Looking Back at The Omelette

My last narrative short, ‘the Omelette’ was a fun little project I did with a few very close friends. I was trying to tell a lot in the shortest amount of time possible. Basically, we have two characters, clearly have been together for a long time, that are stuck in the same cycle. My intention was that what you see played out in the two minutes, is something that is played out for all eternity.

It was a fun little project, and I had a lot of fun making it.

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June Project Updates

It’s hard to believe it is actually June up here in the Boston-area despite the Fall-like weather, but it is! So I thought’d I’d drop by with a little update. I’ve been focusing alot on some freelance projects outside my own for the past few months. While I enjoy doing some of these projects, it leaves me little time for my own!

It has been a few months since the ‘Road Trip for Obama’ project, and something I thought of back during that time is coming to fruition. Though, I cannot talk about it yet, expect a launch of this new project towards the end of the Summer.

I am still planning something with Hello Simon/Hello the Podcast, that could be much further down the road however. Back a few months ago, I’d written a few episodes for a new series similar to ‘Hello,’ but I’m not sure that is quite the direction I want to go in. There is always something in the works!

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A Corporate Video

I realized I don’t often post some of the work I do from my full-time job on here. Why not? It’s something I work very hard on! This video was something I did a few months back regarding a new thermal camera the company I work for was releasing. The voice talent is Jim Jakala, a talented fellow who records for a lot of radio and TV.

FLIR i-Series Showcase Video from Extech Instruments on Vimeo.

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IFFBoston 2009 Coverage

For the second year in a row, I’ll be covering the Independent Film Festival of Boston for Lonelyreviewer.com. Lonelyreviewer.com is a web blog that covers various film, television, and other forms of entertainment, with the primary focus being cinema. The festival runs next week from April 22nd to April 28th. Check out Lonelyreviewer.com for full coverage, and buy tickets for the festival at iffboston.org

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Latest Project Updates

‘Road Trip for Obama’ was a tremendous success, we got quite a bit of traffic and press on the project. All-in-all the project was exciting, and I’m glad that I did it!

Looking forward, I’m currently developing a two new web-based projects, one is a bit of a reimagining of an older project, the second is something entirely new. As always, I don’t want to give away too much. I will talk about the former though.

I’ve written the first 5 episodes of a new episodic weekly podcast. Inspired by my previous ‘Hello the Podcast,’ the new show will be released weekly, and deal with the day-by-day challenges of a twenty something. I really missed doing ‘Hello,’ and I definitely feel like I left it unfinished. But instead of returning to those characters, I think it is only natural to come up with all new people, and start from scratch! I always considered ‘Hello’ a very successful experiment, so this will be the culmination of everything learned on that project.

So, I’ll be working on the scripts for the next few weeks, and casting the new male lead. So if you’re interested, drop us a line via the feedback form!

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Road Trip for Obama: Inauguration Day

I cut together some of the footage I got January 20, 2009, of our little trip from the Hotel to the Mall. It gives you a little perspective of what it was like to be down in D.C. during the inauguration of President Obama. Enjoy the footage! This is the final video of the Road Trip for Obama web project, from here, I’ll be using this footage in a future documentary that I’m working on. I thank everyone for tuning in, and I appreciate all the comments and well wishes we got during the project.

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Road Trip for Obama: Pics from Inauguration

It was a crazy day today, we got up around 2am to get ready to be at the train station by 3am. We were pretty sure most people wouldn’t be as crazy as us…turns out, we weren’t crazy enough. When we got there, people had been lined up all night waiting to get on the train. I’d say on a whole, the D.C. metro handled the transportation of everyone in fairly well, they were letting people into the station in bursts.

Once we got on the train, it was an hour ride, when we got out, it was a sea of people walking towards the mall. Then the long wait till the ceremony began. The amount of people as you looked around was staggering, the excitement and energy was moving. I shot most of the reactions of the crowd during the speech.

When I set out to do this project, I knew that the main part of the film was to get different perspectives, but the eventual documentary I’d like to make has been evolving as I’ve been going through this experience. I have an idea of the finished product, and will start working on it as I return home.

It’s been a very long day, I digitized all my footage but haven’t been able to cut a little recap of it. Look for that in the next few days. Tomorrow I leave early for home. This has been an eye-opening experience that I’ll remember the rest of my life.

I thank you all for sharing it with me.

“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.”

-President Barack Obama

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Road Trip for Obama: The Night Before Inauguration

The excitement was in the air everywhere we walked to this afternoon/evening in D.C. We popped over to get some b-roll, and just scope out the scene for tomorrow. We found people everywhere, but despite the crowds, there was a spirit of peace, happiness, and excitement.

We’ll be up EXTREMELY early tomorrow to get over the subway, and hopefully be on one of the first trains in to get our spot on the National Mall. I’m going to try and post some pictures via my phone here on the blog so check back tomorrow, and be sure to watch history from wherever you are tomorrow.

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