The Premiere poster!

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

BE THERE!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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The Premiere (THE CAST)

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

Coming June 2010...

Please donate!

Kickstarter donation site for The Premiere.

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

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

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

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

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

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!