Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

Joint Screening of “The Butterflies” & “Teal Optical” May 1st

Two short films will be shown on May 1st at The Amp Theater:
“Teal Optical” directed by Clay Hardwick and “The Butterflies” directed by Winsor Yuan
The Amp will also be having live music and wine tasting.

Date:  Friday, May 1, 2009
Time:  9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:  The Amp
Street:  206 Commonwealth Blvd. Oxford, MS 38655
City/Town:  Oxford, MS

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(in)TELETENT#4

(in)TELETENT#4

come experience the latest (in)TELETENT this week. this is an installation art project by clay hardwick, one in a series coming this spring. on the third floor of the academic complex at millsaps college is a sculptural tent in which you are encouraged to enter and experience while digital video and sounds surround you. the experience is meditative, relaxing, and hopes to spawn your imagination. music/soundscape is created by daniel johnson (mr muddle). come and meditate on the following dates:

Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Monday, February 23, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday, February 27, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Millsaps College > 3rd floor AC (Sculpture Studio)

Official trailer for short film, “The Butterflies”

This is the official trailer for a short film called “The Butterflies,” which is coming in the Spring of 2009.  I was the cinematographer for this short as well as co-editor along with writer/director, Winsor Yuan.

“The Butterflies”

Recently I traveled north to Oxford, MS and Memphis, TN to help shoot a short film.  The film is somewhat of a romantic drama for 20-somethings with a creative edge found in films such as Michel Gondry’s, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” or even “Science of Sleep.”  My good friend, Winsor Yuan, was the writer and director of this short, bringing in several young, talented actors, Sam Jacobs, Taylor Wood, and Caroline Turner.  Overall it was a great experience with 8 days of shooting and another month of editing on the way.

For those interested, I shot with the Canon XL2 with the DOF adapter, Letus XL 35mm. It was fun to play with a DOF adapter, giving the video a very “filmy” look with very nice depth of field unachievable with raw video alone.

I cut a trailer together from the footage and should have that online tomorrow.  Check it out here soon.

I also will be posting stills from the footage as it is cut here too. So look out for that.  The short film will not be distributed online for the time being, however we do plan to tour the film along with Teal Optical in the winter of 2008 in 6 to 10 various cities in the East US.  Please contact me if you are interested in screening the films or are interested in purchasing DVDs which should be available in late 2008.

TheButterfliesFilm.com

Writer’s Block

Finally finished!

The past few weeks, I have been working with Morgan Welch on a short film titled “Writer’s Block.” We shot it in the very last few days of December 2007, here in Jackson, MS at my house. Blair Bingham starred as the main character who basically faces the challenges associated with writer’s block, procrastination, and distractions. She is a young writer who has a deadline coming up, and struggles to find the story. In the end (SPOILER!) she actually writes the story that has just been viewed (of all the obstacles involved with writer’s block that she experienced leading up the her realization.)

Morgan wrote the script, both of us directed it, and I produced it. Jack Whitley operated as our gaffer and sound man. We shot and edited in HDV 1080i in Premier Pro. The running length is 6:00 minutes exactly with music by TTOCCS REKARP (Daniel Guaqueta).

In early April, we hope to premier the short at Crossroads Film Festival 2008. Until then, though, you can look at the web version below.

Please comment if you liked it, hated it, saw a mistake, have a question, or need to ramble to the world.Thanks for everyone who was a part of this. Morgan and I are planning on shooting another short before the summer that involves lots of people and some brilliant ideas.