I just shot some stylized MMA fighter vignettes with Punnavith Koy and Jason Ho at MAKE. Had a lot of fun with lights and slow motion. Shot on the RED with Zeiss Superspeed glass. Check out some stills from what we did below. The stills are straight out of RedCine. Shot everything on green and hoping to key and replace with some killer backgrounds.
Wednesday and Thursday of this week I found myself learning and directing some motion capture for a faux video game cinematic spot we are making for Childsplaycharity.org at MAKE
At first directing proved difficult. I was not used to directing overacting and focusing solely on body movements. As the day went on, I picked up a flow with the help of Kevin Wisdom and Aaron Dabelow from MAKE. We captured the movement at Cinequipt’s Studio C. Thanks to Alex, Andrew and Samantha for wearing those skin tight suits and looking like black Christmas trees.
Just shot a few more style shots this past week at MAKE. Thanks to Nick Junkersfeld, Katie Maren, Josh Clos, Daniel Broadway, Justin Peters, Rico Ventura and Props on Wheels for making it all happen.
Today I shot some Aztec dancers on Nicollet Mall with my trusty RED Camera. After the performance, I was offered a free rejuvenation in which after kneeling down, I was covered in incense smoke and serenaded with flute music. I must say it felt pretty good. See below for some stills. Kalpulli MexicaYolotl.
Last Friday, I built a set wall with Sam Tucker at MAKE and we shot a sleek little vignette of some retro high life. Thanks to Oren Robashkin, Josh Clos and Aaron Quist for their help and to the talent, Valerie Square-Briggs, for bringing the beauty. Stay tuned for the clip in the future.
Today I had a fun shoot with Josh Clos at MAKE. We did a Tron fx shot at the studio. The shot is something Josh is doing FX on for a class at the Art Institute of Minnesota. We hung a RED camera upside down from an EZ Jib, on Matthews dolly with skates on track and created a little cinerama. Shot on a 18mm Zeiss Super Speed Prime. Stay tune in the next 9 weeks and I will post the final shot
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Just had a full house screening of Joe Dressel’s and Chris Cummings Super-Hero Guidance Counselor film, Hope this past Thursday. I played a supporting role in the film and did some of the makeup fx. I must say this is a film to be on the lookout for; dark, witty, machine gun paced comedic brilliance. If you get a chance see this film. I will post updates, showings, and festival related news when it comes in.
Directed by: Joe Dressel
Written by: Nick Ryan
Director of Photography: Troy McCall
Produced by Chris Cummings and Joe Dressel
Starring: Charles Hubbell, Hugh Kennedy, and John Middleton
Synopsis: A high school guidance counselor declares a personal war on drugs.
Had a blast at work today puppeteering friend and co-worker Sam Tucker with Aaron and Chang. We are working on putting in a 2d animated character that will tug on her shirt and jump onto her shoulders.
Here I go again. But I can’t help myself. Amazing work from the peeps at PostPanic. This has to be one of the most menacing, post-apocalyptic visions I have seen- and it’s a film festival opener. Go figure. Bravo!
Directed by Mischa Rozema
7 months agoI don’t usually post work from other artists, but for this I had to make an exception.Truly inspiring work. The stories each of her images create are almost endless. A film for each character. Wow.
“Barbara”
Also take a peek at her film work. Vibrant bliss.
7 months agoA :30 spot I shot using the Phantom Flex for the Microsoft Kinect SDK. All compositing and effects were done in house at MAKE.
Just last week I posted the newest trailer for “Joe Corduroy.” Not long after, Todd Brown from twitchfilm wrote another little ditty about the film and posted the new trailer on the site. A big thanks to Todd and twitchfilm for their support. See the article here.
First full trailer for The Retirement of Joe Corduroy, my Minnesota Artists Initiative Grant Film.
Bad guys die, Summer 2011.
Shot on RED with a Cooke T3 18-100 zoom.
Joe Corduroy is retiring. He has approached the beginning of the end. After his nephew is put into a coma due to a mindless act of violence, this gentle dentist declares payback on the lowly scum of the streets. In an act of vengeance, Joe seeks out unsuspecting criminals to enforce his own form of vigilante justice; a bullet in the back.
Next week (June 20-24), St. Anthony Main Theater will be screening Minnesota Made Films for the Stone Arch Festival. Rough Tender will be screening on Wednesday, June 22nd at 7pm. Check the link here for more details. Other films screening, Fargo, Purple Rain, Sweet Land, and Grumpy Old Men…I swear if you go see Fargo instead of Rough Tender I will cut you.
The Works of Mike P. Nelson
Mike P. Nelson works independently and commercially as a director and producer. He currently works as Head of Film Production at MAKE in Minneapolis, MN. Whether he is shooting, editing, directing, or producing; working on a feature or putting together a commercial, Mike's focus remains creating imaginative, stylized, story driven work. By night he is a ravenous independent filmmaker churning out the dark, the weird, and the insatiably tasty movie.
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