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I need to get back into film making, and to take my sport films to the next level. Here is some inspiration:

I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies). Trailer from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.

"More kilometres means more fun!" - Kilian's Olympus Quest Trailer from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

Life Cycles OFFICIAL Trailer from Life Cycles on Vimeo.

Some cool video tools and techniques:
http://www.glidecam.com/product-hd-series.php
http://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/
http://www.sebmontaz.com/sections/4-film-tips/videos/238-video-tutorial-use-of-a-steadycam-for-outdoor-sport-filming

I saw this video on TV last night. I love the blurry light burns and quick editing. This looks real, like the band takes a Super 8 camera with them on the road. I hope I'm not duped.

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Super 8 Wedding Video for Brie & Pat

My In-Laws were married on the Oregon coast in 2009. I finally got around to developing the film, transferring it, editing it, etc,.

I like how Super 8 captures these rough, almost painterly impressions that leave a lot to the imagination — it's not so sharp that you relive the moment within the video — the film inspires your own memories.

Wow, this is shot really well and there are some interesting techniques in it!

I heart Kid Cudi. I love the mixing of color in this but the overall desaturated images.



This one is very Michel Gondry-esque, super cool. There is also a second version of the video that is more traditional hip hop-ish with party shots.

The "Day 'n Nite" video is sweet too with video mixing with drawings.

This is freakin creepy but it's really cool. I've been wanting to create a film based upon "Das Kabinet der Doktor Caligari" for years. I need to clean out the garage and get crackin!

This video combines moving images with crap printing techniques, two of my favorite things. I might swipe some of these techniques for a future video.

Vicious Valentine: Never Go to Bed Angry from CinéCinnati on Vimeo.

I'm still playing catch up after a vicious hard drive failure — finally putting the finishing touches on a short film Bridget, Chrissy and I made in March of 2008! It is part of my Valentine series, or "Vicious Valentines" as I am now calling them, a failed feature film that has turned into a series of shorts about a man named Dede who has very "unfortunate Februarys."

Here is a link to Chrissy's production stills of the shoot.

The Singing Bridge from CinéCinnati on Vimeo.

This is an example of an experimental documentary style I was developing around 2002-2006. I experimented with abstractly communicating the history of a place with only sound and image — almost if the memories of a place would come alive while you were visiting.

I just found an incomplete edit on an old disc — unfortunately my source files have been lost due to a hard drive failure and this project was never completed.

Many thanks to Chris Bautista who ran sound while we were filming. Later we had a production "wrap party" at Mullanes. Oh memories!

I've been racing bikes a lot lately, actually that is why I stopped posting on this blog for nearly 3 years. I have another blog called JimmyRoadRash where I also experiment with design while telling cycling stories. This video combines the aesthetic of the blog from the Summer/Fall of 2010 with video by Thomas Campbell and Brian Vernor. I really love abstract, soulful videos that capture the beauty of sport as well as at times capture what it is like to participate. Thomas Campbell's films are beautiful and there are moments in Brian Vernor's films where you feel you are in a race.

Today I had the opportunity to present my film Summer at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Fortunately someone remembered my video and asked for me to present it in front of an audience. I even made a "making of featurette" that I narrated after my film was shown.





Chrissy, Tommy, Mummy & Pappy could make it, we celebrated my Mom's birthday in the Museum Café.



I'm about to wow the "crowd." I mean, I'm about to wow 4-6 old ladies.

A short promo I created for a local Cyclocross race weekend. Cyclocross is a form of off-road cycling that requires cyclist to dismount their bikes to get over barriers, it is as much fun to race as it looks bizarre.