CHAOS, CLOCKS AND WATERMELON MEDIA

The Premiere poster!

2010-05-31T17:05:00.000-07:00

created by yours truly with help from Dax Schaffer and Yasuko Parmenter.

large version here

and remember the first screening of The Premiere is this thursday in Isla Vista, CA at IV Theater 2 at 8pm!

Hope to see you there!

The premiere...of The Premiere!

2010-05-27T23:45:00.000-07:00

So *sound trumpets the premiere screening of The Premiere will be Thursday June 3rd, 2010 at 8pm in IV Theater 2 in Isla Vista (Santa Barbara), CA.

Come join us (for FREE) and watch the film along with a handful of other student shorts!

poster coming soon!

The Premiere Trailer

2010-05-24T00:29:00.000-07:00

oh hai there. I'm just the trailer for The Premiere . Take a look [via youtube].

Premiere and poster going to be announced this week!

Updates...coming soon!

2010-05-13T09:40:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, stay tuned for some key special announcements next week regarding The Premiere .

BUT FOR NOW...take a look at some additional polaroids taken while on set.

Under The Tree @ The Santa Barbara Digital Film Festival

2010-05-04T12:08:00.000-07:00

I am excited to announce that Under The Tree will be playing in this weekend's Santa Barbara Digital Film Festival!

It will be playing Campbell Hall at 8pm. Tickets are 8 dollars at the Film & Media Studies Department!

I get to ride in a limo!

Please come support my cast and crew!

Thanks everyone!

The Premiere-Day 5 & 6-IV Theatre Finale & A Terrible Crash

2010-05-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

So The Premiere is officially wrapped. We had two crazy last days, but seriously what fun!

And here is a little bonus film Joe Raffanti (Jeff Brannan) did while on the set of The Premiere

Stay tuned for continual updates for the premiere of The Premiere (*drumroll...) and other cool things!!

Thanks everyone for being so supportive!

The Premiere Student Showcase MAY 1st

2010-04-23T10:18:00.000-07:00

BE THERE!

The Premiere-Day 5 & 6-First two acts!

2010-04-13T09:07:00.001-07:00

What a weekend! Jeez, but what fun. Worked with amazing people. Tony Ung joined us as cinematographer and Greg Stanley joined us on sound for the main segments of The Premiere. Big big big big big thanks to Taylor Hungerford for letting us use his camera for the shoot!

We essentially filmed the first two acts of the film plus a bit more of the Supreme Devastation trailer.

Check out my thoughts below:

One weekend left! =O

The Premiere-DAY 4-Fotography Girl Wrap!

2010-04-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

Well Day 4/Day 2 of FS was certainly more relaxed, but we shot our last scene in the CCS art gallery on the UCSB campus plus our semi-creative fun credits!

Then I drove down to Burbank to drop Fotography Girl off at Fotokem to be developed!

Wow. One weekend out of three is finished. Crazy how time flies!

See you this weekend!

The Premiere-Day 2 & 3-Supreme Devastation & Fotography Girl

2010-04-03T23:06:00.000-07:00

So day 2 consisted of a small unit shooting Desmond White's parts for Jeff's trailer Supreme Devastation along the Santa Barbara coast in Ellwood.

Day 3 was our first official shoot day and it was for Fotography Girl, Marie's short in The Premiere/REEL LOUD.

It was my first experience directing 16mm and I cannot thank everyone enough for their patience. We totally rocked it hard. I am sunburnt lol

Day 4 tomorrow!!

Watch below to learn more about day 2 and 3!

New Cast Members

2010-03-26T18:14:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone just wanted to let you all know that FOUR new folks have joined in on the fun. I can't believe we are finally shooting next weekend!

Without further ado:

Noemi Gonzalez plays Karie the mysterious gypsy woman in Fotography Girl, Marie's short (Reel Loud).

David Brainard (star of Wilcox: Sex Therapy) plays Alec Hertz, the tough professor with a heart of gold.

Desmond (Jared) White plays God (with a samurai sword) in Jeff's epically pretentious film (trailer), Supreme Devastation.

Alex Bostelman plays Gardener Pete, one of the townspeople in Marie's short Fotography Girl.

I'm so happy to have these talented people join our already super talented cast!

