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Thank You Adam Ross

May 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Today a family is grieving, friends are sorrow and Greensboro filmmakers are mourning the loss of Adam Ross. He employed many filmmakers in this community and made films how he wanted them made. My heart goes out to his family and friends.
I don’t think I’ve ever wrote about Adam Ross on here. Adam [...]

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Tags: Filmmaker · Personal

Upcoming Conversation with Harvey Robinson of Monkeywhale.com

April 21st, 2009 · No Comments

I came across Harvey Robinson’s path through the .matrix Project and was wowed by the beautiful storytelling that he presents in his videos. Monkeywhale is not just Harvey but a collaboration of artists that formed a production company in Greensboro, NC. He is a machine when it comes to creating and I for [...]

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Tags: Conversation · Filmmaker · Original

Netfilx Find Your Voice Film Competition

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Netflix is running a contest for us Independent Filmmakers. Here is what they are offering.
Netflix and Film Independent will award one $150,00 cash production grant, plus turn-key resources like film stock, processing, camera rental and post-production services, for a total prize value of more than $350,000.
And unlike other contests, we won’t just help you [...]

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Filmmakers I Need A Favor

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I need HD footage of a locked down shot of a remote beautiful beach. Anyone have any footage they would like to donate to me for an episode of The Corporate Assassin, I’d greatly appreciate it. I only need roughly 5-10 seconds of footage. Asking on here is my first option. [...]

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Tags: Filmmaker · Help · Message

Our Dotmatrix Project with Project Tritium

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

In August, Blake, Micah and I shot Project Tritium for the dotmatrix project at The Green Burro downtown Greensboro. We set up three 1k lowell lights and did some hard lighting and shot the song at a high shutter speed on 2 Panasonic HVX200s and a Canon HV20. Had to color correct [...]

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Tags: Art · Creative · Music · Video

That’s A Wrap… Back To Work

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

One of the coolest things to see when you wrap a production is seeing the smile on the director’s face. I know what it feels like… it is amazing. The film is off to the editing bay and it should turn out great.
The Last Day
We had to mount a camera [...]

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[Audio] Conversation with Eric Jacobus of The Stunt People Part 2

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is part two of the conversation with Eric Jacobus.

Click the blue play button above to play the audio
Here is a trailer for Eric’s film “Contour” now available for sale on DVD. Check it out.

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Tags: Conversation · Filmmaker · Podcast

Upcoming Conversation with Filmmaker Ajit Anthony Prem

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

While I’m crashing in the Raleigh/Durham area I gave Ajit a call and asked if I could crash at his pad. He agreed. Once he did I pulled out the podcast question on him. This talented filmmaker is a busy man so I knew if I was in his house I could [...]

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Upcoming Conversation with Eric Jacobus of The Stunt People

June 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I met Eric on the set of “Dog’s of Chinatown” and immediately became friends with him. This will be a fun conversation. He is multi-talented, he acts, writes, directs, builds websites and let’s not forget the amazing stunts he and his fellow stunt people perform in videos from short form to feature length. [...]

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Tags: Podcast

Getting Healthy Again

September 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Wow what a couple of weeks it has been. First the trip out to Phoenix was odd. Then getting sick in Phoenix was worse. Here’s what happened.
I was called out to Phoenix to help a documentary fix their media manager nightmare. After receiving the call I flew out the next day [...]

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