Art Statement

Here's the thing. I grew up drawing and painting like crazy. I made bunch of paintings in high school but have since dropped that sort of dig for video almost completely. I never thought doing something so technical could really be art but hey if I'm the only one complaining why not? My mindset - the way I look at things- comes so naturally that I find a hard time understanding that people don't see things the same way I do. I never go out of my way to make things "artistic" just like i never go out of my way to walk or talk a certain way. I do what ever it is I want to do, and if people want to call it something that's fine by me.

Jon Shares a Story

Here it is folks, our pilot episode for the web series searching for love, hopefully we should hear back soon but in the mean time, you all can enjoy.
In this pilot episode Jon shares a story with us to help you get to know a little bit more about his past present and future.

Click to play

Comments assignment

So i guess I'm gonna google it after i post this but... wtf is an ear candle?

So when do you expect the second half to be done?

I don't know if you're familiar with raptor jesus or not. He went extinct for our sins.

How'd that footage turn out?

Awesome, every time i've done chroma key work it's been with one of those $2 table cloths from party city. I'd like to see what you're doing with this.

These are great.
this is one of my favorites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oXx0qwe0wc

Network Socially.

Add me on up!















I'm a huge fan of social networking sites... I think I've joined most of them, but these four are the only ones I use "regularly", I might start using twitter once I can text but until then, w/e.

Sewardly (day in the life)

A Term, coined by friend Tom Nguyen, to describe a genre of film that depicts the events of a single day in an extreme non-narrative fashion, and not necessarily in chronological order. We honestly have no idea how films such as this would be received by a stranger. Do you feel like you know us? Do you envy our life? Did you really sit through the whole thing? Probably not, but any ways this video includes Myself, Bryan Freitas, Jon Huffman, Tom Nguyen, Nicole is in there for a bit, and John Holdun shot and edited it.

enjoy!

Some new blogs.

Some new blogs on the scene that might interest you.
The 200 E. Oakland Boys
documentary of footage and photographs of the young men living on 200 Oakland and their friends. They live life to the fullest in every sense of the word and hopefully the things you observe and experience will inspire,

The Neighbors
Blog of a local Columbus Band worth checking out.

Taking the 7: Tales From the Bus
photoblog featuring strangers on the bus and their story of why they are taking the bus.

Tips and Tutorials!

Some helpful resources for ya!
Myfilm.com - A blog with a lot of great tips for producing your own independent film.
Digicade - this only has on post. and it's very old, but in the post is a BUNCH of final cut pro tutorials.
After Effects Basic Training - One of the best special effects programs out there, this site has some very well made and easy to follow tutorials, you can even download the raw footage, and edit along with the vids!

Some Blogs to Pass the Time.

Not doing much right now? I just finished that cellphone video, and I'm waiting for my check to come in from nestle before I go out and buy a new camcorder. In the mean time I've been doing a lot of nothing.
So I though I'd share that with you.

Useful

LifeHack.org is a great place to get advice on those everyday problems, i.e. how to fix/make stuff, advice on money and relationships, and just about anything else that has to do with living in today's stressful world.

Fun

Stuff White People Like. Let's be honest, it's funny because it's true. some of my favorite entrys are, Threatening to Move to Canada, Indie Music, and Japan, and yes, I do like all those things. It's kind of depressing to learn how stereotypically white you are.

Interesting

20 Ways the World could End. This is an article in a Magazine's Ezine. That's kind of like a ancient distant cousin of a blog right? Anyways, the title is pretty self explanatory; this article points out 20 scientifically sound ways the earth could be destroyed at any given moment.

In the Spirit of April Fools Day.

Here a link to Lifehacker's Top 10 harmless Geek Pranks. There's some pretty good ones here that I'm going to have to try out today for sure. Also, check out some of LifeHackers other stuff, it's a pretty great Technews Blog, that and Gizmodo are my two main sources

Online Video Contest Source

There sure are a lot of opportunities out there to make films and get paid. In fact, thanks to the internet, many video contests take place completely online. I just wish there was a place where i could find out about all of them, googling "video contest" doesn't usually amount to anything but a bunch of contests that expired in 2005.

Luckily, you know me, and I'm nice enough to link you here, -> onlinevideocontests.com. This is a great blog that organizes what has to be very close to all the currently running video contests. The contests can be organized by prize money, deadline, or recency of being added.

Xlnt Ads is xlnt.

So what we've been doing most recently is working with the site XLNTAds.com. Xlnt Ads is a company/site which connects companies looking to advertise products or what ever to a humble user base of creators. John and I are a few of these humble creators. Right now they've got a bunch of assignments and the ones we're pulling for are Bud Light, and Nestle's 100 Grand, once we're done with our bud light spot we'll probably start working on a couple Proquo spots.

So check 'em out, and be our competition, a lot of the time there is $5,000+ at stake.
Oh yeah, their blog is pretty cool, the update it with a lot of "creative inspiration" that's pretty great.

What is Whaling Ship Studios?

Whaling Ship Studios is how filmmakers get their start. We are two 19 year dudes, one the dramatic writing program at NYU and one currently stuck in Ohio trying to get into the Film Program at NYU. We are getting our feet off the ground the only way we know how to; one of the purposes of this blog is to document our beginnings and help other budding film makers get an idea of how to start.

We'll of course post about what we're up to I.E. current projects, scripts, and other dailies. And also link you guys to everything we know. I.E Tutorials, Contests, or other cool stuff. Feedback is awesome, and of course if anyone has anything they'd like to link us to that'd be appreciated. With all that said, I've been spending too much time blogging and need to get back to compositing.