InterGalactic Garbage

Keeping myself entertained and busy during semester breaks tends to be a very difficult task. After a few days of relaxation, I quickly begin to miss the fast pace stress filled semesters. Sitting around with nothing to do, Shane Moeller & I decided to throw together a quick and comical stop-animation piece. Racking our brains for an idea, we decided to to put together a simple piece using Wolfgang Gartner's newest track Space Junk. The video is just the beginning of more complicated and entertaining stop animation pieces to come over the next month while I attempt to find ways to fill the rest of the break.

Don't forget to grab a copy of Wolfgang's new killer track "Space Junk" on Beatport or Itunes. Keep an eye out for more stop-animation pieces from In & Out of Focus, including Dubstep Waller & many others!

Royal Family Records

About one month ago, I sat down at my computer to make a dent in the mass amount of work that I used to seeing during the semester. As always, my attention slowly moved from my work to the ever addicting social network: facebook. The second I signed in, Soulive's status caught my eye:

Not expecting much, I sent out an email inquiring about the footage. Less than five minutes later I received and email asking for a link to some of my previous work. The next thing I knew, I was on the phone with Arthur Shim, who handles most of Royal Family Record's online media, photography, and design projects. A huge grin formed on my face as Arthur told me a hard drive would be at my door within the next few days.

Over the last few months, I have been working with Arthur and editing footage from the Bear Creek Music Festival. I was able to film the Royal Family Holiday Rage at the Brooklyn Bowl. Every week, a video is posted on Royal Family's youtube channel, as well as the website. 

All of the videos posted so far, can be found below. Check the Youtube Channel & back here every week for another video filled with some seriously funky jams in HD (Select 720p in bottom left corner). 

Zombie Apocalypse

This past weekend LiveSourceLI held a Zombie Apocalypse Party at Mr. Beery's in Bethpage, NY. Recreational Chemistry and Android Rights tore it up on the decks most of the night until an unfortunate speaker malfunction. If you weren't able to make it out, I have all the materials for you to relive the night. Below I have Recreational Chemistry's set from the night:

12/4 Zombie Set by Class Act

I also have plenty of pictures of Zombie Groovin' that ensued during the night. A few of my favorites are below:

Night: The Flashbacks

While everyone gathered with family and gorged themselves, the production of my short film Night pressed on. The final two scenes were shot the day before and after thanksgiving, wrapping the shooting for the film at 9pm on Friday.

Self Presentation

Being a creative person, I'm constantly exploring different concepts and ideas about the world around me. Trying to figure out my place in the world and the overall goals of my time here on Earth. From time to time, I turn this idea in on myself, expressing who I am and exploring the the ways I can contort my human figure to create art. Over the past few months I have compiled a few different self portraits, all with different concepts.

Two of the self portraits began with this picture:

Extraordinary People: Ari Evans

This section is new to this blog. Every few weeks I plan to create a post that pertains to a specific person that I have randomly met over the last year or so that is 'worth knowing'.

The first person featured on this blog is Ari Evans. I met Ari Evans not too long ago at Webster Hall in NYC. We were both at Webster to see one Justice, a rather large name in the electronic music world. We happened to bump into each other early in the night and began talking. The relationship has held ever since. We have run into each other several other times at various different shows. The biggest question is: What makes Ari so interesting?

Over  the  time  that  I  met  Ari,  he  has  worked  with  several  other friends  to  create  one  of  the  more  successful  electronic  music  blogs found on the Internet today: Less  Than  Three. The  blog  has  been  rapidly  growing  and  gaining  recognition  in  the  electronic  music  world. Being  a  film  student  striving  to  break  into  the  media  world,  Ari's success  intrigued  me  and  I felt  that  everyone  could  learn  from  his experiences.  I  decided  to  ask  Ari  to  answer  several  questions  about his  blog  and  his  life.

Train side Philosophy

Life is such a crazy thing. Everyone is born and travels through this world absolutely clueless. We pick up knowledge, hints, and tricks on how to successfully live in this world, but we are still as clueless as we began. It amazes me how we are all striving toward this same goal of happiness and meaning of existence, but instead of working together, most people will trample over the man next to them to get what they think they want/need.


