My Blog Has Moved to ZombieSquid.com

I have moved my blog to the website for my production company, ZombieSquid Pictures.

Visit the new blog at

zombiesquid.com/blog-posts/

He Buries My Mistakes - TCF201 Short Film... Finished!

I'm taking TCF201 (Intro to Video Production) this semester. For our final projects, we were split up into teams, assigned roles, and left to our own devices to produce a finished film. The screening for our films was yesterday and I was impressed with the films the other teams produced. They honestly weren't nearly as bad as I expected.

I ended up Director of Photography on William Mason's He Buries My Mistakes. I shot with 2 Canon Rebel T2i cameras using the 18-55mm kit lens along with a 24mm and a sweet 50mm.

I ended up editing the film, as well, after we had some issues with the cut that our assigned editor delivered.

Here's the film we ended up with in the end. It's the story of a father and son who experience a life altering and unexpected event during a long drive at night. 

The Paul Jones Art Gallery Dedication Video

I recently edited this video for the University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences.


The music is an original composition written for this piece by Rae Marshall of Rae Marshall Photography.

You can find more info about the gallery here:

http://art.ua.edu/site/galleries/paul-r-jones-collection/

He Buries My Mistakes - TCF Short Film in Progress

Last Saturday, I acted as Director of Photography on a shoot for the short film He Buries My Mistakes with Director William Mason.  This film is our final project for our TCF201 class. It was a long, hard day but the actors were great to work with and they never complained once. I'd be happy to work with any of them again.

Check out these stills from the raw footage.

The Carvening Short Film - Drama "Work" Music Video

It's been a busy couple of weeks. Lindsey and I put together a fun little short film for Halloween titled "The Carvening." You can watch it right here:



Also, I recently edited a music video for award winning filmmaker Xavier Burgin. The artist is Alabama rapper Drama and the track is titled "Work."



You can check out Xavier Burgin's company, Que The Lights, here:

http://www.qtlimages.com
http://www.quethelights.com

I've been tied up with my day job and lots of school projects lately, but there are some new ZombieSquid projects in the works and I'll be talking about those as they develop.

I Scored! Gundarr - Pink as Night

This is the season 1 finale of Gundarr on Mondo Mini Shows. Gundarr is an animated series from Vancouver animators Corey McDaniel and Ted Williams. I wrote the tavern music for this one, everything up to around the 1:10 mark.

CUPCAKE FURY!

The "I Haven't Blogged Anything in Months" Update

I've been busy to say the least. Recently I've...

Directed/Shot/Edited a series of instructional videos for the weight room at the UA Aquatic Center and built an interactive map graphic that shows the location of each machine:

http://urec.sa.ua.edu/aquatics_weightroom.cfm

I created the map using a combination of Google SketchUp (which is totally awesome) and Photoshop.

Put together a couple of videos for UA Outdoor Recreation:

How to Change a Flat Bicycle Tire

Kayak Rescue Techniques

And I've put together a ton of posters, brochures, etc. for UA Recreation:

UREC Graphic Design Gallery

I've also recently started a new job as a Video Editor for the eTech department at UA.

I'm taking a video production class and have started an assignment blog where I review short films:

http://shortshortfilmreviews.blogspot.com/

And I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention a lot of things but that's about all I've got time for today...

BACK TO WORK!

Intramural Battleship at the University of Alabama UREC

This is a promo that I put together for the new Battleship canoe game from University of Alabama Recreation. The goal is to sink your opponents by hurling buckets of water into their canoes.

Record Breaking Alabama Heat Wave - A.K.A. IT'S TOO FREAKING HOT!!!!

We're stuck in a record breaking heat wave here in Alabama. The heat index in Tuscaloosa today was 104 and the high was a smothering 101 with humidity that you could hack through with a machete. The forecast is showing at least another few days of this wretched, oppressive heat. Our air conditioning has been kicking hard for the last couple of days but it can barely keep up with this kind of onslaught.

In case I haven't made it clear, I'm not a fan of obscenely hot weather. Hey, look at southern California! It's only 72 degrees right now...

The Known Universe by the American Museum of Natural History

This is an astounding rendering of the entirety of the known universe. It really gives you a sense of perspective. Our planet is just one infinitesimally tiny spec of dust in relation to the rest of the cosmos. The span of one human life, even the amount of time that life has existed on this planet, is nothing in relation to the billions of years that have come before us. The expanse of space that we haven't yet even begun to observe and explore is staggering in its own right.

I've been waiting for visualizations based on scientific data like this since I was a just a kid. I've got to start hanging out with more scientists...