Trust Me Scene

This is the only scene in the short film Trust Me that I shot. The rest was shot by Shan Huang and the entire short was cut by Taylor Williams. It is also the only scene in the short that is hand-held. I also sound mixed the sucker. I had no control over the choice of music. Anyway, this thing was shot on an HVX with a 35mm lens adapter. When the adapter was working correctly the footage looked pretty good.

I have also decided I am quitting show business and joining a traveling circus. We're going to hit all the major cities. I will be performing as Stevonius: King of the Lions: Kings of the Jungle®. I will be logging my efforts to bond with my new feline work associates. Here is a picture so you can get an idea of the dangers I am working with here:

Trust Me Premier

Here's the cast and crew of the short film "Trust Me." The crew being me and my two friends Shan and Taylor. I'm the tall, awkward guy all the way on the right...the one who doesn't know quite where to be or what to do with his body.

We went on stage after the first screening for a short Q&A. I was surprised nobody asked me anything about the sound recording or mixing. "Was that real wind?" Oh, wouldn't you like to know. Anyway, it was a strange experience. I don't want to say anything bad about the film...the sound could have been better.

Interactions I Wish I Avoided: August 31st

• I passed a man in the subway handing out pamphlets for Jews for Jesus. As I passed he asked "Are you Jewish?" For some reason I responded with "Are you?" with way more hostility than was warranted.
• Why do people think "Big Guy" is a nice thing to call someone? That's not going to get your free hip-hop demo CD handed out any faster, guy waiting at the top of the escalator.
  
• I was waiting at a pharmacy. I guess the woman working there knew me because she mentioned how I "keep getting taller." I said "Hopefully these pills will put a stop to that." She didn't know if she was supposed to laugh.

Mickey Scores

Another doodle found in a notebook from who-knows-when. I wish every Mickey cartoon started and/or ended like this. I left the scan of the book's spiral...so, check that shit out.

Farmingdale Hawks

I remember very little from this time in my life. I remember never quite understanding how the game was played. I remember quitting because the helmet hurt my head. Well, who's laughing now Albany Avenue Elementary?! Where's your blog?!

Why does the bus say "ward" over the door?

Passin' On Class

A cartoon directed and animated by my friend Mike Antonucci. I helped write it and also did the voice of Steve...cause I'm Steve.

Class of 2009

A photo of me with some of the coolest people I know.

Alfie the Wonderboy

I guess I drew this two years ago. Alfie had very little control of his life.

Pillow Land

Another comic.

Hide The Murder Weapon

A Jimmy and Billy cartoon. Again...stupid but fun to color.

Doodle 2

Select scribbles from various pages of a notebook.

Noise Core Band

I know its stupid, but it was fun to color.

Sleep

I keep having the same dreams over and over. Some of them are pretty blatant in meaning...I attribute all of them to stress. Here are some key plot points:

• Friends drop me off at an amusement park while they go run errands together. A staff member assures me I'll fit on the ride. I don't. Everyone laughs, including the small children waiting on line, while they try to break open part of the ride to get me out.
• I'm driving down a commercial street and my breaks never stop my car completely, causing me to run several red lights. I keep putting more and more pressure on the break but the car only slows, it never stops.
• I'm in a plastic toy box on a shelf in a toy store. Girls are buying the toys around me, opening them and playing with them. In front of me is an employee explaining to a very obese woman that she shouldn't take me out of my package because I'm worth a lot of money unopened.
• I look down to discover I have ripped both knees of my jeans...which sucks.
  
• I'm running late for something because I have to wait for my computer to finish rendering video.
• My dog is lying on the floor with a metal brace around his head. We have a new puppy that we don't like as much.
  

Here are some favorites from my childhood:

• I've been kidnapped by a cartoon pizza man in some crazy factory. My babysitter is right outside the window but she doesn't hear me screaming.
• I'm being attacked by a giant spider.
• I'm in a swimming pool with every girl I've ever liked and I'm really self-conscious.
• I'm trapped in a haunted house.
• I live in Star Wars.
  

Wedding

Stills I pulled and messed with from a wedding I shot. I think they'd make good alternative rock album covers.

Friday

A short I wrote and directed sophomore year for my narrative class. There are some others on my Youtube page. Yeah, I used Modest Mouse...what are you gonna do about it? Something? Please don't.

Space Dinos

The best thing that came out of my Oceanography class. On this paper is everything you need to know about Space Dinosaurs (dinosaurs that occupy the outer limits of space). This image is best viewed while listening to the Disturbed song "Down With the Sickness." I should pitch this to Nickelodeon or Michael Bay.

Spidy Spider

A story I wrote when I was a kid...I think it's a very complex narrative. Anyway, this actually happened.

Governor

I'm going to start coloring and uploading some of my favorite cartoons.

Doodle 1

A drawing I did on the back of a Post-It® note.

Opening Statement

Testing out Blogger...giving myself as many opportunities to dump my opinions on others.