Narrative Report - 5/28

I realized that I had not done a narrative report for PIC in a few weeks. But I definitely have been at work. The progress that Ashley and I have been making on the animation is great. We reviewed the first draft of the entire two minute sequence on Monday. We spoke on the phone to plan the next set of revisions for about two hours. There was more work left to do than we both had expected. And the expected delivery date for the final animation is now June 5th. Thankfully Ashley is so awesome, and she is going to be working hard over the next week to get everything together.

I also cut together three additional scenes for the work sample trailer which is bringing my total running time for my work sample to around 15 minutes.

I have revised the treatment, budget, and all other written accompanying materials which are being reviewed and proof-read by Karin Williams and Ti Locke.

And next Thursday Karin and I will be going to a sound studio in Atwater Village to record the final VO which will be married to the final animation and work sample reel. The deadline I have set for all materials to be completed at this time is June 10th to hopefully apply to the National Geographic All Roads grant, before the LINCS, and PIC Production grants.

Movies for $6 or Less in Los Angeles

The economy is no excuse to not go see movies in the theater. Quit your whining and go see movies at these theaters.

Thanks to http://celestronica.blogspot.com



You can see the original post here: http://celestronica.blogspot.com/2008/02/cheap-movie-theaters-in-los-angeles.html

Congratulations to Kuni Leal

I had a good time at the Aloha Expo this weekend. I raised a little money for the completion of the film, and made a lot of new friends.

The winner of the $50 gift card to Back Home in Lahaina is Kuni Leal.

Mahalo nui makou! Thanks to all y'all! Especially Back Home in Lahaina for donating the prize.



For everybody who didn't win you can check out what you are missing out on at:
http://www.backhomeinlahaina.com

Go ahead eat a Luau plate for me with some of that ono haupia cheesecake!

Also a little pic of me setting up my booth.

O wai kou inoa? (What's your name?)

No matter who you are or where you come from your name tells a story. The stories behind how people get their names are funny, embarrassing, and sometimes very meaningful.

I am started an off-shoot mini-project from Haku Inoa. It is called O wai kou inoa? or in English, What's your name? I will be taking photographs of people and asking them to share the stories and meanings behind there names.

This is she is the first picture I took for this project.



You can check out the progress of the project here: "O Wai Kou Inoa? (What's Your Name?)"

Documentary Camera Reel

Here is my documentary camera work reel, finally got one cut together. I am pretty happy with it.

Documentary Camera Reel from Christen Marquez on Vimeo.

Dark Material

Here is a cool short doc on the theme of Hope and Fear by my Reel Grrl buddies up in Seattle. Check out all of the other short films on the site, and vote for the ones that you like.

Here's the link

Aloha Expo

Next weekend is the 2009 Aloha Expo, and I will be out there taking pictures and fund-raising for Haku Inoa.

I am going to be setting up a booth, playing clips, and hopefully some of the animation that Ashley is working on.

I am also going to be working on a mini photo project. I will take pictures of people and ask them the story that is behind their name. Last time I met people to talk about my film I learned so many interesting names and stories. Hawaiian and not Hawaiian.

So if you are in Southern California come by and say hello at the Aloha Expo

More Illustrations

So here is some of the new stuff that Ashley is working on. I think it looks pretty great. I especially like the map of the contiguous U.S.

The composited one of me in the cityscape is good, but I will need to make sure Ashley needs to keep everything in a 16:9 format.

Other than that I think it is all coming along quite nicely.