Wisdom from Derek Sivers: musician, writer, founder of CDBaby. Can Quantity Lead to Quality? Start at the 1:28 time mark. 2016 May 23
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2016 | Movies | Creating a Compelling Story
Check out Rick Mereki’s film Move. 2016 May 20
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2016 | Movies | George Tsypin
George Tsypin is known for his design work for opera, the Broadway musical Spiderman, and the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics. Filmed by George’s daughter Sonja, her documentary explores the design process developed by one of the world’s foremost scenic designers. 2016 May 18
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2016 | Visuals | Video Advertising
2016 March 18 Successful advertising with everyday people The reality about successful advertising is that it must elicit that special marketing phrase: A call to action. In-other-words: it needs to compel the person who watches the advertisement to spend their time and money on the service or product being advertised.…
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2016 | Movies | Stanley Kubrick
Film director | Screenwriter | Cinematographer | Photographer But he was really a storyteller who expressed himself through visual media. His work is something I’ve aspired to ever since coming across the beauty of 2001: a Space Odyssey. The story telling in A Clockwork Orange. And the suspense of The Shining.…
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2016 | Words | Murgatroyd the Mask
2016 February 29 Commedia Mask Four layers of 90 lbs papier-mâché soaked in wallpaper glue Two layers of tissue paper soaked in wallpaper glue Sanding Three layers of vinyl spackling Installation of two sets of brass grommets A lot more sanding Four coats of acrylic paint One coat of polyurethane…
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2016 | Movies | Italy Texas
Aoife McArdle is one of my favorite film makers. It all started when I saw her film Italy, Texas: Wild Souls In The Hot, Blind Earth. Amazing storytelling with a great sense of cinematography and music. Checkout the film below. 2016 February 27
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2016 | Words | Projections for Theatre
2016 February 17 The history of projections used for theatre goes back to the 1400’s. Both Fontana and da Vinci worked on designs for projections during the 1450’s to 1550’s. But they really came into their own when Huygens developed the first practical projector called the Magic Lantern. In the…
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2016 | Movies | Return I Will to Old Brazil
Alex Budovsky is one of my favorite animators. We’ve been talking about working together on a project for a few years and hopefully we’ll get the opportunity in 2016. Checkout my favorite video from Alex with music by The Real Tuesday Weld with Nick Phelps and Geert Chatrou. 2016 February…
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2015 | Words | The Dichotomy of Clouds Villanelle
2015 December 18 A villanelle poem inspired by Quiara Alegría Hude’s play Water by the Spoonful, Natalie Colony, and Brian Haven from Wayne State University. Special thank you to Emily Willemse for introducing me to the play and Professor Tom Schraeder for creating such a wonderful graduate class at Wayne…
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