THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - VFX

Dino has has a hectic time of it, finishing visual effects work at his job, but he’s finally able to begin Alchemist VFX. Tonight he’s going to assemble the project into a Flame timeline and then we’re supposed to be meeting later this week to begin the actual effects and color correction work.

The Alchemist Makes Gold - Final Stages

On September 6th, 2011, which also happens to be my birthday, I dropped off my short film "The Alchemist Makes Gold" for post production work with Dino Tsaousis at Light of Day, VFX.

Alchemist Website!

The website for "The Alchemist Makes Gold" is now up and running!

‎"Hand me that glass of vodka, dear, my lips don't sing quite the same song without the touch of a different perspective."

The Alchemist Makes Gold - Final Stages

Dino is away on vacation until August 25th, which means that the color correction and graphics work has to be put on hold. In the meantime I'm prepping materials for festival submission.

Today I’m spending the day at the start of finalizing production packet materials for my alchemist film. I think I’ll make the production books essentially square with Peter Schafer’s alchemical chart as the cover to the book. Inside will be a few promotional images, info about the film, director’s statement, etc.
I feel like I don’t really know what I’m doing. But I often feel that way, ha!

I hope some of these festivals want hard copy materials and not just digital submissions. Hard copy is so much more enjoyable to make.

Hold. The. Phone.

Whoa, it's been a while since I even considered posting on this thing.

I've moved through(with?) a series of events recently. I was forcibly removed, along with my whole home community, from the large warehouse where I was living. There was no real notice(3 days, I think?), before the FDNY locked the doors to where we were living because the conditions we were under were supposedly "imminently perilous conditions". It's a fairly long story, one that has been well (mis)documented by various blogs, newspapers and magazines and it's gotten exhausting to talk about.

But, most recently, I've moved into a pretty awesome space with a full view of the river front. The rent is low, the company is awesome, and I'm hoping to settle in and re-dedicate my time to personal creative projects.

Helen is still moving along, so is Alchemist, and I have a few other projects in the works.

The Man in the Attic.

Photo by Cait Davis

This is where I live now

Moved into a trailer. Just hung some nice white curtains this morning.