Entries from August 2008

August 14, 2008

More Old Pics From Basic Photography

By Stephen Tringali
While I was home working on the “Topeka” soundtrack, I remembered that somewhere in my house there was a binder full negatives from my basic photography class. Below are a few pictures I found in the binder. They were all taken at what would eventually become the location for “La Nouvelle Depression.”

August 11, 2008

Topeka Soundtrack Recording Session

By Stephen Tringali
Ben Lueders and I went back to my parents’ house in Hershey, PA to record the soundtrack to our latest short film, “Topeka.” David Layser, a friend of mine from home, composed both songs and played guitar and bass on the recordings. Ben engineered the session in addition to playing drums. I acted [...]

August 6, 2008

Tokepa Production Stills (Day Five)

All photos by Jenny Yang.

August 3, 2008

Topeka Production Stills (Day Four)

All photos by Jenny Yang.

August 3, 2008

Topeka Production Stills (Day Three)

All photos by Jenny Yang.

August 2, 2008

Topeka Production Stills (Day Two)

These pictures are from the longest night of filming this week. We arrived at what we thought was going to be our location (Top Golf driving range in Alexandria, VA) around 4 p.m. Only later did we find out that patrons would continue to crowd the location until closing time. Around 8 p.m., Steve Erdman [...]