sexton – art show @ LFP

Last week I had a post titled which had some stills I had shot while I was on location. We were there to do an on camera interview with Mike Sexton, but I couldn’t help but take a few shots of his environment – it was incredible. Jason Burks was my DP, Joel was our grip and we set up in Mike’s little studio above his garage.
A few weeks prior to this event I came up with an idea to do a trailer for our next art show. No posters, no postcards – just a raw look into the artist’s mind and life. Most people go to art shows and never know what the artist is like, what their voice sounds like or what they look like. It’s a shame, because that is almost more important than the forms they paint or capture – understanding the creator makes the work that much more powerful. At least it does for me.
We shot about 30 minutes worth of footage.
My trusty Assistant Editor Rebecca and I cut and deleted and trashed and added and subtracted and a few hours later we arrived at something we both agreed on was “perfect”.
I love this piece.
And I hope you all do as well.
Enjoy:

mike sexton vs LFP from left field project on Vimeo.
I’d like to thank Rebecca for her patience and for her help on this, I couldn’t have done it without you… I’d like to thank Mike for being Mike. It’s just as I thought it would be. I’m lucky to be surrounded by people that can help me take something that lives somewhere in my brain, find it, cultivate it and reproduce it in this world – just as I saw it in it’s infancy. I’m fortunate, thank you.

The show is on Friday. Hope to see you all there. Please cruise out to support and meet Mike.