THE SEVEN SNEEZES (a little golden book story)
Fall of 2003 first attempt with blue screen. Mary Lou Hanks reads "The Seven Sneezes" a Little Golden Book story, in the dollHouse. This was shot on a Sony consumer camcorder, edited on Adobe Premiere and took over 13 hours to render. (Short)
THE INCREDIBLE BILOCATION OF DR. SINGH
Paul Brand.......Camera
Phillip Valle.......Set construction
Jeff Thompson..Stunts
Benji Lee...........A.D.
Cast:
Paige Murray......Ganymede
Tom Gillis............Derrick
Benji Lee............Jim (VO)
Anastasia Romanova.....Dr. Singh (VO)
Benjamin Lee.....Score
Nancy Hanks.....After Effects/Editing
Thanks to Paul's boys and the other crew members who made this possible.
Phillip Valle.......Set construction
Jeff Thompson..Stunts
Benji Lee...........A.D.
Cast:
Paige Murray......Ganymede
Tom Gillis............Derrick
Benji Lee............Jim (VO)
Anastasia Romanova.....Dr. Singh (VO)
Benjamin Lee.....Score
Nancy Hanks.....After Effects/Editing
Thanks to Paul's boys and the other crew members who made this possible.
This scene occurs at the end of the script where, as Blake Snyder would have said, we "break into three" or the third act. Ganymede has been instructed by Dr. Singh to bury a powerful device that will open a door to another dimension. She must be a certain distance from the Great Sphinx of Gisa for this to work. Inside lies the answer to what we today know as String Theory and our ticket to traveling between other dimensions... ours included. The evil Derrick knows of the plan and wants to get to the information at any cost... even if Ganymede must pay with her life. (Feature length)
THE DRESS
The Dress was the first project filmed on the Panasonic AGDVX100. Plenty of experiments were going on here. One of the local melodrama actresses, Lija Pittman, wanted to try her hand at playing two characters. We accomplished this by having Mary Lou play the back of whoever Lija was playing against at the time. With a little careful planning it worked. The other experiment was basic lighting in the rain. It's always scary subjecting new and expensive equipment to adverse conditions, but it has to be done. We got some excellent shots and bonus sound effects as well. This piece will be re-produced when the right distributor comes along. (Half hour)
THE DOT AND THE LINE
In 2002 Linda Seger, a well known script doctor and author in LA, invited Women in Film to a lecture and brainstorming session for a new book idea she was promoting called THE WEB. She asked for any contribution we would like to share... short stories, poems, videos or animations. I put together my first flash animation for the group from the dialogue that was emailed to me and did the voiceover myself. It was played at the event and has since had a bit of attention on YouTube.
FABLES FROM THE DOLLHOUSE
The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
In 2009 I had the opportunity to take filmmaking classes at USC. The amazing Jean Pierre Gurens was there to guide us through what it really is to be a filmmaker, carefully steering us away from formula and copy. Original ideas and compositions were highly praised while anything to do with commercial movie making was kiboshed. When it became apparent that my work had the theme of "fables", I could not think of anything else. I started writing and developing everything in that style. I began trying different stories in that framework. Assisted by actor and all around PA, Sue Upperco the idea of a small film repertory company, dedicated to the making of fables began to take shape.
EVA's ALIEN "This is the only time in Eva's life that she has felt important.But, as with all things... it won't last..."
THE DRESS
The Dress was the first project filmed on the Panasonic AGDVX100. Plenty of experiments were going on here. One of the local melodrama actresses, Lija Pittman, wanted to try her hand at playing two characters. We accomplished this by having Mary Lou play the back of whoever Lija was playing against at the time. With a little careful planning it worked. The other experiment was basic lighting in the rain. It's always scary subjecting new and expensive equipment to adverse conditions, but it has to be done. We got some excellent shots and bonus sound effects as well. This piece will be re-produced when the right distributor comes along. (Half hour)
THE DOT AND THE LINE
In 2002 Linda Seger, a well known script doctor and author in LA, invited Women in Film to a lecture and brainstorming session for a new book idea she was promoting called THE WEB. She asked for any contribution we would like to share... short stories, poems, videos or animations. I put together my first flash animation for the group from the dialogue that was emailed to me and did the voiceover myself. It was played at the event and has since had a bit of attention on YouTube.
FABLES FROM THE DOLLHOUSE
The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
In 2009 I had the opportunity to take filmmaking classes at USC. The amazing Jean Pierre Gurens was there to guide us through what it really is to be a filmmaker, carefully steering us away from formula and copy. Original ideas and compositions were highly praised while anything to do with commercial movie making was kiboshed. When it became apparent that my work had the theme of "fables", I could not think of anything else. I started writing and developing everything in that style. I began trying different stories in that framework. Assisted by actor and all around PA, Sue Upperco the idea of a small film repertory company, dedicated to the making of fables began to take shape.
EVA's ALIEN "This is the only time in Eva's life that she has felt important.But, as with all things... it won't last..."
CLARA "Duty tells her to stay and help... but something beyond silence tells her to go." (Time will always make the choice for us... here... as we count minutes.)
THE APPOINTMENT "Allow me to introduce my friend. Death.Not a bad sort... rather obsessive when it comes to TIME. But here, who isnt? There are alternatives."
