"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

Film Festival and "Payback"

The student film night and premiere of the short comedy film "Payback" (of which I am the DP) is to take place on Thursday December 9th at 7pm at the Prosser Theater in Western State's College Center. It will premiere with four other student films from my class, as well as some other assorted work from the Gunnison Valley. 

Come out and support WSC film, its FREE and a great time!

-Glenn

'Resilience" New Play Lighting Design

   The original play "Resilience" opened this weekend. I had the privilege of being the lighting designer for this new play. The show is based around the theme of sustainability and (naturally) resilience. Not only sustainability in our environment, but sustainability and resilience in our relationships as well. Relationships such as lovers, friends, brother/sister and even co-workers. 

   The play was adjudicated by two members of KCACTF (the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival) for consideration for entry into the annual region 7 KCACTF festival in Humbolt, CA. After the performance the cast/crew and design team sat down with the adjudicators and they gave us their impressions and thoughts about our work.




   Over all, they seemed to like the show. They really enjoyed the sustainability of relationships theme. They talked mostly about the acting, and the script, since it was a new piece, written by our director and workshopped by the cast. However, they did say about my lighting "it was really good"! They enjoyed most two scenes, both taking place in a mountain cabin. The first one taking place at sunset. I used two fresnel scrollers, two LED pars and a source four with a window gobo to create the effect of a sunset. The cues lasted a total of 8 minutes (the scene was about 8:30. The colors went from a orange-red, through deep red, to purple and blue. When our stage manager mentioned to the adjudicators during the session that that scene was set during a sunset, one said, "oh yeah, I defiantly got that".


   The other cabin scene they liked was set in the middle of the night. The characters are talking about how one of them is scared of the wildlife around them, then they talk about how she is scared of losing their relationship. To accent their discussion, and maintain the effect of night time in the woods, I created a moonlight through the trees effect; using six Source Four 26's and three different foliage break-up patterns from side booms. The only light on stage was from those six instruments. The patterns played on their faces through out the scene. This gave the scared character something to be scared of, and it made the whole scene feel like a midnight in the woods.


   KCACTF should be letting us know in the next couple weeks if we get to travel the show to Humbolt; and gain and the prestige of preforming the show (lights, set and all) and the region 7 conference in February! I'll keep you posted on that decision as I learn more.


Photos- top to bottom: 
The final rehearsal with the light board out in the house, coffee shop, act I.
The sunset scene in the cabin, act I. 
The midnight scene in the cabin, act II.


-Glenn