Weddings, Marriage, Love!

The first week of summer has been a productive one for me. I just finished editing my latest wedding video that I shot on March 17. I have started working with Starfruit Productions doing larger weddings and commercials.
Summer of love!

Please share, subscribe, comment, and love the video with all your heart <3

http://youtu.be/5Ic9ok_bIhA?hd=1

Final Ringling Project

As my first year at Ringling comes to a close, I've been thinking about all of the crazy projects that I did this year. I have grown so much as an artist and been exposed to things I never knew of before coming here. I am so thankful for the time spent here and the wonderful artists that I have met.  However, for various reasons I have decided to transfer to UNC School of the Arts to continue my study in film and concentrate on directing.

Anyways, back to my last project for my studio classes. A couple posts ago, I talked about building my own camera lenses: http://quarkandbeans.blogspot.com/2012/04/diy-lenses.html 
This is the final film made with those lenses.
Please share it if you enjoy it! This summer, I'm going to be trying to make either a mini-series or a short film about once a week, so subscribe to my youtube channel to get updates! Oh and now I have a twitter, so follow me or something.... @rlebar

New short film!

This is my final project for my freshman class: cinematic storytelling.
We were required to make a film with three scenes and no more than four lines of dialogue.

I hope you enjoy

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DIY Lenses

I have spent the past couple weeks building my own camera lens and body for my final project in my two studio classes. I've spent time learning about optics and bought a couple lenses from http://www.surplusshed.com
 The end product will most likely be a film. I'm still not quite sure what about.
Here's a few pictures of the lens and a couple test shots. Things look pretty cool!
I'm going to make a compound lens next to get a wider field of view.

I started off with a bellows I found on Ebay for $10

Then I cut the bellows off the rails and got a ball and socket to allow for tilt and swing capabilities with my lens. 

 I love the color fringing and selective focus and the washed out colors of the lens!

Einstein's Dreams

About three weeks ago I finalized the script for my project based off of a journal from Einstien's Dreams- a book of fictionalized dream journals that explores what Einstein might have been dreaming about while developing the theory of relativity.
I had a lot of fun experimenting with time-lapsing in the beginning. The last week I've been experimenting with my good friend After Effects.
I hope you enjoy it.

Interactive Dream Art

This is a mixed media interactive dream project. We recorded our dreams in a dream journal for a few weeks and then we had to make something inspired by them. I wanted to make the experience novel for every viewer.
The piece is three sequences and they all must be viewed through an object.
The first sequence, the viewer is forced to lay on their stomach and put their face up to a snorkel mask. The experience is pretty cool when all lights are turned off and you are interacting with these objects and sequences.

The next sequence, the viewer must look through a pair of binoculars that is about 13 feet away from the display.

The last sequence, the viewer must kneel down and look through a key hole to see the movie.

Time lapsing all dayy erryydayy

I've been experimenting with time with my new project based off of a journal entry from a book called "Einstein's Dreams". Here is the intro to the film that I'm making. I should be done with the movie by next week.