December 2009
3 posts
“and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing that seems very thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”
-from the Book of Pooh, found re-written on a small paper from the 10th grade.
playing with the moon →
cigar-readers in cigar-factories of cuba
a tradition that was wide-spread in mexico, latin america, and cuba since 1860, but now only active in Cuba— cigar roller workers are Read to in the factories, The Count of Monte Cristo, the Da Vinci Code. The readers are sought after who have rhythmic voices and dramatic delivery.
“it is much better then just having ambient music- we get education, we get to know the news of the...
November 2009
1 post
a comment from the "spaghetti sauce talk" on...
Oct 18 2009: That was an excellent talk! Thank you for letting us know about Dr. Howard Moskowitz. I am partially made up of some of the food products you named, so I can honestly say that Dr. Moskowitz had a profound effect on who I am today! By the way, forty years ago, or more, my Dad used to make a spaghetti sauce that had large chunks of many ingredients. Some were mushrooms, onions,...
September 2009
1 post
June 2009
3 posts
“any time you have half an idea, and half a moment, glue gun it together”...”
the most romantic tale you'll ever see!
The film Microcosmos is a documentary all about bugs and their lives, … and without any words, any music, and sound,
theres romance
theres comedy
theres aggression
theres haphazard accidents
amazing puppetry !
October 2008
2 posts
September 2008
1 post
June 2008
1 post
trailer for Gods and Dolls- Art Direction →
April 2008
6 posts
addendum
There is a lot on my plate right now and sometimes it is difficult to be able to chew everything and swallow and digest and regurgitate because it seems the amount of food is neverending, so i think its safe to say that, basically, i am learning pacing- both in my life, and in my film. With some fantastically helpful feedback from Fran Krause, i kind of need to revamp— the edit as it is...
March 2008
6 posts
concepts
This film looks to be a textural and visceral viewing experience.
I want you to want to touch the pages of the book, to breath in the colors of the leaves, of the world I am presenting to you, to get lost in its’ suspended still.
I have spent a seemingly overwhelming amount of time in preproduction, but within that has been, asides from a gigantic learning curve, a nurturing of a...
Watchrough reel. includes some teaser clips of the liveaction parts of the film as well as a teeny clip of the (puppet) Lead in action that gives a good idea of atmosphere, color and space though not the movement. ( i still need to invest in istopmotion as well as a remote for my dSLR camera) the visual matchups and recreations in this film between reality and animation have definitely been a...
“You just take your history and your education and your instincts and you put...”
– When Michael D. Eisner left the Walt Disney Company in 2005 and set about remaking himself in new media, investing in a video-sharing Web site and starting a digital studio, some people in Hollywood snickered. Here we go, the whispers went, another fading star who doesn’t know when to leave the...
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to...”
– Pearl S Buck, quoted in the Associated Press, brought to you via The Week Magazine. to do something well = an excellence in craft, execution and concept.
February 2008
2 posts
