Studio Berezin Film

The Devil in the Detail comes to YouTube

Sergey — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:48:33 +0000

Now that youtube increased the time limit to 15min, I uploaded my last year’s movie there. See the original post for more detail:

Music Pill – Beautiful Janitors

Sergey — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:09:11 +0000

Another cool practice segment from the same workshop (see previous post for the story):

Music Pill – What Music Do You Hate

Sergey — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:02:47 +0000

A short spontaneous TV show done at a TV Studio Production Workshop in July 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia at NSK Records:

One frosty Siberian morning (or was it evening?) my brother Dmitry was talking to me on the phone about how to produce music TV shows. At the end of the conversation we decided that it would be much more fun for me to come over and show it to him.

If you really want to learn something, teach it! Right? In that spirit, Dmitry organized a workshop on how to produce music TV shows, and invited me as an instructor.

Meanwhile, my other brother Alexey exclaimed “Thou shalt not have fun without me!” – and joined us for the mischief.

For one of the exercises, we had all the workshop participants (including us) record a bunch of 2-minute shows where everyone got to try every role in the studio. It just so happened that in this segment both of my brothers got on camera at the same time, and watch what happened!

Jake’s Game

Sergey — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:58:47 +0000

A movie we shot during the 24 hour film race in San Francisco. Yes, the whole film was done in 24 hours from script to DVD! Go Rhobot Team, go!

My role was an editor, Dave Cowl the director, and a bunch of other talented and dedicated crew members and actors made it all possible. We had lots of fun!

Movie “I Hate You San Francisco”

Sergey — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:03:08 +0000

Check out the new movie by Movie Makers Unite:

Cast: Shawn Flanagan Jr. (Mikey), Meghna David (Miss Patel), Khalid Khan (Raj), Jim Rogers (Mailman), Jessie Rodrigez (Cousin Patel)

Director: Cheenu Krishnan, Assitant Director: P.V. Moorthi, Producers: Quanie Mitchell and P.V. Moorthi, Production Manager: Aniket Apte, Production Assitants: Bhavesh Mehtha and P Mahesh, Story and Script Writer: Quanie Mitchell, Camera Operators: Ray Raffa, Cheenu Krishnan, Aniket Apte, Gregori Niculitcheff, Boom Operator: Bhavesh Metha, Script Supervisor: Quanie Mitchell, Video Documentary of the Production: Shawn Flanagan Sr., Gregori Niculitcheff, Jessie Rodrigez, Post production supervisor: Sergey Berezin, Editing: Sergey Berezin, Cheenu Krishnan, Music by: Marshall Watson.

Special thanks to: Movie Makers Unite, Miracle Productions, Edwin Liu (for postman costume)

www.meetup.com/moviemakersunite

Beyond Words – by Dave Cowl

Sergey — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:01:43 +0000

Rhobot Films Presents: Dave Cowl has just released his new film “Beyond Words” – watch it on YouTube:

The movie was screened on January 31, 2010 in San Francisco.

Cast: Patrick Alan and Debora Gonçalves

Written, directed and edited by Dave Cowl, Camera by Digant Kasundra, Tom Krymkowski and Dave Cowl, Sound by Marc Stayman and Alisha McCutcheon, Special Effects by Sergey Berezin.

The Devil in the Detail – Director’s Cut Released

Sergey — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:32:23 +0000

I’m releasing today the director’s cut of my short movie “The Devil in the Detail”. View it here, or on MySpace video:

The Devil in the Detail

Studio Berezin Film | MySpace Video

The story is originally written by Alexey Berezin (my brother) in 2006, which in early 2009 I converted into a screenplay (big thanks to Michael Dougan for help and guidance!), and then produced, directed and edited over the next few months with the crew from Scary Cow Productions, and finally screened at Victoria Theatre in San Francisco at the Scary Cow Independent Film festival.

Much credit goes to the actors – Jerome Shafer (David), Andrin Foster (Gaylord the Devil) and Karuna Tanahashi (Lili), as well as the excellent crew members: Talha Ahmed (location, 1st camera), Mark Lisaj (2nd camera), Dee Leitner (makeup), Terry VerHaar (lighting), Dan Patterson (grip), Dave Cowl (sound), Gina Richman (2nd editor), and Russell Blalack (sound conditioning). Many thanks go to Silicon Valley Studios for providing their studio space, and the Scary Cow Productions for helping such projects happen.

