PORTRAIT OF A PENSIVE LADY (4 min. 40 sec.)
This short was shot in March 2008 with a cast and crew so small I can name them all here: actress Elaine Elizabeth Reid, editor Marc Wade, cinematographer Jamal Green, costume designer A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, clavichordist Bradley P. Lehman, sound recordist Christopher Farrell and producer Dom Zook. Oh, and writer/director Mark Tapio Kines. This seriocomic film is about the thoughts that float through a middle class Dutch housewife's head as she sits for her portrait in 1662 Holland.

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THE CLOSEST THING TO TIME TRAVEL (60 sec.)
This short won Grand Prize in the 2006 Getty Images competition The Next Big Idea. According to the rules, each film had to consist of at least 50% stock footage from the Getty Images library and reflect the competition's titular theme. My film is 100% Getty Images material, with just a few composited shots. The editor is Marc Wade, the composer is Christopher Farrell and the voiceover actress is one B. Jane Doe.

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