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The Gate Inn, Marshide

I sent my script off for the Bombay Sapphire competition. The general idea is two men who have a rare disease where they only have the sense of sight... and it's not even good sight, they're colorblind. They pay for a kit that guarantees to give them back all of their senses. So wish me luck as I'll find out in September if I got it! As of late I've been editing and writing for ShortsTV as usual, still loving it. They gave me a new 27 inch mac screen for editing off of so I've taken full advantage and edited a commercial for my second job, The Gate Pub Inn. Finally finished, so I've attached the link down below. Let me know what you think when you get a chance. Next up is a music video I've been working on involving smoke grenades!

Long Time No See

Give me a break I'm busy. Working seven days a week after getting back to the UK about two months ago I went right into a job with Shorts TV writing scripts and shooting content for our channel. Just finished writing a script for the Bombay Sapphire Competition, wish me luck! If I don't get it, I think I'll invest in making my short film regardless. I actually earn money now so I can afford to lost money to film festivals.

Tim Walker

Another fantastic photographer that my girlfriend showed me.

Up the Ying Yang

I've been extremely busy. My mother would probably say I've had work "up the ying yang", which sounds unpleasant. After showing my girlfriend around America I got a job shooting the 84th Academy Awards. Through Shorts International/HD I was in charge of filming the Oscar-nominated short filmmakers and cutaways of the red carpet. Attached below is some stills of the footage I shot.

No Partizan, Thank You

I sent a Christmas card and flattering photo of myself with Belgian twins to the people I worked with at Partizan. I was happily surprised to get a response in picture form!

I'll Be There Music Video

I finished this six weeks ago, but I've been busy so I'm finally putting it up online!

Happy New Year!

Here's a list of what I did with my life in 2011:

Election
Critters 2
Zombi
Catfish
Wall Street
Sherlock Holmes 2
Hard Boiled
Rashamon
Paths of Glory
Elephant Man
Marathon Man
Naked Lunch
Bonnie & Clyde
Your Highness
Easy A
The American
The Muppets Movie
Whatever Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Red State
Bridget Jones Diary 2
Retreat
Sommersby
The Awakening
Paranormal Activity 3
Lady Vengeance
Midnight in Paris
RED
Drive
Mean Streets
The Debt
A Lonely Place to Die
Sliding Doors
Mean Girls
The Illusionist
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Final Destination 5
Stardust
French Kiss
A Town Called Panic
Bronson
Starter for Ten
Halloween 2
Hobo with a Shotgun
Super 8
Megamind
The Reader
Captain America: First Avenger
When Harry Met Sally
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Invention of Lying
Happiness
Fast Food Nation
Blade Runner
Suckerpunch
Dreamgirls
Elephant
X:Men: First Class
Hanna
The Running Man
Fermat's Room
The Human Centipede
The Tenant
Unknown
Atonement
The King of New York
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Buried
Terms of Endearment
The King of Comedy
Scream 4
The Last Exorcism
The Silent House
Rubber
Wayne's World 2
Dracula (1994)
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Whip It
An Education
Perfume
The Exorcist
I Love You, Philip Morris
A Bittersweet Life
The Call
The King's Speech
Land of the Lost
Ghost World
Battle Royale
The Hole
Das Experiment
Last House on the Left
Mulholland Drive
Paper Man
Body of Lies
House of Flying Daggers
The Fighter
Micmacs
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Human Nature
Alien: Resurrection
Daybreakers
The Green Hornet
Lars the Real Girl
The Social Network
127 Hours
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Lord of the Rings 3
Kingdom of Heaven
True Grit (2010)
Breaking Away
The Sound of Music
Lord of the Rings 2
Lord of the Rings 1
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Youth In Revolt
The Other Guys

Total of new films I watched this year: 118

Back to the States

Back to Enumclaw for a couple months until my Visa comes through.

And Starring...

Here's a pic I found of the one and only helping out on the set of a teenage help hotline commercial through Calling the Shots. I was camera assistant but they needed a couple more cameos so I was back in school for the day.

