My Christmas vacation was alright, but real hectic, resulting in me being a little behind on this documentary I'm supposed to be working on. But that should be done in 3-4 weeks. Other than that, here are a couple experiments I worked on with Lilly Ball as projects for our Lighting/Cinematography class last semester. The first owes a lot to Maya Deren's Meshes Of The Afternoon, and the second one is pretty directly influenced by [rec]. Mirage (the first one) definitely feels like a dry run for Floor 2 (the second one). They are, by definition, experiments with the way I work and conceptualize. I do love some of the camera work in Mirage though, and so I think it's worth sharing. At the least, they're kind of interesting. I wouldn't call them polished, but anyways. Enjoy.
Mirage from Ethan Holbrook on Vimeo.
Floor 2 from Ethan Holbrook on Vimeo.
Tomorrow, I am taking a road trip to Milwaukee with Ned Hurley to see the freakin' Residents perform Talking Light. Good God I'm excited. Maybe I will have pictures to share... maybe.
The classes I'm taking this semester are pretty theory-heavy, and I hope to make a couple things that are a lot more experimental than anything I've done before. I saw My Name Is Oona by Gunvar Nelson at the Walker recently and I can't get it out of my head, not ever. I think it's stuck in there.
For Advanced Screenwriting I am supposed to pitch and write a feature-length screenplay (or, well, at least 40 pages of it). I pitched a story about vehicular manslaughter, blackmail, plane crashes and bombs, and well, I think it's really great.
I've also been working on other blogs that update more frequently.
Fat City!: My personal tumblog, it's basically an amalgamation of stuff I like that I find on the internet.
I Love Short Songs: A blog with several contributors in which we share very short (but very good) songs.
last seen: A visual archive/record of what myself and Ned Hurley are watching.
So yes, if you were wondering, "What's going on with Ethan? Does he have a life yet?" the answer is: not much, and of course not.
Love Ethan.
