Check out some of the interviews I shot for the Milwaukee Career College on their facebook and website. The interviews were done with students and staff, then cut up into 1-minute clips.
Staff interview clip:
The wonderful craft-spirit publication’s second quarterly issue is free to read on Issuu (embedded below). You can check out my photos on pages 5/6, 23/24, and the last interior pages – 97/98. I also had photos in their debut issue (also free on Issuu).
The weekend of March 16-17 I will be directing a short film called “Coulrophobia,” very excited for this project that has taken some time to come to life, but has pulled some amazing people together. During the film there is a short flashback scene that will be animated by Mark Malenius using black-and-white split-toned stills I shot earlier this month, with India ink on textured-board backgrounds. You can check some of the photo assets out on “Coulrophobia”‘s Facebook Page.
Today and yesterday I am helping set up for the Badger Regional Volleyball tournaments in Milwaukee, WI. Below you can see a documentary I directed at last year’s tourney, following a girls 18s team on their attempt to become Badger Region Champions, and tournament director Terry Paulson as he rushes to prepare the tournament and keep everything together.
On March third I shot stills for a sequence that will be animated with them and illustrated backgrounds, the teaser poster, and MU/partial-costume test for “Chez” for a short film I’m directing called “Coulrophobia.”
Teaser poster:
Visit the film on fb: www.facebook.com/coulrophobiathemovie
Photo/design by me
Produced by Justin Lothrop, Melanie Killingsworth
Actor Brian Rott
MUA Michael Weiss and Shannon Memmel
Costume by Lynell Kream
Nick Sommer as “Chez” MU/partial-costume test:
The short film is being shot on March 16 and 17 in South Milwaukee on the Red Epic.
OnMilwaukee.com interviewed myself (director), clown choreographer/actor Brian Rott, and producer Justin Lothrop about the upcoming short film we will be shooting called “Coulrophobia.” Check out the interview here.
As of this writing there are 24 hours in the Coulrophobia Kickstarter.
“Coulrophobia” stars Sam White (Hulu’s “Battleground”), Nick Sommer (Troma’s Blood Junkie), Kim Emer (experienced stage actor in her debut film role), and Brian Rott (art director/performer at The Quasimondo, Milwaukee Physical Theater).
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Above is a new photo for my “Milwaukee Blues” Photo Series.
The image is an HDR black-and-white split-toned image of a median I’ve shot before, but now with blue snow instead of sky. It’s a night scene in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, WI. The bench shadows and bird statues are both in V formation, giving the photo its title, “Snowy Cass Median V’s.”
Purchase a high-quality print: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/snowy-cass-median-vs-vincent-buckley.html
Summer photo of same place for “Milwaukee Blues” series below:
Below is a new video I made featuring clown expert Brian Rott teaching you how to juggle. Brian is the artistic director at The Quasimondo – Milwaukee Physical Theater.
“Coulrophobia” is a short film that I’m directing, about a son that returns home after a long absence. His father hopes his son has put his clown-ways behind him, but discovers not only is his son still a clown, but he brings home his partner, who is a silent clown.
We are currently raising funding for “Coulrophobia” via Kickstarter. And you can check out the Kickstarter video I made there.
If you saw my recent post with the clown photo, the short film that it’s for just went live on Facebook and Kickstarter.
“Coulrophobia” is a short film that I’m directing, about a son that returns home after a long absence. His father hopes his son has put his clown-ways behind him, but discovers not only is his son still a clown, but he brings home his partner, who is a silent clown.
Like “Coulrophobia” on Facebook.
“Coulrophobia” Kickstarter
Check out the Kickstarter video below:
Below is a video ad (made for Google Ads) I made for the Ronnie Fuller biography, “I Will Sing My Songs Again,” by his son Jason Fuller.
About Ronnie and the book:
I’ll Sing My Songs Again is the biography of Ronnie Besaw Fuller, who grew up in a tiny, poor American Indian community in Northeastern Wisconsin. He was sick for much of his youth, and the only real interest he had was playing the guitar and singing. Realizing the extraordinary talent that Ronnie had, his father took him to talent contests around the area. In 1953, at the age of seven, he performed on television, and that was before they even had one for their home. Ronnie performed with many bands around the Midwest and in 1969, while in Las Vegas, an important person heard two of his recordings. Ronnie signed a seven-year contract to perform on-stage as a musician.
In 1976, Ronnie was diagnosed with Ankylasing Spondylitis. He returned to Wisconsin to deal with it. Doctors told him that he had about five years to live. He began treatment at a nearby clinic. For nearly ten years he was given an enormous amount of medications. The last several years the pill count got up to 80 pills per day. Then, after he crashed, they took him off of the medications without a detox program. In 1992, he filed a 50 million-dollar lawsuit for medical malpractice. The way the court case was handled is unprecedented and unbelievable for a court case that was handled in the United States of America. What happened to Ronnie Besaw Fuller should never happen to anyone else in this country During his 27 years of disability, Ronnie Fuller has recorded 35 songs and has written another 124 songs that are still to be recorded. His latest CD, “Message From America” is getting a lot of attention. Many people in the business believe Ronnie is one of the best songwriters of his time.
In the coming months I’ll be directing a short film called “Coulrophobia” (written by Gary Wright). The other day the producers, some crew, and myself, made videos for the soon-coming Kickstarter campaign. I’ll be posting here about the Kickstarter and updates as they happen.
“Coulrophobia” is about a son that returns home after a long absence. His father hopes his son has put his clown-ways behind him, but discovers not only is his son still a clown, but he brings home his partner, who is a silent clown.
Below is a MU test for the silent-clown character “Rumpo,” played by Brian Rott, who is also the film’s Clown Choreographer. Photo by me. MUA Colin Gawronski.
I made a series of 12 videos in Chicago with stylist Chaunta Woods. Below is one on how-to dress up a tweed jacket, see the rest here.
