Tag Archives: indie film production

I’m not me, feasting on pixels

Lots going on at the start of this new school semester/year. I recently sent out a ton of new work to folks around the globe and New York…we’ll see what happens… Check back here for the newest work as I make it. In December I helped out a new friend, Zak Mulligan, with his first [...]

A New Year: Us Ones In Between

So with a new year comes a new body of work. (Soon to be up on this site, and in shows.) I have spent a good two weeks rounding up work from 2009 and getting it ready to send out. I came across the short film “Us Ones In Between” (A Sunset Rubdown lyric) that [...]

FIRE!!! Part 1

Fire! is the tentative title of this next group of videos and 2D work. The idea comes mostly from quantum physics and Black holes. (In fact this first group is titled “Black Hole 1″) Here are the videos: Black Hole 1 (a) from John W. Yost on Vimeo. Black Hole 1(b) from John W. Yost [...]

The Motion Portrait Part 3: The Film

Here’s the video that was playing in the vertical TV’s at the show. I’ve combined them for easy sharing and projection. The clip is around 18 minutes long…so feel free to skip around a bit. The Self Motion Portrait is the next piece of the puzzle…and should be completed soon…stay tuned! John Motion Portrait Project [...]

The Motion Portrait Part 2: The Show

I first want to start by saying THANK YOU!…to all that came and made the show a success. I’d also like to thank Heron, Sierra, Luna, and Ben for the help with set up and take down. Once people came out of their shell a little…and Restys provided the soundtrack…we got some great portraits. In [...]

No way to be Miff’d at MIFF

What a great experience Maine International Film Festival has been. I wasn’t there for TBTK, but Motion Portrait Film was excepted into their shorts program. It was wonderful. Great venue, great staff, great town. Waterville was amazing. I want to thank the entire staff for making this a place to see ground-breaking work in such [...]