Laura | Carmen Cooking Show
Duration: 9′42″
Miri from lauracarmen.com asked to produce a series of video for her blog. She is a really talented cook and wanted to start presenting some of that talent on video. This is the 1st video out of a whole set that we’ll be working on during 2010. Basically the videos are shot with 2 cameras. One still on a tripod, and another camera hand-held via a Steadicam stabilizer. The sound comes from a lav that she is wearing on her shirt, and another shotgun mic on the camera to help bring a more environmental sound. The filming happened over 2 days, and editing was 5 days of work from start to finish.
ARS Electronica Submission. Flaming Lotus Girl
Duration: 3′00″
ARS Electronica is the annual prestigious Austrian electronic art competition. The Flaming Lotus have embarked in many trips along with their art pieces in the past years. This time they’re introducing the Serpent Mother to the famed festival, since there’s so much electronics in the sculpture. Of course it’s made not to be obvious. That video presented here was used to submit the piece to the festival, but the voice-over has been removed.
Dust & Illusions. Full Feature Documentary
Duration of trailer: 6′ (Film duration: 75′)
After 4 years of work, Dust & Illusions is completed. The film explores 30 years of history of Burning Man all the way back to the late 70s into the origins of the event, with never seen footage of the Suicide Club, the Cacophony Society, and the early burns on San Francisco Baker beach. Twenty interviewees expose their views about the history of the event, and its evolution into a large festival. The film is the first to present Burning Man with a critical eye (not a negative one) and analyze how successful the event really is in its intention of recreating community and bringing art back to “ordinary” people. Watch it and be the judge, as the film doesn’t try to draw conclusions one way or the other.
Ken Townsend Comic Show
Duration: 12′55″
Ken Townsend and 2 other comic artist from the Bay Area did a show for a non-profit in a church in San Francisco. I worked with 2 cameras one static, and another one which I was in control on top of a tripod. The comic was mic’ed with a lavalier, and another microphone was recording the ambient sound. There was no preparation work, so I had no idea what the conditions of recording were going to be. And I had 6 hours to edit the video.
Insignificant Others, the Musical
Duration: 1′15″
The director of Insignificant Others asked me to produce a DVD of their entire show (2 hours long) in San Francisco, CA. So with 2 cameras, one static and one on a tripod that I was controlling, I filmed the show, and authored a DVD for them with 100 copies so they can get send it to program directors in order to perform the show in other cities in the US. This was a very successful collaboration.
Underneath is a 1+ minute sample of the show.
Circus Center, San Francisco, Lemuel & Gabe
Duration of Sample: 5′
This is a circus act by Lemuel & Gabe from the circus center during a full 2 hours show. The performers needed some video to build a portfolio. The video was shot with one camera from a tripod and the same location to avoid obstructed the public’s view.
They have been training and practicing pole acts for the past 5 years. So they are “new” to circus. But they’re doing great.
Carlmont High School Dance Show
Duration: 1′00
Carlmont High School Dance Director asked me to film their end of year show and put it in a DVD for the student and family. The requirement was to set a static camera and record audio. The DVD had to list each seperate dance performance and they had to be accessible from the DVD menu. They loved it and want me to film all their show next year with 2 cameras, one static and one to close up on main act on stage.
Underneath you will find 1′ minute of the whole 2 hour show:
HiDSmart, Product Presentation
Duration: 1′30″
Hydro Solutionz asked me to create their in-store product presentation, for a new automated watering system. The video uses a combination of Flash, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro standard editing. The video was done in 2 days to fit within their budget constraints.
The Serpent Mother, Flaming Lotus Girls. 6′
In 2006 the Flaming Lotus Girls made themselves remembered with an incredible fire sculpture they called the Serpent Mother. The piece has since been to Burning Man, Amsterdam, and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Of course they’re always for a new place to show it, don’t hesitate to contact them.
Equals Inc. Investors Presentation (Sample). 1′00″
This is a presentation that Equals Inc, a communication company asked us to do at the time they were looking for investors. Equals needed us to build a full script, do our own research on investment presentation for this software/communication company, and create a video where the CEO would be presenting his company. The content had to be presented on DVD and online at the time. This brought in the investors that Equals required to continue doing business.
What you will see here is only a sample of a 10′ presentation. We are just showing you bits of the presentation for reference purpose:
Mutopia, Flaming Lotus Girls. 5′
Mutopia, is the latest project to date developed by the Flaming Lotus Girls, and at this point, I am pretty much the embedded filmmaker documenting the making process and their pieces in action.
Dr Strange McCain. 5′
Music Video made for Tom Kennedy, art car creator. Tom made the Dr Strange McCain art car early in 2008 to tour around the country and show people what he thinks is wrong with McCain, candidate to the presidential election. And obviously if the art car alone didn’t change the outcome of the election, a lot of people were in agreement with him.
Flaming Lotus Girls Short Documentary. 20′
This is a 20 minutes documentary about the Flaming Lotus Girls made for Stanford University. They are a metal and fire based sculptures group of artists who live in the San Francisco Bay Area. They work out of the Boxshop, and make these giant sculptures when they’re not working. Enjoy.
Hand of God(dess). Flaming Lotus Girls. 3′40″
The Hand Of God was built by the Flaming Lotus Girls for Burning Man 2003. Until then it has performed all around the world. From San Francisco, where it was created, to Amsterdam and Australia. This show was recorded at the Crucible in Oakland, CA.