A quick note: Draft 8 of The Premiere is complete and is the tightest one yet. I presume the one we will go into shooting with for the production.

See you all real soon!

Happy Friday

2010-03-12T11:58:00.000-08:00

Just a quick update.

We have our new producer onboard, Jackie Lee, who is going to kick all kinds off ass!

First official crew meeting tomorrow evening.

Happy Friday!

director interrupting the shot.

The Premiere-DAY 1-Polaroid Photo Stills

2010-03-05T17:47:00.000-08:00

So despite the expense of Polaroid film I'm really happy I decided to shoot their still photographs using a polaroid film.

Feast your eyes on these!

and a little bonus:

Special thanks to Layla Carrillo for coming through in a pinch with the polaroid camera!

ALSO:

After every shoot day I will post my thoughts about that day, some personal anecdotes, etc. in my production diaries below:

AND AS ALWAYS

DONATE

The Premiere (THE CAST)

2010-02-16T10:58:00.000-08:00

Greetings everyone,

lots of news to fill you all in on!

The Premiere now has a producer, Sarah Cho, producer of last year's award winning Reel Loud Mustache Maria and producer of the upcoming 106 documentary, Ripped Off. She has already put in a lot of work into the project and I am so happy to have someone as talented as her at the head with me.

Shooting dates are starting to materialize....

AND THE BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENT...of course...

We have our entire cast (except two top secret people still pending):

Carla Amurao as our lead Marie Palanca:

Joe Raffanti as our lead Jeff Brannan:

Jane Kim as Michelle Nguyen/Angela (Fotography Girl segment):

Alexandra Gellner as Gracie May/Patricia (Supreme Devastation segment):

Tarah Pollock as Morgan Woods

Ben Margalith as Akiva Miner

Jason Ko as Mayor Ashworth (Fotography Girl segment):

Even if you have a dollar your donation would be much appreciated and depending on the amount there are certan rewards!

DONATE

The Premiere is about a young and now frustrated filmmaker as he attends the premiere of his ex-girlfriend's new film only to be reminded of the great love they once had together.

The film will use S8mm, 16mm and HD to show each lover's respective films that not only reveal themselves but their subconscious attitudes towards each other.

Filming will take place in April/May for a release in June!

Stay tune for more news as it comes!

The Premiere

2010-01-30T13:12:00.001-08:00

Coming June 2010...

Please donate!

Kickstarter donation site for The Premiere.

Existential Hero music video "What You're Capable Of"

2010-01-30T13:04:00.000-08:00

Now that the vado contest is over (thank God) I'll post this music video I made for the contest.

Thanks to Ace, Zahida, Amanda and Noemi for helping out on this project!

VADO PAGE

Under The Tree Teaser Trailer

2009-11-10T19:45:00.000-08:00

A naive young man enters the woods in hopes of finding enlightenment, but instead finds something much more terrifying. Starring Joe Raffanti.

Song written by Real Live Tigers/Performed by Tinyfolk.
http://www.myspace.com/tinyfolksings

Coming soon to a graduate school admissions office and a festival near you!

Autumn Update

2009-11-10T01:42:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, who checks this...

anyway!

So it is fall and for me that means Graduate School. I am applying to nine schools. Mostly comprised of production MFAs and a few MAs, these are the schools:

UCLA November 2nd, 2009
NYU December 1st, 2009
Columbia December 1st, 2009
AFI December 1st, 2009
USC December 1st, 2009
University of Austin December 11th, 2009
University of Auckland January 15th, 2010
University of Brighton January 15th, 2010
London Film School February 1st, 2010

*phew,

I've got a busy busy month ahead of me, but after December it eases back down a bit.

So what I love about the process currently is that while applying to grad school, one can be much more creative with these apps than undergrad applications.

Here are just a few examples of the writing and filmmaking I am working on to send to these schools:

Under The Tree
5 minute short film for USC, NYU, etc.

logline: A naive young man enters the woods in hopes of finding enlightenment, but instead finds something much more terrifying. Starring Joe Raffanti.

The Premiere
Ten page script to Columbia and international schools.

logline: A young and now frustrated filmmaker attends the premiere of his ex-girlfriend's new film only to be reminded of the great love they once had.

