Welcome back!
Looking forward to posting clips from the research documentary I have been working on for the past year! It screens in Banff, Alberta this upcoming September. For more info please follow this link: Rural Alberta Development Fund project information.
In the Summer of 2011 Morgan Brown undertook several projects. One of which was to work with the incredibly talented Barbara Hammer. Morgan worked closely with Barbara as her videographer. The following video was produced.
The following is an educational video produced for the Science Alberta Foundation. It was a Collaborative Project with Dan Gies as Production Coordinator, Price Morgan the lead animator, and myself Morgan Brown as the Editor.
So in the past couple of months I’ve been working more on producing, but I still edit videos such as the one below! It’s titled “A Machine To See With,” this is an interactive film/creation of BLAST THEORY, a UK based collective of artists. There’s tons of info on their website: www.blasttheory.co.uk
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Here’s some work from 2011!
Enjoy!
Upon moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 2006, I found a vibrant film community and countless projects to involve myself in. At Vancouver Film School I studied Film Production. Enamoured by the facilities and as a novice filmmaker I dove head first into my studies and film assignments.
Throughout the program we were challenged to pull inspiration from our own lives as material for our first short films. Beyond A Friend was my first short film. I wrote the story and it was nominated by my peers as a story to have produced. Later, I directed this short and it was produced on 16mm film in 2007.
The Viking is a short documentary that was my first editing project at Vancouver Film School. Directed by Sameena Darr , it is look in to the world of a female wrestler at Simon Frasier University. Wayfaring was my last editing project at Vancouver Film School and proud to have ended my film school career with this heartfelt dramatic short.
I later broke out of the film school safety zone, to attempt freelance projects. I worked on a hilarious mockumentary titled, Hair of the Sasquatch. This was my first feature length movie that I was the initial picture editor. Later, during the reshooting phase the director finished the final picture edit. This film screened at the 2008 Calgary International Film Festival and in several theaters in Vancouver, BC.
In 2008, I was recruited by the Banff Centre to attend their Post-Production Workstudy program. In all my life I have never experienced such an engaging and challenging program. The Film & Media department at the Banff Centre is complete with 6 edit suites with AVID Adrenaline & Media Composer, an AVID Symphony & Nitris workstation, 2 production studios, and state-of-the-art technology (i.e. Steadi-cam, Panasonic Varicam, Three AJ-HPX3700 P2 HD Varicams, full green-screen studio, production lighting equipment, finishing hardware and duplication hardware for distribution).
I arrived at the Banff Centre in Spring of 2008 and since then have completed over 24 edits. 2 of my edits have gone on to the Sedona Film Festival and have aired on BravoFact! The End, a 35 minute film by Ragnar Kjartansson, has screened for 6 months at the Venice Biennale in 2009. The Inuksuit, was produced by The New Yorker and can be viewed on their website, as well as my own site. I would have to say that my favorite edit at the Banff Centre was the Indie Band Residency from 2008! I was able to put all that I’d learned to the test.
2008 Indie Band Residency, produced by the Film & Media department at the Banff Centre and edited by Morgan Brown. Graphics provided by Afshin Vahabzedah.
The Banff Centre has given me the opportunity to explore other areas of filmmaking and creative practices, by choosing me to produce numerous documentaries on the aboriginal communities throughout Alberta. The project is called, The Rural Alberta Development Fund. In this project we visit 4 sites where positive aboriginal leadership is present. We gather interviews, research, and visuals to express the success of each community. This is an invaluable experience and I am also the senior editor of this entire project. I am receiving close supervision and support from Aubrey Fernandez, the production mentor and Kerry Stauffer, the Executive Director of the Film & Media department.