Below is the link of the press release of my first film. It talks about my first film, the experience, and the process.
I’ve officially been in the film business for 10 months. I’ve shot 4 short films, 2 music videos, 1 commercial, landed a small interview of myself as a Producer/Director for a local TV, and now I’m writing my first Featured Script. I plan by next year to raise enough money to get my first feature off the ground and getting the right people in place to market the film.
So this was to throw out some credibility of myself in the film world. With the tools that are coming out today, it makes it possible for talented individuals to deliver great visuals to a compelling story. If not a compelling story, at least good visuals. But I find it funny that so many people don’t take the time to understand how to use these tools. It’s more than pressing record, focusing, and composing. Some people I’ve dealt with say “Why pay someone 5k, when I can buy a camera for 5k?” I always laugh and shake my head on those ignorant comments. For those who don’t know the answer to that question, let me ask you this? Do you even know the concept behind shutter, aperture, or iso? Do you know the concept of color temperatures? How about accessories that are needed to make filmmaking easier? How about lighting work to manipulate shadows? Or how about knowledge of lenses to shoot certain styles and give different looks?
Did I mention anything about using the camera in just hitting record and composing the shot? There are tons of things aside from the equipment to understand. And when you do understand those things, hitting record on the camera probably makes better sense as you’ll start to capture great images.
There are too much BS on the internet these days. If you pick up a camera, please do your due diligence and put a thousand hours into self-educating yourself on how to capture great footage. Or go to school and learn how to make a great image.
I learned in the last 10 months that the tools are the last thing to worry about when it comes to making a film.
The screening block on Saturday at 6:10 pm were sold out. They had some incredible short films there and I was really glad to be apart of that block. The audience were great, had a lot of great feedback, and made some great connections.
This was my first short film ever created, my first film festival displayed on the big screen, and for the first time, I spoke to an audience of 200 + about my film. It was a great feeling and I’m very humbled by it. Below are links to the Trailer and the Full 8 minute film to “Denial”.
Denial TRAILER:
Denial Full 8 Minute Short (with soundtrack):
Here’s a no budget music video that I directed recently. It was a 2 day shoot because of scheduling issues.
My first 2 short films were picked up for distribution. It will be distributed via mobile networks.
I’m honored to even see short films be picked up for these things. I didn’t know there was a business until now. Amazingly greatful =)
I recently had a web page malfunction so I lost quite a few posts unfortunately. So I just wanted to update everyone of my progress in film & music.
I’ll be meeting with some future partners in the near future. My manager has a lot of things going on as well and I hope his deals goes through. Also, I got a few more films and commercials that are hot in demand and will be completed by end of May Early June.
Things are going great. Also, I’ll be adding a new section on my site of gears I use with reviews about them.
This was shot all on the Canon 5d with a very tiny crew.
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Here is one of our Posters for our upcoming short film scheduled to release sometime Mid-November
This is my short film I produced and directed. Here are some stills to look at. Release date is not set yet, but hopefully sometime in November.
Hey Everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read my blogs. I’ve been a bit behind on this as I’ve been working hard in furthering my knowledge in this exciting entertainment industry. My photography knowledge has drastically improved as well as my film knowledge. With that, I finished 2 scenes for my short film and in the process of editing and preparing for the final scenes.
So what did I do in a short amount of time to gain massive to do all of this? I joined a film meetup group in westchester (very educational) thanks for the host Holly and I asked tons of questions and I spent a lot of my nights reading forums, articles, youtubes, and blogs for best practice techniques and understanding of the process. But 75% is trial and error as you really got to get out and just “DO IT”. I shot a practice scene and seeing how long it took me to do the post production gave me a better insight on what to do the next time around. Without having any film education, it was common sense to me to have a shot log, shot list, distributed crew for certain roles that I can’t do by myself, and etc.
So the moral of this blog is to show my progress as well as tell everyone that if you are reading this and if something inspires you, stop thinking about it and do something about it. Life is too short to be lazy in life (unless that’s what really makes you happy). If you want to know, yes, I do have a day job that I like doing as it supports my passion.
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