Open Letter to Indianapolis Business Owners: You are Hypocrites.

(This is different from my usual video-related content, but very relevant to the community I’ve lived in since I moved here for college. If you aren’t local to Indiana, apologies for the interruption, but check out Pattern’s online issues. If you ARE in Indiana, ask your business owner friends what the hell is up.) Dear […]

The Best Excuses from New or Underemployed Filmmakers and Freelancers

Read this post on Creative COW >> This blog post is going to skate really close to rant territory. I’d apologize for that, but I’m actually not sorry. You’ve been warned. (I did, however, take out all the swearing that would normally accompany this if we talked in person. That’s a premium service. Contact me […]

Ingenue Premiere and other film updates

As I’ve previously mentioned, I’ve been working on the indie feature Ingénue for the last 6 months or so, here and there, as the visual effects editor and title sequence designer (and DVD menu author and end credits designer, for the record.) It was edited by my friend Katie and directed by Kate Chaplin. Ingénue […]

AFI Women in Directing!

Nifty news this week — I was accepted into AFI’s Women in Directing workshop at the Athena Film Festival in New York next month. The workshop offered up to 24 slots for female applicants, so it’ll be a unique experience for sure. Even though I’m primarily an editor, I feel that understanding the world of […]