April Film Challenge 2015: Day 8 [First GoPro Bike Ride (Bronx, NY)] ndlela April 8, 2015 filmmaking, My Videos This is my third public video in the April Film challenge. I was finally able to get some bike footage with my GoPro after dealing with the frustration of having SD card errors for several days (very frustra... Read More...
April Film Challenge 2015: Day 3 [Grand Army Plaza New Year’s Eve Fireworks 2014] ndlela April 3, 2015 filmmaking, My Videos This the 2nd video in my April Film challenge. I finally edited this video. People who know me well knows how much I love to shoot fireworks (like this and this or this.) I have way too much unedited fire... Read More...
April Film Challenge 2015: Day 1 [Dreams: Breakfast Tease] ndlela April 1, 2015 filmmaking, My Videos 12 Happy April Fools! So there I was minding my own business at the writing workshop (<- best workshops evah!!) I am a part of when Annique (one of my fellow writers) told me about a challenge she had thought up. Her goal was to make 30 films in 30 days in... Read More...
10 Tips for a Successful NaNoWriMo 2014 ndlela October 31, 2014 My Videos, tutorial Happy Halloween and Happy NaNoWriMo! Here are my top 10 tips for a successful NaNoWriMo 2014. ... Read More...
2014 July 4th Orchard Beach Fireworks ndlela July 10, 2014 My Videos 2 Senator Jeff Klein (D--Morris Park) and Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr, hosted the annual New York Salutes America fireworks celebration on June 27, 2014.
Dancin’ Machine at 2014 TD Five Boro Bike Tour ndlela May 19, 2014 My Videos In the frenzy that was January, I totally missed the registration for the 2014 TD Five Boro Bike Tour hosted by Bike New York. That was supposed to be my 2nd bike tour of the year (after Tour de Staten Island was moved this year from September to April.) I fig... Read More...
2014 BAAD!Ass Women Festival ndlela May 5, 2014 My Videos The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance (BAAD!) hosted 8 writers for its 2014 BAAD!Ass Women Festival on March 20. I had attended a screening of Kinky Boots at BAAD! a few weeks before and was grateful for the ne... Read More...
Sunday Trip (01/19/14) ndlela March 31, 2014 My Photos The line on the last day of the Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis exhibition at The Frick Collection. The line was pretty much a full circle around the block/buil... Read More...
Trains Arriving (Bronx, NY) ndlela November 11, 2013 My Videos Late night train ride. Wanted to see how well I could play with coordinating the shooting of two trains arriving at the station. Music is Coraçãozinho de Satã by Stray ... Read More...
Crotona Park (Bronx, NY) ndlela October 14, 2013 My Photos, My Videos I took a quick bike ride to Crotona Park and decided to test my bike shooting skills. Ha! The footage was shot handheld with an iPhone 5c and with no extra processing in Final Cut X. ... Read More...
Film Review: We Are What We Are (Dir: Jim Mickle) ndlela October 12, 2013 General, Movie, My Videos, Review 10 Here is my review of We Are What We Are directed by Jim Mickle and starring Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers and Julia Garner. The film is released by Entertainment One. We Are What We Are: 105 min ... Read More...