I am an avid fan of skateboarding. Ever since the fourth grade, I fell in love with the culture of skateboarding. From street skating to vert riding and even the art of the graphics on the bottom of the board.
MOVIES
From the script to the screen, I am fascinated with all the elements that come with producing a motion picture. The following selections are some of my all time favorite feature films and documentaries. Enjoy.
Feature Films.
Adaptation, The Back To The Future Trilogy, Battle Royale, Dancer In The Dark, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Gleaming The Cube, It Happened One Night, Godzilla (King Of The Monsters), The Life Aquatic, Magnolia, Ninja Scroll, The Professional, The Science Of Sleep, Spirited Away, The Street Fighter, Welcome To The Dollhouse.
Documentaries.
Dogtown And The Z-Boys, Riding Giants, Rising Son: The Legend Of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi, Stoked: The Rise And Fall Of Gator.
MUSIC
I have been a touring musician for more than half of my life. In saying, music has played a major role. Here is a list of artists and composers that I currently enjoy listening to, in which I find to be creatively inspired by:
Artists.
Bjork, David Bowie, Huey Lewis And The News, Billie Holiday, Cyndi Lauper, Midlake, Miracle Legion, Mark Mulcahy, Oingo Boingo, Placebo, Polaris, Sigur Ros, Tortoise.
Composers.
Jon Brion, Norihiko Hibino, Ogeretsu Kun, Eric Serra, Nobuo Uematsu, Michiru Yamane.
My name is Russ Cogdell. I am the Owner/Creative Director of "Year Of The Nightingale" (Creative Multimedia Productions)
2001 Graduate of Full Sail "Real World Education" carrying an Associates of Science degree in Film and Video production.
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS:
Editor of the special features for the latest release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Original Series (Season 4) DVD. This five disc set features two behind the scene featurettes, including voice talent James Avery (the voice of the evil villain Shredder) and Pat Fraley (the voice of Krang and Slash, the evil turtle from Dimension X).
Production updates as of 03/30/07:
Completed filming for the making of "The Agony Scene's" new CD/DVD release titled "Get Damned"(DVD to be released with album). Contains behind the scene studio footage of all members of the band, as well as interviews detailing the long history of "The Agony Scene". In stores in August of '07.
i haven't been over here in a little while, so i figured i'd pop in and say HI, and also to let ya know that i've just uploaded a new video to my web site. it's a short entitled "lawn god" and was directed by eric hickey. the original score is by, yes you guessed it, yours truly :) i also wrote music to one of the new batman trailers which i've also uploaded recently.
if you got a sec and you're interested check it out at www.flatnosemusic.com/scoring_index.html and let me know watcha think. as always, any constructive criticism is very much appreciated.
other than that i'm hoping you're enjoying this so far pretty snazzy summer, and that life is treating you fair and square on a daily basis. hit me up and let me know wazzgood!!
my name's "t" and i'm pretty new to this place. so i figured i'd pop in here right quick and introduce myself.
i'm a musician/composer who's trying to find some freelance work and/or an independent project to work on, and also to build professional relationships with filmmakers, directors, and other fancy folk in the industry. so just in case you or someone you know is currently looking for music for any kind of project, check out my profile, listen to some stuff on my web site (www.flatnosemusic.com/scoring_index.html), and if you hear anything you like... hey, why not holla at me and see if we can work something out? i'd love to hear from ya.
Just wondering, what software does the editors use to process the video, what kind of effect do you guys add to the films to make them look so good when is done? I know for mixing music we use reverbs, compressors and some more, but what about video.
