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September 15, 2008
Meridian Days screens at TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition screening at Colgate University apart of program entitled “Retrospective: 2008 Colgate Edition” Here’s the program lineup. It includes several esteemed filmmakers, notably Nathaniel Dorksy, Stan Brakhage, and Michael Robinson, for a 16mm showcase curated by one of our favorite exhibitors of experimental film.
September 07, 2008
True Blood main title sequence airs on HBO. The creative team at digital kitchen rallied to produce a stirring composition from an eclectic blend of visual sources that I think will provide a shot in the arm for this new program based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris. I was brought on to shoot much of the title sequence with our trusty Rex 5 bolex, a modified shutterless Bolex, and our Minolta XL-401 Super 8 Camera. Stocks included 7201 and 7218 for both Super 8 and16m. The show is produced for HBO and Alan Ball of Six Feet Under fame.
August 22, 2008
Alder Lux Hogue Fife born at 10:38 pm, 8lbs. 8oz., 18 inches.
March 29, 2008
Back to do some pick-ups with Digital Kitchen for the True Blood opening title sequence. They rented out the Little Red Hen Bar in Seattle, this great family owned bar that’s been around for almost 100 years. They let us have the run of the place for most of a day. We staged a number of set ups to mimic some honky-tonk bar in Louisiana where it was late at night and drinks had been flowing all night. DK hired some dancers to move provocatively.
March 22, 2008
DP for Digital Kitchen shoot again. This time, DK rented the soundstage at Seattle Grip and Light and shot two bumpers for the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival. Super talented crew.
March 11, 2008
Headed down to Louisiana to DP a shoot with Digital Kitchen for parts of the opening title sequence for HBO’s new series True Blood. Rented an RV and put over 1000 miles in four days but gathered some kick ass material. Tried cracklin and boudin for the first time and sampled other local flavor too. DK was trying to capture a dirty south vibe. We had some great locations scouted in advance including the most amazing waterway of swamp trees I’ve ever seen. Look for True Blood to air the next couple of months.
February 28, 2008
Instructor for NW Film Center to produce a series of PSA’s for Lincoln County Underage Drinking program. I worked with three high schools with kids from 9-12th grade for a semester.
February 15, 2008
Meridian Days screens at Directors Lounge Contemporary Media and Art Berlin 2008.
January 13, 2008
Remixed and re-authored all thirteen Stumptown Coffee Roasters projects for DVD and web. With so many projects floating within the company we decided the time was right to take inventory, consolidate, optimize picture and sound before we sealed things to the vault. It was an arduous task as one of the goals was to make things really pop for DVD and web. We performed reverse pull downs on all three formats, (16mm, Super 8, and 24P DV) and that really spruced things up and a full sound remix and color correction.