Tell Me What To Swallow
Treatment example for UCLA, USC, NYU, etc.

logline: Irina is a student stuck in a dying relationship, but with the help of an older woman named Arrah, she learns how to have conviction and set herself free.

These projects below aren't necessarily for graduate apps, but I am working on them now.

We Were Young And In Love And The World Was Changing
A short film/music video project for We Heart Arts, a charity music label in the UK.

logline: a couple go through all five stages of a relationship as music brings them together and tears them apart. Starring Angela Chandra and TBA!

I am also working in various stages on getting a few Existential Hero songs from Has Potential the music video treatment, including one video that will be entered in the VADO HD contest.

Oh, and I'm learning After Effects. It's been the most exciting thing ever.

Stay tuned folks for a trailer for Under The Tree in a few days!

Quick Updates

2009-09-15T11:23:00.000-07:00

Don't ask me about the Until The Very Last Moment DVDs lol

moving on.

Music video I did starring Alexandra Gellner reprising her role as Charlotte. It is a cover of a Watercolor Paintings song and is on the UTVLM soundtrack!

Commercial I did for a tax appeal company:

Updates Post-Premiere

2009-04-27T01:36:00.000-07:00

Festival DVD edition is out and about making the rounds to professors and festivals.

Submitted to Corwin Awards, possibly 500 bucks for script and 1300 bucks for short film if we win top prizes.

We didn't get into IVDV due to silly length restrictions and the weird category rules.

However, the film has been submitted to 7 other film festivals:
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Ojai-Ventura Film Festival
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
Fanastic Fest (in Austin, TX)
Angelus Student Film Festival (in LA)
Hawaii International Film Festival

A comprehensive DVD is in the works. Hopefully for a June 1st release!

The Premiere!

2009-04-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

Wow the premiere of Until The Very Last Moment was a wonderful success. We had families show up as well as many of the filmmakers of the short films before and we filled the entire theater, over 170 people!

I could not be happier at how it turned out, really I was so completely moved at everyone's response. I'm so proud of my cast and crew, we really accomplished something wonderful.

But it's only step one. =)

Now we have to get it out there for the whole world to see.

There will be updates on this page about new screenings and of course when the kickass comprehensive DVD comes out.

Stay tuned!

Until The Very Last Moment Score/Soundtrack

2009-04-02T16:38:00.001-07:00

So here is the tracklasting for the Until The Very Last Moment Soundtrack/Score/Songs Inspired From The Movie.

Russ Woods from Tinyfolk did the score and the film features music from Secret Owl Society, Rambling Nicholas Heron, A Toothless Life and more!

1. Tinyfolk-"Thus Always Horses"
2. Secret Owl Society-"Waking Life"
3. Tinyfolk and Secret Owl Society-"Animal Politics"
4. Tinyfolk-"Class"
5. Tinyfolk-"T.V."
6. Tinyfolk-"Painting"
7. Tinyfolk-""i think some people are just really scared""
8. Tinyfolk-"Cult Cross"
9. Tinyfolk-"Gallery Interlude"
10. Tinyfolk-Showdown"
11. Super Famicom-"Is This Being Recorded?"
12. Tinyfolk-"Interview"
13. Tinyfolk-""this will save you before the end""
14. Tinyfolk-"Sylvia's Apartment"
15. Rambling Nicholas Heron-"Ocean Floor II"
16. Tinyfolk-"Drinking"
17. Tinyfolk-"Lunches"
18. Your Yellow Dress-"Bubble Guns"
19. Tinyfolk-"Attempted Suicide"
20. Tinyfolk-"Running Interlude"
21. A Toothless Life-"Hold Me Close"
22. Secret Owl Society-"The Underground"
23. Tinyfolk-"World's End"
24. Existential Hero-"Until The Very Last Moment"
*25. Bryce Isbell-"The East African Handshake Faux Pas"
*26. Isaac Arms-"800 Days"
*27. Gang Of Virgins-"Aubrey De Grey"
*28. Existential Hero-"Sailboat"

*Songs not in film

Coming to a CLLCT near you!

Until The Very Last Moment Premiere April 2nd, 2009 at 8PM

2009-03-18T17:48:00.000-07:00

I can't disclose the "other short films" yet, but they'll be pretty awesome no doubt.

We might have a special guest as well.

