It was all a race to this final showdown. In this sequel to Ibzan Lago's "The Race" the characters return to settle the score.
Here are some photos from making this movie.
This project was a great experience to be apart of. It was a lighthearted set with a talented cast and crew. It was my honor to be Assistant Director on this set. Ibzan Lago's Wrote/ Shot/ Directed this movie, he used the Panasonic AF-100 (shown below).
Here's the film, I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.
A Film Production 2 project I worked on. This was a lot of fun to make and I was surprised in the end how it all turned out. Here you go, enjoy!
A man awakens trapped in a storage room on the day of an unspecified apocalyptic event and desperately tries to get out as he reflects on significant moments in his life.
This production took its toll on me. I had come down with some relentless flu for weeks previous to this shoot. This was another class project this time the teacher assigned me the genre of "Suspense". I had to rewrite the original version of this script (which I had wrote in Screenwriting 1) due to the location. The original script takes place in New York in the Winter time and I was going to have to film on Miami Dade College's campus. I adapted the script to take place in a bathroom.
Sorry I don't have to many photo's to offer you this time. On this production due to me catching the flu I had missed a few classes and was unable to gather the essential crew for this project. I worked past that during production using one of my actors (Brian Brody) as somewhat of an Assistant Director. I shot this movie myself using a Canon T2i.
Here's the film. I hope you enjoy and it leaves you on the edge of your seat!
Are you asking yourself WTF? Do you find yourself wanting to know what happens next?
Danny Gorrin and I have made a deal, I told him I would write and produce the sequel to "Ill Will" if my youtube channel gets up to 60 subscribers and the video receives 300 views. With the sequel I wont have the restrictions of filming on campus or a lack of crew members.
So during the short break in between my Fall Semester classes and my Spring Semester classes I developed a plan to make a Spanish film in my Film 3 class. No one had really done it before in our classes or the classes before me (that I had seen or heard of). So I decided to challenge myself with something new and deliver a product no one else in my class had attempted yet. I knew I would have three projects to turn in during my production class, so I came to the conclusion that it would be best if I attempted my first Spanish film as a class project. I would just have to wait to see which project I should wait to make this attempt.
By the time we got ready to start working on our first project, our "music project", I determined this would be the assignment I attempted to do in Spanish. I was assigned a somewhat romantic sounding song and since I had never wrote a romantic film I decided to "kill two birds with one tommy gun".
I knew this would be a challenge as I do not speak a word of Spanish. Regardless I got right to work. I began by writing to the assigned track. I had written just a scene but nonetheless it was what I wanted. I went to school and found out it had to be a complete story so I went ahead and added two more scenes. My secret to this film I thought would be ingenious. I took my assigned song and blended it with lyrics from an interlude of a Blink 182. With those lyrics in Spanish I knew no one would ever connect the two.
As the production day grew near I assembled my cast and crew. A long side with my DP Ibzan Lagos, we finalized our pre production work and awaited the production date.
Here our some photo's from that day:
*Fun Fact about the production. Due to my inability to speak Spanish, my Assistant Director, Raul Rodriguez, actually monitored the audio during recordings while I watched the actors actions.
Unfortunately the production didn't run as smooth as I would've hoped. Not to say it was a disaster, we shared a lot of laughs and accomplished what we set out to film. But we did finish way behind schedule and the end product wasn't what I had envisioned. I have decided to re-shoot the project at a later date. My cast & crew did an amazing job and even though as I said previously this wasn't what I imagined I still got an amazing film out of them.
Here's the film "Para Ti Mi Amor". I hope you enjoy.
"Lady In Blue" was a Film Production 2 class project for Miami Dade College. In film to we still were using CP-16mm cameras (like we used for "The Race"). The difference this year was we were trained in lighting & sound equipment. For this project we had 4 classes to film this script wrote by Sean R. Cartaya. The group was made up of four students (including myself) that would rotate the above the line positions of Director, Director of Photography, Gaffer, & Assistant Camera. I had a great experience working with both our above the line and below the line crew for this project. Here are some photos from the making of the film.
Motivating Minds Media teamed up with Phoenix Films Entertainment once again to introduce the public to Angel. Directed by myself, Cinematography by Phoenix Films Ent., the video was written by the artist Angel. We shot this in two days over various locations in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.
Here's the teaser I released to the music video.
And with no further delay here is the actual music video, Edited by: Motivating Minds Media.
The 2nd Annual FAME Event was a great experience. FAME is a Fashion, Art, Music, and Entertainment networking event. Allowing local Miami artists and companies to showcase their talents. The event was August 5th. Here are some photo's from last year's event.
The 48 Hour Film Project is an excellent, wild, and stressful experience for filmmakers. This competition gives you 48 hours (one weekend) to write, shoot, edit, and turn in your completed film. On a Friday night team leaders and contest orchestrator gather together at a single location where the teams find out their required character, job title, line of dialogue, prop, and genre.
Drawn from a hat our team received the genre, Dark Comedy. Our other required elements were: Character - Andy Sterling, Journalist
Line of Dialogue - "Say it like you mean it!"
Prop - Fast Food Package of Ketchup or Mustard
We gathered a large group of extremely talented film students. 15 of us set out to dominate the 48 in what would be everyone's first attempt at the contest. We originally planned to work in shifts, allowing people to sleep in turns. That plan quickly changed as everyone's adrenaline began to surge in anticipation of completing this project in time. We finished our script at 11p.m. Friday night and prepared to film.
Here are a few select photo's from that weekend.
More behind the scenes photo's can be found on my Facebook page by clicking HERE.
We were unsuccessful in turning the film in time by the 7:30p.m. deadline. We arrived at the drop off location 5minutes late which meant our film would be screened but not be qualified to win any awards other than the audience favorite.
Over all the experience was very rewarding it showed everyone involved what we could really do in such a short amount of time. It was my first time as a UPM (Unit Production Manager) and sparked my interest in becoming a possible Producer in future projects.
I'm proud to be able to showcase yet another Directorial debut from fellow film maker Daniel Colon. This project dates back to May 4th, 2011. Directed & Written by Daniel, this short film to submit to a Bridgestone Safety Contest. On this particular project I worked closely with him as his Assistant Director & Assistant Editor. Over all this was a great experience, we worked with a great group of filmmakers. Cinematography was by Phoenix Films Entertainment and other members of the production crew included Victor Martinez & Ibzan Lagos. Last but not least, I'd like to thank the beautiful and talented Aydilen Defana for helping us with the project.
I know it's been a year since my last post, but I'm back and over the next couple days I will bring my blog back and up-to-date. Showcasing projects I've been working on since last May.
