The Traveling Picture Show Company has signed director/DP Justin Shipley for exclusive representation. This Philly-based talent, who comes over from Monogram, recently wrapped his first national commercial, Reebok’s “Gauntlet.”
Shipley is a certified Phantom technician, certified SHOTOVER aerial cinematographer, and expert in large format digital cameras and MöVI camera stabilization. He has worked around the globe with brands such as Tanzania Tourism, Budweiser, and DirecTV.
In 2011 Shipley earned a News & Documentary Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for the “Write Your Soul” episode of The Horsemen Cometh.
TPSC partner/exec producer John Noble said of Shipley, “He puts the camera in the most bizarre and physically challenging places. He somehow finds a way to get incredibly dynamic shots.”
Shipley related, “I have known about TPSC for quite some time and I know (director/partner) Chris Woods personally through flying circles. I was fascinated. The mentality and goals established by the partners, John Noble, and (head of sales) Dawn Clarke make me confident. I constantly try to think outside the box, to show what others may not see, to never clamp down and to maximize every budget–making the end result the best for each client.”
TPSC is represented by MoButler Reps in the Midwest, Dawn Clarke on the West Coast, Asprodites Reps in the Southeast/Southwest, and Schaffer/Rogers on the East Coast.
Review: Director-Writer Megan Park’s “My Old Ass”
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
"Dude, I'm you," says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunned Elliott. "Well, I'm a 39-year-old you. What's up?"
What's up, indeed: Director-writer Megan Park has crafted a wistful coming-of-age tale using this comedic device for "My Old Ass" and the results are uneven even though she nails the landing.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad.
"Can we hug?" asks the older Elliott. They do. "This is so weird," says the younger Elliott, who then makes things even weirder when she asks for a kiss — to know what it's like kissing yourself. The older Elliott soon puts her number into the younger's phone under the name "My Old Ass." Then they keep in touch, long after the effects of the 'shrooms have gone.
Part of the movie's problem that can't be ignored is that the two Elliotts look nothing alike. Maisy Stella plays the coltish young version and a wry Aubrey Plaza the older. Both turn in fine performances but the visuals are slowly grating.
The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where "my life is about to start." She's sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Park's scenes and dialogue are unrushed and honest as Elliott takes her older self's advice and tries to repair... Read More