All kinds of music but being a huge film fanatic I love film scores. A few favorite composers include Danny Elfman, John Williams, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter ... to name but a few. As far as groups go, some favorites are U2, Metallica, The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Rob Zombie, Disturbed. I grew up in the 80's so I do have a soft spot for 80's music.
Movies
There are plenty of favorite movies to name (and if I did I'd be here all night writing them). But instead I'll list some of my favorite directors to give you an idea: Dario Argento (Suspiria), James Cameron (The Terminator), John Carpenter (Halloween), Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window), Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings), Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), George Lucas (Star Wars), Michael Mann (Heat), Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi), George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead), Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Steven Spielberg (Jaws), John Woo (The Killer). There are more but I better stop here.
Television
The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, My Name Is Earl, The Office, 24, the new Battlestar Galactica, ... plus some older shows like Married With Children, Three's Company, Beavis and Butthead, The Muppet Show ... a bunch of others too.
I am proud to offer services to help other performers and artists create their reel. With over seven years of professional editing experience and over eleven years of filmmaking experience I can help you put together a reel onto a DVD and the web to send out to agents, managers, and directors.
Services include:
- Digitizing your footage from sources such as VHS, DVD, Mini DV, or DV.
- Editing of clips into a sequence with a runtime of your preference up to 10 minutes (standard length for reels range between 4 and 10 minutes). Let me know if you need it longer for other uses.
- Title card which includes your headshot (we will scan material if needed) with contact information appearing at the beginning and end.
- Ten second edited opening before clips start.
- DVD menu with headshot and contact information.
- Clips also divided into chapters and can be viewed separately through their own menu screen.
- Your Resume on the DVD as its own screen accessible from the main menu.
- One DVD glass master which can be taken to any duplication house or I can make copies for you.
- Compress your reel into a Quicktime version so you can upload it to your website as well as websites like YouTube and MySpace and even your iPod. Plus convert your resume into a PDF file if you’d like.
If you need something shot for your reel such as a monologue, part of a scene, or a performance, then I can shoot it for you. Contact me and we can work out a deal based on what would be needed for the shoot.
