We are now releasing to the public this mini-doc about the “making of” the film. Follow us along on our journey into making the film and then tune in on on March 14th to watch the whole movie online- for free!
Category Archives: Behind the Scenes & Outtakes
IT IS DONE! Fini!! Terminado! Two months behind schedule…. but we finally finished the film!!! What happened to…
You heard it right, film funders! We are moving into the final stages of post-production with our film. After a brief but much needed Christmas break, we came back full-force in the new year, with our editor, Shawn Beckwith and I moving into picture-lock less than a week ago. For […]
Principle photography on Leah’s second short film, ‘Some Things Won’t Sleep’ has just wrapped after shooting October…
I had been staring at these beautiful masks in my mother’s hallway every time I come home, begging her to let me use them. They are quite precious to her, and thus, she didn’t want me taking them down off the wall and using them for my artistic exploits, (which I can sort of understand). Unfortunately for her, I could only be respectful so long […]
Some out takes from my recent ‘Mantis’ shoot, which illustrates my poem by the same name about a praying mantis. Such a funny shoot! My very platonic friend Ryan agreed to help me recreate the mating/killing rituals on the praying mantis by posing for this shot. He was very surprised […]
The American Dollhouse is a series of photographs and poems centered around a masked family co-inhabiting a miniature dollhouse. The concept of shooting in a dollhouse originally arose as an alternative to creating expensive large-scale sets. I came to the realization that by shooting in miniature, I could capture the […]
BEHIND THE SCENES
Brooke and I both did self-portraits atop a giant boulder near Topanga Canyon. Climbing up was rather scary. You can’t tell from this photo, but we are up very high. Test shot. Clearly dreading the next part where I have to be topless in public. Especially with that elderly couple […]
Originally we were going to wrap me up in duct tape, which I thought would be rather painful in contact with my skin, so I geared up head to toe in this dorky out: Upon beginning the mummification process, we realized this would look too shiny, so we went back […]
Here are some silly out takes from my Halloween shoot: The Final Product