Director  .  Writer  .  Actor
Founder of Dawning Film Productions

Somewhere throughout the filmmaking process I lost touch with the heart of my film. I had forgotten exactly what it was that made me want...

The final cut of my "Leaden Hearts" trailer Throughout my production process thus far, one of my greatest challenges has been choosing...

Above is my shooting plan for the scenes in my film that would take place on location at the Stirling Old Town Jail. Once I learned of...

Challenges and Solutions After watching the first cut of my trailer on the big screen in the cinema it became glaringly clear to me that...

I always knew that I was never what you would call an "experimental" artist or filmmaker, but I didn't realize just how safe I was. I...

One of the lectures we had recently was about filming interviews for documentaries. I always thought this was pretty standard: sit...

(*A title jokingly suggested by Jim Burns, but I could find no other title more fitting!) This week we examined cinematography and the...

The closer I get to the full formation of my project, or at least to creating a finished script/shooting schedule/budget, etc., naturally...

The use of slow motion proved to be effective in my last experiment. I was thinking of the physical action of remembering: some memories...

Through my experimentation last week, I wanted to explore more deeply within the theory of Defamiliarization. I wanted to find ways to...

As part of week 6 in Experimental Media, we were asked to create a project within our groups that addressed History. Within our group, we...

This past week I have been ridiculously ill. I honestly cannot remember a time I have been this ill for this long. At one point I swear I...

Here are two of the films that were created within the Practical Workshop class. These pieces represent experimentation with two of the...

Although I am quite fond of all four ideas that I discussed in my previous blog post, the one that stands out the most is "The Box" idea....

As it stands, I have 4 ideas that I am trying to flesh out for my proposal. These ideas came to me in the most random of places: walking...

My group for Experimental Media met again last week, to discuss our upcoming experimental media project. We were able to come up with a...

We were broken up into groups and given the task of creating a pitch for, or rough example of an experimental media/video piece. We had...

Unfortunately this reading was also a bit too dense for me to quite follow as much of it as I would like. But, I did learn some new...

I'll admit - this one was a little dense. However, I somehow managed to take something, or a few things, away from it. The first being:...

#UofG #postcinema Welcome to the first post of my post-grad program, Filmmaking & Media Arts! Currently I'm not much of a blogger but who...