OILYFILMS

This is a short film, shot on 16mm optical sound stock. Parts are shot close-up with extension tubes, other parts are photogrammed. It is made with bicycle gears that were graciously donated to me by a local bikeshop called Bicycleitis. The sound was ...

And, another random clip I found, floating around the server. Not sure I remember making it, but here it is, so I must’ve. It a test of tints and tones, and posterizing. I believe it’s the hardener in the fix that is changing how the tones ...

I’m not sure if it’s good or bad that I keep finding little films all over the place. This one was on my server, ready to be podcast, but somehow slipped through the cracks for a few months. I made it in Dawson City in the spring for part of ...

This is my new Steenbeck (it’s on loan) I cleaned it up a bit, replaced the bulbs, and rigged up the sockets to work better (only one preview window was working when I got it, now both are) The sound didn’t work anymore, so….. after ...

Went on a trip to Toronto in June, to spend a week at Phil Hoffman’s Film Farm. What an inspiring place. Came back to Vic with a new fascination with 16mm, learned how to turn a Steenbeck into a contact printer (Thanks to Josh Bonnetta), and how to ...

  I saw the film ”RIP: A Remix Manifesto” by Brett Gaylor at this year’s Victoria Film Festival.  In the spirit of the film , I pirated parts of the film onto 16mm Black and White film with my bolex, then hand-processed, tinted and ...

It is a flurry of format changes. It was shot on Super 8 in black and white and hand processed, then digitized, composited and coloured with final cut pro. The sound is a whole other story.  It starts with a new toy. Slim Sandy gave me an old reel to ...

Back from Dawson City now, still trying to catch up on everything I left behind in April. The “Experiment” workshop at MediaNet is starting this weekend, and I’m still trying to get everything ready. I think there are still a couple ...

Been out of touch for a couple weeks, lots of things happening, I’m in Dawson City right now, doing a residency at the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, and had a screening at the Dawson City Short Film Festival a couple weeks ago. I love it ...

WARNING - THIS FILM MAY CAUSE SEIZURES - PLEASE DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE EPILEPTIC This started as an experiment with 16mm Black and white film. one frame of black, and one frame of white, alternating at 24 frames per . When it’s switched to 30 ...

This is a video made from still images. I’ve been thinking about the idea that film can be experience and not just documentary or narrative, so this is an exercise to see if I could create an experience and place with only stills and sound. None of ...

Another film made for this year’s “My Victoria.” Abstract 16mm black and white, tinted, toned and layered. The words were an afterthought, because the film had to have something to do with Victoria. And I just started a twitter account. ...

This is a short film I made with the help of Daniel Lombardi for the Victoria Film Festival’s “My Victoria” Competition this year. I submitted it late, so didn’t end up in the competition part, but it was a good excuse to make a ...

This is an abstract piece, shot on 16mm colour film, and transferred with an early-80’s telecine, that lags a little with the colour channels. I think it’s quite obvious what it actually is, but visually interesting nonetheless. A part of the ...

Another piece of the seeming endless primordial soup reel. Very textural. The sound is a little obnoxious (I made it)

Another piece of the seeming endless primordial soup reel. Very textural. The sound is a little obnoxious (I made it)

An abstract splattering of colours, made by dissolving layers of  the emulsion with chemicals. Music by Mike Wolske.

An abstract splattering of colours, made by dissolving layers of  the emulsion with chemicals. Music by Mike Wolske.

I’d love to say that this piece has some meaning, like it’s “an exploration of identity” or something…but really, I was just feeling the urge to fingerpaint. It was done with cheap oil paints in a few , but took a couple ...