City Vanguard Documentary Series

Here is the latest project from sub.verse.studios. We are really excited about these film projects.

City Vanguard is a documentary series for the arts and culture communities of Chicago. The purpose of the series is to provide a portal to segments of the arts world that do not get the exposure they deserve. By providing consistent documentary style programs and original programs, City Vanguard brings a deeper understanding of Chicago artists as well as the fascinating cultures that may not have a voice. The target audiences for City Vanguard are those that understand, appreciate, support and participate in the Chicago arts community as a whole. Our audience is predominately African-Americans and people of color, between the age of 19-45, as well as fans and supporters of urban art forms.
We want to do more than document the cultures of the community; we want to cooperate with the community. To accomplish this, we have developed a video production apprentice program called Community Studio. Community Studio is an apprentice program for video production beginners which will give the participants a chance to be a part of a local video production as crew or cast members. Participants will experience the three main phases of video production: pre production, production and post production. Through hands on participation and professional instruction, people from the community will have the opportunity to complete a video project that will be screened to the public.

The City Vanguard Project from sub.verse.studios. on Vimeo.

verge connected: New sub.verse.studios. commercials

Hey Everyone

Thought it was time for a new commercial since we got so many new projects. This one highlights the new focus of the studio on documentaries, EPK, music videos and commercials. Sub.verse.studios. will be producing various projects such as verge: the documentary concert series and other film projects. All updates will be posted on the website sub.versestudios.com so check back in the next couple of weeks.

Wrap Party Blog: the last four days

This week we are going WAAAAAYYY back for this entry. This was actually one of the first short films I ever did, and it’s a little experimental. It’s basically 4 video diary entries from a man losing his faith and grasp on reality. He expresses his feelings through monologues and confessions.

We shot this in one day, with an extremely small crew and I wish I had footage of the rehearsals because we really had some intense moments developing the character.

Check out the clip.

Wrap Party Blog: Soul of a Woman

I know it's been a while but the Wrap Party is back. I'm proud to present "Soul of a Woman" this week. The reason I'm so happy is because I've been informed that this film has been accepted into the Black Harvest Film Festival. Soul of a Woman is a documentary I did a few years back about 25 women of color who contributed to the art exhibit of the same name at the South Shore Cultural Center.

This was an amazing shoot. The ages and background of each artist was so varied and unique that the interviews were like personal documentaries in them self. From spending time in a Tibet monastery to tales of life in Rwanda the interviews were enlightening.

Check out the trailer and be on the lookout for more information on the premiere.

Wrap Party Blog: The Text Fight

Every once in a while we will be going back in time with the Wrap Party. Meaning, old projects will be highlighted along with the new ones. This week we are "revisiting" The Text Fight.

This was a short film we did a few years back. Its actually a short of a short film that came about because I was submitting to a film festival that had a 5 minute running time limit. Thus The Text Fight was born.

Its actually the first scene of Life in Quotations, which is the story of a man who can only talk in text quotes. Unfortunately, this includes his every thought which are on display for everyone to see.

By the way the film was chosen for the film festival (Chicago Short Comedy Film Festival) and from there was picked up by WTTW 11 for their program Image Union.

Check out The Text Fight below.