For this day I wrote a sweet little ambient track. I challenged myself with it to use Pro Tools exclusively. I've never used PT for a completely Virtual Instrument tune, so it was tough to deal with some of its shortcomings in that department! It went well though, and I hope you enjoy it!
Feel free to download it, and use it in any non-commercial productions, just give me a link back here if you do! (and let me know)
We had a great day shooting photos with Kyra! She put up with all of our shenanigans. It was a really special time for all of us. Here's a bunch!
Go to the gallery to see them full size.
I managed to finish the music and sound design for our fun little family project, it even premiered for a couple hundred people tonight at the film festival!
It was a bit tight working on it, but I think it will suffice! I threw on some Magic Bullet Looks and exported!! I hope you enjoy it, the crowd seemed to like it, and my kids are amazing!!! Bella was a real trooper on this one.
The film festival was a lot of fun, it was great to see all the students and their projects, a lot of really talented actors/ filmmakers/ composers at TWU! I'm so proud of the ones I've had the pleasure of teaching!
The movie I shot/ edited/ and did sound and music for won best picture at the ceremony too! I'll be posting the film shortly, the actor is Donald Adams, and he is AMAZING. He also won best actor.
I'm just getting ready for a self-inflicted project that I will most likely be starting next week. I'm calling it "Project Do Stuf".
Project Do Stuf involves me doing, well... stuff every day of the week for one whole month. The projects are up to me but must adhere to several guidlines:
-will be anything to do with: Photography, Film/ Video, Editing, Sound Design, Music, Composition, and Recording arts
-each day's task must be completed by the end of the day ("day" being a loose term here, might end at 5AM!)
-each day's progress will be uploaded to my site/ Facebook
-suggestions for projects may also be given!
Why am I doing this? The main reasons are to kick off my new phase as a composer/ photographer/ videographer/ sound designer. Yes I am wanting to do all of those things, and yes I feel up to the task of doing all of them, and doing them well. I just finished my gig as a composer/ sound designer for an ESL program, writing over 300 pieces with my buddy Josh Friesen. Over the last 5 years I've been studying video/ photo in most spare moments, and I'm ready to dive into them head first, but I need to build up my portfolio!
I'm also hoping this project will inspire others to do stuff. We all have so many different talents, but we mostly sit on them, and let other people achieve their goals. If I can influence others to get creating, I will be most proud of that achievement!
Stay posted and I'll let you all know the exact starting/ finishing dates!
