Posted in cinema, film, free film, Michael Bay, movie, short film, tagged "Torched", arson, cinema, comedy, film, free film, free movie, movie, Overactive Imagination Studio, Sam Burns, Schwinn bicycle, Sean Newton, short film on March 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
My son Sam and his creative partner in crime Sean Newton have finally posted their short film “Torched”.
The folks who’ve seen it are universal in their praise.
Find out why…and discover two young film-makers with a very bright future.
Michael Bay, your days are numbered.
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/62587166″>Torched</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/overactiveimagination”>Overactive Imagination Studios</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>Posted in ambient music, electronic music, electronica, free music, iMovie, independent writer, independent writing, indie writer, Literature, movie, Music, Science fiction, space age, space music, writer, writing, tagged "First Contact", abstract, alien planet, cinema, experimental, free download, free movie, many worlds, movie, Science fiction, short film, space, Youtube on January 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Taking a break from writing, concocted and edited a new short film.
“Exoplanet”…a love letter to science fiction.
Dedicated to Ian Sales and other bringers of wonder:
Posted in cinema, crime, Dark fantasy/horror, electronic music, film, film noir, free film, Horror, independent publisher, independent writer, indie writer, movie, tagged cinema, drama, experimental, film, free movie, lightning, movie, short film, storm, suspense, thriller, thunder on September 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Posted in abstract film, ambient music, cinema, film, free film, Science fiction, short film, space age, space music, tagged "2001: A Space Odyssey", "First Contact", abstract film, aliens, ambient music, cinema, extraterrestrials, film, free movie, movie, Science fiction, search for intelligent life, SETI, short film, space, space probe, Stanley Kubrick on September 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a lifelong fan of science fiction. A space geek and proud of it.
Here’s my latest short film, “First Contact”, and, as the title suggests, this piece is about a close encounter with a distant, alien world, evidence of advanced, intelligent life. Abstract, indisputably odd…with accompanying ambient music.
A tip of the hat to Stan Kubrick…
Posted in Books, cinema, film, free film, independent publisher, independent writer, indie writing, Literature, movie, Poetry, writer, writing, tagged '76 Ranch, free movie, Grasslands National Park, history, homesteaders, Old West, pioneers, short film, spoken word on August 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You read the poem…then you heard the audio version…
Now ’76 Corral, the short film. Created with some help from my son, Sam.
Shot and recorded on location in Grasslands National Park (Canada).
Posted in abstract film, cinema, film, free download, free film, iMovie, inspiration, movie, new movies, personal, short film, tagged abstract film, cinema, color, film, free movie, light, meditation, movie, New release, short film, texture on May 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Here’s a short film collaboration I’d like to share with you. I created the music, the great Stan Brakhage provided the quote and Sherron captured the images and edited it all together. Hope you enjoy this abstract meditation on perception.
Posted in 40th anniversary, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, film, free film, heroes, history, iMac, inspiration, lunar landing, memoir, Michael Collins, moon landing, Neil Armstrong, personal, Prose poems, Science fiction, space age, space race, tagged 40th anniversary, Apollo 1, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Edward White, free movie, Garageband, iMac, Imovie, July 20 1969, lunar landing, Michael Collins, moon landing, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Roger Chaffee, Sea of Tranquility, short film, short movie, space program, tribute, Virgil I. Grissom, Youtube on July 16, 2009 | 14 Comments »
We’re fast approaching the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. My recollections of that day are very clear; it made a deep and long-lasting psychic impression on me. I’ve tried to express something of that magical time in this short film, titled “July 20, 1969″. My wife Sherron helped me put this snippet together (using the wonders of this here new iMac). The pictures are from the public domain, the music plucked from Garageband…the text derived from a short prose work I completed years ago.
This anniversary (Apollo 11) seems to be affecting me more than this sort of thing usually does. I firmly believe watching those fuzzy pictures from 250,000 miles away was an absolutely seminal moment from my childhood, those few days igniting my fascination with science fiction, other worlds, distant spaces, journeys into darkness, etc. I’m pleased to be able to pay tribute to the exploits and achievements of the Apollo program and I hope our little film gives some small hint of the sense of wonder and excitement I felt back then…emotions I retain today when I look at the pictures, see their faces, and have a clearer understanding of the daunting obstacles they faced, the sacrifices they made and the grandness of vision our forays into space represent.
This film is dedicated to the lads of Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins
And the crew of Apollo 1: Roger Chaffee, Edward White, Virgil I. Grissom
Thank you.
