So as you have noticed if you follow our partners, Shakespeare at the Bury, you know by now that we helped partner to produce Henry V.
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Category: Film
Highbridge 2015….The Wow Factor
The Highbridge Film Festival…
The Big Moment…
More than four years in the making, my goal upon first realizing at fourteen that my dream college had a film festival was to run the show. Freshman year, I had been mentored by the senior that ran it in 2013. Two years of volunteering. Five years of attending. Junior year of college, I had made it. Leader of the Hughes team. In charge of the show, I went to work. Everything from marking out VIP seating, getting and directing talent, coordinating with our decor and technical operators, making sure the limo was ready, the red tape was up, and finally getting the film reel.
The Asbury film reel was my biggest project from day one. I was determined to make our university’s film festival more than just a college display of work. It was going to be the whole package. The student Oscars, the grand performance and what better way to show the awards off than to have a giant 7ft metal figure of Asbury’s own awards, a film reel. After calling many places and coordinating with Dr. Jim Owens, Dean of the Media Communications department at Asbury, he finally found someone willing to make the reel. Things got rolling and finally the day arrived when people entered the Hughes auditorium saw the lights and the glamor, but probably the most special, at least to me, was the fantastical giant film reel lit up on the stage that night. 
Check it out here. https://www.asbury.edu/highbridge/showcase/2015
Back Again at Last…
After a year of school work, holidays, and mindless work; it was that time of the year again- Time for the Asbury Steadicam workshop. After months of planning, talking to Svenson on the phone, and asking Don Mink plenty of questions, they were finally back and Steadicam was reimagined in my mind. There were returning friends and new faces. The difference this year was that this time, I was an assistant, hands on, and excited. I was able to pick up tips from the operators by working more closely with them, having meals with them, and all the time in between groups of students. It was exhilarating to meet and talk with Garrett Brown, the inventor of the Steadicam. Never have I been this overwhelmed with taking in knowledge and wisdom from those that have not only put in their 10,000 hours of time invested in a career but I was able to work some one who had built the original product that had provided my fellow operators with a career.
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Open Eyes
Producing Open Eyes directed by Rica Wiseman was the first Producing job, I had ever worked. It was both a challenging experience due to the lack of time, and the emergency dilemma that occurred right before filming started….
The Monday of the week of shooting I was diagnosed with phenomena and sent home to rest. Shooting was to start on Saturday, so the best solution was to work as much from my laptop coordinating with people to make sure the shoot was still lined up. Then on Friday I returned, directed another project Saturday morning, then continued over to the film shoot and because of coordinating between actors, equipment, and the director, the shoot went as smoothly as possible.
Directing a Magician
Alantana Productions just wrapped shooting for its latest film, The Magician’s Secret. What a time it was. Can I just say working with magicians, children, theaters, and fake blood can be a trial? Don’t attempt this unless you want to be in for a wakeup call. Between scheduling, the story conflicts, and keeping the actors focused: this was the most difficult film our company’s ever undertaken. Hopefully you’ll like the release product as much as we do.
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