Please leave your comments about the movie – I’d love to hear your feedback!

Also, for higher quality copies (DVD and possibly Blu-Ray), feel free to send me a request.

Enjoy!

From $300 to $30 million – sounds like a Hollywood story?

Sergey — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:56:59 +0000

A previously unknown producer from Uruguay Fede Alvarez makes a 5 minute short called “Panic Attack” with awesome special effects on a shoestring budget, and gets a $30 million deal with Hollywood – read the story on Yahoo buzzlog. That is really amazing! And what’s most amazing to me is how much work he must have put into it. Of course, some SFX are a bit patchy, but for a small and (I’m guessing) volunteer crew that is a sign of a real passion.

Now, here’s the video:

TV Show Ideas?

Sergey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:57:46 +0000

Now that I’ve completed my Producer Training at KMVT, I’m looking for a good topic to produce my own show. It has to be not-for-profit (-ish), light-hearted and dynamic. I love to shoot in the field and edit my stuff, so the studio talk show would be generously peppered with cut-aways, possibly special effects and cool music.
Well, I’m still thinking… If anyone got any ideas, I’d love to hear those (leave me a comment!). Thanks!

The Devil in the Detail – Movie Trailer

Sergey — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:38:13 +0000

See the full movie on Oct 4, 2009 in Victoria Theatre, San Francisco.

Tickets are on sale – see you at the screening!

Scary Cow! My Movie will be Screening Oct 4

Sergey — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:25:13 +0000

I’m happy to announce that my short 10min movie “The Devil in the Detail” will be screened on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco starting 3pm (along with a bunch of other shorts done with the Scary Cow Productions).

Check this page for the ticket details (once the theatre puts it up), and hope to see you at the screening!

So You Want To Be A Producer?

Sergey — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:38:41 +0000

A class project from the Field Production Workshop at KMVT Community Television in Mountain View, CA. The whole thing was produced by a handful of students with little or no video background in 4 weekly sessions. It’s the real deal

This clip is a 5 minute cut. The complete show (15 min) will be aired on Wednesdays starting June 10, 2009 at 9pm together with other shot takes -- channel 15 in Mountain View, CA.

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DufMuvFzXJw

Valentine’s Day Twilights – Mountain View, CA

Sergey — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:09:46 +0000

I’ve taken a walk on the evening of the Valentine’s Day in my neighborhood – never thought it would look that pretty on the screen. Wish you could see the full quality HD…

Creepy Cuties

Sergey — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:57:48 +0000

I once went for a walk in the San Francisco Bay Area mountains, and ran into these little creatures. Good thing I had my little mighty Canon digital elf with me. Filmmakers still look down at these pocket-size point-and-shoot “soap boxes”, but, unlike our old prejudices, the technology isn’t standing still. Look for yourself:

San Francisco – Mission Impossible?

Sergey — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:59:52 +0000

While taking a class at BAVC in Mission District of San Francisco, one student got curious about the neighborhood – what exactly was it? He went around and asked a few people, got very confusing and contradicting responses, and that’s how we found our theme for the class project movie. We went around the block, talked to a few people – this time on camera, and although we still have no idea what the name of this neighborhood really is, we’ve learned quite a bit about the area, possibly more than we ever expected to. Once the filming was done, each of us locked up in a room and edited their own version of the story…

And now, here’s mine – enjoy!

Raccoon cutie (animal life series)

Sergey — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:36:06 +0000

Raccoons are quite common in California, and they are very smart and cute. They are especially attracted to food in hikers’ backpacks, and would do just about anything to distract people’s attention from the item of their desire – and then sneak in to get it. Well, no point in telling – see for yourself:

The Little (Big) Bang

Sergey — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:51:21 +0000

…And the site was born.

Took it roughly two months from the conception of the idea, registering of the domain, and the climatic insertion of the top-loaded HTML with the “Under Construction” code seed, to this first post.

Bang!

Judging by the gestation period, it may have to do something with feline creatures, but we have yet to see that…