Posted by: Martin Vavra
It’s not the end of the beginning, I hope. No, rather, it is the beginning of the end of the year. It is October, and Halloween is but days away. The Christmas decorations have been out at the local Fred Meyer since August (I am not kidding) signaling the closing of 2012. It has been a glorious year, with me paying more in wages to fellow contractors than I made all of last year and the year before combined. That ...
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The only excuse I have is that I have been busy. Busy busy busy.
The latest project brought on to GSP has meant the dismissal of me as a lone gunman with a camera, to now having several people on board. How long will it last – I have no idea, but for now I am extremely please by the people that have come on board and are working so hard for this new project.
The project is for Oregon Department ...
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That’s right! This is a more of a techie post then one of those heart felt, sentimental, touchy-feely kind of posts. You guys already know that pirates cool, that I am strange, and that I love what I do. So enough said. Instead, I want to talk about the new toys I got. Oh so many new toys!
The first is my new ...
Continue Reading ?That’s right. I like what I do. In fact, I love it. I love it so much that I do it a lot. Film! That is what I am talking about. I don’t talk about other stuff on here. I am creeping up on fours years of doing this full time, and Galaxy Sailors birthday of even being a name is almost seven. Oh what fun times these have been.
I have had several moments lately where I have stopped(in my ...
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I feel like a blind pig finding an acorn. Or something like that. I am feeling very blessed, very lucky, and very humbled. OMPA, the Oregon Media Production Association that I am a member of, awarded me the 2012 “Rising Star” award. I was rather shocked and happy and freaked out all at the same time. The shock because I didn’t realize anyone was paying attention. Or that I ...
I am faltering on my blogging. Must. Step Up.
OK, so as a recap to the last two weeks, and in sticking with the nomenclature of my blogs, there is communication between me and the Earth2World Network. SWEET. First off, if you don’t know, Earth2World is part of the future. It is one of a few places that is reaching out and creating content for the internet in the same vein that TV was reaching out to radio audiences ...
Continue Reading ?Yes, it is true…and greatly behind announcement here. The trailer for A Deed Without a Name has been out for almost a month. I have posted it here on my site in both the official Deed page, as well as part of my reel/work page. Yet I haven’t written about it. Time to change that.
The film is completely edited, and has been completely colored, and only needs it’s music. I am having Ken Webster, of Innervoice Studios do the ...
Continue Reading ?Well, it has been one week since Breckenridge Festival of Film. I was very blessed to walk about with Best Short Documentary and Best LGBT themed Documentary this year. Patrick’s Story is finally making a mark, and I am hopeful to carry on to other festivals as well as use it as the vehicle to tell more of the story. Not just of Patrick, but of the others who continue to have doors shut on them with marriage.
Breckenridge was an ...
Continue Reading ?That’s right, I said it. What are you going to do about it? Not a damn things, because you can’t dispute a single bit of it.
That being said, I love Pirates. Especially the PDXYar! folk. Here in the glorious state of Oregon, a group a stalwart souls decided to undertake a monumental journey. There was peril at every turn. Enemies where upon them most of the way, but in the end: Victory. I am referring to winning a Kickstarter campaign ...
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Breckenridge Festival of Film recognizes local filmmaker’s doc ‘Patrick’s Story’
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Another Oregon documentary is making waves on the film-festival circuit.
Martin Vavra’s doc “Patrick’s Story” has been accepted into Colorado’s Breckenridge Festival of Film.
“Patrick’s Story” follows a gay man, Patrick, who was removed from a Portland hospital as his partner lay dying.
Vavra explores what the word “marriage” means in our culture — taking a ...
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