This past Saturday I got to see an indie film from the UK about two U.S. people in Central America called MONSTERS, which is sci fi-lite. The UK director Gareth Edwards is known for making big FX for small $$$. This feature length film shows his abilities in spades. The Read more…
I’m doing an experiment with this new web series. We already met our goal of 1,000 views on YouTube for the first video. I wanted to put the emphasis on the YouTube videos just because the quality has vastly improved on this site in the last 2 years compared to Read more…
As paid work slows down, the unpaid work ramps up. Time to put a lot more effort into FRAMELINES, our PBS show on filmmaking. I was changing directions on the short film show, as many of the films were not as PBS friendly, but they may really want this, so Read more…
Alex takes more abuse in the form of electro-shock therapy to get him to agree with me on script ideas. Thanks Andrew Kramer of VideoCopilot!
This has out big homage to Kubrick (see my custom made TV shirt there as well) and Room 23 from LOST. Note what I did to Alex’s eyes with After Effects.
These new video blogs are popular with people I know. Maybe it’s the slightly exaggerated “me” or maybe people like seeing cruel and unusual punishment towards an Intern, but they are growing in popularity as we go. Alex’s idea of doing this combined with our team writing coalesce into combination Read more…
Alex gets even more abuse as he attempts to ween me off of caffeine…. Shot with the Canon T2i HDSLR camera
MAKING OFhttp://makingof.com/ Natalie Portman is one of the founders of this site with tons of great EPK videos of behind the scenes kind of things. ART OF THE TITLE SEQUENCEhttp://www.artofthetitle.com/ Art of the Title Sequence has great info and in depth interviews and videos on the title sequences and effects Read more…
Friday night I interviewed a childhood hero, actor Richard Hatch from Battlestar Galactica (both versions). He was doing an acting seminar in Cincinnati and we wanted to do a story for FRAMELINES. He was a really down to earth, nice guy. It turns out we know a few of the Read more…
Now we take Alex into the creative side of the process of a feature film and see what “collaboration” means to Sonnyboo.
So we put out the first video blog for ACCIDENTAL ART. I think the idea of taking a few potshots at myself and my reputation will make for a humorous thing. People have a certain perception of me and what working with me is like. I don’t mind make a Read more…
Here is our new video blog where show what the Sonnyboo Internship is like, working at the studio. Alex Newman is our current surviving Intern. We’ll see how he fares over the next several weeks.