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Monthly Archives: July 2021
Danny Looks into the Lens
A Pit & Pendulum On-Set Tidbit We were shooting a moment where I am mostly in profile. So, before each take, Jason Chua, the cinematographer, would ask “Danny, could you look into the lens?” to get me to squarely face … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope
Tagged camera, circle of hell, Dwane Johnson, Jason Chua, lens, On-Set, Poe, smolder, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Rock
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BEST ACTOR at the DENALI FILM FESTIVAL
Hi Danny! We hope this finds you well! Congratulations! You won Best Actor in the 2020 Denali Film Festival! Please visit the laurel center for your winner laurel! It was an honor to feature your work! Please be in touch … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged actor, best, Darrell Johnston, Denali, Film Festival, Kimberly Braun, laurel, musicabre, The Tell-Tale Heart, winner
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A Thank You from Hair We Share
Dear Danny, On behalf of the staff and the board of directors of Hair We Share we want to thank you for joining our “Track Your Ponytail” program. It means so much to us and the person who will receive … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Notes in the News
Tagged bald, Dean Riskin, donation, Hair, Hair We Share, Suzanne Chimera, Track Your Ponytail, wig
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TELL-TALE at DENALI
“THE TELL-TALE HEART – A MUSICABRE” plays at the DENALI FILM FESTIVAL July 15-18 streaming on-line Alaska’s Denali Film Festival (click here to go there) had accepted my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, 2021, Alaska, Denali, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, horror, musicabre, musical, nature, photography, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, True Nervous
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EVOCATION XXVIII – for Ed’s 62nd Birthday
Today is Ed’s birthday. And like every year since our first together, I will present him with a viola/piano duet I composed. They are all called Evocations. This year it’s Evocation XXVIII. Ed will probably blanche at the double stops, … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works
Tagged 28, birthday, duet, Ed Elder, Edward Elder, Evocation, piano, Viola, XXVII
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Thank You to the Crew of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”
Posted in Cinema Scope
Tagged Adam Rodriguez, Alex Gavin, Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, cake, Chandler Sinks, Charlotte Purser, Dannie Giglievitch, Dylan Kissin, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Gonzalo Trigueros, Han Jang Houston, Henry Borriello, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, Jennifer Liu, Jimmy McCoy, Katie Conway, Keisuke Nojima, Kevin Fentress, Lytza Colon, Mariana Soares da Silva, Mark Marcante, Mathew Gnagy, musicabre, Pablo Gho, Peter Laboy, Robert Hooghkirk, Sami Eddy, Samson Martin, The Pit and the Pendulum, Thomas Paolo, Yoelle Gulko
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LOOK, MA! NO HAIRS!
(More about all that to be posted soon … )
P&P – Today the Hair Gets Shorn!
Today I cut my hair. All of it. Off. Beard too. I’ll be completely clean shaven and bald. This has been in the works for over a year. I got the closest hair cut of my life July 2019, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged bald, film, Hair, hairspray, long hair, musicabre, shaving, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, Veronica Lake
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TELL-TALE SKIPTOWN MUSICAL WINNER
Skiptown Playhouse Film Festival Awards “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” or an incredible delightful distinction vs an insignificant dialectic dilemma As Vincenzo CarubiaI, festival director of the Los Angeles based Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, elaborates in announcing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Award, festival, film, Los Angeles, musicabre, musical, performance, Playhouse, postonement, short film, Skiptown, The Tell-Tale Heart
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P&P – And So It Begins
We have had two shooting days on “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“. And I already have enough material for maybe four production diary posts, including one that will be quite the doozy! But I probably won’t have … Continue reading