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2007:

Paul Allen, PA
The true story of the best damn PA the Tonight Show has ever had.
Key Grip

Seducing Spirits
Just your basic hip hopping supernatural murder mystery thriller romantic comedy, from Criscione Labs.
Editor / Loader (P2) / VFX Artist / Colorist

Jeremiah
I'm not sure what exactly it's about, but I came in to sort out a lot of timeline problems and Final Cut Pro settings, and then I started to do a pretty cool color grading pass, going for a stark black and white look.
FCP Consultant / Colorist

The Paranormalists
Who're ya gonna call? What if they're busy? And so are they? Them too! The Paranormalists!
Key Grip

Zombies Ate My Prom Date
An HDV feature about high school, dating, dancing, and zombies. And thai food.
Dolly Grip

Lampshade
A practical experiment in heating a small space with movie lights. Also, a short film that looks deep into the heart of a problem gripping our nation's youth: having 80oz of beer taped to your hands.
Grip

L.A. Proper
An HD feature by Barry Canty, concerned with life in the melting pot of Los Angeles. And sex.
Swing Grip

The Cougars
A new sketch comedy show in the vein of Mr. Show, from Troy & Casey.
Camera Assistant

2006:

The Horror Convention Massacre
There's a maniac on the loose at the Cinema Wasteland horror convention, and guests, patrons, even hotel employees are getting chopped up into little bits! The DV feature debut of Old School Sinema. Complete post production (including edit, VFX shots, audio mix, DVD authoring and print materials) was completed in one month, 'documentary style' - working from raw footage with no script.
Editor, re-recording mixer, DVD author, print design

The Thing in the Woods
An HDV feature by Joseph J. Toretti, shot in Jimmy Stewart's hometown and Pennsylvania's Indian Caverns.
Key Grip

Bud Light/Maxim Exposure Tour: Cleveland
It's like this: companies want to sell things to trendy club goers, so they throw a party. They hire some models, and stand them up near the entrance to the party with a number of other locals who are given fake cameras with working flash guns. Club goers enter, grope models, have flashbulbs fired at their eyes, and then go drinking. Later in the night, slides (shot months in advance) are projected featuring trendy club goers, but nobody knows the difference because trendy club goers all look rather alike.
Role as 'paparazzi,' load-out grip

Queen
A reality TV pilot shot in Vermillion, OH. As far as I know, never made it to air.
Office PA

Stealth CPS Advertisements
A couple of pastiche commercials in the style of really low budget late night cable TV ads for terrible products - in this case, an automobile cloaking device.
Writer, director, camera, editor, & VFX

Collaborative Creative Commons Project 1: The Contest
2002's 'The Contest' is dragged out and chopped into a variety of 1-minute versions, each telling stories progressively less like the original, then released via Creative Commons licensing, allowing YOU to edit your own version and tell whatever story you want.
Editor, DVD author

My Soul to Take 1 & 2
A pair of DV horror features from Waterstreet Productions, starring TV's Nick Mancuso as the demonic Father Adam.
Grip

Carpet Kingdom
Owen Cleaveland must decide if he's going to join the family carpet business, how to give his uncle a proper funeral, and whether 'balling' his cousin-by-marriage is still incest in this 35mm senior thesis film of USC student Michael Rocheford.
Loader (Panavision G2 and Panastar), boom operator

To Move
A DV feature by Carnegie Mellon University theater directing major Virginia Case.
Gaffer

Animal Crackers (In Production)
A short mock-documentary following the premature transition of animal cracker carver Anthony Biscali from apprentice to master, as he tries to live up to the reputation of his recently departed master.

Camera Shy Paparazzi Live DVD (In Production)
Concert film featuring the Camera Shy Paparazzi and the first appearance of bassist Colin Toomey to benefit the Albert Schweitzer Institute. DVD also features CSP music videos and the special “It’s Camera Shy Paparazzi Week!”
Camera, editing, DVD authoring

2005:

Three Short Stories About Suicide
A short film Joey Cassel regarding the intertwining fates of the patrons of the Jolly Donut.
Gaffer, boom operator, video assist

RISEN
A short film by M. Thomas Hoover concerning an angel, the devil, and the evil that men do. A senior thesis project for Robert Morris University.
Gaffer, transportation, day-saving makeup

Scuhergebnisse Für
An HDV short by Hollis Jean Zemany, with Nazis! One piece of a triptych of post-modern tragedy.
Gaffer, editor, Nazi wrangler

The Audition
An HDV short showcasing the acting of AC Earing and HJ Zemany in a combined 13 roles.
Director, editor, VFX supervisor and artist

Silence
An HDV short by Hollis Jean Zemany featuring a 1920's era film look. One piece of a triptych of post-modern tragedy,
Gaffer and 1st AD, editor and VFX artist

Street Theatre
A short film directed by Bernadette Gillota during the Cleveland Ingenuity festival, to be shown at the 2005 Ohio Independent Film Festival.
Production assistant

Passengers
16mm science-fiction short starring Thomas Coriale as a man recently released from control by otherworldly ‘passengers,’ trying to piece together the missing days of his life.
Writer, visual effects supervisor, video segment producer, original music

