Christopher Llewellyn Reed @ Stevenson

Hi!

I will be in Los Angeles for most of the summer, running a summer arts camp, but I have just recently updated our department’s website, where you can now see even more films that our students have made.

That link, again, is Stevenson Film & Video Site

Enjoy, and I’ll be back at the end of the summer.

Chris Reed

As the title suggests . . .

In the Inscape Theatre on the Greenspring Campus!

On Tuesday, April 28, I presented the first cut of my new documentary film, which is about the Big Apple Circus Clown Care™ program at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Until the end of the day on Friday, May 1 (tomorrow), you can watch this 35-minute cut of the film by visiting my website - www.christopherllewellynreed.com - and going to the section, under the “movie index,” entitled “work in progress.”  Any and all feedback is welcome!  Here is a still from the film.

From Left to Right: John Dodge, Bill Boots.

Thanks for watching!

Chris

Greg Almond, Class of 2009, Film Major, is about to finish his Senior Project, which consists of 3 rolls of 100′ of black & white negative film, exposed in a homemade pinhole camera, of his own design.

Here is a photo of Greg building the camera:

And here is photo of what the strip of 16mm black & white film looks like, after exposure and printing, of his self portrait:

Imagine how interesting (and abstract!) this will look when projected.  Each frame will become a tiny speck of white, gray or black, with hints of this and that flickering before you.  100′ of 16mm film = 2:30 minutes of screentime.

Come on Friday, May 8, to the Inscape Theatre, on the Greenspring Campus of Stevenson University, to see the Senior Film/Video Showcase, at 7pm.

You will be able to see this project, as well as many more that showcase the best of our students’ work this year.  Greg has two other images that he exposed in this way, to make an 8 to 8 1/2 minute piece (he reveals the actual images at the end).

We hope to see you then!

Now that the semester is 2/3 of the way done, our Juniors are busy shooting their second major video project of the course.  This one is a narrative (fiction) film of up to 15-minutes length.

Here are two production stills from 2 different shoots:

From L to R: Michelle Rossignol (on camera), Stephanie Yee, Kit Reiner, and Ryan Young.

From L to R: Devin Connor (on Steadicam), Sarah Eikmeier.

Fun!

So - my FLM108 (Intro to Film) has been working hard this semester shooting, for the first, projects on 16mm Black & White film.

We have been using the marvelous ARRI-S MOS cameras, and using Kodak 16mm B&W Reversal Film.

Here are two examples. They’re simple, sure, but this is a beginning class.

The first film is a mise-en-scène single-shot exercise, modeled after the early films by the Lumière Brothers, in 1895. The second film is a montage film, modeled after the work of early Russian directors, like Kuleshov and Eisenstein, in the 1920s.

Enjoy!

Mise-en-scene_Camfield_Joe

Montage_OtradovecPolanco

Please note - the films were also edited the old-fashioned way, on a flatbed editing table, using splicers and splicing tape!

Thanks for watching!

Connor_Devin_Steadicam_01, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.

Devin Connor, Stevenson ‘09, rented a Steadicam for his shoot. Here he is, last Saturday, March 21, shooting a scene for his film on Charles Street, in Baltimore, using the school’s Panasonic HVX-200 P2 camera.

Rock on, Devin!

Hello, readers of my blog!

For those of you recently accepted to Stevenson, who are (of course!) thinking of attending, did you know that we have a special celebration planned just for you?

On Saturday, April 4th from 1:30-4:30pm, the Admissions Office is holding the annual President’s Celebration for Accepted Students. The event begins at the Greenspring campus (1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153).

Also, accepted students who register and attend will be eligible for the raffle to receive a complimentary 1-year meal plan from dining services (a $3,396 value)!

Click on the links below for more info, or to RSVP:

More info on the President’s Celebration on April 4, 2009

RSVP for the event

I hope to see you there!

Yours,

Chris

2009.03.06_FLM355DDShoot_73, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.

From left: Brian Hood, A(ssistant) C(amera); Li Zhu, D(irector of) P(hotography); Torian Tarrant, Director.

Friday, March 6, was Day 1 of my “Advanced Film” class’s production of “Decisions, Decisions,” a script by Stevenson student Vicki Parks, one of two winners of our Fall 2009 script contest.

Here they are, filming in St. David’s church, on Roland Ave. in Baltimore. This, actually, is the church in which I sang as a choirboy when my family spent 8 years in Baltimore, from 1978-1986.

Click on the photo, above, to go to my flickr site and see many many many more photos from the shoot.

Cheers,

Chris

2009.03.06_FLM108Montage_17, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.

Working in crews of 2 or 3 people, the students in my “Intro to Film” class were outside, in beautiful weather, shooting their second, montage-themed films on our ARRI-S cameras.

Here you can see Jordan Wolf behind the camera. Click on her photo to go to my flickr site, to see more.

Cheers,

Chris