Friday, June 5, 2009

Multilevel Relationship is Screening in Cleveland Tomorrow!

The Ohio Independent Film Festival is currently running at Cleveland Public Theatre right now.

Tomorrow night, Multilevel Relationship will be screening during the SHORTS 4 program at 8 pm. Here's the slate of all the films & if you scroll down you can find our program. For $10, it should be a good program of shorts (12 short films in all). Hope to see you there.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Muskegon Film Fest



It was fun to see Multilevel Relationship on the big screen in our home town -- which also happens to be the town where we shot it.

Thanks to friends and family who came to be supportive & thanks to the great staff of volunteer organizers that created such a cool festival vibe.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Great times at the Maryland Film Festival

As most of you know, Multilevel Relationship played at the Maryland Film Festival. Daniel and I took a road trip out and had a great time there.



The festival did an awesome job of giving filmmakers space to talk to each other and interested audiences about their process, craft and work. Also treated us with all kinds of perks.


(can you see how close I'm standing to John Waters?)

We were feeling pretty famous and important most of the time. Until every time we saw somebody really famous and remembered our place in the Great-Chain-of-Being-(Celebrities).



We got to reunite with seldom-seen, but greatly-enjoyable cousins in DC & see a ton of other great films.

Next up? Muskegon Film Festival!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

We're up to Four Fests now...


We're feeling excited and greatful about the acceptances. (And yes, of course there have been rejections, but we're not going to boast about those on this blog.)

Hope you can come see the film at one of the fests!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Multilevel Relationship Coming to a Theatre Near You!



If you live in Northeastern Ohio, Multilevel Relationship is playing soon. We just received word that we're an official selection of the Ohio Independent Film Festival (whose dates are currently moving) *and* the Akron Film Festival.

You can find out more about the Akron Film Festival here, and you can come watch Multilevel Relationship on April 4th at 9:15 p.m. at the Akron Art Museum in downtown Akron.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

I Don't Know Who Rocks More?

My brother...
Daniel
(this guy)

rocks because:

1. he makes up songs Listen or buy here

2. he's my little brother (in other words -- just being related to me makes you a little bit of a rocker)

3. he secured the rights to all three songs that I fell in love with for Multilevel Relationship...

On the other hand, these bands rock, because they play fierce rock music:

Listen to The Soft Drugs here.

Listen to "Everything" by Dolly Varden.

Track Star's Green to Gold (you'll have to see the finished film to hear this awesome song).

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

January Update

Now that I'm doing the fine tuning of the rough cut -- into a final cut, I'm increasingly bumping up against my limitations as an editor. Hopefully those limitations will all be overcome by the time you, dear reader, encounter the film. (In fact, the fact that you will watch the film later, makes me hesitate at disclosing my inadequacies; but I still believe in the film enough to believe that my admissions won't weaken your viewing experience.)

It just becomes increasingly obvious to me how intuitive some editing skills become over time....and so in these moments I'm aware of how I can grow both as an editor and as a director. Which ultimately is probably good.

This fine tuning includes syncing sound and visuals more tightly, getting into & out of scenes more quickly, being ruthless about cutting lines, being more creative (and sometimes more conventional) with transitions...

Daniel and I decided this month that we need to actually put both of our energies into one movie at a time and still try to finish MLR within the February / March time frame, leaving SITM for our best energies afterward.

He's just finished a reboot of his business & has started to inch down the matrimonial aisle (a long and unbelievable story that also grows out of our filming time together in July...).