Get MAD!

Okay, Angie beat me to it with her post, but I wanted to include this here as well! A few months ago (okay, April of 2005) Angie and I were transformed into works of art in the pages of Mad Magazine!
Below is a photo of us along with the page in [...]

Paging Dr. Sullivan…

Yes, I’m still in the building! It’s been a little crazy around here recently and haven’t had the chance to post during the past week. I’ve got several Comcast commercials in the works right now.
One is almost finished and incorporates several animated characters matchmoved on background plates that I shot a [...]

New animation:

Very quickly, here’s a new animation I just finished for broadcast with Comcast. Hope you like it!

Click on the image above. It will open a new window. (And you should have the latest version of Quicktime on your computer)

My 2-second Caricature!

Well, sometimes when you don’t think and you just “do,” you can “do” amazing things. My wife, Angie, is a professional caricature artist and is really good. She makes it look easy. Last night, though, just for fun, I tried drawing her with as little ‘thought’ as possble. Just a [...]

Crunch time!!!

Well, several announcements. First is about a film being released next month. Let me give you some background, though. Last year I was invited to work as part of the crew for a film in New York.
My answer? Sure! I can’t say much about the details (due to NDA’s [...]

A real life example using color in edits

I thought I’d post a quick example of a production I shot and edited for a client. This is one I already had online, so I am just linking to the file on my own site (http://www.reelsinmotion.com).
The primary colors in his logo were blue and pink, so I tried to stay congruent [...]

Color and Film

I spent a part of today reflecting on part of my review of last night’s film, The Illusionist. When Neil Burton (the director) was discussing the process he used to create the dark, period “dreamlike” emotion associated with the film, he hit upon what I feel was the most important part of the film’s [...]

Just finished watching "The Illusionist"

Just finished watching the film. There are many aspects to touch upon. The first thing you notice about the film is Neil Burger (Director) used what can only be described as an old hand crank movie camera look. Burger did a Q&A afterwards and discussed this in detail. He mentioned how, since this was [...]

The Illusionist premieres tonight

The Illusionist premieres tonight in Philly and I’ve got passes so we’re heading in town to see it. Full report later tonight.

Making the transition to HD

Very exciting news, folks! For the past several months I have been making the transition to a fully high definition studio. Well, just recently, I’ve completed the transition over to the new powerhorse of the studio: the mobile editing system based on Final Cut Studio HD, so we’ll be able to handle just able any [...]