Bench Website

The website for my newest short film, Bench, is up. I have been working on the script for 2 years and it is finally coming together. I plan to shoot this spring. Check the website out! It is slowly being tweaked and smoothed out. It should be at full speed soon.

www.benchmovie.com

New Look - Same Current

It's like your favorite shampoo but it changed it's packaging! Or something. But instead, The Current gallery is completely revamped. The other gallery script just couldn't handle the volume. So I took advantage of my free time and assembled this new look. You can comment and navigate the images more easily. It is still being tweaked and should be ironed out in the next few days. I also lost some images in the transition and I am trying to recover them. Check it out!

A Lighting Final

After 2 weeks of work this is the result of my lighting final. We were given a short story to shoot in 10 or more slides. I chose this one:
out_of_water.pdf

I didn't think it had enough tension so I adapted it into screenplay format and added my own interpretation:
nalita.pdf

Drew some storyboards:
boards.pdf

So, I cast some GREAT actresses, Nalita Murray and Jenna McCombie, to play the rolls. It was a superb exercise in directing. I shot the outdoor scenes in Pasadena at about 2:00-4:00 am on Friday and the rest inside my apartment. It turned out pretty close to what I wanted it to look like. I can't really tell if it is quality work or not. It's a new style I have never tried. It can be viewed a few different ways: The first way is a full piece similar to my final from last term . And the second way is a slide show. Click on the main image at the top for the compilation(It is 4000x5000 so be sure to zoom in on it if you want to get closer) and click below for the slide show:

I personally like them all as their own stills so I like the slide show. As always, the individual ones can be viewed on the current. Enjoy!!

An Animation Final

Well, here is the result of my 3d Animation class. The final took a while, I think I am more into rendering then character animation. It almost didn't make it to the web site because I'm not completely happy with it. But I think it is pretty good being my first experience building and animating a character. Click the image below to watch!