating around for some time. As the microbud[...]
The Short That Gets You An Agent
A Melbourne film school grad and former editor of Oz cinema mag Inside Film, Michod shot to prominence through a series of compelling short films. Many were made with frequent collaborators, such as Susser and Edgerton, with Michod also writing for and acting in their respective shorts. Michod’[...]
April 10th, 2010 - 1:11 pm § in UCLA Film School
Two Minute Interviews
Busy writing, rewriting and editing, but I found this the other day and thought I’d share. This is a video of a few students, now second year directors and cinematographers, talking about their experience on the two-minute films. Two Minute Interviews[...]
March 28th, 2010 - 8:11 pm § in Screenwriting, UCLA Film School
Spring Schedule
Spring quarter is upon us. As a 410, or first year MFA Directing Student, this is the first quarter where I have the opportunity to choose some electives. There are many opportunities within the directing, producing, and screenwriting programs. Our pre-selected courses for the spring are as follows:[...]
March 27th, 2010 - 12:22 pm § in UCLA Film School
Production Stills from “A Son Like You”
A new look for Spring for the Blog, this one has slightly wider columns which are better for photos and videos. Just got these a few days ago from my still photographer. Very excited to start editing.[...]