“The Sheol Express,” the short film that I worked on as editor, is in the final stages of post production. The film looks fantastic (see the trailer here) but needs just a teensy bit more polish to achieve true nirvana. As such, the directors are doing all in their power to raise the money necessary [...]
Category > Filmmaking
Location Scouting Down Route 66
Last weekend, my 2 1/2 year old daughter and I took a trip down Route 66. The purpose was two-fold: first, spend some quality time with my little girl, and second, do some preliminary location scouting for Project Echo.
Normally you would not begin location scouting when you’re only 50 pages into your first draft. However, [...]
Filmmaking Manifesto
First things first: I’ve hit page 55 of my first draft. Depending on who you talk to, I’m either halfway or almost halfway. I’m hoping to finish before my August 1st deadline. Any thoughts on what I should do to celebrate?
Secondly, while watching David Fincher’s The Game the other night, I was reminded of all [...]
Greyscale
My good friend Ryan Dunlap just completed the first trailer for his feature length film, “Greyscale,” and I thought I would share. Ryan has been quite the inspiration to me because, you know, he’s actually made a movie. No small feat.
Before he began production, I was able to offer some helpful suggestions, and he was [...]
I’m on TV tonight!
Well, not really, but a show that I’ve worked on for the past few months is. It’s called 360 Life and it airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network at 7:30 PM Eastern and 6:30 PM Central. Now, while I normally would not reccomend Christian programming to you (I certainly don’t watch it), this show is [...]
In my spare time…
As if I hadn’t loaded my plate down with enough already, I’m currently editing a short film that my good friend, NYC alum Mike Koehler, co-directed this past April. Entitled “The Sheol Express,” it’s a hyper-stylized look at one man’s journey into the unknown aboard a fantastical railway car. Think Agatha Christie’s “The Orient Express” [...]
“The Box”
Claiming I’ll have a feature film in production in a year’s time is audacious. I realize that. But goals and tight deadlines are important for me (it’s the only way this will ever happen). And I’d like to think I have the necessary skills/talents to actually pull it off. That assumption is also audacious, but [...]
At the brink of 30
Today is my birthday. I’m 29. And I feel old.
Objectively speaking, 29 is not very old. I know that. But I’m a year away from 30, and that fact brings with it some sobering thoughts: what have I done with my life? What have I accomplished? What happened to all the big dreams I had [...]
