Archive for June, 2006

Wider is Better

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5 years ago
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I love widescreen films. When I was a teen-ager I was a projectionist for a small 2nd run movie theater. While learning to thread the projector and make splices I also got my first gleaning of aspect ratio, when I was taught the difference between a “scope” film and a “flat” film. A “scope” film is [...]

Me tell story. What you do?

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5 years ago
in
Some people define themselves by their titles as writers or directors or editors or producers.  Others like to broaden their scope and take on additional titles to maintain creative control or as often the case in indie films to fill a gap that may be missing.  These folks use hyphenates like [...]

Fire Good

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5 years ago
in
I had a busy weekend. While most people in Los Angeles were trying to get cool in the first scorching hot weekend of the summer, I found myself standing next to a 25 foot fireball, instead of standing naked in front of the air conditioning. Not once mind you, but 90 some odd times over an 8 hour [...]

Miss the Loach

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5 years ago
in ,
Keeping going with my collaboration theme today, I’d be remiss if I didn’t spend a little time to talk about the Loach. Co-writer and director of GLAZED, producer of INHERITANCE, and co-founder of NOT AFRAID! Jeff Loach and I were writing and producing partners since 1998 when we formed Not Afraid! [...]

Love the Doug

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5 years ago
in ,
Speaking of collaboration, I just wanted to give a shout out to one of my frequent collaborators, Doug Delaney. He shot both Inheritance, and Glazed, as well as my new project which for now will remain nameless. Doug still manages to find the time to collaborate with me, even while moving up the [...]
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