Biopic Me

Charles Maurer

Charles is a very funny man. His favorite word is fuck and he loves his beer. He particularly loves Budweiser. He is a painting contractor of his own business, Chameleon Painting and Decorating, and leads a very interesting life through his career.

He is 100% a paint expert and does a very professional paint job. This is no easy job however. Specific jobs require him to use ginormous ladders. His day starts at the early hour of 5 o’clock a.m. He makes coffee and lunch for everyone in the house, which includes his wife who does bookkeeping for his business and his daughter who is home from college for the summer. He then needs to load up all his equipment onto his green Chevy Silverado.

This includes a 36-foot ladder. Yep, Charlie climbs all the way to the top of it in order to reach tough spots on some of the jobs he does. Imagine a ladder that is taller than three stories, perched up against a rotting deck and planted into the side of a sloping dirt hill with rocks holding the legs in place. Who would ever think of climbing to the top of that? Charlie would, and while he is up there, he even decides to take a ‘selfie’ to send to his daughter! Crazy painter.

Even more insane is the task of the chicken hook. This is a remarkable feet that only talented painters can do. It is when you attach a hook, which looks similar to something you would hang on the back of your door, to the top rung of the ladder and attach the other part to the corness of a roof. This is how the ladder stays in place. No doubt, Charlie gets nervous during jobs like this, but when he is done, he hops back onto the ground and asks his favorite question. “Who am I?” an answers it the same way every time “I’m the Chameleon!” he says in his smart ass, humorous and genuinely kind tone of voice.

Inspire Motivate!

Nature by Nature

The Hocking River

The Hocking is mucky, brown, dull and mysterious. 

The murky water wades past the stringy brush.

I can here the sound of the freeway that borders the river.

A bird rustles in the grass nearby.

Beautiful World

Serenity

Bamboo on PhotoPeach
 

Peace It Together

Spider

I was trying to evoke fear, anticipation and reflection.

Opening 4 Reflections

Walter Murch: Hollywood Sound Design

I found the comparison between digital editing and banking to be very unique. I would have never thought of the two as being similar but after Murch described it, it made complete sense and really helped me conceptualize the movement from analog to digital in a way I have never seen it before.

The extreme amount of physical space and physical work it used to take to edit is mind blowing. The notion of literally getting lost trying to dig through tape really put it in perspective for me. I found that very interesting. I also think what Murch mentioned about not being able to see every frame when you fast forward with digital were interesting. He has a very good point that sometimes what you are looking for is not what you need.

Pop Music

I found it interesting that three as a magic number was brought up in this as well. I found the idea that you don’t know if you thought of something or if you have just heard it before pretty intriguing. I think so much of what we do creatively is influenced by the work of others. I could imagine how difficult it would be to come up with a new melody, especially with so many melodies that have an incredible way of sticking in people’s minds.