Knee-Deep In Post!

2009-03-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone so it's been a few weeks, a bit relaxing, but we are also approaching the deadline!!

So we did some ADR and I'm still getting a few pick ups (ie. sunsets, etc.).

We are continually refining the cut of the film, it is still pretty long, but I think it's manageable.

Posters are finally complete because we have a location!

still awaiting the score...

sound still needs some work. We have two weeks left!

the next post will have something fancy-like. =)

Weekend 12, 13, 14 + More

2009-03-01T23:18:00.000-08:00

Weekend 12 we grabbed a reshoot of Sylvia's character on the couch.

From Weekend 12 all the way up until Weekend 14 we have been grabbing countless 5-10 second shots for the coda montage sequence, running all over Isla Vista and the UCSB campus.

Weekend 14 also saw our crew reshoot the "musical" number with Pat and his followers. Crowd reactions are always fun. And we got a giant whale in our movie!

We also reshoot the "church" scene with Sylvia and Pat because our actor Jason's hair was super different and inconsistent with the rest of the film. Our new location had better lighting too.

So that's technically a wrap.

We still have a montage element or two and some exterior shots, but those don't require a crew o anythin'.

It's been an involving journey, principle photography from October to March.

But it ain't over yet!

Until The Very Last Moment 2nd trailer premieres!

2009-02-21T10:27:00.000-08:00

be sure when you go to the video to click on the "watch in HD" for the highest quality possible.

enjoy!

Original Teaser Trailer Now In Widescreen

2009-02-20T06:03:00.000-08:00

and with better sound quality!

be sure when you go to the video to click on the "watch in HD" for the highest quality possible.

stay tuned for trailer number two out tonight after its premiere before Happy-Go-Lucky at UCSB in Isla Vista, CA.

Weekend 10 & 11 + More

2009-02-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

Weekend 10 consisted of an entire Sunday shoot inside an apartment with Charlotte and eventually Johanna. We did the much anticipated suicide attempt at sunset scene and the new drinking scene at night.

Everything went pretty smoothly, we reshot some of the fort scene because the fort was butt ugly the first time.

Note: use ice tea as a substitute for whiskey.

Weekend 11, the "last" weekend of principle photography was pretty hectic, but we got everything done.

The weather has pretty much always worked in our favor and although I basically called off Saturday afternoon's shoot I thought for a minute and we did it anyway. The clouds cleared for us and it was a beautiful day.

I had a lost keys emergency in the evening on Saturday so we started the Goleta pier scene pretty late (around midnight), but it turned out really successful.

Sunday we shot two scenes, the king's cup coda where all of our main characters (minus Pat) are enjoying life, before something hilariously absurd happens.

Then we reshot the art gallery sequence. The first time we shot it the acting was great and so was alex's cinematography, but the location wasn't the best.

This time we got the CCS art gallery and it was perfect!

So by the end of the shoot I had a fever which was fine because that was technically the last shoot of principle photography!

It's been eleven crazy weekends, but we are only halfway there. Our editor David is adding the new footage and we should have a newer rough cut by next monday with everything except for two reshoots (one with Sylvia and one with Pat and his followers). We also have to shoot a bit of b-roll here or there, but still it's great to have most of the film shot and done!

Stay tune for a post with all the new posters!

Weekend 9 +more

2009-01-27T13:23:00.000-08:00

Weekend nine looked like it was going to be trouble.

After two beautiful weeks of sunshine in January, it rained for most of last week and up until Saturday morning. Somehow fortune was on our side and we received almost two beautiful days of sunshine.

Both weekends were filled with scenes featuring Pat and his followers.

Saturday we started early in the arbor and wrapped up earlier than expected because the clouds were too numerous for a reshoot of scene 19.

Then a smaller crew came back to an indoor location at night to film a tender scene with just Pat as he gets ready for bed.

On Sunday we had a minor costume scare in the morning but luckily we found someone with the right clothes to help us out.

We filmed the giant cross scene which came out exactly as I imagined it. Quite an amazing thing.

Then we filmed our second sunset scene with Pat, his followers and a host of extras. Thanks everyone who came out for a beautiful sunset and delicious pizza!

I think this is some of our best footage yet.

We only have two weekends of principle left O_O

The premiere date is changed, details and updates soon!

