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TELL-TALE PRATFALL – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #2
One for the blooper reel, except… It was one of the least difficult set-ups of the Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre shoot. Just me coming down the stairs – a flash back to when the murderer, fresh from … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia
Tagged black and white, blooper, blooper reel, camera, Cinema, Edgar Allan Poe, Jason Chua, lens, murder, musicabre, pratfall, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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HEAD SHOTS BLOOPER GALLERY
I needed new head shots. I also knew I’d be shaving my beard for the Tell-Tale Heart shoot. So I scheduled a head shot photo shoot right before the Tell-Tale film shoot in order to schedule my shave in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Live! On Stage
Tagged 8X10, actor, Beard, blooper, clean shave, head shot, photography
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TELL-TALE PEEK INTO THE ON SET MONITOR – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #1
Last week was production week for the short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. One day of set-up, 6 days of shooting, 9-10 hour days that by the weekend became 11-15 hour days. Everyone worked very hard and … Continue reading
SUN GLARE, 46th Street, Early February
Specifically February 4, 8am, on 46th street between 7th and 6th avenues. Do you too see animal faces in the steam? A boar, a schnauzer, a fox? … or maybe Fuchur AKA Falkor the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged 46th street, animals, dolphins, Falkor, Fuchur, glare, Neverending Story, New York City, photography, photos, steam, sun, Times Square
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3rd Grade Choir Presents Love & Life with the Beatles
A fainting spell nearly derailed the whole concert. But it was still a rousing success. When I plan choir concerts for elementary student performers, I hope to choose songs that will appeal to the age group but also … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, The Teaching Artist
Tagged 3rd grade, A Day in the Life, All You Need Is Love, Blackbird, choir, concert, Elementary School, fainting, Hey Jude, Michelle, Obladi Oblada, She Loves You, Sie Liebt Dich, The Beatles, Tribeca, Within You Without You, World Trade Center, Yellow Submarine
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TELL-TALE CELLO DOUBLES
In “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” the music is scored for three cellos. And Friday evening three cello players were sitting in my living room practicing their cello parts for the shoot. Because for key scenes, you won’t just … Continue reading
TELL-TALE CAMERA TEST
Yesterday I met my Director of Photography Jason Chua at the film equipment rental place to do some camera tests in preparation for our upcoming “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” film shoot. For me that mostly meant standing … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged a musicabre, camera, Cinema, Director of Photography, filter, Jason Chua, lens, pale blue eye, photography, RED, short film, test, The Tell-Tale Heart
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OOO! LOOK AT THE LIGHT!
Pics with a Touch of Light plus a complimentary light-hearted music quiz Light Music Query #1: Which musical features this dance into the light? (as ever, the answers are tucked into the tabs below) Above, my gym’s basement … Continue reading
IF ONLY THE POE COTTAGE HAD BEEN OUR TELL-TALE MURDER HOUSE!
That is the Poe Cottage in the Bronx. The last home Poe resided in before he died. We had hoped to make it our Tell-Tale musicabre movie murder home. But alas, it is not to be! Most of the short … Continue reading
6TH AVENUE, MIDTOWN, DECEMBER
I think my phone’s camera has astigmatism. The way artificial light gets smeared, blurring the images, especially at night. Reminds me of why I need glasses at the movies and theater under stage lighting. And last night … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th avenue, astigmatism, blurring, december, Holiday, light, midtown, photography, photos, smearing
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MARK TWAIN NEVER GOT TO THE LOUVRE (but I did)
A trip to the magnificent Louvre museum with Mark Twain. Well actually Mark Twain himself never got there, but he wrote about not getting there in “The Innocents Abroad”, and that satirical anecdote about what happens to unwary, blustery … Continue reading
A Freaky Little Tell-Tale Tidbit
Listen to this. It’s rather creepy, isn’t it, not just because of the unsettling nature of the text, but because of, well, I’ll explain later, just listen now: I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged death, Edgar Allan Poe, film, musicabre, pre-production, recording studio, short film, terror, The Tell-Tale Heart
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EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE
Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged At Eternity's Gate, cinematography, corridor, death of Van Gogh, Ed Elder, exit, German, Landmark 57, light, Loving Vincent, movie, photography, sci fi, Van Gogh
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SENSUAL RODIN
We start with a famous thought. We end with a famous kiss. Rodin’s Thinker greats you in the courtyard of the Rodin House in Paris. And so he will be the introduction to this post of some of Rodin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged classical music, Impromptu, Kiss, Paris, Pavane, photography, Ravel, Rodin, Schubert, sensual, sensual classics, sensuality, statues, Thinker
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