CottonMouth Creek is truckin on...

I'm pooped...
We are so very busy making this movie, I can't see straight. I've been working so many different jobs, from grip to electric, camera operator to 2nd AC, and truck driver to truck loader. To say I'm a bit exhausted is an understatement. We are behind and badly trying to get back on track. We are understaffed and its beginning to take a toll on everyone. We are so behind that we spent all day yesterday working on our day off. I'd be surprised if we are able to finish this film by next friday. Here is a glimpse at my living quarters during the shoot. Ya thats right, I have my own trailer. Right by a swamp...

Also check out our camera team and our grip and electric team. We are having a great time goofing around and making a movie...

I'm gonna keep rolling with the punches and I'll let you know how it goes. Stay tuned I'll try and keep ya updated. Round 1 is over Round 2 (next week) has just begun...

Great Barrier Reef Application

Wish me luck...
Well I found some of the footage I shot for the Great Barrier Reef job posting I found online. I spent a few hours trying to get this video together and submitted on time. I'm really not sure if I might be eligible for the job posting, but I do hope that I am a consideration. How cool would it be to spend six months chillin on an island? Nothing sounds cooler than that! If I made it I would probably never come back, seriously. Any way check out my submission below and tell me what ya think...

On a lighter note, I am still busy getting things ready for this feature film CottonMouth Creek. We start production tomorrow and there are still a million things that need to be done. I am so excited and at the same time very nervous. There is alot of work that I have put into this project and I hope that it shows. When this is all said and done we are going to have an amazing film. This, I am very certain about. I will keep you posted as things move forward and time permits. I am living in a very run down trailer and without internet access. So when I get the chance to get on here, I'll let you know whats happening. Again wish us luck!

Black Monday

Good old times...
I thought that since I'm shooting a horror film in Louisiana that it would be appropriate for me to post one of my first films that I ever put together. I made this when I was a sophomore in High school and it shows. This was back when my friends and I used to goof around at the lake house and at our neighbors abandoned home. We probably tore down a dozen walls in that building, before it was leveled. I had a little story that I schemed up for this film, but when it came time to edit it all together there are was just not enough time- thus creating alot of plot holes. Take for instance, why and how does John die, what happens to Scott in the end, is there really a sequel...

...I've never seen it.

Cottonmouth Creek is in Production!

I'm a chillin' by the bayou...
Well I made it! I'm finally here in Shreveport, Louisiana for the duration of the film CottonMouth Creek. It feels like I've been preparing for this film for a long time now, I'm just glad that I am here and that production is in full swing. Tomorrow we will pick up our moving truck that we will use to move our equipment from location to location. One of my responsibilities, other that being the camera operator, is now driving the truck everywhere. I left my car at home (which was pretty smashed up after a wreck I was in Saturday evening, not my fault) and was planning to bum a ride around town. Now I'm definitely going to be super busy, because I have to stick around everyday until the production is over and then I have to be the first one awake and at the set every morning. This really isn't a bad thing, it just means I will be working very long hours. Needless to say I'm not going to be going out much, if at all. 2 weeks of 12 hour days is going to make Patrick a tired boy. After the truck is loaded up with our equipment and organized we are going to spend some time shooting some material to get comfortable using the equipment and so everyone understands how things are going to work.

In the mean time keep checking back here, I'll keep posting video on here as it becomes available. I am going to be a busy bee, but I'll let you know how it goes. Check out this video below that I put together from our location scouting a few weeks back. It has our creature in costume, some script runthroughs, the locations that we are shooting at and a few of the people that make up our crew...

As for right now, I'm probably gonna get some shut eye. I stayed up really late last night shooting video for a quick little promo I was going to try and edit tonight. But thanks to my hectic squedule, I accidently left that work at home. I'm kicking myself right now, literaly and figuratively. Figures, the one thing I worked on until 4 in the morning shooting and editing gets left on my bed. Basically I saw an article online referencing an amazing job. So I gave it a look and thought what the hey. I'll make a quick video. So I shot it and left it at home. Oh well!

Jone's Soda Commercial Up For Competition!

Hey check out this commercial I made a few months ago for Jone's Soda! I submitted it to this commercial competition that Zooppa is having for Jone's Soda. If we win we could win some serious cash, which is by no means a bad thing. Anyway check out our videos and help cast your vote. Thanks!

Solar Car Race

Shocking...
I decided to post a video that I put together for my job at UNT. We shot this during finals week and I put it together to create a documentary-esque portrayal of the solar powered cars that raced in the Research building at the university. It really was pretty cool to watch them setup their cars and solar panels and then have them race. After a few hours though it kind of lost its zeal. Anyway check out the video, I edited it and created the song that plays in the first minute. Enjoy...

I'm A GigaPan

How many times can you find me?
My job at UNT just acquired a Gigapan, exactly like the one that photographed the Obama Inauguration. Basically it is a robotic mount that you place on top of a tripod. Once you activate it it rotates in a 180 or 360 (it just depends on the settings that you set) and snaps hundreds of photos. The process is quite slow, so people or cars that move by are only in focus when the camera snaps the picture. I ran around and stood as still as possible as the camera swung by to get in focus. Once the device was finished shooting the photos, we had to upload the photos and with the aid of a program we were able to smoothly stitch them together to create one really smooth panoramic photo. It turned out really cool...





You can view this panoramic photo larger on the GigaPan website. Also check out the Obama Inauguration GigaPan photo if you haven't already seen it.

Did you make it to the Obama Inauguration?

Howdy Folks...
I've begun work on putting together a documentary film that focuses on the untold story of the journey millions of people made to be part of the historical inauguration of Barack Obama. I am looking for individuals in the Denton community to share their videos, photographs and stories of their journey to the inauguration.

This documentary is not about speeches, oaths or dignitaries. It is not about the millions of people around the world who tuned in to view the inauguration from the comfort of their homes, businesses or the internet. It is about the historical number of people who were compelled to not watch history being made, but to be a part of it. Despite the frigid temperatures or the vastly overwhelmed transportation systems, they were not deterred. I am calling out for others, like me, who set out to make the difficult journey to Washington Mall whether they made it or not. I will interweave other individual's experiences together to create a behind-the-scenes video that gives the viewer an idea of what it took to be part of such a historic event.