Month: June 2007

I was going to title this post- Mistakes- Finale, but I know myself and there will be more mistakes in my future so stay tuned. What follows is a series of random errors, mistakes and goofs I have made over

I just wanted to add some details to some recent posts. Yesterday, I talked about the student film I produced which had a great title sequence and not much else. There is a happy ending. The director, David Zucker, is

A few months after my “Stage Door/Stonehenge” experience I produced another student film. The plot was simple, a man and a woman worked together, had a little spat, she gets a phone call, gets upset and leaves the office. The

As a young filmmaker I learned the most from those projects that didn’t turn out so well and I think that’s probably the case for most people. For the next couple of posts I am going to share some of

Four years ago today, June 21, 2003, I was with my family in Dublin, Ireland for the opening ceremonies of the 2003 International Special Olympic World Games. My sister, Mary Beth, was competing for the United States team as a

My filmmaking career is heavily indebted to the deposits I have made into the favor bank and the interest those favors have accrued. It’s a pretty easy concept, you do something to help someone and they will help you in

I recently saw a demo of this Sony XD Camera. It shoots HD and 24p. It is used by a lot of documentary camera crews as well as TV news programs. The 24p really looks like film and I was

On any shoot when “Wrap,” is called you want to finish and get out of there as soon as possible. When working on the road or on a longer project and it finally finishes, the urgency to be done is