26 Jan Moth to Flame New Year Resolutions
Chasing a dream and capitalizing on it is hard. The biggest lesson I learned in 2014 is that there comes a time when the business takes over the craft. It takes extra effort on your part to let go of the business and trust the people you work with, so you can carry out your craft. Every step of growing a business has its own set of problems. In the beginning I ran Moth to Flame pretty much on my own. As we grew in size and added more and more people, processes had to be put into place, quality...
22 Jan Throwback Thursday: Adam and the Pirate
This was taken at the fabled Peter Pan Mini Golf course in Austin when pirate love was in the air on the set of Funemployment.
19 Jan Moth to Flame Resolutions: Jason and James
Jason Cates'(Social Media/BTS/Set Sound) Resolutions 1. Make at least one original short film Last year began with a rather lengthy stint being a background extra on Revolution. Then going out to Shreveport to run sound for A Bird’s Nest. After that I ran sound on a few more productions, and also managed to film a little project of my own. That project however was silent, and this year I would actually like to film something with sound. I’d also like to use my own music instead of using a recording. First things first though, I need to get something written...
15 Jan Throwback Thursday: Taking a Walk
On the first day of arriving in Shreveport to film A Bird’s Nest the crew went out into a wooded area where we would be filming a good portion of the film. We started by checking out the more accessible areas, then moved on to an area that we had to walk a good distance to the actual area we shot at. This sequence of photos was taken during that walk.
12 Jan Kellie Penna’s Resolutions for the New Year
Here are Kellie Penna’s Resolutions for the New Year 1 Watch more Independent movies. I’ve never had a problem with going to the movies. Do it all the time, and my husband is always game. But we always see “mainstream” movies. Nothing wrong with that, I quite enjoy it. It’s harder to convince my other half to see a film that may be foreign-made, has a bleak outlook, and a possibly depressing end. Not that every independent movie is like that, but my point is they’re more of a gamble when it comes to emotions. If you go see a...
08 Jan Throwback Thursday: Funemployment gets a lift
Today’s throwback image was created on the set of Funemployment, after Adam Duncan took a fall while helping Christine Chen film some b-roll that left him a bit immobile. Lucky for him Joe Brostowicz was there to carry him around set.
07 Jan Wedding Anniversary of Mary and Marco Restrepo
A look at the wedding anniversary of Mary and Mary… One of the first weddings Moth to Flame filmed was for a fellow McCombs colleague. Today marks the wedding anniversary of Mary and Marco. It was quite special since many of my classmates were in attendance – a mini McCombs get together. Hook em! I can still remember the bride & groom getting ready at the San Jose Hotel on South Congress, followed by a beautiful ceremony around Pecan St. and ending with the bride running down dirty 6th into the middle of the road for an awesome light drawing...
06 Jan Blackbox Trainer Crowdfunding Video
On the set of the Blackbox Trainer Crowdfunding video The shoot for the Blackbox Trainer app went quite smoothly compared to previous shoots I’d been involved with in the past. We had everything pretty much set up before any of the talent had showed up, and the shot list all planned out from beginning to end. Once we got everything set up, Christine and myself went about making sure I could pull her around while she worked the camera on the dolly, while Kellie Penna went about contacting the talent and Kenny Horton went about learning how to run the...