Catching up with the Galaxy Sailor

I gotta pay more attention to this blog in case someone is paying attention to it.

Well, The Last Stand trudges on as far as getting the series out the door. I have hit every issue in making a film. Audio and filming issues in the field, computer and media outages in the technology world, people issues in getting it done. All in all, it’s the typical problems associated with making it all happen. Oh, and no budget…

There have been lots of happenings for me though. Lets see:

I was hired to film in Seattle for Brunswick Media and Ports America. BM was hire to create a new educational video, which was to include ports that are used be PA on the west coast. Most all of their ownership is in New Jersey and Texas, so coming to Seattle was a way to start making the west siders feel included. Hopefully I will get some footage soon to post on here of what I shot that day. I had never been actually on a port area before, so it was pretty amazing to see the MASSIVE operation it takes to unload all the stuff we consume in this country.

About two weeks ago I got hired on to do a commercial for Rose’s Equipment & Supply here in Portland. The company has been in business for 30 years and has never had a TV commercial of any kind. I am very happy and fortunate to say that I got to make their first one! You can find the commercial here as well as in my video section and embedded at the end of this post. Thanks goes out to Rachel Bennett for helping to script, shoot and edit this commercial. Also, a big thanks to Michael Fox of Vault Modeling & Talent for coming in for the day be talent and hire talent.

Speaking of Michael, it turns out he was quite the mover and shaker in his days of L.A., and having worked with Michael here a few times, he was gracious enough to ask me and Rachel to come and visit his buddies at Indent Studios. They are shooting a movie with Gus Van Sant right now, and we got to see the set that was built. The actress playing in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Mia Wasikowsha, was there filming a love scene. Very cool stuff.

On the IMDb notes, I now have several IMDb listings. I am pretty psyched about that. You can check me out here and here. More to be added on that, for sure!

I recently helped to shoot a music video for Autumn Andel and Photosphere LLC. It was Autumn’s eighth music video, and another one of here green screen compositing adventures. It was a good time filming!

I know, I know. I keep on promising episode 2 of The Last Stand. I just want it to be good and be right, so it is taking time. The first one is as good as it is out of accident and luck with whatever skill I had to add to it. I don’t trust to blind luck to carry me through it, so if it isn’t want I want, then I am not going to put it out there. I hope soon!

Carry on peoples, and thanks for stopping in!

Work and living space come together

That’s right, a live work space that you would be happy about being a part of. A place where you would live and work with the only commute being across the room, across the hall, or across the campus. That is the hope and dreams of Milepost 5, in Portland, Oregon. This visionary concept was developed by people in the Portland area to be a new way of thinking and living and fostering the future of culture through the nurturing of the creative class.

This short documentary is one in an installment of small documentaries the shows how Milepost 5 came to be; from idea to move-in, the story of Milepost 5 is one for visionaries, artists, and all of those ready to embrace the change that will surely be the next stepping stone in cultural development.

Please check out Milepost 5 and look into the creative and collaborative ways people are choosing to live and work together.

Trailer for a new way of thinking

Heya folks.  Recently, Galaxy Sailor Productions finished a few shorts bits for some people over at Blue Voice Media.  If you haven’t heard about them, go check them out at www.bluevoicemedia.com and see all the exciting new things that great minds of Portland are thinking of in terms of media, art, communication, and how we view community.

I was fortunate enough to be able to edit some previously shot footage for BVM as well as shot and edited the test show for the soon to be program Showcase PDX.  This show will feature the talents of Michkael Baker (no type-o there, that is how he spells it) and the staff of people he has brought together to form Blue Voice Media.  The following is meant to be a teaser of things to come from BVM and Showcase PDX.  It’s quick, it’s fun, and hopefully has you asking for more.