Archive for the 'filmmaking' Category
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Grip Life site back Up!
GripLife.Org is back up. I’ll be slowly filling in content in my idle moments. It’s meant to be a site for Grips, but not so much an encyclopedia or “The Grip Book”, but more of a general Film Making knowledge kinda place. Please feel free to Register and contribute, Comments, Ideas, Links, whatever….
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
[Grip & Electric ‘Toon] Gloves
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
T-Shirt Design Needed
I’m working on a show titled “Staunton Hill” and would like to give the members of the Grip and Electric crews a T-Shirt Wrap Gift. I have a concept and just need it put together cleanly. The T-Shirt guy said whatever I turned in needed to be a Vector Graphic. I need front and back single color graphics made. The front will just be one of their graphics tweaked to be single color vector and the back will be crossed hammers and an Ampere gauge in the center with the word Grip above and Electric below. Ok so I need it fast and cheap, heh. 724.263.7565
Elements are located HERE
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
[Project] Best Boy Grip on Staunton Hill
Staunton Hill has some kissing cousin roots to Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The feature length film is being directed by Cam Romero, yes, the son of George. The official Staunton Hill site and some little news blurbs is located HERE and HERE. Second Unit Photography began this past week and Principal Photography starts October 22nd and the show wraps around Thanksgiving. I will be working under Key Grip Doug Stanczak and Gaffer, er, Chief Lighting Technician Bill Fuller. I’ve started a Photo Album on my flickr.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Resume
Creating Light, Shaping Light and sometimes even Capturing Light
Most Recent Project:
..Shanon’s Rainbow - Company Grip (Day Player)
Recent Work:
.. My Bloody Valentine - Company Grip, Crane Operator, Key Grip - Second Unit
.. The Road - Company Grip, Crane Operator
.. Staunton Hill - Best Boy Grip, Crane Operator
.. Boobs & Blood (Pilot) - Location Sound
.. Vacuuming the Cat - Key Grip
.. Kids In America - Rigging Grip
.. No Exit - Key Grip, Crane Operator
.. Jolene - Company Grip
.. Netherbeast - Rigging Gaffer
.. Into The Wild - Rigging Electric
.. The Kingdom - Rigging Grip
.. Pandemic - 2nd Unit Gaffer
.. The Villikon Chronicles - Key Grip, Crane Operator
.. The Governor - Grip
.. Yesterday’s Tomorrow - Best Boy Grip
Recent Commercials:
.. Arizona Lottery, Arizona Tourism Board, Drunk Driving PSA,
Bud Light, XM Radio, Monster.com, ASU Shine, UCLA Recruiting
Television:
Camera Operator, Audio2 1996-Present
.. Shoot live sporting events-Hard Cam and Hand Held
.. Audio2 live sporting events-Press Box and On Field
.. ESPN, FOX Sports, NBC Sports, CBC, ABC Sports, HDnet
.. Projects: NFL, MLB, NHL, Olympics, NCAA
Videographer 1995-Present
.. Camera, Audio, Production Management, Grip and Electric
.. Networks: IBM, NBC, FOX, TLC, Discovery, Prestigevision
.. Projects: Ancient Mysteries, Americas Most Wanted, Commercials
Production Manager Prestigevision Westminster, MD 1997-1998
.. Director, Technical Director, Mixer, Editor, CG, MCO, hired crews
.. Studio, live and live-to-tape productions.
Video:
Director of Photography 2005-Present
.. Digital Shorts: The Child, Silence(HD), Etre(HD), Risen, Ink Trails(HD)
Production Manager Vince Clews & Assoc. Baltimore, MD 1996-1997
.. Produced, hired crews, rented gear, location scout
.. Industrials, Informercials and web content
Film:
Grip 1996-Present
.. 28 Features, 18 Shorts, 12.5 Music Videos
Electric 2005-Present
.. 7 features, 5 Shorts
Sound 1996-Present
.. 7 Features, 1 Short
Other Tech:
MSA Solutions WorkFlow Admin- Clear obstructions hindering
..Loan Advisors from working, ie, Computer issues, Update time, maintain DNC List
Carnegie Science Center- Maintained computer network, email server,
..webcam server and museum exhibits. I installed operating systems
..(Mac, Windows, Linux), software, printers and other peripherals.
..In addition I also worked the “Help Desk” and worked in the field repairing
..computers (PC’s and Mac’s).
Computer Repair and Networking- Freelance
2002-Present
..Troubleshoot and Repair SOHO Computers and Networks, Build
..and Configure Client PCs and Servers
Achievements:
.. Nominated for Avalon Award- “The Ghosts of Carroll County”
.. High Honors 5 of 8 Semesters Pittsburgh Technical Institute
.. Tutor, Pittsburgh Technical Institute
.. Volunteer- Red Cross Blood Drives, Habitat for Humanity, Carnegie Science Center (over 200 hours)
