Tag Archives: short film

THREE POE MUSICABRES

Posted on November 9, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The three faces of me in the triptych above are from each of the three musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptations I have produced, directed, wrote the screenplay and composed the music for, and acted in. The film noirish … Continue reading →

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RAVEN SCREENSHOTS

Posted on September 7, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

“The Raven – a musicabre“, the third of my Edgar Allan Poe short film musical adaptations, may be recently completed, but won’t be playing festivals until 2027. Still, I can whet the appetite by releasing the first set of screenshots … Continue reading →

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The Picture is Locked

Posted on August 3, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

“The Raven – a musicabre” is completed I signed off on the final version and my editor Stolis Hadjicharalambous sent me the files: “The Raven – a musicabre”, the third in a series of Poe musicabres, short film musical adaptations … Continue reading →

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RESURRECTION now in full on line

Posted on July 20, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The Film Where I Play a Resurrected Corpse “Resurrection”, the short comedy/drama by Sam Zaslov-Braverman, in which I play Randell, a deceased man alloted extra life to give the eulogy at his own funeral, is now viewable in full on … Continue reading →

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THE RAVEN at the REFLECTING POOL

Posted on June 25, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Footage of the the Memorial Waters before the Drumpfian Disaster Little did I know when I traveled to Washington D.C. last fall to shoot footage for my third musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Raven-a musicabre” that I … Continue reading →

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Announcing the New Musicabre: The Raven

Posted on May 19, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

“Raven” is the New Page in the Notes from a Composer Banner I’ve been teasing this announcement for a while now. Three previous posts have already revealed that I am working on the third short film Poe musicabre, to join … Continue reading →

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Two Hours as the Nightmare Doctor

Posted on May 5, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

“Your mother has high blood pressure. Don’t you see – your little attention grabbing stunts are going to kill her!” That was my line as a nasty Doctor berating a young child in a woman’s nightmarish recollection. I shot this … Continue reading →

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Stills from “Oh Jesse”

Posted on March 18, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The director of “Oh Jesse”, Tokio Sasaki, shared stills from the footage of the short film I acted in a few weeks ago opposite Xiaoxiao Sun. I share them here as an update to the original blog post about that … Continue reading →

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Another Short Short Film Shoot

Posted on March 6, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Tuesday I traveled to Woodside, Queens, to shoot another short film in short order – all in an afternoon’s work. The director liked that I’d regrown my beard for the short film I’d just done, so the facial follicles are … Continue reading →

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Film Shoot and Ice Flows on the Hudson

Posted on March 1, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

A Trilingual Short Film in a Winter Panorama Two weekends ago I was at the Hudson river near Dobbs Ferry shooting a short film. A very short film – we got all shots in half a day. The film is … Continue reading →

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On Set as Bernhardt, a Fairy Tale Grandfather

Posted on December 20, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

That’s me in costume as Bernhardt, the grandfather, on set of the short film “Mouse”, which was shot in Bushwick last weekend. “Mouse” is a fairy tale with adult themes. Bernhardt, the grandfather, is a woodsman who lives in a … Continue reading →

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New Musicabre at the Vietnam Memorial

Posted on November 15, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

This Monday I was in Washington DC and took some photos at the Vietnam Memorial which I will share below. The picture above however is not one of the photos I took but a screenshot of footage I was shooting … Continue reading →

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The New Actor Reel Page

Posted on October 2, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

A new page has been added to the Notes from a Composer banner: Actor Reels. Here is where I will be periodically adding clips and edits from my work as an actor. I have been acting in a fair amount … Continue reading →

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My Time as a Resurrected Corpse

Posted on September 12, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Adventures in Acting in Short Films As previously stated I have been cast in a number of short films lately. One of the more fun and “bloggable” shoots was for “Resurrection”, which filmed in Ithaca. I play a recently deceased … Continue reading →

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Self Portraits in the Black

Posted on August 28, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Taking a break in shooting takes for my new short film Poe musicabre, I picked up my phone and took some selfies, taken by the stark look and angles created by the blacks I had set up behind myself in … Continue reading →

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Me as Poe (or) Poe as Me (or) The New Musicabre

Posted on August 12, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

A Little Sneak Preview at Coming Attractions I just got my hair cut, finally. The length it had before had been uncomfortable in the summer heat. But I couldn’t cut it earlier because I needed my hair long for my … Continue reading →

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