Soundtrack Part II
“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.” E.Y. Harburg. In case you aren’t familiar with who E.Y. Harburg is here is a short summary. Edgar Yipsel Harburg (April 8,…
Soundtrack Part I
“I don’t know anything about music, in my line of work you don’t have to.” – Elvis Presley. When it comes to the films soundtrack I think this quote sums it up the best. I don’t consider myself a skilled…
60 Hours of Footage
I traditionally do not put “highly organized” under the heading of “personal strengths” on my resume. But in this case I would. You see, when you film for nearly a year and are continually going back into old stuff you…
Five Steps to A Successful Interview
As one might think, the documentary process revolves and often hinges around the interviews. As I see it there are five many steps to a good interview. STEP ONE: Preparing for the interview. This step involves writing down the topics…
BIG BOX OF MOVIE
Today’s blog kicks off a little theme. I put my film into pre-production, production and post-production all in March of 2010 and wrapped it all up by the end of March 2011. In that time I amassed all sorts of…
Messenger Appreciation Day
Well it’s a little known fact that bicycle messengers feel under appreciated. But that is just from others. Not from peers with bike messenger jobs. No one appreciates themselves more than the messenger community. We hold messenger races in appreciation…
Dress Code
How to be a bike messenger. Well it all starts with the right dress code or lack there of. The dress code has always been one of personal choice. But even that is changing. As far as I know you…
Pro Cyclist Career
Career Defined : Video BLOG When you ride your bike all day you think about a lot of things. Mostly trivial things. Should I get sausage in my breakfast burrito? Is three coffee breaks before 10am to many? Where…
Coffee Cart Tony : Bike Messenger at Heart
The aspect in which certain characters make their way into a film is generally pretty clear. Not such the case with Coffee Cart Tony. (Real name is Tony De La Rosa). I had finished the film and sent it over…
Official Bicycling T-Shirt
For me summer in the 70′s meant riding my bike into town with friends. One stop we always made was at the t-shirt shop. If we had saved up enough we would get ourselves a custom t-shirt. First you would…