7th and 8th weekend and more

2009-01-21T19:05:00.000-08:00

So winter break has started a bit slow, but no less productive.

We hired two new crew:

David Finkelstein our editor and Michael Wootress our Line Producer.

Weekend 7 was pretty relaxing because of a scheduling mishap, but we did some of reshoots for Sylvia's sunset run to campus. Shooting at sunset is hard, but definitely possible.

Weekend 8 we got lots of b-roll/second unit, did an insert shot for one of Johanna's scenes on the beach and an insert shot for the editing scene with Billy.

We also got a few elements of the coda montage where we see former Instinctive Ones living their lives normally.

On Monday we filmed the interview scene between Billy and Sylvia which went smoothly and quickly.

Tuesday night some of the crew watched our very first rough cut!

It's still very very rough, but it's a damn good start.

And our premiere date is now set for the 19th of March, location and time TBA.

Mark your calenders.

6th Weekend+More

2008-12-09T15:07:00.000-08:00

Friday night at our local theater's premiere of the indie film Humboldt County I was allowed to show the teaser trailer for the film. It felt great seeing our actors up on the big screen and hearing Tinyfolk through the huge speakers.

I spoke one of the co-directors Darren Grodsky (check out the blog on the right) and he gave some good advice and hopefully we'll get in contact soon. Check out his film, it's like Garden State, but without the gimmicks and a much better sense of space.

Saturday's hippie reshoot was a blast. We got about 20 or more extras (even my sister!) to come out and enjoy the nice weather (for december). We had people smokin', dancin', singin' and even some nudity!

On Sunday night we filmed a little confrontation scene between Sylvia and Charlotte and Johanna. I assumed that during finals week everyone would be stationary and studying, yet I was wrong and everyone was out driving to and fro from library. The sound was so bad by Student Health (our location) that we had to quickly find somewhere else to shoot.

Luckily we found a cool, eerie hallway in HSSB. Everything looks great too.

Monday night we shot a scene with Nicholas in his room painting. It was tiny and laid back, but fun.

AND the best news of all is that our film has received the URCA (Undergraduate Research And Creative Activities) grant from UC Santa Barbara. I do not know how much yet, but I will know (by snail mail) in a couple of days. Congratulations everyone on crew and cast!

To put it in LOL terms, "Wiiz provin' to all da haterz that we are legitz."

Until The Very Last Moment 1st Trailer

2008-11-26T11:27:00.000-08:00

5th Weekend + More

2008-11-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we recorded in Ellison Hall for the classroom scene and Noah Zwieg, a grad student and TA, played essentially himself but as a fundamentalist TA. It was fun. We even finished early that day.

Sunday we recorded in a last minute location in Kerr Hall for the art exhibit. The footage looks beautiful and all the paintings looked cool. We were running behind because it took way longer than I had anticipated to dress the set.

We are taking a week break for thanksgiving.

I'm working on the forth draft of the script.

Our crew is trying to get everything together for the hippie reshoot, in terms of extras.

The trailer is coming sooner than you think.

4th Weekend

2008-11-18T21:34:00.000-08:00

Saturday's shoot was fun if a bit sluggish and way too hot. Had some sounds problems, but I think it'll be okay.

Sunday's shoot was super quick because we couldn't schedule anything big. Literally two shots of Pat.

We made lots of paintings for the art exhibition scene though. wee!

3rd Weekend + Veteran's Day

2008-11-14T22:21:00.000-08:00

So our third weekend was our toughest yet, but we managed to prevail overall.

Saturday we filmed the Java Jones conversation piece and had to deal with a bit of construction but the staff at Java was really gracious with their time.

We also filmed the musical sequence with Pat and that was a lot of fun being out in the streets of IV getting genuine reactions against them (He had a sign that said everyone is a sinner, etc.).

On Sunday we realized that no matter how much food and film credit you entice people with, no one at UCSB wants to wake up before 1pm. So we had to restructure our hippie sequence, but we got a cool new little sequence out of it all. We are rescheduling the hippie reshoot on Dec. 6th.

On Veteran's Day we took a small crew of four and filmed two scenes down by Campus Point and the Lagoon. Both went really well and it was a beautiful day.

Look for a trailer hopefully after thanksgiving!

