Time for rebranding

I’m aching for a chance to rebrand. Since I’m in the midst of several projects, that’s tough to do right now. It’s been pushed to the back burner (the way-back burner) for so long. I’d be overjoyed to: Develop new assets (logo, color...

New documentary grant application

Earlier this week, I submitted a grant application. While reading through the grant specifics last week, I actually found a lot of clarity in the movie I want to make. I’ve been thinking about and working on this new documentary for years, but the fog...
Color and sound on “AK”

Color and sound on “AK”

We’re in post-production on my new short scripted film, tentatively titled “AK” after one of the main characters. We’re cruising through post-production, in hopes that we can meet some rapidly-approaching film festival deadlines. The pressure...
Wonder what I do with TriFilm?

Wonder what I do with TriFilm?

The TriFilm Society is an organization I started in 2009. At the time, I was working on my first feature-length film and needed a lot of help. Along the way, I kept meeting all of these amazing people, and few of them knew one another. The film scene was vibrant, but...

When everything clicks.

Resistance is tricky. Resistance can show up as simple procrastination. But it can also show up as fear of failure or fear of success. (The latter, believe it or not, is equally paralyzing.) I’ve spent a lifetime trying to understand my own resistance. In order...
The action is the story.

The action is the story.

In preparation for making AK, I did a lot of research. You’ve read about some of it on the blog. I talked about looking at women in action scenes, and other visual references. (Most of that research was done before Jessica Jones, Ghostbusters, and the Wonder...
More visual references for “AK”

More visual references for “AK”

Recently, I shared some of my informal research findings. While working on my new fiction film, tentatively titled AK, I looked for portrayals of women in fight scenes. Although I mostly wanted human characters, I also looked at instances of supernatural characters....