Back in the edit room
It’s that time again. We’re back at Matt’s house cutting this year’s Lagoon TV spots. His place is, by far, the most comfortable and productive I’ve ever worked. So productive in fact that we’ve been able to cut an average of four commercials each day by lunch time with the afternoon to review each and tighten them up. We were able to secure the perfect music just in time to crank out the spots in less than two weeks with an April 25th air date.
The Assignment : Color Correction
Late February 2011, I began color correcting the feature film The Assignment. The film, shot on the Panavision Genesis, was delivered as an assembled project in Final Cut Pro in 1080p23.98 ProResHQ. I am doing all correction in Apple’s Color and, after rendering is complete, will return to FCP for the final assembly.
This is my first job as a colorist on a feature so I’m not as fast most, but so far the results are wonderful!
The Assignment is due out on DVD / digital distribution Fall 2011.
The Many Faces Of Bill Oolie
A collaborative video piece for the Oh Nancy art collective’s show “The Hideout”.
Directed by Allison Barr
Shot and edited by Tj Nelson
Who is Bill Oolie anyway?
Who is Bill Oolie? With a few of our peers, we will be diving into the mind of Bill and learning of his acts of heroism, his strengths, and his fears.
By using football as a component to our story our intention is to bridge the insular world of contemporary art with the more ubiquitous world of American sport. In our story, quarterback Bill Oolie is symbolic of America’s need for a champion. These images detail some of the different incarnations that his character has taken on. (via Oh Nancy)
On Friday, November 12th Saturday, November 13th the GARFO Art Center will be having the opening reception for The Hideout – a collaborative work national art collective, Oh Nancy.
We’re making a movie!
About the film:
Ashley is in his late-twenties, Holly is in her early-twenties. They’re both very much lost in their individual quarter-life crises. Ashley quit his job to travel in search of clarity. He ventures to his childhood home with plans of breaking-and-entering for the nostalgic rush. Along the way he meets Holly, who, after a short-lived relationship with her restaurant manager, also finds herself jobless and aimless. The film chronicles Holly and Ashley’s brief, odd, hysterical commiseration as grown-up children stumbling through life’s final bout of growing pains.
Starring: ASHLY BURCH (Hey Ash Whatcha’ Playin’) and DAVID FETZER (bandmember of Mushman). Produced by: DOMINIC FRATTO (White on Rice) and PATRICK FUGIT (Actor, Almost Famous). Written/Directed/Produced by: KENNY RICHES
(via: Must Come Down on Kickstarter)
Nike Snowboarding: Feed Me – A Greasebus Tour
From what started initially as a question, “Is this possible?” turned into a two week tour from Reno, NV to Portland, OR powered by a bus fueled by used vegetable oil.
Tyler Morten is one of my best friends and an independent designer that does contract work for Nike Snow. He was asked to put together a story to go along with the tour.
How can we make this concept of sustainable travel entertaining?
What came to fruition was a story where athletes were required to eat their way through 500 miles of highway by consuming tater tots, corn dogs and doughnuts to create enough grease by-product to get us to Portland.
Between the driver, a team manager, the athletes, filmers, photographers, a production manager, and my self – collectively, there were 15 of us.
I’ll save the editorial writing for the substantial coverage in Snowboarder, but none the less.. I wuz there.
Lagoon 2010
For the past month, I’ve been working with Director Matt Hodgson and Director of Photography Matthew Williams on the 2010 Lagoon TV Ad Campaign. A series of 15 second and 30 second spots should be airing in the next few weeks. Super excited.
The Five Browns
I know I’m late to posting this but..
During the months of November (’09) to January (’10), I was hired to edit together the video featuring The Five Browns – cut together from three nights of performance and over 35 individual camera angels. Airing on PBS, it was the first piece I’ve done that has been viewed nationally. Watch the trailer here.
From their website:
Witness the musical virtuosity of The 5 Browns — Juilliard-trained sibling superstars who have taken the piano world by storm with their inventive interpretations of classical standards.Let yourself get swept up in the excitement of this young passionate quintet as they take the stage and play Rhapsody in Blue, “Flight of the Bumblebee,” Clair de Lune, and other classics with more energy and excitement than you’ve ever heard—or seen—before.This hour-long concert special goes backstage with The 5 Browns, featuring their sold-out performance at Tuacahn, a beautiful outdoor venue nestled in the heart of the red rocks of southern Utah.The 5 Browns: In Concert. Airing now on PBS.–via: The Five Browns
I Wish Things Were Different / CUT OFFS
I Wish Things Were Different - In his first show at the Kayo since selling the gallery to current owners Shilo Jackson and Davina Pallone at the end of 2007, founder Kenny Riches fittingly focuses on the past. “I Wish Things Were Different” is comprised of drawings that recall his past and the pasts of those around him—stories lived and stories told. The drawings evoke nostalgia, hardship, change and adventure, but definitely not regret. (via: Kayo Gallery)
Cut Offs - Moving from this old media to the Internet, digital cameras, and a world completely saturated with media made us contemplate quality of content as well, especially because we utilize that media to produce these videos. Even for the viewer to have the ease of inserting a DVD into a player holds its own implications. So, the idea of making art films was not just to make abstract experimental videos, it was about making a connection and giving a cinematic experience. We hope that this little collection of videos does connect the viewer in some individualistic way and push them to find the conceptual relationships between the vignettes. (an excerpt from CUT OFFS and kennyriches.com)
Late Nights
So hi. It’s been a while. During the last few months I have devoted the majority of my time working on a collaborative video project with my friend and roommate called CUT OFFS.
The idea for the project came while chatting over coffee one afternoon in April. Since then, we’ve been collecting stills and videos and editing them together to form something that really represents our lives and experiences during past year.
Tonight marks t-minues 12 days to the opening of I Wish Things Were Different at Kayo Gallery where we’ll be showing our hard work. Right now, I’m putting the finishing touches on the videos and cramming to layout the book for printing.
I can’t wait!
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