Tag: film
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Mark Your Calendars for the Paper Birds Premiere!
Excited to share that my documentary, Paper Birds, will be premiering at Millersville University next month! I’ll have more information to share soon, but in the meantime, wanted to put this “save the date” flier out there. Also planning on holding a post-screening panel/Q&A, as well as inviting relevant organizations and groups to table at…
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The Paper Birds Official Trailer Is Here!
Crossing the Finish Line At long last, the official trailer for Paper Birds is here! I want to start by giving a huge thanks to Jordan Graff, my editor, for putting this together. As you may know, this thing has been nearly half a decade in the making, and that’s if you don’t count its origin in…
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It’s Been Awhile: Vlog 26
Yapping Into The Void Back with a vlog…it’s been awhile! Wanted to share some candid thoughts after watching the cut of Paper Birds for my editor, and touch on how I feel approaching the 5th anniversary of my first flashback on August 29th, 2020. If anyone would like to see the current cut of the…
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Behind the Scenes: Editing!
Some Updates Behind the scenes video originally posted to YouTube on May 31st. It’s garnered a grand total of seven views (I know, I know…hold your applause). But I actually thought this was quite interesting. The ideas I discussed in here did end up making it into the film so that was neat to realize…
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That Fall, Five Years On: The Summer Before Everything Changed
Summer 2020: Creative, Colorful, Curious So I won’t be able to line this up perfectly as I’ll be abroad the first two weeks of September, but seeing as we’re nearing the five year anniversary of when this whole story began, I thought maybe I’d document that fall in real time, half a decade on. This…
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The Reason Paper Birds Exists
“Look for the Helpers” I’ve wanted to post something like this for a while, and likely will again in the future when the film is officially released. These are a few comments left by strangers regarding the film (these were all posted publicly but thought I’d blur out the usernames anyway). I’ve also received a number of…
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My Response to “Was Working on Paper Birds Healing?”
A Million Layers Between Two Roles Early on in the weekend, I was in full Paper Birds mode—emailing my editor, corresponding with Jim, combing through transcripts–and, consequently, it brought up a unique inner tension I’ve encountered a few times while working on this piece. Since it’s sort of an abstract look ‘behind the scenes’, I…
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Sitting Down with Dr. Jim Hopper: Last Interview for Paper Birds in the Books!
A quick Reflection: Taking Advantage of the Digital Age On Friday, I had the privilege of sitting down with Jim Hopper, PhD for my film, Paper Birds. I first connected with Jim Last fall. I was preparing to co-present a CEU when I happened to stumble upon a video of his I had saved a…
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How can you be haunted by something you can’t remember? Here’s how.
The First Half of Paper Birds Is Here! Paper Birds is a short documentary I’ve spent the last several years directing that explores the experience of living with fragmented trauma memories and the delayed-onset PTSD. Through personal stories, interviews, and symbolic visuals, it sheds light on what we mean when we say “the body remembers trauma”—and…
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Meet Dr. Sizer
Excerpts from the film: Meet Dr.Sizer A quick clip from the film introducing Dr. Sizer, my former psychologist. Really love this segment, along with the soundtrack which I’ll list below. Audio still needs some fine tuning, but bear with me!
Project Paper Birds 