Sony NAB Contest Entry
Flurry of special effects and a touch of bootlicking that won me a free ride to the NAB2005 convention in Las Vegas, NV.
Visual effects, camerawork, role of ‘Me’

Care and Maintenance of your Shrinkwrapping Equipment
Animated :30 spot detailing the ‘correct’ way to adjust the roll of shrinkwrap film. Based on a card in the style of airline instructions based on photos of a perhaps well-meaning but especially inept co-worker.
Animation, lineart, original music

2004:

Full Frame Documentary Film Fest Fellows Program Commercial
Short video shot during the 2004 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, promoting the student (fellows) program. Features Michael Moore, Harry Shearer, Ken Burns, and thousands of attendants packed into theaters in Raleigh-Durham, NC.
Camera, editing

The Piece of Apple Pie
Short film technology demonstration of virtual sets featuring over 100 shots of three actors taped separately on a small greenscreen set. Virtual hopperesque diner created in Alias Maya, composited with Adobe After Effects. Also featuring ADR voice recording and original score.
Director, editor, 3D modeling, compositing, sound recording and mixing, original music, previsualization

Trapped
WeeklyDV.com short film entry. Briefly tells the story of a would-be filmmaker getting all set to make his next blockbuster, then getting rained out and deciding to play video games instead.
Camera, editing, role of the filmmaker, and one gratuitious effect

Diztortion
WeeklyDV.com short film entry. Tells (poorly) the story of a man who offers ridiculous excuses for being late to a meeting. Co-Produced with Kevin Berridge, and set to Camera Shy Paparazzi’s ‘Don’t Trust the Kids.’
Story, camera, editing, crazy last minute effects

Buckman Cinemas Preshow Slides
Series of 20 slides shown in a loop prior to 4th Wall performances of SEX (a.k.a. weiners and boobs), at Quinnipiac University.
Writing, graphics

U.S.A.
Liam O'Brien's adaptation of John Dos Pasos' trilogy. A series of monologues delivered before a chroma key backdrop. Backgrounds were filled in with topical and period stills and video clips from multiple tape and chyron sources. Segments were taped and keyed live in a series of three camera studio shoots.
Technical director

Hell is Other People Stan
Unproduced script and storyboards that remind us that even the Devil is in Hell. Intended to be produced with virtual sets or as animation.
Writing, storyboards

Judy
Music video for Camera Shy Paparazzi. Taped during their Around the Boards guest appearance, this video consists of things moving around in the greenscreen behind the duo as they perform their “perfect pop song.”
Editing, directing

The Bekaanian Works
Russell Anderson’s proof of concept Full Motion Video adventure game for Flash concerning the real life mystery of Oak Island and starring Sean Cody Grindle.
3D modeling and texturing, grip, role of ‘Video Store Customer’

After School Special
Unproduced script. Parody of typical after school special in which a boy is rewarded for keeping his word at all costs, even if it means the death of a fellow student!
Writing

Camera Shy Paparazzi Week!
After CSP appeared on every Q30 show in the same week, this special was produced from recordings of live shows and their Around the Boards appearance. Includes their second of three first-place-winning QU open mic night sets, an opening set for pop-punk act Allister, and a performance at The Space in Hamden, CT.
Editing, camera

2003 - 2004:

Around the Boards
Three seasons and 32 episodes of a popular hockey-themed talk show occaisionally interrupted by special effects sequences, unusually themed episodes, live music, season ending cliffhangers, and guests of the local, celebrity, and fictional varieties. Shown on Quinnipiac University closed circuit television, Connecticut public television, and the internet.
Executive producer, director, technical director, set design, lighting, editor, graphics, audio, web development, dvd development, and undoubtedly more

2003 - 2005:

Visual Effects Demos
A series of tech. demos, ever increasing. Includes multiples of me walking through the same shot, conversations between multiples of myself, superhero powers such as energy balls and fire, Spider-Man webbing, lightsaber effects, a Dragonball Z parody, crushing Russell August Anderson with a 16-ton weight, television monitor looks, TV powering off look, view into a film projector, Metal Gear Solid VR Mission wireframe look, wire removal, 3D element/live action integration, gunfights, motion graphics, the public service Russell, the ‘fear gas’ effect of Batman Begins, and more.
Camera tricks and a more-than-healthy dose of Adobe After Effects

2003:

i love myself
Russell Anderson’s creepy short starring David Brand as a man not sleepwalking but sleepcommittingsuicide.
Consultant, unused visual effects

Hobbamock Takes a Holiday
Z-Rob VanSchaick’s retelling of the indian legend of the Sleeping Giant mountain, and the only poor dope who didn’t know to not stand on the giant the day he woke up. Starring David Brand as the Mountain.
Role as the aforementioned dope

2002:

Mad World
Dane Anderson’s music video of Gary Jules’ cover of Tears for Fears’ song ‘Mad World.’
Provided footage from the notArt Meaningless Symbolic Stock Footage Library