Life is a constant struggle filled with positives and negatives that we all endure. We need to stop fearing that others in the world are there to steal our happiness and what we want. Instead, embrace your neighbours, share the knowledge you've accumulated, smile when you enter a crowded room. Chances are your life is better than you think. If we all helped each other instead of beating one another down, the world would be such a better place.
It's about collaboration. Working together to figure out what we are here to do. What I ask might sound like a utopian paradise, but isn't too farfetched.
Smile more, help that old lady across the street, share your happiness and knowledge with everyone you meet. We are all as confused and clueless as you may feel.


That's all the philosophy I have to share as I wait for this train. Take it as you will.

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Night: Weekend Shoot

Night is one step closer to becoming a reality. This past weekend, the majority of the film was shot. The weekend was filled with stress and mishaps, but with the help of some good friends, the weekend went rather smoothly.

The journey began Friday afternoon when we packed the car with two bolex's, a tripod, wheelchair, light kit, 4 film majors, and various unmentionables. After stretching a 1 hour and 20 minute car ride into 2 hours and 30 minutes, we finally ended up in Danbury, CT. 

We began shooting around 10:30 and had the first scene shot in about an hour. We then packed up the car again and headed to the second location: the sidewalk in front of the emergency room. We unloaded the bolex and the wheelchair and got ready to set up our shot when things began to get interesting. The camera that had more than half a roll left in it would not wind. We ended up placing the camera in the car and loading the second one. 
Once we finally were ready to shoot the scene, the security guard came out and told us we had to leave. A few college kids with a film camera and a wheelchair were scaring the employees as they walked out at one in the morning... 

48 hours of Drag

This past weekend I participated in Hofstra Film Club's 48 hour film contest. In this contest, film club members show up and are assigned to groups, usually with people that you are unfamiliar with. Each group is then given a genre, character, name and line of dialogue. All three of these pieces must be used in the film that each group has only 48 hours to make. My group received the following:


Genre: Mocumentary
Character: Queen LaQueefa
Line of Dialogue: "Oh god, oh man, oh god, oh man, oh god, oh man, oh god, oh man, OH GOD!"


With the given material my group set off to create a film. This is what we ended up with. Enjoy!




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I plan to keep this blog up to date from here on out. Check back for weekly photography, music discoveries, updates on the short film I'm putting together this semester, and anything else I find interesting.

Step into the Freezer

If anyone had doubt about Phish and the revamping of the band, their two night stint at Hartford washed it all away. The first night acted as a setup for night two, but did not lack it's own high points. The Ocelot jam was absolutely incredible. Phish took the song to an extent that I didn't feel was possible. The Stash Jam was also incredible. I was able to tape the end of it.

Just when I thought I couldn't get any happier, Mike busted out a mind blowing solo during weekapaug groove that plastered a massive grin on my face. (The grin lasted till Saturday morning).

Overall, minus a poor attempt at Farmhouse, Night one was very impressive. I had no idea that trey, paige, mike, and Phishman were about to play the best concert I have witnessed to date the following day. I could not have asked for a better set list. 

One of the best Harry Hood jams I have ever heard, Possum>MoMa Dance, and Tweezer Reprise not once, but TWICE! I don't care what anyone says, Phish is BACK! I cannot wait to find myself gettin' funky at another show this fall.

Slow Summer = Movie watching Galore.

Jobless and broke thus far into my summer has left me to making movies, editing for CBS, and catching up on all the movies I haven't seen.


All I can say is I love my HD television, 5.1 surround sound, and premium cable. I thought I'd share the movies that I've been able to watch and my take on each:

Playing With Color

It's been a while since I have gone out and shot, so I made a point to do it yesterday. Just walking around my little lake community, I was able to capture a few shots that boast some vibrant colors. The pictures just really remind me how amazing and beautiful life is. I can't count how many time I've passed some of the objects in the pictures without really noticing them. The smallest insignificant things can become eye candy with the right lighting and angle.

The Very First

So, Im starting this blog to have a place to compile all of creative work from this point on. It's also just a way to compile my thoughts on life and experiences that I'll be having from this point on. Basically, it's a place for me to ramble and hope someone gets something out of it.

Now down to business. Shane, Kensly, and the Wield brothers finished our first movie of the summer. Still lacking a production name, but it will come! Enjoy!