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Me-Animator?
Though my first experiments in movie-making were stop-motion shorts and a whiteboard fan-animation, I’ve never thought of myself as an animator. And honestly, after my first 30 second stab at it with this last commercial, ...
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Making Friends: Puppet Progress
As the last blog post may have indicated, my life has once again been taken over by puppets. It’s singularly creepy how miniature anthropomorphic zebras control my schedule and possess my thoughts. Since I made that first disastrous mold ...
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Disaster Style Puppet Making
Working on a stop-motion job these past few weeks has given me the opportunity to once again feel as belittled, frustrated, and overwhelmed as I was when I made fly puppets last year. Building a ...
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Gods of the Flies: Get yours today!
After winning the Judge’s choice at the Northern Arizona Student Film Festival last year, the short film Gods of the Flies played at the Sedona International Film Festival this past Saturday. But don’t let all ...
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Patagonia 2013: Aguja Guillaumet
We’re quite possibly the most unlikely climbing partners in town. I’m 21 he’s 58. He’s bald, I have a shock of poofy hair. I’m 5’8, he’s close to seven foot. The only thing Tony and ...
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Failure and Discomfort
Over the last few days I’ve been bouncing around a number of ideas for a blog post. All of which I promptly discarded when I sat down to write this. I suppose I didn’t feel ...
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Filmmakers as Auto Mechanics (a brief essay)
Shooting Gods of the Flies was a bit of a radical departure from the norm for me. I used a tripod for nearly every shot, had access to lights (sort of), and even got my grubby ...
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Field Report: Whitney and the Sierras
Walking. Though not for the faint of heart, it can yield euphoria, delusions of grandeur, and excellent photographs. But this isn’t your post-brunch stroll through the graveyard or a cross-mall migration from Macy’s to The ...
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Gods of the Flies: Fundraising Campaign Launched!
Well, here goes a great experiment! I just launched my Kickstarted fundraising campaign for the upcoming movie Gods of the Flies. We’re trying to raise 600$ or more to buy puppet supplies, equipment, and materials ...
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Flagstaff and Flies
Captain’s Log: Strange new sensations Following a brief expedition to the end of time and back again, I’ve returned to earth and landed in Flagstaff Arizona. After spending a week couch surfing with local intelligent ...