A Canvas of Sound: Scene.
A scene from my film "A Canvas of Sound"
Kris Rutherford and I recently applied for a grant with the Austin Film Society with our film," A Canvas of Sound." We didn't get the grant, or any grant for that matter. It, of course was disappointing and mostly because I am a perfectionist as an artist. The experience was incredible though, the process, breaking down all of my ideas, scenes, questions etc and creating my first film treatment. We are still in the process of creating the film as we have run out of funding and have been putting our own money into the project. I wanted to share the clip that we used in our entry.
We chose a clip from the "Chapter 1: What is Sound?" section of the film. This clip will be following our opening sequence and will begin with a narration of prose over an artist painting in a studio. The opening sequence (artist in studio) will fade out to Chapter 1 (selected scene). This chapter is the introduction to the characters, as they define sound in their own personal definitions while showing each of them in their musical element. You will also get a feel for the style of the camera work across the breadth of the film, using landscapes of musical visuals with sound and words.
For more information about the film you can contact myself at : https://www.samo4prez.com/contact/
Film Short- Poetry
A small spoken work piece I created last night.
Well, it has been pretty damn freezing here in North Texas this last week! I feel like I am back home in the Sierra Nevada's except I am not. I sold a few paintings this week, so I am on a high despite not being able to go out and brave the bitter chill in my studio, known as Jeremy's garage. I have been on a mental explosion of creative thought during this "freeze" so it has been frustrating not being able to paint. I have done quite a bit of design, video and forecasting for my fashion line "Veritas" but my creative thirst has been unable to be quenched the last few days, which means me staying up until 3 or 4am writing out ideas (in my idea journal) or watching foreign films. Early this morning at about 12:15am I looked out the window (I had been waiting the entire night previous for snow flakes to fall) and snow was pouring from the sky, so I ran outside to play after screaming "THE SNOW IS HERE! IT IS HERE!" in the house scaring our roommates half to death. I took my little Flip cam and recorded some small clips to go with a poem I wrote the night before. I didn't write much poetry in 2010 due to finishing my first novel and starting a second. I needed to keep feeding my creative fire so I decided to put together a little spoken word piece. I also haven't created any music in the last few years, so i figured it is a perfect time to create sound as well. Anyways, here is the finished project. A little sloppy. But that is how I like things anyways, imperfect, blemished, and raw. I hope you enjoy it. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/19588784]
Sacrament of Winter Heavy sounds ring like madness in the still while the chill of ice on wind is felt upon fingertips & slow breathing,
steam from the cup filled warmth sings mighty in in the vast winter eve
pen remembers paper and thoughts forget names and faces, long gone, they are long gone,
the street lamp rests alone on the corner with frozen liquid between the steels ridges and cracks like ones identity wrapped up in design and flaw, its only february, the second step for a new year
unwind, unwind and fall into moments of literary depth from shelves of old listening to stories from generations of grandfathered words, rest by the fire as flames speak of all that is good and passed onward,
this is time stood still this is the sacrament of reconciling what once was and still could be. SAMO4PREZ