Project: Multiple day shoot using mostly natural lighting. In under 6 minutes, through the eyes of two students telling the story  of one of the most successful school’s in Oregon.

Responsibilities: Production and Post. Director of Photography – Travis Shields.

People Can’t Wait is “A charming film about an unusual subject: the need for public toilets.” – Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times film critic.

Winner of a Judge’s Award at the 36th Northwest Film and Video Festival.

“The strongest films of any length in this year’s festival both undermine the putative glamour of life on the Portland streets, a myth almost as old as the city’s filmmaking culture. Seattle director Travis Shields travels south to profile Randy Leonard’s 24-hour loos with People Can’t Wait; his comprehensive interviews (which include Victoria Taft again making an ass of herself) are distinguished by a chat with toilet cleaner Rodney Haven, who summarizes his assignment to “make sure everything’s sanitized properly, each and every day”—then glances away, lost in existential reflection.” – Willamette Week film review.

Portland City Hall giving our film some love.
Victoria Taft on Twitter.
Portland Loo website.
PHLUSH blog.
Willamette Week blog.

Project: Multiple day medical shoot highlighting DiabetOmics cutting edge technology. To be shown at their overseas office in India.

Responsibilities: Production and Post. Animation by Dan Johnson.

Spotlighting the freegan movement in Portland Oregon, Meet the Freegans aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s series Oregon Lens and has screened locally at Portland’s Hollywood Theater, at the 2008 Dokufest in Kosovo, 2008 Hot Docs in Toronto, and at the 2009 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Meet the Freegans “Dumpster diving for the socially conscious. Who knew?” – Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times film critic.

Film review on treehugger.com