recent 35 mm stuff

Spiral?
Wisdom: a portrait of my father.

BFX, the place I call home.
My grandfather, 89, hard at work sweeping corn into the grain pit at BFX. I love the way the colors of his attire pop.

LipWax

So the fuckin sweet group I have been assigned to work with decided to create an epic down n dirty rock n roll music video. After searching several nights downtown for bands to shoot (we found an incredible indie bluegrass folk band complete with a mandolin, however they live in fuckin nashville and will not be around), we met up once more to research local bands by way of the internet. Lo and behold we discovered Wax Lips, a band whom shines neon but roars glam grunge (shit i think i just coined a highly contradictory term). Will called Xander (the drummer whom I have met before and dude he's pretty crazy awesome) and now we are set to shoot. Being the lighting/grip guy on set, I will put the use the various tactics I have learned from Glenn Pack this semester while attending Lighting for Film. I am picturing the use of a lot of green gels and a lot of orange gels. Moreover, we are considering shooting some scenes outside (perhaps the beach), so a butterfly kit may be needed. We are going to start planning the look of the film tomorrow. I am very excited about this Super 8 masterpiece.

Self-Portrait Contemplation

I have been thinking a great deal about where to start with my self-portrait. Because I do not have experience in animation, I know that I am limiting myself to shooting with a camera. Lately, I have gained a lot of interest in photography ever since I bought a Pentax K1000, and I have been thinking about incorporating some of my photography into the film to punctuate moments contained within the moving image. Thematically, I feel that I should use one of my poems I wrote last year for one of my creative writing classes. And, yes, I will read it in voiceover.

Confession

I confess,

Like sitting on a toilet,

Releasing the guilt

That poisons my body.

And still I consume sin,

Just as the hypocrites.

I lie

On a pew after

The congregation departed.

This building is now

Hollow, and

I am

It's sole inhabitant.

This body is

The temple.

But my body resembles

This temple,

Occupied by an entity

That has been emptied of

It's Savior.

God is not

Where

He used to be.

I'd like to shoot images depicting a world that is barren yet heavily populated. I think that, when edited together, this piece should start off with a lot of symmetry and slowly fall apart, like deconstructing a puzzle. Concerning concrete images, I grew up on a farm across the street from a swamp, so I want the countryside to play a major role. I have also decided to stay away from incorporating religious imagery and churches; I want the voiceover to feed off of the image.

I'm gonna keep brainstorming....