May 2011
1 post
3 tags
April 2011
1 post
Delve Films is collaborating with several local areas of talent to compete in this year’s 24-Hour Filmrace filmmaking competition. The idea is that you have only 24 short hours to concept, write, shoot, edit and upload a short film. The Film Race organization sends you a theme and surprise prop at the beginning of the 24 hour period, and each team takes it from there.
The finished films...
October 2010
1 post
5 tags
Watch This short documentary was created to give a voice to the over 1,000 nameless, homeless youth in Bend, Oregon. The stories in this videos are real, and the issues have never been more pertinent as winter approaches. We worked with Icon City (a local organization striving to meet the needs of these youth) to find kids who were willing to talk about what it’s like to be homeless. This video...
July 2010
1 post
7 tags
Watch World Relief is a multinational relief and development organization. They recently completed a rebranding with the excellent Brand Navigation, and we were hired to create this video as an introduction to the new brand. It was a great opportunity to get into a studio environment, and create a commercial, branding heavy piece. This was also the first video we filmed with our Canon 1D Mk IV. What a...
May 2010
1 post
5 tags
WatchOur client approached us with a general idea, and let us run with it. It’s refreshing to work with people who trust us as filmmakers, and want the end goal to be something unexpected and wonderful. A great place to start. We live in a society obsessed with stuff; clothes, food, image, technology. It’s everywhere. The saturation is so complete that it’s almost uncomfortable for...
March 2010
1 post
4 tags
Watch
Delve Films just finished our first Book Film project with Faceout Studio. Their new Faceout Publishing platform is offering the creation of what are essentially trailers for books (called Book Films), advertising and promoting upcoming releases. Hopefully lots more of these coming in the future!
September 2009
1 post
And...
…we’re back! Well, almost. Give it a couple weeks and all of you lovely readers (Mom, Dad, and the other fella) will be getting more updates from us. This place has been quiet for too long.
Until then, we bid thee adieu. Sweet dreams, gentle readers.
June 2009
1 post
AFI Top 100: Citizen Kane
How do you review a movie like Citizen Kane? In almost any list you check, it appears very near or at the top as the best movie ever made. The idea that there can be a #1 film seems a bit flawed, but it’s enough to pique one’s curiosity. We both went into this film expecting something akin to It’s a Wonderful Life on steroids.
And, in a way, it was. Citizen Kane is (to...
May 2009
8 posts
AFI's Top 100: Lawrence of Arabia
Night 1: So Nate and I decided to start going through AFI’s (American Film Institute) top 100 movies of all time. The idea is to get a grasp on some of the classics and compare their direction styles, cinema-photography, acting—you catch my drift. We were both surprised to see how few we’ve actually seen. Our first: Lawrence of Arabia, coming in at a respectable #5. We’ve heard a lot of...
Delved From the Archives
One of the most important bridges from script to film is the storyboarding process. We utitilized storyboarding to get our ideas for different shots and lighting on the Myst Audtion Project, but we both wish we could’ve done more. Any project we tackle in the future will definitely be storyboarded throughout the process.
Anyways, here’s a few storyboards from The Audtion Project....
8 tags
When Life Gives You Lemons…
6:45 am: Who Brought Muffins?
So Saturday was crazy. We got up at the crack of 6am, met at a predetermined location, and piled into our collective vehicles. There was a lot of optimism among the Delve Team members.
7:30 am: The Mountains Sure Are Perty!
We had planned everything to a tee. Our team knew where they were supposed to be, at what time there were supposed to be there, and when to...
PPP Update
Well, the Pole, Pedal, Paddle is over…and we all learned a lesson: regardless of how much painstaking planning goes into a project, life will throw you a curveball. A huge curveball. But more on that later.
I just wanted to let everyone know that we were at PPP ‘09, we did film it, and it will be epic. We’re taking this next two week period to go through our footage, and decide what...
5 tags
Oh, What Could Have Been…
You would never know it from watching our Myst Audition Video, but there was something very special to us that we had to leave out…the island castle of K’veer. Planning and building took up many precious hours, but in the end we just had to leave it out.
Imagine a dramatic fly-by of the D’ni lake, out over the orange water, and past the massive monolith of K’veer. Sounds good, right? It did...
Tonight's Forecast: Massive Brainstorming, Light...
Get stoked, because tonight’s our initial planning session for the PPP ‘09 documentary. Getting all the shots we need is going to be a bear, as there are 5 specific events that take place sequentially, so planning will be key. As luck would have it, we’ll be the proud bearers of 3 press passes, which will allow us to sidestep the crowd, and stay directly with the athletes. This...
Scouting for PPP...
Greg and I just spent the afternoon scouting locations for the Pole Peddle Paddle. I’ve never seen the route before so off we were to look over things. It was rainy and dreary; I’m not sure how much we will be able to actually get out and see. The past several days (actually for about the last two weeks) it has been miserably cold and ridiculously wet. Very unusual for this time of...
New Website Live
It’s happened. We finally have a functioning website. Lucky you, because now you can check out all the latest projects, in-process ideas, and behind-the-scenes photos. We’d love any feedback you might have, so don’t hesitate.
Here’s the link: www.delvefilms.com