Candle Flame Films

Cut this trailer for the upcoming Scapegoat Film Society screening of Jan Svankmajer’s Alice and Robert Morgan’s Bobby Yeah, which has been playing at the Apollo Cinema leading up to the show. I largely adopted the structure that Robert had already laid down with his personal trailer for Bobby Yeah, and cutting to a rhythm really speeds up putting together these promo videos. Happy to have a chance to put together robust promo packages after being so inspired by the in-house trailers that Spectacle Theater and Cinefamily have been making for years.

Our first Scapegoat Film Society event at the Apollo this month, a double bill of Hagazussa and The Sermon, was a great success! Solid turnout for a first-time series, especially for a Wednesday night. Next show is in just under a month, another short/feature double bill with Jan Svankmajer’s Alice and Robert Morgan’s Bobby Yeah. A full evening of off-kilter stop motion and crazed rabbits. Come on out!

Spent the day getting these guys printed and trimmed down, really happy with how they turned out. I’ll be donning a guitar and some pedals (which will be doing most of the heavy lifting) as a member of PYR, for a screening of my film Offerings on the 31st. I’m not a musician, but have too much appreciation for dark ambient sound-making to not give it my best shot, in the company of a couple great friends. All the info is in these pictures, but check out KW Film Festival for info on everything else they have going on that weekend.

I’ve teamed up with the fine folks at Kitchener’s premiere arthouse theater The Apollo to bring you Scapegoat Film Society; films by, for and about underdogs, outcasts and losers. Our debut screening is Wednesday, May 15th; a euro-folk double bill with Hagazussa and The Sermon. Been nice to get back into poster design for something other than my own work.

The wonderful folks at Sackville’s DIY arts institution Thunder & Lightning Ltd. will be screening my film Offerings as part of their Cold Nights Festival later this month. This continues the film’s run of screenings with original, improvised soundtrack from a regional artist at every show, this time from Evan Matthews.

Preparing to shoot the climax for my film Offerings this past summer. I built the arms, head and torso for this corpse back in grade 11 and he’d been slowly disintegrating ever since. Finished the body and had him painted in 45min before immediately heading out to shoot; all built from household materials and some Halloween shop finds. Photo snapped by Andrew Smart, check out all his stuff at @owl109

Custom event trailer for the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival, where my film Offerings took the form of a video installation.

Teaser trailer for my latest film Offerings, currently touring on the festival circuit. Screening announcements coming soon...

Shooting titles for my latest film Offerings. The featured GIF, a test of the effect in a music video I did last year, is a good example of what the final shot looked like. Would love to experiment with this and more analog titling effects in future.

Part three of building the cyclops suit, for my latest film Offerings. Last picture snapped by @owl109

Part two of building the cyclops suit, for my latest film Offerings.

Part one of building the cyclops costume, for my latest project Offerings.

Part two of building a demon head, for my latest film Offerings. Last picture snapped by @owl109

Part one of building a demon head, for my latest project Offerings.

Quickie demon headpiece, made in an afternoon for my latest film Offerings. Last photo snapped by @owl109

Making bells for the cult leader costume, for my latest film Offerings.

Part three of building the cult leader suit for my latest project Offerings. Last photo snapped by @owl109