I made the 6 hour road trip with Travis, Kainaz and Jenn down to Western Kentucky yesterday to hear Sam Abell speak. 12 hours of singing(OK shouting) at the top of my lungs for 2 hours of inspiration. Not a bad deal. I posted about Mr. Abell and one of my favorite pages in The [...]
Since returning from Arizona I’ve lost what little tan I had, narrowed a boatload of images down to a “tighter” edit of 60, designed a mock layout to only trash it for a WordPress theme, ingested a lot of bad video and pushed off editing audio and video until tonight. As I type this my [...]
Monday was our first day of class since returning from our 10-day shoots, which meant it was story time. Everyone returned OK minus Megan who came down with a bad case of the flu. No equipment was lost or stolen. Whew. The class was a chance to hear how everyone dealt with the many things [...]
Good read with this post that’s geared to script writers, but just as easily applies to anyone trying to tell stories. People mistakenly equate rule breaking with originality; they believe originality automatically makes something good; and, they also think being different is the key to success… when, in fact, being good is… and, there is [...]
I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. I’m back in Athens after a nice winter break. It feels good to be in Ohio again and I’m anxiously waiting for the start of the quarter. Being back in Athens means I once again get the NY Times on a daily basis and found this article in the [...]
When it comes to film editing it doesn’t get better than Walter Murch. If you have the slightest interest in the power of a strong edit I highly recommend his book In The Blink of an Eye.(it’s about $7 used on Amazon) “My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the [...]
This list makes a nice addition to any creative workspace. Here’s a small sampling of the inspiration I hope to apply to my work and life this school year: Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live [...]
School is in the second week here at OU and I found this advice from Sam Abell’s dad, Thad, as I was flipping through The Photographic Life. (nice stuff at that link if you haven’t seen the book) On page 48 of the book Sam writes about having to get a D in linguistics to [...]
I’m trying to do a new edit of my portfolio(been trying all summer) and I noticed that a lot of my work has been very literal. Moment driven, but literal. I could use a lot less of the literal, but the moment will always rank high on the list of must-haves for a storytelling picture. [...]
Cecil Vortex features a handful of a interviews with artists on their creative process. Well worth checking out if you’re as fascainated with the creative process as I am. A few highlights: The other part is to be ready when they are. Which is to say, a notebook and a writing implement are your passport…But [...]