2nd Weekend

2008-11-06T23:54:00.001-08:00

The shoot was very small because of the Halloween week, but we did the small computer scene with Billy and a short segment with Charlotte.

We had some light changing issues, but nothing too alarming.

Charlotte was perfect!

CREW & CAST

2008-10-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

CREW:

Steven Ray Morris-Writer/Director/Producer
Elyse Hollander-Producer-esque
Carole Bird-Production Manager
Alexandra Tengco-Cinematographer
Virginia Yapp-Art Director
Michelle Becker-SOUND
Chelsea Marie Clishem-Renaissance Intern
Brian Wray-BTS/DP Assistant
Irina Popov-Script Supervisor
Bryan Schmidt-Grip/Renaissance Intern

CAST:

Mariana C. Paredes-Johanna
Sarah Cho-Sylvia
Jason Ko-Pat
Josh Domingo-Nicholas
Nico Kiefer-Billy
Alexandra Gellner-Charlotte

First Weekend

2008-10-23T09:07:00.000-07:00

Like every first weekend of filming there were a few problems, but really it went incredibly well.

Some problems:
Dolly we spent all afternoon building was shit shit shit
Costco closes at 7pm on Saturdays

Some good things:
My crew is incredible
My cast is top notch
Woodstocks is always good
Candles at night are always creepy

First Weekend Of Shooting is Upon Us & More News

2008-10-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

All three males have been cast:

Pat: Jason Ko
Billy: Nico Kiefer
Nicholas: Josh Domingo

Auditions for Charlotte were held yesterday, we had about 7 girls show up and we should know which one to choose by Sunday.

The BIG NEWS is that we are filming this weekend!

The four scenes all feature Sarah Cho as Sylvia and one scene has Jason Ko as Pat. It should be interesting indeed, but these scenes are a good warm up for what's to come. We are building a dolly on Saturday and attempting our first sunset scenes on Sunday. Both days are night shoots (a new one for me).

I'll have pics next week.

O_O

2008-10-07T18:55:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a roller coaster of a production.

Our Charlotte is out and so is our producer, but we have more interns and a Production Manager and professor support.

Auditions this Thursday for the guys.

We Are Making This Movie!

2008-10-05T17:06:00.001-07:00

Truly an independent film to be made on campus. The crew is formulating and Charlotte is cast. Doing auditions this week possibly, stay tuned for more info.

We Didn't Get Picked

2008-09-28T15:23:00.000-07:00

But I may continue making it anyway. More soon.

Until The Very Last Moment Submitted

2008-09-07T23:33:00.000-07:00

On Friday I turned in the submission form, five copies of the script and a preliminary budget (courtesy of my producer Jenny McNamara). The film is the first submitted for FLMST106 (Dana Welch in the office even made the box for our film). We are ahead of the game. The Pitch is September 29th, 2008 from 1-3pm on campus and will be judged by a panel of like five people(?).

Now I have to practice the pitch (with Jenny when she gets back) and we are getting preliminary concept storyboards done (should be around in a week).

"Hold fast what you have till I come." ;)

Final Teaser Poster:

Second Teaser Poster:

Until The Very Last Moment: Ground Zero

2008-08-26T07:25:00.000-07:00

So I present to you a prequel of sorts to my potential FLMST 106 film. It was also conceived at around the same time as the film itself. I hope you like!

And to note, this is my first true short film in about three years! Chimes Of Gaviota counts as a long short film to me :P

Oh, and thank you everyone who made this thing possible!

Until The Very Last Moment

2008-08-21T00:06:00.000-07:00

It's coming (cuz we are working hard and we have a damn good script).

Until The Very Last Moment is about a girl (Johanna) who has to decide whether or not she believes that the world is coming to an end. This is complicated by the fact that a large number of people know the world is ending the same way animals can detect natural disasters.

My crew and I are pitching it to get into FLMST 106 (short crew-based film class) in the fall this year at UCSB.

Teaser Poster by Camila

Inspiring piece of artwork, Ancient Of Days, by William Blake

Song by Existential Hero that inspired the story:
Existential Hero-"Until The Very Last Moment

Been A Long Time...

2008-07-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hey kids, it's been awhile, Wellington didn't pan out at all but I'll be back in Santa Barbara for my fourth year and things are going to start ramping up really soon!

