Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tokyo Day 4 & NJ Film Fest & More


Tokyo, Japan Day 4! <-- click for video

So this past Sunday I went to the New Jersey Film Festival to see the screening of my film "Memories". The screening started good, for a sunday on a holiday weekend it was a decent turnout we had like 25 people there. The place was big, really nice theater type seating, a giant projector screen, and awesome audio. The good stuff ends there.My film comes on and it is WAY too bright, to the point that on certain shots you cannot even see Soul's face! Then Soul dives into his memory and the colors are all totally off, there is NO red and everything has this disgusting yellow tint to it. So the film finishes and everyone seems to have still enjoyed it, clapping, all that jazz.

Then the next film comes on... i'm sorry I have to be blunt about this. That film was terrible. And 99% of the audience will agree with me on this, we were cringing in our chairs. Waiting for this film to END. A hour and a half documentary from decades ago with no direction, no view, no insight, just nonsense that didn't bother to piece itself together. Half the film was spoken in
hebrew and there weren't subtitles! At the end during the credits you hear a soldier yelling and moaning in hebrew and an old woman in the crowd actually yelled out "SHUTUP!". There was no applause.

Although I had a lot of issues with it, I am grateful to have been chosen to be screened and was happy to be a part of the festival none the less.


In other news I am just about done with a screenplay for a half hour animated film I would like to create, yeah i'm crazy. This is what I want to do though, I will be happy to pitch the film to anyone who is interested. Obviously I will need a lot of help with creating a film this ambitious. I'll show more of the designs and artwork for that as it comes to fruition.


Also in talks with my brother on doing a short film which will incorporate both animation and live action footage! Hope to shoot that in October.

I'm also creating a comic book, I had an idea and wanted to give cartooning a try. I've inked and colored 2 pages, I seem to get a page done a day so if I keep that up I should be able to put the first chapter within a month or so.

Also really excited for HALO REACH! Only 2 weeks left! Here I drew a little fan art to show my enthusiasm for the game! It's kinda tiny here so go to my DA page to see it full size ->

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Otakon 2010 Workshop Video


This is pretty boring honestly but here's a glimpse into the workshop Myself, Mallory Coronado, Emmanuel Espinal, Ivey Ao, and Jon Setter put together at Otakon 2010.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBKt2JwJ1ZY


Also here's the two drawings I did of the Laputa statue atop the Ghbli Museum

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Back from Tennessee


Tokyo, Japan Day 1 video is now up --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZAIStv6Rc



So, I just got back to New Jersey this past Monday from Tennessee. I was visiting Amanda
there for 3 weeks, she is going for her master's in Paleontology at the East Tennessee State
University. I hung out with her and her new dog Roo Roo. Saw some of the sights, ate tons of "Cici's Pizza" which I will dearly miss. Saw "Scott Pilgrim vs The World" which was amazing and a truly unique film. Also saw Piranha 3D which was pretty much the opposite of "unique" but it was a great shitty film and fun to watch. Got lost on the Appalachian trail accidentally for 2 hours, good thing we had Amanda's new Droid to guide us back to civilization. I gave her swimming lessons at a nearby pool and then we headed off to Ashville. We saw an amazing botanical garden at one of the colleges there and some really nice shops showcasing many independent artists of the area. Also drank iced coffee on an old fashioned double decker bus! Really was a nice area. Then I hopped on a plane, the tiniest plane I have ever seen.
Transferred in Atlanta and arrived safely in Allentown, PA where my dad picked me up and took me back to Newton, NJ. It was a good time and i'm already missing Amanda, hopefully I will see her again soon.

Also went to Otakon! Myself, Manny, Ivey, Jon, & Malory held a workshop there called

"How To Make Your Own Anime From Home". Unfortunately we were kinda tired and unorganized but despite this I think we put on a good workshop and the audience seemed to really enjoy it and get something out of it. We even had a little animation that the audience participated in! I'll post the video up on youtube soon.

Lastly the New Jersey Film Festival is around the corner and "Memories" will be shown there so if you can make it please come! The details are here:

My film will be shown on September 5th at 7pm

Hope to see you there!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Tokyo, Japan Opening Video

Tokyo, Japan Opening Video!

The first video of fourteen, this will take some time to get them all up but enjoy the opening video. Please watch at 720p!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6UfK8AHTdA