Blue Monday
Music video for New Order’s ‘Blue Monday.’ Co-produced with Adam Brooks for the sake of on-beat editing (every 27 frames). Starring David Brand as Russell Anderson and Jeffrey Aronson as Mike Kataja, based on a true story.
Co-director, camera, editor

The Ascension
Neat first-person climb of the Sleeping Giant mountain on a home-made camera rig followed by my slightly embarrassing introduction to Adobe After Effects. Set to Robert W. Smith’s ‘The Ascension.’
Absolutely Everything

Geocaching Documentary
Ridealong and interview with Hamden, CT local geocacher Phiil Bacon. Co-produced with a girl I don’t remember, whose credit has been lost with the video itself in a crashed hard drive.
Editor, Camera

The Contest
A popular short with a popular twist and a popular special effect. Guest starring Russell August Anderson. Produced in 48 hours, with the last-minute musical additions of Yoko Kanno’s ‘Tank!’ and Kevin Manthei’s “Bestest Friend.”
Director, camera, editor

FadeIn Commercials
Public Service Announcements typically shown at QU club fairs encouraging students to join the QU film club. Five spots, attempting to lure new members with the promise of viewing classic and out-of-the-way films. Or the promises of a) watching Citizen Kane every week b) being more fun than the (currently) fictional QU Satanist Society, or c) Living a more exciting life (in split screen) for reasons we can’t explain.
Frantic internet searching and editing the morning of the club fairs.

One on One
Short basketball contest featuring Mike Kataja, Steve Udal, and the Smashing Pumpkins. Produced to fufill “basics of camera movement” assignment and to play with Adobe Premiere for the first time.
Editor, camera

Quest for Candy
Nearly five minutes of running around campus, all for some Peanut M&M’s. Features exactly one (1) edit. Co-produced with Adam Brooks. Crossover video with ‘Vending Machines: Machines of Death.’
Director, lighting, camera, and cameo

Vending Machines: Machines of Death
Russell Anderson’s faux-news package about the epidemic of vending machine-related deaths. Crossover video with ‘Quest for Candy.’
Concept, role of ‘Arben Anison’

Recapturing the Sins
Russell Anderson’s tale of the seven deadly sins, flavored by Sartre’s ‘No Exit.’
Crazy crazy camera rig, poor lighting

2002 - 2003:

QU Unplugged
Live music showcase featuring unsigned acts from the New England area and beyond. Shown on QU’s Q30 and CTV. Includes episode featuring Sean Kelly of The Samples, available on their DVD ‘Seventeen.’
Lighting, camera, technical director, graphics, director

2001:

Susan S. Bransfield Campaign Video
1-hour panel chat show highlighting the admirable policies of Mrs. Bransfield in her run for First Selectman of the town of Portland, CT.
Director

2001 - 2004:

Q30 News
Quinnipiac University campus-only weekly half-hour news production.
Contributing segment producer, lighting, technical director

2001 - 2003:

The Hockey Roundtable
‘Crossfire’ meets ‘NHL Tonight,’ starring Joseph P. Tasca, Glen Scott Giangrande, and Bradley Weiner. The predecessor to the much more entertaining and beloved ‘Around the Boards.’
Technical Director, director, camera operator, chyron graphics, tape op

2001:

Advanced Placement United States Government Political Campaign Ads
:30, :60, and 2:00 advertisements co-produced with Luke Meeken. Shot guerrilla-style with the largest camcorder I’ve ever used, positioning Jeff “Susan” Aker (our teacher) against the deceased William Henry Harrison (our nation’s ninth president).
Second set of spots co-produced with Ben Henri pitting the questionably virtuous James K. Polk against the even less virtuous Darth Vader.
Writer, camera, editor

Minimum Wage, Fingertips (incomplete),
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota (incomplete)
Music videos made in class to songs by They Might Be Giants and “Weird Al” Yankovic showing complete disregard for the amount of time necessary to visually express an idea in comparision to the amount of time necessary to verbally express an idea. Not actually...good.
Like, pretty much whatever, you know?

1999 - 2001:

Freelance Production
Usually consisting of photo montages backed by popular songs and on-screen punchlines of in-jokes. Including multiple scholarship consideration projects, sports team year-in-review videos, compilations of student work for Solon High School teachers, and a gift from the SHS Athletic Director to his wife.
Nothing you can’t do yourself with iPhoto these days

1999:

Bad Driving: As Seen on TV
Repurposed footage from movies and television shows combined with “helpful” voiceover explaining the rules of the road via clips from Ronin, The Blues Brothers, Thelma and Louise, Riding with Death, and more. All in order to win $20 and pass driver’s ed.
Editor, voiceover, renter of videos on 2-for-1 day

The Adventures of Peter Meadowdale
Phil Machi’s film noir spoof starring Phil Machi in a Phil Machi production written by Phil Machi featuring Phil Machi and the Phil Machi singers and dancers with a special appearance by Phil Machi. And introducing: Phil Machi.
Editor, foley and voice over recording and mixing, 2nd unit camera, Phil Machi

1997 - 2001:

Solon Community Television
Over 350 hours of programming including live concerts, sporting events, lectures, and student programs.
Director, technical director, chryon designer and operator, editor, teleprompter operator, camera operator, etc