Blue Bassoon Pictures Presents Resume and Work Information

From: Alaric S. Rocha

Contact Information:

Alaric S. Rocha
Chicago, IL
(217)-413-1146
alaric@bluebassoon.net

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What is Blue Bassoon Pictures, what kind of work do you do?

I can and have done promotional videos, web videos, documentaries, Music Videos, and movies. My equipment allows me to film professional quality picture and sound and then edit them together, complete with titles and credits. I have experience in all aspects of video production. I was brought up watching movies and am mostly self taught. I have attended some workshops and classes on scriptwriting, acting photography. The best and most fun training I received was with Bob and Julian Doyle, two brothers who have worked on many Monty Python and Terry Gilliam Projects. I attended their moviemaking workshop, Club Panico, in London. Their course covered everything and in the end I knew all the basics, all that was left to do was to go out and make my own movies! I learned a lot from these two friends and base my own moviemaking workshops on theirs.

Previous clients include the Univeristy of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, Richland Community College, "One Good Turn" TV show, Learning Reasources, and ADM.

For my workshops, it is intended that the course should demystify the process of film making for students and give them an overall view of the whole process. After completing the course, students should get enough knowledge and skill for them to be able to undertake their own productions. The course will cover the basics of script writing, acting, videography, sound, editing, lighting, cinema analysis, pre-production, postproduction, music and tips on how to start a career in the business. The class will take the form of lectures, watching films; discussion, acting exercises, and hands on experience with professional filming equipment. Students will work in pairs to create their own short scripts. Each pair will then get a chance to film and direct. The rest of the class will fill out the crew and cast for each pair, rotating different jobs so that everyone will get experience on everything from clapper/loader to gaffer. Supervised editing will be done on the industry standard software, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools LE. At the end of the course, students will each have their own VHS copy of all the films made.

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What are your rates?

What kind of equipment do you use?

I use a Canon XL2 DV camera it has 3CCD chips and dual XLR inputs for sound and SMPTE time code. According to NTSC standards, it is a broadcast quality camera. This camera also has the ability to shoot in 16:9 anamorphic and 24 frames progressive. I also have a smaller additional camera, the canon Elura 100.

I use three lights plus natural light for moviemaking. The three lights I use are a Tota, omni and frezi from Lowell, these lights also have stands, barn doors, umbrellas and gels..

For editing, I use Final Cut Pro for visual, Pro Tools LE for audio, and DVD Studio Pro for DVD authoring. I also use a Sony DSR-11 Player/Recorder to input and export video. I have a G4 tower in my studio but also a G4 powerbook for on location editing and workshops.

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What is your Experience?

References:  

• Skip Huston,(Avon Theater phone number) skip@theavon.com
      Skip Huston is the owner of the Avon Theater in Decatur, IL and one of my clients. When he first viewed my work     for him Mr. Huston said, "I didn't know what I wanted, but that's what I wanted. 
• Leila Ramagopal, leilarama@yahoo.com
      Music Teacher at Next Generation School, this client asked me to work with her middle school students to create     music videos. Ms Ramagopal was also an actress in one of my films. 
• Mike Trippiedi, miketrippiedi@sbcglobal.net
      My supervisor at Prairie Production Group, also an actor in many of my movies.
• Greg Trumbold, grotto3@insightbb.com
  A co-worker at WAND and an actor in many of my films.
• Dr. Angela Wiley, awiley@ad.uiuc.edu
      Client from the University of Illinois
• Bill Yauch, liam1959@sbcglobal.net
      Co-worker at Prairie Production Group. 

Other
•  The Life Line: Trilogy , Dir. Chris Folkens 2007
    Grip
•  Were the World Mine, Dir. Thomas Gustafson 2007
   Production Assistant
•  Fast As You Can , North Western University Student Film, 2007
•  Welcome to Tolono, Dir. Mark Roberts, 2006
    2 nd Unit DP, AC
•  Transaction , Dir. Adam Seidman, 2005
    AC
•  Disconnect , Dir. Robin Christian, 2004
    Production Assistant
•  Tadieum Vitae , Dir. Phred Beattie, 2002
    DP

Awards and Honors:
•  Accepted into the Wildwood Film Festival, WI 2007 with "Merry Christmas!" <
•  Accepted into the Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival 2006 with "I Think You're Fucking Stupid"
•  Graduated Magna Cum Laude with my first film, "Pandora's Box", 2002
•  Ripon College Film Festival, Winner "Best Special Effects" for Hellevator
•  Published in the 2002 and 2003 "Best of College Photography" Serbin Annual
•  Eagle Scout
•  Lawrence University Presidential Scholarship