Analog Life - Film, and Filmmaking

I'm heading back to California from July 2nd - 10th. I've been searching for flight deals, and compared to my trip in March, the cost for tickets has tripled! Thankfully I remembered that I have airline points. My $522.00 ticket has dropped down to a lovely $60.35 round trip!

Impossible Project mailed me packets of PX680, PX70, and PZ680 Color film today! I cannot wait to capture Santa Barbara, LA, San Diego, Big Bear Lake, and all the little places in between with the dreamlike feel of instant film.

I've finally had free time to scan a handful of polaroids from the past few months. They should be on Impossible Project sometime this coming week.

Okay, so its been awhile since I last posted anything. When classes started up again, that became my priority.

An extremely short summary of things:

1. We wrapped up filming on the 1830s film shoot and are currently in the editing process.
2. I've had a lot of love/hate moments for UArts this semester.
3. At the beginning of March, I left the east coast on a whim for two weeks, and traveled between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, CA. I'll post more about this later.
4. I've been working for Riverview Studios, a film/video studio based out of Bordentown, NJ.

Finals have started, and with Thanksgiving, a head cold and starting two new jobs I've been lacks on the blogging.

Kim finished writing her first script and we had a read-through two weeks ago. For her first attempt at screenwriting, and her first period piece, she did a great job. That being said, it still needed a lot of work. We got together and reworked the story, and weeded out plot holes and inconstancies.

The party was great! I was really proud of myself for making a successful Pre-Thanksgiving Feast. I hope to make it a yearly tradition. So, with too much to say about each photo I'll just leave most of them blank and allow you to enjoy them for what they are.

I've had these exposed wires dangling freely in my back courtyard for months. I live in an old, Philadelphia rowhouse, so I expected to lose power, namely because of those wires. Nope, I was fine. The lights flickered a few times, but we all still have power. The temperate dropped a lot, and there's a lot of leaves scattered about, but no damage from what I can tell in the surrounding area. Not even flooding in the basement. Best wishes to friends and family at home, and those in Jersey and New York. :[

I spent the day editing footage from the film I've been working on in my narrative production class.

We're filming with the Aaton LTR54 16mm camera. I'm sort of in love with it. For those who don't know, this camera was used to shoot a lot of motion pictures. The Hurt Locker is a recent example.



This was from our shoot when we did the exterior shots. The locations that day were a beautiful field and the remaining structure of an old abandoned farmhouse, complete with creepy basement. We used a five in one to bounce some light on Kim to really make the scene pop.