Below is the entire performance with video portions (which were projected during the run), here edited into this documentation.
Category Archives: Filmmaking
Pam Reads Sterling
Jump-Start Performance Co. annually stages their performance party at the beginning of each year. For 2014 (the final Performance Party to be held at their Blue Star home of over 20 years) Pamela Dean Kenny asked my help in creating a short film which could be screened during the event. Here she reads “The Secret Oral Teachings of the Sacred Walking Blues,” written by the late Sterling Houston, one of the central figures of Jump-Start for so many years.
My Year in Instagram
My second Instagram movie. Certainly there’s nothing wrong with viewing one’s life through various lenses. Such as the ephemeral snapshots of a cell phone. Here we have a slice of my year (2013) from highlights of my Instagram feed. It seems that my life is crammed full of bicycle rides, enchilada plates, imprudent selfies, and oh so many pretty people. Life could be a lot worse. Music by my favorite Austin space rock ensemble, ST 37 (“Stack Collision with Heap”).
Foggy Morning on the San Antonio River
On a morning in early December of 2013 I woke to a thick fog covering my entire King William neighborhood. I knew I’d regret it if I just went back to sleep. What I should be doing was taking my C100 to the San Antonio River and shoot some footage. I mean, really, the river is just two blocks from me. I’m glad I did. I added a bit of Edward Vesala to this quick edit to enhance the melancholy.
Black Orchid Unleashes Her Diana
Prana
Anne Wallace’s Golden Age at Phil Hardberger Park
This is a little “tour” I made of Anne Wallace’s public art installation, “Golden Age,” at Phil Hardberger Park. I wasn’t able to attend the grand opening of the piece, so I was happy when Anne asked me to help her document the installation. This meant I would get a personal tour of a public art installation by the artist! Always a treat. Even though Anne only wanted me to record the audio of the metal tags in the breeze (she already had video footage), I, of course, wanted to shoot the sculptures, if only for my own purposes. It’s a wonderful installation, fitting in quite well with the site.
Paletas and Beer
The Devil Swings at Sunrise
Suzy Says….
Suzy Bravo (a veteran of the San Antonio music scene) was in the band Hogbitch when I shot this. This tiny clip was taken from their music video I shot (directed by Pete Barnstrom). I usually don’t slow down video (unless I shot it for slow motion), because it almost always looks like shit. However, when you push the contrast up against the wall, and when you are working with an image of someone as beautiful and intense as Suzy, it sometimes works. I added some “music” I created and placed this attention-grabbing short on my FaceBook, accompanied with a link to a crowdfunding website that the band was using to fund-raise for their debut album.