Story of Hurt Teaser

A teaser for Story of Hurt, Directed by Ted Davee. I am the cinematographer for the project - it was shot in Super 16mm at several locations in Oregon.

Welcoming Departure - The Next Scott Ballard Films Production

Set to begin principal photography in October 2010, Welcoming Departure, is an 80-minute film following the life of Charlie, a night janitor at a public library. Charlie's routine, his life and his hopes are drastically changed following a strange and mysterious inheritance which leads him on a discovery of his own past. The film will re-unite the production team behind Between Night, as well as some of the actors, including the lead, Tom Campbell. With a modest budget of $25,000, Welcoming Departure will be shot on Super 16mm in Bellingham, WA and Portland, OR.
This blog will be dedicated to this new feature-length project. I will include updates about the pre-production, locations and calls for crew and talent. I am also adding Paypal buttons for contributions for the project. As the project goes into production phase, I will use this blog to feature live updates from location, as well as clips and behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot. As the film is cut, I will post trailers, teasers, festival updates and distribution.
Stay tuned!

Between Night at the 2009 Santa Fe International Film Festival

Between Night is an Official Selection in the 2009 Santa Fe Film Festival. The festival runs December 2-6th and my short film will be playing at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art Friday, December 4th at 2:30 and Saturday, December 5th at 2:45. An exciting 8th film festival for my Super 16mm short film!

Indie Memphis and Eugene International Film Festivals...

Two films I worked on as Director of Photography will be playing soon. "Shoebox Redhead" directed by Matthew Lawrence will be a part of the 2009 Indie Memphis Film Festival, showing on Sunday, October 11th. Check out more info at: http://indiememphis.bside.com/2009/schedule/week and you can view the teaser at: http://www.dynamattproductions.com/

"The Laborers" - a short I also worked on as Director of Photography, will be playing at the Eugene International Film Festival on Friday, Oct. 9th. More information at: http://eugenefilmfest.org/

Between Night at the 2009 Local Sightings Film Festival!

This weekend will be back-to-back showings of Between Night. First at the Tacoma Film Festival tomorrow night and then at the Northwest Film Forum's Local Sightings Film Festival in Seattle on Sunday night. I am very excited to be apart of these fine local festivals!

Between Night at the 2009 Tacoma Film Festival

Bringing it back local! Between Night is an Official Selection at the 2009 Tacoma Film Festival. This will be the 6th festival for my 17 minute short film.

In other news, "Enter the Beard: The 2009 World Beard and Mustache Competition" documentary is being edited and will be ready this fall. The final leg of Preproduction has begun for two feature films I am working on. I will be the Director of Photography for David Lunday's debut feature: "The Maestro" shot on HD with a Panasonic HVX200 and a Redrock 35mm Adapter. I am also Director of Photography on Edward Davee's "Hurt/The Story of Hurt" which will be shot on Super 16mm.

Matt Lawrence's 2008 film "Shoebox Redhead" - which I shot on Super 16mm with Fuji film stock - continues it's festival success as an Official Selection in the 2009 Strasbourg International Film Festival in France.

Matt and I are currently putting the final touches on our script "An Airing of Grievances" a feature film set to begin July 2010. We are securing funding for our modest budget and will be casting after the first of the year -

Cheers!

2009 World Beard & Mustache Competition Documentary

6000 miles, 14 days, 25 hours of footage....We (Matt Lawrence, Dave Rosenblum and I = Youngbull Productions with Parker Newton) survived the long road to Alaska in May to land in Anchorage in time to cover the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Competition. It was, of course, a unique experience with more happening than I could summarize now - thus the documentary - which is being edited as I type. We left from Portland and 4 days later found ourselves in Anchorage. Along the way, a lot of craziness, fireworks, wildlife and the sublime beauty of nature mixed with some pretty desolate towns - some bad meals and some terrible smelling hotels. Once in Anchorage it was a sprint through the week. Things went fast and we covered a lot - including the arrival of the international competitors, the parade through downtown Anchorage, some parties and lots of interviews. We met some great people and made some great friends like Kyle McNair from Toronto (who walked away a winner in his category!). I'll admit the competition was strange and I'll be vague for the sake of the documentary. I didn't know what to expect, but there was as much frenzy, nervousness, modesty and ego as any competition. We shot the documentary on an HVX200 recording on P2. This brought us a few issues, especially with transferring as we did not have a laptop with Avid or FCP with us. We worked through the issues and came out on top - we also shot on Super 8 and a small Canon HD cam. I'll keep the blog updated with the latest, as the documentary gets edited and we move toward a final cut!