Rally against the closing of the Film School at Victoria

2008-03-16T03:39:00.001-07:00

This video was done by a fellow film major at Victoria University. The footage is taken from the March 14th, 2008 protest against the closing of the Film Studies department here at Vic.

Link:
See the bullshit proposal here and see what you can do to stop it!
Facebook group! Get Involved!

Chimes Of Gaviota Premiere This Wednesday March 12th!

2008-03-11T03:02:00.000-07:00

So the time has finally come. Check out my article on Foggy Ruins Of Time for everything you want to know about how I feel and how nervous and excited I am, click the poster below!

Day 1 & 2, 7th Weekend Of Chimes

2008-02-25T04:07:00.000-08:00

My apologies for taking so long to put this up. That weekend was my last weekend in Santa Barbara before I left for New Zealand and it was probably our biggest day filming.

The footage in this first video is all from the small morning shoot where we filmed Samantha and Paul using an amazing 8mm camera.

The footage here is from day 2 of that weekend and is focused on the park scene. Funny stuff. I ditch the camera and try my hand at some "acting." It was a beautiful day that day too.

Chimes Of Gaviota Set Pictures Part 2

2008-02-25T04:01:00.000-08:00

Here are the second and final batch of pictures from the set.

Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7

Chimes Of Gaviota Set Pictures

2007-12-13T17:11:00.000-08:00

I finally put up the best pictures from the auditions all the way to the 6th weekend of shooting. ENJOY!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Day 1, 6th Weekend of Chimes

2007-12-11T15:53:00.000-08:00

This was a small intimate weekend with Jason our Steve Jasper. We were falling over with laughter every second for the most part, and I think we got some really great stuff. We even got some good impromptu moments that don't quite fit in the film, but they'll be hilarious moments on the DVD. Thanks to Alex and Melissa for taking some of the behind the scenes footage. Enjoy!

Chimes of Gaviota Trailer

2007-12-07T00:13:00.000-08:00

Trailer 1: Poetic

Thank you Annie and Evan!

Day 2, 5th Weekend of Chimes

2007-12-04T16:29:00.001-08:00

Day two was much smaller, but still just as successful. We shot the interview scene with our lovely hippies Paul and Samantha. We really got in a good groove and mood at the BIKO CO-Op. The scene changed a little in its delivery but captured the spirit of it even better. We also shot the PSA on the fly with our actors and some random cleaners on the beach. Albeit a shorter day than the first it was good times all around and now I have a really good idea for a soundtrack to this film. Details coming soon.

Here is another short video about the 2nd day. Enjoy!

Day 1, 5th Weekend of Chimes

2007-12-01T20:17:00.000-08:00

Today's shoot went splendidly, fantastically. We shot our one-man-as-two-men debate, and the final scene with ALL of our principal actors and everything went so smoothly. Everyone was at the top of their game today and everyone was so gracious and giving, actors and crew. I think we got one of our hardest shoots out of the way and I am so happy about it.

From now on I'm going to be putting up quick clips of behind the scenes footage from the rest of our shoot. ENJOY!

Here is the first one:

Preparing For Tomorrow

2007-11-30T19:39:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow will be our 5th weekend of production for Chimes of Gaviota or: I've Got The Real Estate Blues. We will be shooting the end scene funnily enough. We will also shoot Tom and John's debate and the hippie's interview on Sunday. I am excited about shooting the end because unlike the rest of the script it is almost of a heightened reality or a play and I think it'll come out really different and interesting.

NEW NAME NEW LOGO NEW HOME

2007-11-30T00:51:00.000-08:00

So after many useless days on myspace, I've decided to move my production company on blogspot where there will be more active updates my creative work as a filmmaker. The production company was Existential Productions, but I feel that the name is too similar and too easily mistaken for my music project. Also, the term "productions" felt too limiting and the term "existential" ended up limiting me(based on viewers perceptions). So here we are with CHAOS, CLOCKS AND WATERMELONS MEDIA. There will be an update soon on the film I wrote and am currently doing cinematography on, Chimes Of Gaviota or: I've Got The Real Estate Blues.

But without further ado I present a video of the new logo (with a cover of the song "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by The Stooges)!