Philip Bloom

His Website couldn't be more helpful. Check out his stuff for any sort of camera help!

http://philipbloom.net/

I'll Be There

I shot a music video a couple weeks back and I'm onto the process of mixing animation with live film. Thanks to Jimmy Wheeler the video is close to done.
Check out the comparison between my drawings and what Jimmy is animating.




Animation Stills

Will and the Worry Dolls Trailer

Been meaning to put this up for a while:

Steve McCurry

Stumbled across Steve McCurry's art exhibit in London yesterday. His stuff is truly the best photography I've seen when it comes to portraits and color. Check his stuff out if you get the chance:

Internship

I'm going to work here:
Who helped make this:

Max Clendaniel's CV

Max Clendaniel Show Reel 2011

Location Recces

The last two days before the shoot have been all about practice.
I've never been fortunate enough to have people put time aside to get all the minor issues out of the way before the shoot to save time for the actual shoot.
In the end, this will save a lot of time. Yesterday Mike, Adelle, Caitlin, Tom and I all went to Caitlin's house to run through all the shots needed in Will's bedroom and Audrey's house.
Mike and I would discuss the shots while Adelle wrote down the shots we finalized. Tom would be a stand in with Caitlin and also get an idea of lighting for the shoot. Caitlin made sure we marked down all shots and got the schedule ready for the shoot.
The whole trial was just what we needed. As the director, it was nice to be more involved in the camera and shots unlike Just Squeeze. Mike and I could take time to see what would cut well together and any other issues we could work out.
Then having Adelle break down the script and make the shot lists on the spot saves me hours of having to think in detail every shot. Where as it's all written down and makes sense quickly.
I was also glad to see how different Adelle and Caitlin's jobs are when they started working together. I was worried at first that one of them would feel obsolete on production but each one knows specifically what to do throughout the shoot. Caitlin also solved the problem of how she can be used to her best potential on production days and she'll accommodate actors off screen and prepare schedules for the following days.
Today Mike, Adelle, Caitlin and I went to the field to see what's possible for the snow scene. This will be the trickiest day of shooting. We basically have to figure out how to make a small square (50 ft. area?) look like a blizzard filling the whole field. Mike, as usual, came up with great ideas that should help things along. He thought that a lot of it could be burnt out if we film towards the sun. That way, the grass will look bleached white but also gives a dream feel to the scene. Also, if we put netting down, that it can catch the snow used in the foreground but also have flour in it. Also Will's pajamas might need to be brown instead. If there is a flash of green, then we can remove the color green, so if we change the pajamas then it won't take the color out of Will's attire.
The whole day is a gamble to be honest. If the weather is cloudy, that'd be perfect (besides a surprise snow storm, obviously) because depending on the sun, we have to film around how it moves throughout the day. Same with the shots, we can't plan until the day when runners are setting up otherwise it'll all change due to weather. So besides the 19th, every day is looking more planned than anything I've ever shot.
TOMORROW SHOOTING AHH!

Getting There

Today was another shopping day to get all the minor props. A lot of the focus was on the warehouse scene. Caitlin thought it'd be a good idea to have open boxes of sweets to show more of the factory.
Later that day we went to the tv studio where we are going to film the sweets factory and Tom lit spotlights on boxes to give the scene more depth of field.
Thankfully earlier in the day Tom, Caitlin and I went to the scrap store to get the final pieces for the conveyor belt and the rest of the scenes.
The other step was getting hair dye for "D Day", when three of the five actors get their hair dyed.
Conner, who plays Will may dye his hair darker to bring a darker edge to his character, while Kate as Audrey will take her hair a shade darker to contrast her bright red clothing. Then, my personal favorite, Danann as Cary will dye his hair a Jim-Carrey-as-the-Riddler Orange. So excited to see it done! He's taking the biggest step by bleaching his hair first then dying it orange to bring out the brightest color possible.

Will's Pajama Outfit