Movie-related things I was involved in


I wish I was a movie director one day. Like only 4,000,000 other people.


Untentschlossen - So kann's passieren ohne das noetige Psychogramm: Ewige Unentschlossenheit verzoegert das Leben. (1999) Das infame "Geraet" 01 - Ist Milka masslos? Nein. Aber ich! (August 3 2002)
Psychogramme (2000)
Directed by Debagel and Yours Truly

This was actually just a little joke I made with Bagel one bored evening, and it turned out to be quite funny. We submitted it at the Film Festival in Weiterstadt where it miraculously got accepted. The projectionist messed it up good and proper though: It was shown with the wrong aspect ratio, the first minute missing, the last 10 seconds clipped off. I was pissed.
Ausweglos. - Die brilliante Hauptdarstellerin Lauren. (July 6 2002) Kompositeur. - Mike in seinem Element: An einer Kamera. (July 6 2002)
Mind Forest (2003)
Directed by James R. Prince

Funny. I met Jay playing Lasertag at the Ultrazone, and got into the production through him, where I did some camera work, boom mike, and also provided my own DV cam as camera B.

The movie is about witches and stuff, and for a no-budget production with a surprisingly high-profile cast. It has been shown on the San Diego ComicCon and Temecula Valley Film Festival so far. Here's the official website.
Klappe! - Angela, bezauberndes slate girl. (July 6 2002)
Julia Jensen (2003)
Directed by Mike Tyler

The circle continues. I met Mike on the Mind Forest set, and he told me about his new project. You gotta hand it to Mike: He did virtually everything himself: Screenplay, directing, editing, DP, camera operating, audio.. everything. What's even more amazing: The movie is actually good. Really good. He is a talented writer, and his girl-friend Angela fits the role perfectly and kicks ass. It hasn't been accepted by film festivals yet, but that should happen soon. The score, like in Mind Forest, was provided by Glenn Scott Lacey. Don't forget that I have a little cameo as a street lamp.
Tracy & Jed - Unsere beiden Hauptdarsteller: Cherie und Fitz. (October 13 2002) Am Werk - Das uebliche Gewusel bei einem Filmdreh. Jed's Wahllosigkeit passt perfekt zu seiner Rolle. (October 13 2002)
Fitz
Directed by Paul Messick

This was probably the most professional production I've been on so far. The screenplay was rewritten a bit while we were shooting, so I have no clue how the storyline actually turned out now! I have a tiny cameo appearance too (if those takes will be used, that is). Unfortunately, it never made it to the final cut, which I regret very much.
Set-Aufbau - Stundenlang Vorbereitungen. Das dauert! (August 26 2006) Falsches Wohnzimmer - Sieht aber aus wie echt im Film. (September 3 2006)
Henchmen (2007)
Directed by Christian Cantamessa

And this is hands down the coolest project I've been on. This was a nice little short, not too ambitious and really well done. Most of the crew (which exception of Kyle, the awesome Steadicam operator) were Rockstar employees, so we had everything we needed, including excellent sound by Corey and really good Memento-style music by Steve. Of course, being somewhat video game themed, I can relate to the movie itself quite well.
ShotMaster
Developed by Paul Messick and John Badham

Okay, this is not a movie, it is.... software. Well, movie software. Developed by Paul Messick, I helped out a little bit and fixed a few bugs. It's a pretty cool program to create storyboards. I remember how I used to draw storyboards on pieces of paper that turned out to be so horrible that you couldn't possibly understand what I was trying to express a few days later. Yeah, good ol' Shotmaster solved that problem for me.


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