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hi, i'm Lux.


I wasn't born a filmmaker, I'm just a young pup in the biz. I decided to become a filmmaker when my rock n' roll career was going nowhere. In the process, I realized I was born an artist...I don't mean to sound pretentious...Anyway, I'm a person who has specific and unique perspective in realizing ideas.........read bio

 

 

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    Thursday
    25Jun

    Post Update for E C S T A S Y

    I'm posting a couple of clips from the movie for the Cast and Crew who worked extremely hard to make this movie happen. I couldn't thank them enough.

    The clips are password protected to prevent duplication and distribution. Email luxfilmco@gmail.com to get a password.

    These clips are in roughcut standard so most the sound effects aren't in place and the footage still needs to go through color correction. Just imagine those thing are in place :-)

    Click to read more ...

    Friday
    05Jun

    E C S T A S Y in post

    It's been an epic shoot. 20 days of tough battles. Directing an independent film is not a vacation. It's definitely not for everybody. You can come in prepared, but all that stuff will be out the door the minute you start your day.

    Conflicts arise and you need to think fast to solve them. Many times, I just wanted to leave it alone to see if it fixes itself. But that's not an option. Once the ball rolls, it rolls like a snow ball. Things just keeps piling up. So the challenge is to get rid of things in the ball's path so it doesn't get bigger....of course, the road ahead is not even, the ball rolls away from its course...

    I'm browsing through the raw footage now and extremely happy with the results. I've cut 15 minutes of the film and already seeing it come alive.

    Looking back to the days of the production. I'm really blessed to have such dedicated and professional cast & crew. Except for a few that (excuse me) should have never been part of it. But over all, the good ones always prevail.

    Thursday
    12Feb

    Sweet Heaven Trailer

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    I just completed a promo trailer I directed starring Serinda Swan, Roger Cross (24) and Daniella Evangelista. It was entirely filmed in Vancouver. We got lucky. It was the hottest day of the year. The look definitely sells as Miami. Check it out.

    Synopsis:
    Sweet Heaven is a fast, sexy, glamorous action drama about life in the Miami underworld from the perspective of three young women.

    View Film

    Monday
    03Nov

    Random Walk in AFM

    Just completed polishing this trailer. Starring Check Devon Sawa, Serinda Swan, Bishop Bregante. We had to rush this so the producer can take in down to AFM. I had to cut down on my sleep hours to 3 hours. yikes!

    Filming this one was very difficult although majority of it was shot in one location. Imagine a small size living room packed with 7 actors and 15 crew.....ouch.

    I just really love how everyone stepped up on this project. Devon Sawa was really dedicated. He even flew down from LA to make the call time. Elisa King who's yelling at the door experimented with her character as a psychopath girlfriend. I remember filming that scene. Bishop (the gangster) didn't know what was coming to him. I didn't give him his lines and when he opened the door, his girlfriend started yelling at him about some girl. Bishop answered, "What do you mean she?".

    We did some really cheap cool effects on this one. We used the producer's still camera to simulate gun flashes. To get a shot of two cars colliding, we filmed two separate shots of the car passing an intersection, then combined the two. The dead body sliding down the stairs...is not a trick shot. Lauro was just great at doing two takes and landing in the same spot inches from the camera.

    Monday
    13Oct

    Random shoot completed

    Finally, the Random Walk Shoot is over. One location, but oh boy, what a tough one to tackle. Just imagine 10 actors in one room, with another 14 crew memebers....I'm just glad it's over.

    Here's a behind the scene clip: