Category Archives: Film Making

It’s clear to me: Yoda is Rey’s father

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Ron Giesecke

So how’s that for clickbait? Okay . . . sorry.  But give me a minute, and maybe that theory could limp out of this conjectural waste of time without falling down. And I don’t care how many prequels or substandard, … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding redux

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Ron Giesecke

A few weeks ago, I was standing outside, in  a break area at work, tossing in my harmonies to the rhetorical cantata that was going on at the moment.  My co-worker, Bill, mentioned that before he moved to my area, … Continue reading →

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On starting my own show . . . or, er, maybe not

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So, when I actually made my film on the McCloud River, I built a whole array of jibs, steady-cams and cable-runners to accomplish the pseudo-epic shots I got with my GoPro. Now, I just need a mount for my iPhone … Continue reading →

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Storming the castle–my first foray into Adobe After Effects

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

First off, watch this: This little “movie preview” had a two-fold purpose to it.  The first, was to do something cool for my very good friend, Tim, who is a Marine, and his little boy, Chace. Second, I needed a … Continue reading →

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A gratuitous re-post of my film

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

See, here’s the thing about running your own blog.  Theoretically, I could post my epic fly-fishing film short Tenkara and the Man Card every single day. But really, what I am going to gain by doing that?  You’ll get sick … Continue reading →

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Back

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Where the first film began as a concept. Editing some music for an Easter play. The creative process is yet churning. More to follow soon. 

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Speaking of flagrant, unrepentant rejection

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Every so often, I need to simply tossing in this little nugget of base, self-serving aggrandizement: My failed attempt to get a fly-fishing film into the F3t, international film tour. Here. Watch this. Eleven some-odd minutes off your  life, but … Continue reading →

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Chuck Taylors, ukuleles, and my own sanity.

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I really wish I was a one-note samba.  I mean it.  I wish I had one ability, one passion, one benevolent, artistic master to which I paid supplication and deference. But that isn’t me.  One minute I’m a blogger.  The … Continue reading →

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How to become a schizophrenic with one reading app

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I never in my life ever expected humanity’s ever-increasing appetite for acceleration to come to the point that the very act of reading would become a veritable Asperger’s simulation chamber. But it’s happened. Don’t believe it?  Peep this app: I … Continue reading →

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My pathetic need for tactile comfort (on designing a book cover)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

It seems I am gaining followers here every single day. This invokes an immediate reflex to check out exactly who is following. The numbers of followers who are already published authors, have a book in the hopper—or both—is staggering. And … Continue reading →

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