Knox

We held off for so long telling people that we were having a baby that we thought the best way to do it was to create a cool little video to casually announce it. A cool little side note... the filter used on it was homemade. I took powder from my makeup bag, sat in front of a lamp and blew little amounts of it into the air with my lens totally out of focus. I think the effect is pretty rad! I have to admit, I now have a hankering to try making more of my own filters. Super fun and creative!

The New Site

Okay, so for a while now we've been trying to find the right design. We always seem to go for the ones that turn out to be just way too busy, but now we have it. The new official site for Fairground Productions LLC. Simple. Sleek. And something Jon and I both agree on. That's always a plus.

A Portrait of an Artist... and his process

Jon and I have been working on a very exciting project. We came up with the idea one day after we had moved to Utah. We were lingering around Barnes & Noble, passing the time when I came across an autobiography on a couple who were total hippies back-in-the-day. They talked about how they lived their lives, how they fell in love, how they created, and so on. I was totally inspired, not just by film or photography but by the arts as a whole. I told Jon that I wanted to do a documentary on an artist... and as we hadn't done any filmmaking since Humidity, just four months prior, we thought it was the perfect time.

Luckily a few months before my sister had introduced us to her good friends, Jeff and Jen Hein. Jeff is and artist of amazing talent. When we met with him again after the Barnes & Noble trip, we pitched him the idea and he thought it sounded like a great experience. It was really perfect timing too because he had just started a very difficult project that would utilize his process to the fullest. This documentary will follow Jeff from start to finish of the painting. We will see his process of studying, creating and recreating in the effort to fully understand the subjects for his final masterpiece. As so many artists photograph their subjects and recreate it in a painting, Jeff's process of working from live subjects is really unique, it's like the lost art behind the art... it's very interesting!

We've been working on it about a month now, and it's looking great. We still do have quite a long way to go though. I've been working on a teaser to get it going. I should have it finished in the next few weeks. I would love to have it sooner but we have a number of projects going on right now. Anyhow, keep an eye out for it and thanks for reading.

Shooting, Shooting, Shooting

We have been shooting so much the last few months that we're a little backed up on editing. There is a ton to come my friends... a ton. First the family video for the Harrington's, then a music video for a song titled Down This Road by Sam Leavitt, a local musician in Las Vegas, NV. She's super talented by the way. Then we shot a corporate retreat for SISEL International, which was a total blast. The product is actually finished but I hope to put a sample video on here shortly. Then we shot Milda and Matvey's wedding. So stinking cute, I tell you!!! Some other weddings we shot... Tracy & Jesse's... Krista and Tommy's... we just got done filming the love story interview for Melody and Brandon... this Saturday we'll be shooting Bran & Ivana's wedding... then Melody and Brandon's actual wedding... and then we're off to Washington to film a video for Stokes Auction. Whoooo.... what a ride! No worries though. Most of this is on the weekends so are days are spent editing away at these great stories. Oh... I almost forgot. We also just started shooting a documentary about an artist Jeff Hein. Check back for a teaser... hope to have it by the end of the week. But here's a cute little photo we grabbed at Milda and Matvey's wedding. Aren't they so cute!!!

Milda & Matvey

Humidity's Utah Debut

Jon and I are very excited. Thank you to artist Jeff Heins who has asked for us to debut Humidity at his studio.

Okay it sounds official but its not official at all. Just a fun little get together. He's an amazing artist who's just cracked into the filmmaking sect. Check out his short called "I Got Mine." After you watch it... as I understand it, that's his first attempt at filmmaking. WOW! Right!!! He did really, really well!!!

Anyhow, I guess this pushes up my completion date for the Directors Cut of Humidity by a week. I love deadlines!!! (Really, I do... they force you to get things done.)

Update: The showing was great! We really enjoyed ourselves. It was nice hanging out with film folk again. Talkin' film and so on. It's been about a month since we have and to be honest, we've been having withdrawals from it, so it was really satisfying. We are also excited because we were able to talk about some upcoming projects that we're going to collaborate on, which will be really exciting. The style of the projects will also be really new for us, so we'll have an experience. Even better!

Humidity

Most everyone who knows about Humidity thus far has seen it, however I'm sure there will be some people who read this who have no idea what it is. Well, it's a short film that basically helped Jon and I discover who we really are as directors and the true path that we should take. Basically it was us finding our voice. Anyhow, it showed in the UNLV Spring Flicks Film Festival 2010 and was selected for the UNLV Showcase at the 2010 Las Vegas Film Festival. We have an LVFF cut but we'd like to finish it off with a Directors cut... we were limited to 15 minutes for the last two festivals but really the short should be closer to 20. Anyhow, we hope to get it into some film festivals which is why we haven't posted it on here yet... But just to tease you... here is the poster. Enjoy!

By the way, the Photography was by Abby, a dear friend of ours. And thank you to her and her family, who were kind enough to let us shoot there... as well as a number of other places that I'm so indebted to! Thank you to everyone who helped in any way, shape or form.

Las Vegas Film Festival 2010

We’re excited to announce that Humidity, a short that we spent the first half of the year filming and editing, has been selected to be a part of the UNLV Student Showcase at the Las Vegas Film Festival 2010.

It will play Saturday, June 5th at 12 PM in the Hilton Theater. Tickets are $10 so get yours now. I must say last year I went to almost all of the short film blocks at the Cinevegas Film Festival... well, all but one and ours was actually probably the best showcase. I was surprised. I know that the UNLV students do good work but I didn’t expect the difference when compared to outside work. And the line up this year is going to rock.

Hope to see you there. We’re really excited!!!

PS. I know we haven't posted it to be viewed yet and we're very sorry. We're hoping to get it into some film festivals but to be honest we don't know their stipulations. So we're going to try it out. If it flies. Yeah. Hopefully someone will like the story and will trust us with some funding to make a feature.

Cross your fingers everyone! :)