A USC cinema graduate student from Sacramento, has shot the first movie on the iPhone4 and has got some buzz with some help from Twitter. Good Idea. When the iPad gets a camera, I am shooting the first movie with it. Probably not, but it will be worth some buzz.
A week after the iPhone4 was released, a USC cinema graduate student from Sacramento is making news online and with Mac World movers and shakers.
I first met Mike Carroll about a year into my own attempt at becoming a filmmaker. He came out and did a story for KCRA 3 on a feature film that I was camera operator on. I never saw the story but I remember my mom calling and leaving a frantic message on my voicemail that she had seen me on the news. You have to love moms. Without my mom, I don’t think I would have any fans. But I digress.
After the feature wrapped, I came across Mike’s first “one man” film, Year. I was blown away. Here was an excellent film, shot on the same camera that I owned (a DVX-100B), on a very small budget, by one person. I emailed Mike, and he was very cool and down to earth. He was very forthcoming and helpful with advice. We stayed in touch, he sent me the script for his second feature, Nightbeats before he started shooting it, and he even had me out to shoot some behind the scenes for Nightbeats (part of the making of Nightbeats is here). Both Year and Nightbeats are available on Amazon.
Also, Mike is leading a Sacramento Filmmaker- Cameraman Meetup on Sunday, June 27th on the west steps of the capitol, with the goal of people bringing their cameras or interest in cameras and sharing information. Go to his website nakedfilmmaking.com for more information.
I found this in a box in the back of my closet. It is an underground classic. Me and Jay shot this in front of his mom’s house in North Highlands (Sacramento) with my Sony HandyCam. The elusive Blak Rik Rubin edited it. This video started it all. Funny stuff.
See a part of television history. See “Star Trek- The Exhibition,” an interactive exhibit of Star Trek paraphernalia from the last 40 years, including the original bridge and a transporter room.
“There are artifacts and memorabilia from the first television show all the way through the latest movie,” said the Museum’s Roxanne Yonn. via ABC News 10
Kejo Productions, the Sacramento Area filmmakers that brought you Sensored (which is now available on Amazon by the way), will be finished with their latest film, Rogue River in June. The movie stars Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects and Grindhouse) and Michael Cudlitz (Southland and Band of Brothers), among others.
See the short write up and movie poster at Fangoria, and join their FaceBook fan page.
