Tag: Preproduction
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Decipher the Media Podcast #20: Still Life Photography, Surrealism, Research and Experimentation, and the Balance of Social Media, Featuring Simran Kaur
Joining me from London, Simran Kaur takes some time to describe her most recent artistic endeavors in still life photography and surrealism. Simran talks about her process and how she finds balance between researching and experimenting for her projects, what defines surrealism, and the importance of time and routine in the creative process. We also…
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Leading up to 2017; Wrapping ‘Body Farm’
The crew at the West Virginia State Penitentiary “Many years in the making”. That’s one way to describe it. And a great way to pick up where I left off. After the venture that was 5 Minutes, my first 48 Hour Film Project, the majority of that crew were able to come back together to…
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Some of That ‘New Year, New You’…Stuff.
“What makes an excellent screenplay? Is it the size of the bridges that are blown up or the number of cars that crash in the first ten minutes of the film? Or is it the characters and what they say and feel?” Take a moment and let that sink in. “We all know the answer…
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"5 Minutes to What?!"
So, I worked on a film this summer. It was a bloody mess. Just an absolute bloody mess. It was absolutely horrifying…oh, let me clarify. I’m talking about film CONTENT, not the film itself, nor the production. The shoot was fantastic. The cast and crew were fantastic. The overall experience was fan-freakin’-tastic! What started out…
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Climbin’ in Our Windows, Snatchin’ Our I.D.s Up
Adobe’s Response, “Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife…Oh, and Change Your Password.” I received a rather alarming email from Adobe on October 4th. It was a statement detailing an attack on Adobe’s network. It seems somebody was able to hack into their system, however it doesn’t seem as though it was anything major. The email…
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Back to the Drawing…errr…Storyboard
Once again, it’s time to get productive. While I have some downtime between the wrap of my 48 Hour Film Project and the start of fall videography jobs, I figured I would get some screenwriting and pre-production pumped out. While I’m not entirely sold on which story idea will get developed into a shooting script,…
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