Saturday, March 27, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
TEDxAustin
TEDxAustin from Ben Powell on Vimeo.
A short I directed, documenting the creation of the TEDxAustin program cover art. Bringing the theme of PLAY BIG to life and making it tactile.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Birds
Saw a bunch of birds on the way home yesterday under I-35. Pulled over to try and do a time lapse, but as soon as I got set up, they flew away. Managed to snap off one good one though.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I have a Dream Pie Social
Shot some footage for a pie social last weekend, raising money for a church in Clarksville. Awesome pies. The raspberry was my favorite, as well as these two gentlemen.
Red Building at Sunset
A production still of the red building. Who wouldn't want to call this home while working at Austin Studios? The phone is waiting to be picked up.
Friday, January 15, 2010
James McMurtry in 2010
Shot a few BTS shots of James McMurtry and his band performing for an augmented reality showcase. They used stage 3 at Austin Studios as their backdrop in order to comp them into some kind of virtual stage. Live music, welcome to 2010.
321 Lego
I was a PA for a lego competition last month. Here's a still of the Camera Operator, Blake Buesnel, shooting the table. It was a pretty rough day on our feet. I was wrangling his cables for 12 hours.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Trash Dance Excerpts
Trash Dance - excerpts from the performance from Andrew Garrison on Vimeo.
Sixteen trucks, 24 performers, over a space of two football fields, on an old airport runway behind Austin Studios. Choreographer Allison Orr spent a year collaborating with employees of the City of Austin Dept. of Solid Waste Services to make a dance performance she calls "The Trash Project." Filmmaker Andrew Garrison followed them for the year and assembled a crew to film the performance.
These are excerpts from the performance only. Look for the whole film, including interviews, garbage truck ride-outs, and verite footage with the performers in late 2010.
Performing employees from the City of Austin Solid Waste Services Department included: Virginia Alexander, Don Anderson, Cedric Armstrong, Mike Carnline, Tony Dudley, Chris Guerrero, Shiron Hill, Lee Houston, Ivory Jackson, Jr., Orange Jefferson, Shonda Johnson, Tafari Johnson, Greg Karo, Benny Ochoa, Anthony Phillips, Jennifer Saucedo, Ray Showels, Jason Smith, Mark Taylor, José Tejero, George Thompson, Gregg Thompson, Adam Valdez, and Gerald Watson.
Performance Film Crew included Diane Weidenkopf, Deb Lewis, Steve Mims, Ed Radtke, Steve Degennaro, Keith Wilson, Traci Duran, Kim Hall, Sara Masetti, Jessica Gardner, JeeHyun Dong, Nicole Licea, Roy Rutngamlug, Travis Benn,Tim Tsai, Amy Bench, Leah Ross, Jamie Cano, Patrick Wylie, Karlo Montano, Virginia McBrayer, Andrew Alden Miller, Ben Powell, Jordan Garcia, Drew Xanthopolous, Rogelio Salinas, Hamad Rizvi, and Patrick Smith.
Sixteen trucks, 24 performers, over a space of two football fields, on an old airport runway behind Austin Studios. Choreographer Allison Orr spent a year collaborating with employees of the City of Austin Dept. of Solid Waste Services to make a dance performance she calls "The Trash Project." Filmmaker Andrew Garrison followed them for the year and assembled a crew to film the performance.
These are excerpts from the performance only. Look for the whole film, including interviews, garbage truck ride-outs, and verite footage with the performers in late 2010.
Performing employees from the City of Austin Solid Waste Services Department included: Virginia Alexander, Don Anderson, Cedric Armstrong, Mike Carnline, Tony Dudley, Chris Guerrero, Shiron Hill, Lee Houston, Ivory Jackson, Jr., Orange Jefferson, Shonda Johnson, Tafari Johnson, Greg Karo, Benny Ochoa, Anthony Phillips, Jennifer Saucedo, Ray Showels, Jason Smith, Mark Taylor, José Tejero, George Thompson, Gregg Thompson, Adam Valdez, and Gerald Watson.
Performance Film Crew included Diane Weidenkopf, Deb Lewis, Steve Mims, Ed Radtke, Steve Degennaro, Keith Wilson, Traci Duran, Kim Hall, Sara Masetti, Jessica Gardner, JeeHyun Dong, Nicole Licea, Roy Rutngamlug, Travis Benn,Tim Tsai, Amy Bench, Leah Ross, Jamie Cano, Patrick Wylie, Karlo Montano, Virginia McBrayer, Andrew Alden Miller, Ben Powell, Jordan Garcia, Drew Xanthopolous, Rogelio Salinas, Hamad Rizvi, and Patrick Smith.
T-Shirt Collectors
Stopped at Willie Nelson's Place and met a nice couple from the Midwest, traveling to various celebrity homes and establishments, collecting t-shirts along the way.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Secessionist
Helped shoot some b-roll for a documentary about the people involved in the TX nationalist movement, a group started with their main objective is Texas seceding from the United States.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Austin Studios Marketing Video
Finished the rough cut for the marketing video for Austin Studios. Here's a still from the infommercial portion, in which Andrew and I are the spokesmen. Video soon to hit hard nationwide. You know you wanna shoot there.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Uncle Rick Interview
Interviewed ole uncle Rick earlier today for the marketing video. Went really smooth and I think we got a few great sound bytes we can use. Nice fella. Killer poster collection.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Gator Coma
Been ACing on Ben Slamka's film this past weekend. It was a fun shoot, lots of practical special effects, such as an alligator attack scene. It was really cold and rainy yesterday, but we rigged up some flags for the Camera, and used the new magic arm to get a bird's eye view of the above ground pool. Check out that alligator!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
TV Set
Andrew and I found this TV set on Oltorf St. the other day at a garage sale, and it worked perfectly in his set for Brothers. Looks kinda like the set from Videodrome, without the pig intestines.
Day of Purchase...
Used in Set...
Videodrome TV...
Day of Purchase...
Used in Set...
Videodrome TV...
Dan's Hamburgers
One of my new favorite places in town, Dan's Hamburgers. Go there for breakfast and order the biscuits and gravy, forget about it. Good coffee too.
Jonny Stranger aka Master Randall
Jonny Stranger did a magnificent job in portraying the father figure in the upcoming Legends of the Samurai Brothers film. In this scene, he plays the ghost of Master Randall. Mad props to Amanda Ames for make-up and Samaya Brown for wardrobe.
Mothfight Music Video
Shot some B-Roll for a music video directed by my friend Walter Glass. Not sure what the song is, but its for a band called Mothfight. I saw them at Mohawk the other night, they're pretty good.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Storyboards
I was going through a bunch of old stuff and I found these old storyboards that I scanned in for my thesis project. I may have to print a few out.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Samuari Brothers
This weekend we went out to Carol Edward's ranch to shoot the lead actor, Che Heartbreak's title sequence for the upcoming Legends of the Samurai Brothers trailer. The horses name is Coco and she's 14.
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