Archive for May, 2010

11
May
10

“Tomboys”

Tomboys Mosaic

(click here for more photos; photos by basselal)

After my previous attempt at directing a film for this film group, I was determined to do much better.  By this time, our group had grown, we’d learned a lot of lessons, and we’d improved by leaps and bounds.

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11
May
10

i’m illiterate

As I mentioned before, I’m at a point in my filmmaking journey where I’m mainly figuring out the nuts and bolts of the craft, rather than cultivating a strong artistic sensibility.  And that’s ok for now.  But I’d like to start moving in a direction–rather than learning how to produce my, or other people’s, work–where I am able to tap into my own creative resources and make something that is uniquely mine.  And not so… conventional. When I happen upon the work of someone really interesting and creative, someone like this, I am reminded that this is why I’m interested in filmmaking.

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05
May
10

“Halloweed”

"Halloweed" Film Shoot
(click on the photo for a flickr set of all the thumbnails; photos by basselal)

Our third film, “Halloweed” is almost done being edited, but it won’t be publicly available as we are going to try to submit it to film festivals.  Wish us luck!

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04
May
10

The Bechdel Test

I’m a big fan of Roger Ebert’s Twitter feed.  It seems like all that guy does is tweet every waking moment–but it’s almost always about something really interesting.  Anyway, the other day, he tweeted this.
Man, oh man, this is devastating. Scrolling through my recent reviews, NO movie qualifies. Wait, one does. http://j.mp/c9Cfr9



 

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