Author Archives: Erik V

Creative Reel 2009

Its at the top, just because. Newer posts below.

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s0.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s0.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s0.addParam(”wmode”,”opaque”);
s0.addVariable(”id”,”n0″);
s0.addVariable(”controlbar”,”bottom”);
s0.addVariable(”height”,”280″);
s0.addVariable(”playlist”,”none”);
s0.addVariable(”width”,”400″);
s0.addVariable(”autostart”,”false”);
s0.addVariable(”bufferlength”,”1″);
s0.addVariable(”displayclick”,”play”);
s0.addVariable(”icons”,”true”);
s0.addVariable(”linktarget”,”_blank”);
s0.addVariable(”mute”,”false”);
s0.addVariable(”quality”,”true”);
s0.addVariable(”repeat”,”none”);
s0.addVariable(”resizing”,”true”);
s0.addVariable(”shuffle”,”false”);
s0.addVariable(”stretching”,”uniform”);
s0.addVariable(”volume”,”90″);
s0.addVariable(”aboutlink”,”http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/”);
s0.addVariable(”file”,”http://www.erikv.net/reels/evdr.flv”);
s0.write(”video0″);

This “$70″ Zombie Movie Stirs Things Up At Cannes

Another no-budget Hollywood success story is brewing. Following in the footsteps of filmmakers like Soderberg and Rodriguez, British Director Marc Price ‘financed’ his film out of pocket, mostly relying on help from friends and volunteers to complete his zombie feature.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/21/Colin/index.html
Like me, you may have never thought you would see the words “$70 zombie movie” and [...]

Welcome To The New Site

I am still configuring the site and migrating over the old blog posts.
Look for more posts from the past to be copied over shortly. Thanks for visiting!

Stormy Lessons

A documentary I worked on called Stormy Lessons (Formerly The Boys In Portable 5) makes it’s debut at the Seattle Art Museum June 13th at 7pm. It follows a group of students through their turbulent elementary school years, and then reconnects with them later as adults. Martel Williams of the Portland Trailblazers is featured.

Video Production Class April 5th & 6th, 2009

It’s time for another 2-day workshop on the finer points of video production. Join me April 5th & 6th at the Northwest Film Forum for an exciting and informative exploration of the discipline. A class description and registration information can be found at the NWFF Website.

After Effects Recommended Reading

Want to learn more about After Effects? Links to some great books and tutorial resources are below.
After Effects Apprentice

This book gives a great overview of the AE CS3 interface. Best for someone new to After Effects, it lays a solid foundation of the fundamental concepts needed to get the most out of the program. Some [...]

Video Production Class December 6th & 7th, 2008

I will be teaching another two-day session of my oh-so-popular video production workshop at the Northwest Film Forum. More information can be found at the Wiggly World/NWFF Website.

Filmmaking Books - The Short list

A quick preamble: I often buy books at a local bookseller. I like them to remain in business so I can wander the aisles and look for new books. But sometimes I shop based on price at Amazon.com. I find that they consistently have the best prices on both new and used titles through their [...]