9.8.08

ORPHANS comes out on DVD September 30th through Carnivalesque Films
The DVD will also be available on Netflix and Amazon.com
Check out the article in the Austin Chronicle for some more info
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5.27.08

ORPHANS plays in Canada in the Generation D.I.Y Series.
For full details visit: filmswelike.com

5.15.08

Indiewire wrote about You Won’t Miss Me in their production report go there and scroll down

Also included in a profile of young filmmakers’ in this month’s SPREAD ArtCulture magazine. The article features other filmmakers like Craig Zobel (GREAT WORLD OF SOUND), Jennifer Venditti (BILLY THE KID) and Ramin Bahrani (MAN PUSH CART).

4.15.08

I recently started shooting on 120 film. I like the saturated colors. I’m going to keep adding images to this post as I take more… to check out the pictures, click the link below.
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4.3.08

Check out New York Magazine’s website, MARION just got an exciting write up in the entertainment section!
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3.1.08

The Humbolt Film Festival is the oldest student-run film festival in the world, it takes place at Humbolt University in Northern California. I’m going to judge the experimental short film and animation competition from March 24 - 30. Other festival judges include Lori Petty and Joaquin Alvarado. Check out Lori Petty’s website, many people know her as an actress from films like A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN but she’s also an awesome painter.

2.19.08

YOU WON’T MISS ME is currently in the editing stage. I’ve been working with the help of talented director Gil Kofman (THE MEMORY THIEF) on a rough cut. Post-Production can be a long and slightly painful process (editing and re-editing can go on and on) so it helps to have another set of eyes looking at the film and Gil has an amazing sense for structure.

The film is shot on many formats including HD, DV, Super 8, 16mm and the flip camera. The flip is a Sanyo one chip camera and is pretty cheap to buy. The look is pixilated and primitive but great if you like a low-fi aesthetic. The camera is especially interesting in unconventional and low lighting situations.

I sent the Super 8 to Dwayne’s Photo which is a great place in Kansas to get Super 8 developed. They make it really easy and it can be done completely by mail. Prior to Dwayne’s, I was using Pac Lab in New York. Many are skeptical of Pac Lab’s quality and rightfully so, they lost a role of mine once but other than that I’ve never had problems. DuArt processed and telecined the 16mm film, it cost an arm and a leg.

The rough cut is being edited on Final Cut Pro 6. The great thing about 6 is that it allows you to drag multiple formats/frame rates/aspect ratios into the timeline and it will adjust accordingly. If a clip does look stretched, you just click on the clip and go to “Modify” then “Conform to Sequence.” I have no idea if this will be helpful to others but thought I’d pass it on.

MARION was reviewed in the JAN-FEB 2008 issue of Video Librarian. What they say “… Russo-Young completely catches the audience unawares with her bold, playful, and startling breaking of cinematic convention.”