Posted in Chris Reed on Mar 23rd, 2010
Burrier_Brett_Mise-en-scène, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
And now the students will move on to the second film, which is a “montage” project, inspired by the Soviet Montage work of directors like Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein, in the 1920s.
These first movies were all single-shot affairs, modeled after the work of the Lumière Brothers, in France, [...]
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Posted in Chris Reed on Mar 5th, 2010
Last night we had a great film festival.
The judges were:
Kristen Anchor
Director, Creative Alliance MovieMakers
Erica Ginsberg
Executive Director, Docs In Progress®
Jonathan Palevsky
Program Director, WBJC 91.5 FM
Host, Cinema Sundays at the Charles
The winners were:
1st Place: Dan Regner, for “The Fork”
2nd Place: Nicole Myers, for “Hello Dowry”
3rd Place: Ryan East, for “Linger”
The Fall 2009 FLM354 section I taught came [...]
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Posted in Chris Reed on Mar 5th, 2010
The night of the February 16 Baltimore Speakers Series event, some of us were lucky enough to have dinner with Mia Farrow beforehand.
Here I am, with the guest of honor and my girlfriend Jen.
A great night!
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Posted in Chris Reed on Mar 4th, 2010
I invite everyone to our film festival tonight: Stevenson Film Festival on March 4, 2010
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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 24th, 2010
2010.02.24_FLM108Project1_36, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
FLM108 students Leah Steber, Eric Gerhart (hidden by camera) and Jose Sarmiento roll out their film reel after finishing their last single-shot movie today.
Next stop – the montage films, inspired by the work of Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s, such as Sergei Eisenstein. We’ll watch his 1925 masterpiece [...]
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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 24th, 2010
2010.02.24_FLM108Project1_07, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Although we won’t know until next week whether or not they exposed their first film projects properly, the FLM108 students completed their Project 1 film shoots today. Thanks to the blizzard, this was one week later than originally planned. Still, all was good (we hope . . [...]
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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 22nd, 2010
2010.02.22_FLM108Project1_11, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Film students Collin Diesenberg and Justin Henry discuss how to shoot in the middle of all the snow!
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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 22nd, 2010
2010.02.22_FLM108Project1_10, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Film students Lucas Cullen, Katie Shelton, and K.C. White prepare to shoot their first movie. Looks like Lucas is impervious to the cold. K.C. has a scarf, at least. 5 minutes later, the rain started.
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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 19th, 2010
2010.02.179_SarahEikmeierStoryboard_01, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Senior Film/Video major Sarah Eikmeier shows me her awesome storyboards, in the video lab, for her upcoming Senior Project, “Lost & Found.”
Despite some recent snow delays, it is moving along nicely, and should be as terrific as the script promises it to be!
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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 19th, 2010
2010.02.179_LiZhuStoryboard_03, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Senior Film/Video major Li Zhu shows me her amazing storyboards, in my office, for her upcoming Senior Project, “Spectacles.”
It promises to be a wonderful film, and I look forward to seeing it when it is done!
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