Plein Air Filmmaking | Video Series (2022)

I have been creating short time-lapse films around the neighborhood for five years. They are silent films with electronic soundtracks. Sometimes I am the subject, documenting myself drawing a construction site, other times I interact with the surroundings and add humorous sound effects during the editing process.

Short Film Series | Drawing Kasper’s Restoration August – November 2022

Short Film Series | Hooper’s Loopers
October 2022

Short Films | Document Video Projects (2021)

Short Films | Middle Of The Road Drawings By Brian Brooks (2021)

Video documentary with original soundtrack by artist Brian Brooks capturing the different steps in the construction of a bus stop build out on Telegraph Avenue and 45th Street. Series includes seven episodes.
Videos are hosted on my Vimeo page.

Plein Air Filmmaking | Hooper’s Chocolates Lot, Telegraph Avenue & 46th Street (2019)

Hooper’s Loopers (2019)
Ongoing series featuring an artist challenging himself to do something interesting in an empty lot. Filmed in the back lot of the vacant Hooper’s Chocolates building on the east side of Telegraph Avenue & 46th Street.

Shine Hunters (2019)
Short film series featuring Brian and artist Emily Wick in search for reflected shines around their neighborhood. 7 Episodes. Total runtime 7 minutes.

The Chair (2018)
Featuring an artist and his daily meetings with a well-used discarded broken plastic chair. Filmed along Shattuck Avenue between 46th Street and 47th Street.

The Sleeper (2018)
Framed as the wake cycle of an artist who fills his time interacting with the corner of a building and the features of the sidewalk before racing back to sleep before the sun goes down. Filmed on the south east corner of Shattuck Avenue and 47th Street.

You Tube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVLnbu1h4IvEsRdfYMCnXbg

History

I first learned to direct from my friends Shane and Derek, who were in George Kuchar’s film class at the San Francisco Art Institute. George’s studio was easily accessible through the student mailbox area, and I met him socially through Karla Milosovich’s Thanksgiving dinners. After George pulled me into class to shoot a scene, I quickly grasped his distinct persona and directing style. I created several short films using his methods, including the “editing in the camera” technique Shane taught me—filming the movie and making it up as it happens, without later editing. This approach led to a series of zany short films with friends in the 2000s. The last two productions we made, A Trivial Affair (2008) and the television pilot Close to Heaven (2008), were digitized. Hopefully, I’ll get the others converted someday.

Close To Heaven

A Trivial Affair

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