First Video From Korea

Hey everyone, I just finished editing my first video from Korea. The group I'm with did a weekend trip to Busan, in Southern Korea. Here it is:


Busan Directors Cut from Glenn DiNicola on Vimeo.
A weekend in Busan, South Korea with Asialearn study abroad.


-Glenn

Currently in Asia

Hey everyone, I am currently in South Korea! I will be here until early July. I am watching Korean shows and dances and of course movies and TV. They really are good with lighting so far. The dance show I saw last week had some impressive use of color. The LD washed the cyc with two different colors, one from the top and one from the bottom. I would like to try that on my next dance show.

While in Korea I would love to do some film or theatre work. If you see this and have a shoot in Korea soon, please send me an email. Seoul really is an amazing city, and the whole country is fantastic. I am learning more Korean everyday, and feel perfectly comfortable moving around the city.

I hope you keep checking back here, I will try to update you on any more interesting film or theatre related things I see or experience. And of course I will be putting together some traveling videos for you to see.

Happy creating!

-Glenn

"Worst Friends" Screening

Last Thursday I was invited to go to a screening of the film "Worst Friends". It was shot last summer and DP'd by my friend Vince Peone. It was a really great experience. We were in the ball room of a very fancy Manhattan hotel called the Maritime Hotel. There was a literal velvet rope and a bouncer with a list out front. The ballroom had a bar looking over it, and was chinese themed. Paper lanterns and dragon heads.

'Worst Friends' TRAILER from Ralph Arend on Vimeo.

After the screening it was a party. Vince took me around and introduced me to lots of cool people. He introduced me as "a young film maker doing his thing", which I think is my favorite introduction yet. He said he is trying to get me on his set at College Humor before I leave the city. Can't wait!

It was a fantastic night, if you ever get the chance, I highly recommend seeing the film!

-Glenn

Sodexo Spirit Video

I shot this with Jack Lucido for the Rare Air Cafe in Gunnison Colorado. It is being entered in the national Sodexo video competition. We shot in the cafe for three days, and one day in the studio.   

-Glenn

Payback is here!

After more then three months of writing, scouting, shooting, re-shooting, editing and seemingly endless problem solving, "Payback" is finally done! It premiered at the film night last week, and now it is online for everyone to enjoy. Be sure to watch in 720p HD if you have the bandwidth.



If you have any comments let me know. Thanks!

-Glenn

Film Night Success

The WSC Student Film Night went off with out a hitch tonight! We screened the work in progress of UCLA film M.F.A candidate and WSC alumni Tory Maurer. We then premiered the five student films from the narrative production class, including "Payback" as well as my short film "The Rememberer". People seemed to like both of my films, people laughed at the right times in "Payback" which is great.

I am currently uploading an HD version of "The Rememberer" (to be returned to its post below) and I will upload an HD version of "Payback" very soon. Thank you for you interest in my films, I hope you enjoy them.

-Glenn

Student Film Night (again)

My short film "The Rememberer" (featured below) was just accepted into Western State College's Student Film Night along with the comedy I shot; "Payback".

Come out on Thursday December 9th at 7pm for a free ticket to see my latest work, as well as that of friends of mine in the program. In the Prosser Theater Gunnison, CO.

-Glenn

MIDI light show

   Last week I had the pleasure of designing and programming a midi controlled light show. I programmed cues on my theaters ETC Expression and controlled the light board with Qlab, running on my macbook. I used 10 LED parcans, 7 source four's, and 2 Technobeam moving lights. The music is a mash up I made starting with "Soul Makossa" by Afrika Bambaataa, then "Acid 8000" by Fatboy Slim, finishing with "I Can Do Anything" by 3OH!3.

I didn't quite have time to do everything I wanted to, programming wise, because I was crunched for time. But over all I learned a lot about midi and using it to control the light board. I look forward to using midi in future shows, I think this or especially toned down versions of this can have useful applications when it comes to precise cueing on stage.



-Glenn

The Rememberer

   I just finished a small project shooting and editing an intro clip for a play a friend of mine is directing. It is supposed to look like home videos of a couple falling in love. I'm very happy with my lighting. We shot at magic hour and used a flex-fill for some of the shots. The play this video is for opens on Dec. 2nd in Gunnison, CO and is called "The Rememberer".

The story line of the play is that the man losses his memory to a sickness, and his wife has to rememberer everything for him, including their love for each other.    

-Glenn

Kennedy Center Award for Lighting Design

I recently was awarded a Meritorious Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival for my lighting design of "Resilience". Two adjudicators came and watched the show, and decided to award me this honor.

My design for "Resilience" is still going to Humbolt, California in February to compete for the even higher honor of KCACTF Region VII Finalist.

-Glenn