Berthold City "Walls Of Hate"

We need to tear down the walls that divide us. Understand each other. Listen carefully and form opinions based on personal perception. We need faith in each other and to not be derailed by anger, fear and hate. Berthold City "Walls Of Hate"

Finished up a quick music video for Berthold City.  We shot it over the course of about 6 hours in a studio space in the valley.  Why do traditionally trained Editors make for great Directors?  They can move quickly from shot to shot editing the piece in their brain.  They can see what they'll need.  What sync issues might come up, and best of all. The know when they've got it.  Which is why we were able to shoot this under such time constraints in a limited amount of space with a bare bones crew.  Enjoy.

This Is Not A Nice Sport

This is a short film on a Mexican born and American raised amateur boxer speaking about the difficulties being raised on the West side of Los Angeles. The differences between Mexico and America, and how boxing has become more than just a passing phase for this young man.

Wow.  Well, it's been about 2 years since we initially shot and edited this short documentary about an amateur boxer named Cesar Rocha.  Unfortunately I ran into a bit of a problem releasing this for public consumption over the last year or so.  It's too bad, because I thought this was a pretty nice story on a young man that I've grown to know so well over the past 3 or 4 years. 

When I look back on this piece now it feels dated and old.  Mostly because my abilities have progressed over the past few years.  I wish I would've been able to feel comfortable putting this out in the world earlier.  Yet, that's the way it goes sometimes. 

Either way, I hope you enjoy this piece I did just for the passion of story telling.  We didn't make any money on this, in fact, I submitted it to about 10 film festivals, and it only got into one.  Plus I had to pay for the usage of the gym.  So, this is all about the passion for story telling. 

Hope you enjoy.

My Mom's Motorcycle

THIS IS FOR A SHORT FILM COMPETITION; YOU CAN VOTE FOR THIS VIDEO HERE: http://www.rodemic.com/myrodereel/watch/1001 This is a short film about how my mom became the owner of a motorcycle for the My Rode Reel competition. More deeply it is about how people use objects to connect with times, ideas, and people. Music License purchased through The Music Bed. Music: Dexter Britain, "A Time To Run: https://www.themusicbed.com/artists/dexter-britain/3325 Chris Wallbrech, "The Grave" and "Untitled" https://soundcloud.com/chriswallbrech Thanks to http://articlemenswear.com/ for letting me film in their store http://www.douglasgautraud.com/

Was having a minute on the couch this morning and decided to click through a few thumbnails on Vimeo to see if there was any great content that I had been missing out on because I hadn't just browsed in a while. 

I don't know what caught my eye about this.  Maybe the title, it allures to legacy, parenthood, and the relationship between generations.  Immediately I was struck with the quality of work, the dialog and the writing.  This is what I always want my short pieces to feel like.  I think it's just great when you're able to find an artist that you're on the same trajectory as.  Someone who you can look at their work, and love it because you know they're in the same space as you.

So enjoyable.  Hope you feel the same.