A monthly video podcast of LGBT - related news and personal film and video projects. At the age of 40, I became a media volunteer at the NYC LGBT Center in order to become more comfortable with my sexuality, while learning about film and video at the same time. Specializing in spirituality / religion and parenting / reproduction, I now produce segments for the monthly televised news magazine, "Out at the Center." I also produce and edit independent films in my spare time. I hope to one day turn this passion into a new career.
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The first in a series of videos covering the inaugural voyage of Pride of the Ocean, LGBT Film Festival Cruise in June 2010. Look for instructions at the end of the video on how to join the next cruise in 2011! Distributed by Tubemogul.
"Gene Robinson" was an event that I had requested to film and edit, since I am a great admirer of his, being a fellow Episcopalian. Gene's talk that evening was empowering, entertaining, and even chilling at points; however, the entire evening was simply Gene talking to the audience without a script or even one index card to prompt him, which shows what a gifted speaker he is. Especially thought provoking for me was his account of how his faith makes him unafraid of death. There wasn't one lul...
"Coming out at 70" was a sobering yet humorous insight into something we all face, yet try to deny; getting older. Terry Boggis recounted her unforgiving look in the mirror at herself, and by association, ourselves, when we realize how we are perceived by the younger generation as we age. Amber Hollibaugh "stole the show" with her engaging wit and humor about an issue that many of us find disturbing to face; our own mortality. The title sequence was my 2nd time using Motion software, something...
"Broadway Backwards 3" was a difficult but rewarding piece to edit. Out at the Center was allowed to interview performers at the party, but not allowed to film the actual performances, which were filmed by a third party. I had to interleave our interviews with their performance footage, which had already been edited into a short punchy segment with abrupt jump cuts between performances. At the suggestion of the Director, I used "J" cuts and "L" cuts to soften the transitions, which made all th...
"Gayety Credit Roll" was a very entertaining event to film and an equally entertaining segment to edit. Gayety is a Queer Comedy Cabaret that performed on a sweltering evening in a room whose air conditioner had broken, so while everyone was hot and uncomfortable, the performance was so entertaining that it started and ended with a packed house. My favorite part is the unsolicited audience participation during Miss Betty Pages' ukulele serenade. I'm glad I zoomed out fast enough to catch that ...
"Coming Out Spiritually" was a talk given at The NYC LGBT Center by the gay mystic, Christian de la Huerta. The title sequence is my first project in Motion software. There were many memorable quotes that evening that, when combined, made for a very moving storyline about how it can more difficult to present yourself as a spiritual being than as an LGBT person. I don't know if they have ever spoken together, but I like to think of this segment as a companion piece to Andrew Harvey's "Sacred Ac...
"Causes in Common Part 2" was a first attempt at color correction with the help of colleagues who were more familiar with the process. All three stories in this segment had some striking observations that a layman could understand and relate to. From Miriam Leung's observations on the cultural shifts towards parenting to Sujatha Jesudason's recounting of a nightmarish, yet feasible vision of the future.
"Out to Work" aired in October 2007. The Executive Director of the Greenwich Village/Chelsea Chamber of Commerce had personally contacted me to see if the company I worked for at the time would like to sponsor a booth at New York's first LGBT job fair, which he had organized. While my company declined to participate, I pitched the idea of filming the event to the Director of the Out at the Center show, who gave us the go ahead. I acted as the coordinator and liaison to the Chamber of Commerce,...
"Causes in Common 1" was the first part of a three part series of segments providing highlights from the first session of an all-day symposium that took place in Chicago, bringing together LGBT and reproductive rights organizations to demonstrate how the two complement each other and can make a greater impact by combining forces. Richard Burns, the Executive Director of the NYC LGBT Center, gives an excellent overview of how Causes in Common started. The biggest challenge in editing the footag...
