Just an FYI- I’ve jumped ship from WordPress and started a Tumblr, like all you cool kids are doing these days.
But seriously, I like the Tumblr interface a lot more as it seems much more suited to multimedia type posts.
Eventually this here WordPress account will disappear… I urge you to keep following at misterfilms.tumblr.com
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That’s right folks, it’s another Soldier Thread acoustic video. This is actually the first one I shot for them about a month ago but they chose to hold it for a while partially because not only is it a cover, but it’s a cover of quite possibly the last artist you’d expect them to tackle.
Behold, The Soldier Thread’s take on Ke$ha’s “Blind”. And don’t let your opinion of the glittered one cloud your judgement on this- because Justin and Patty of TST knock it out of the park.
The Soldier Thread unleashed another one of the “acoustic” performance videos I’ve been doing for them. This time it’s a stripped down piano rendition of their current radio hit “Anybody”. The full band version (featuring local Austin rapper Zeale) can be streamed and downloaded on their official Facebook page.
Given the low-light conditions for this one, I used a Canon FD 28mm prime lens. Back when I got my 550D, I’d taken to picking up a bunch of FD lenses off eBay. This was mainly due to their relative low cost as they are outdated, non-auto lenses- not to mention they boast very low f-stops (this 28 drops all the way t0 1.8). You have to buy an adapter to even get them to attach to the EOS mount, but I love the look it achieves. Great in low-light, completely manual but easy to use and it seems to give everything a warm, somewhat soft look without compromising the HD quality of the camera itself.
At some point, I plan to shoot/edit something utilizing all my different lenses as a sort of compare/contrast experiment.
The Soldier Thread is a very cool, very talented up-and-coming band here in Austin. They regularly enjoy radio play here and recently toured the nation with Blue October.
A couple of years ago I became Facebook friends with their lead singer Patricia when she became a fan of our web series The Andrew and Matt Show. Soon after diving into the band’s music, I immediately wanted to work with them in some capacity. Fast forward to Summer 2011, and they were in need of a shooter/editor for some “acoustic” videos- basically impromptu, stripped down performance vids. The first, “Matador” is embedded below and I’ve already shot 3 more that they will most likely roll out over a period of time.
Here’s to the forging of a new collaboration with a fantastic band, not to mention very cool people. Be sure to check them out on Facebook and stream their newest hit “Anybody”.
In the interest of posting more of my work to prepare for a bit of a site overhaul in the coming weeks, I present to you a promotional segment I shot and edited last month for the Copper Ridge land development site in New Braunfels.
The idea behind their “Live Beyond Challenge” is simple: each month they will partner with a local charity and hold an event on the Copper Ridge site to promote sales of plots of land. For each plot sold, $1,000 will be donated to said charity with a guarantee of at least $1,000 right off the bat. It’s a cool idea and was a big success for both Copper Ridge and the inaugural charity, Hope Hospice.
I also did an initial 30 second spot for the event, which can be seen here.
In preparation for sending out my Tapestry Dance Company documentary short to some film festivals, I felt it wise to give the film its own home. So, introducing avisioninrhythm.com. Right now it’s basically just the movie and a brief synopsis. I hope, over time, to add content like information on the Tapestry dancers and maybe even some interview segments that didn’t make the finished piece.
Also, I’m embedding the film once more in this post because it is slightly updated. Nothing has changed about the edit but, since the last time I posted it, I had sound editor Cary Daniels come in and do a pass at the dialogue audio. I think it sounds much cleaner and nicer than before.
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Over last weekend, I helped Christian Remde take on the 48-Hour Film Festival. Basically, teams are given a genre, a prop, a line of dialogue, and a character on Friday night at 7pm and they have until Sunday night at 7pm (48 hours) to turn in a complete 4-7 minute short film. We thought it’d be fun to attempt and Christian was looking to make his June film to add to his 12 Films Project.
My day job interfered at the last moment resulting in me not being able to commit anywhere near the time I’d hoped, which was disappointing. But I was still able to brainstorm and help write the film Friday night, be present for some of the shoot on Saturday and I composed the music as well (and by “composed”, I mean I threw it together on my iPad’s Garage Band app in about 5 minutes).
I think the movie turned out great and hat’s off to Christian and crew for turning in something that’s very well made and pretty hilarious, maybe even downright bizarre. Check out the movie below. And FYI- our genre was “Heist”, our prop was a purse, the character was Kevin Withers- a soccer coach and our line was “don’t tell me what to do.”
Be sure to check out all the movies in Christian’s 12 Films Project, including last month’s acclaimed documentary “Farm to Trailer“.
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Just a minor housekeeping note; I have uploaded an updated resume. I’d been meaning to do it for a while now and so I finally did. The end.
It can be downloaded on the main page or right here.
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Yesterday, I graduated from college (hooray!) and last night a bunch of close friends came out to celebrate with me. I thought such an event would be a prime opportunity to test out my new intervalometer and do some time lapse photography. I didn’t get it set up as early as I’d have liked (it was admittedly low on the priority list for the evening) so I missed out on catching a nice day to night effect. However, I’m quite pleased with the effect and I’d say it’s a safe bet that there will be a lot of time lapse experiments to come on this here blog.
Here are last night’s results.
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