Author Archives: drdzoe

Imagine that you wake up one fine morning and head downtown for a couple of meetings.  After a full morning, you’re just finishing lunch when you look past city hall and notice something strange. Is that mountain really supposed to … Continue reading →

Shockingly, it’s been three years since Julie and I went on our last big trip, our voyage to Egypt. Further, a year and a half ago, Andy went to Italy. A year ago, Kate and Diana went to Italy. It’s … Continue reading →

I’ve got a new website all about the movies I’ve been making. It’s http://crimesoftheart.com. That will be the home of all my movies, thoughts about my movies, and future blog posts about filmmaking. I’ll still be posting here about things … Continue reading →

After all the fun I’ve had doing 48 Hour Film Festivals, I decided I really wanted to try doing one by myself.  Do the writing, the directing, the camera work, the sound, and even all the acting.  And by myself, … Continue reading →

I’m working on a video project that requires one actor to play multiple roles.  Those roles interact with each other, and there’s going to be times when we’re going to want multiple versions of the actor on screen at the … Continue reading →

Another 48 Hour Film Project.  Here’s “Quietus”, made on the weekend of May 2-4, 2014: The required elements: Silent movie, an event planner named Sam or Samuel Canterbury, an envelope, the line “You can trust me.” I directed, but I … Continue reading →

Julie and I watched “The Haunting” the other night.  This is an excellent haunted house movie made in the late 60’s.  One thing that caught my eye was the interesting distortions in the movie and the way that everything seems … Continue reading →

This post includes information from my previous post on what I’m reading, the Movie Edition.  But this one organizes books by topic.  It also includes only my favorites of the books I’ve read on making movies.  Consider this my recommended … Continue reading →

I’m taking weekend classes this month on film production.  This weekend was all about scriptwriting.  I had a good time, though have kind of mixed feelings about what I learned. As part of the class, we had a short time … Continue reading →

I love getting out the camera and experimenting with stuff.  Today: what’s the effect on depth-of-field and apparent closeness of changing the focal length of the lens?  There’s strong implications on filming here. First off, on apparent closeness.  I’ve been … Continue reading →