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:



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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!

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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: