Author Archives: Bruno Seraphin
Picture Lock and Sound Editing
Howdy howdy, We are proud to announce that If I Had Wings to Fly has reached picture lock! The next step is sound editing. It feels really good to have what in many ways resembles a completed film. But now, … Continue reading
Green Grass Cloggers Documentary
Howdy! As some of you know, I joined the internationally celebrated traditional Appalachian clogging team the Green Grass Cloggers last September, shortly after we wrapped If I Had Wings to Fly. This is the team’s 40th year, and after some … Continue reading
Rough Cut…Fine Cut….
Just a quick update today. When you start editing a film, you usually first put together an “assembly” or a “rough assembly,” which is essentially everything you shot put in sequence so as to resemble the movie’s storyline. This will … Continue reading
Brushing Away the Cobwebs
Well, it has once again been over two months since I have written a blog entry. Actually, considering that the last two entries were technically penned by Anne Beale, it has been even longer. Anyway, it’s easy to write when … Continue reading
Special Post: The Anne Beal Edition (pt. 2)
From the journal of Anne Beal (see previous post): As an animation, film and video student, my summer with Kazoo Films was priceless. Observing Nandan set up his shots gave me insight into cinematography; working with Bruno + Harrison gave … Continue reading
Special Post: The Anne Beal Edition (pt. 1)
Greetings Kazooers, Today’s post is from Anne Beal, the unofficial (not that anything about this film was “official”) fifth member of the Kazoo Crew. There isn’t really a title in the professional film world that captures Anne’s role on the … Continue reading
Editor! (and working title(!))
Hello friends and Kazooers around the globe, We have officially started editing! A good friend of ours named Jesse arrived in Marshall, NC from New Jersey last sunday, and began his return trip early the following Saturday. What did Harrison, … Continue reading
What is the movie? “The Blind Pig and the Acorn” features Kazoo Films (Kazoo Films in E-ink!)
Yesterday’s entry of Tipper Presley’s excellent Appalachian culture-themed blog features in-depth interviews with Harrison and myself. For anyone out there who is still wondering what exactly the film is “about” this could be a pretty good clue – Tipper asked … Continue reading
Kazoo Films in Ink!
Scott Stambaugh of the Cherokee Scout (the Cherokee County newspaper) wrote a nice little article about our (still untitled) film. Check it out here!
What do we do now?
The dust is settling after a frantic 6 weeks of filming. Forrest has moved on to Finland, Nandan has moved on to Detroit. And Harrison and Bruno are right here in Madison County where you left us. So, you might … Continue reading
