The Automatic Filmmakerhttp://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/The personal website for Steve Ellington, an independent filmmaker living in Zürich, Switzerland.en-US2012-02-09T03:28:25ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Photo Blog #133http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2012/2/2/photo-blog-133.htmlsteve2012-02-02T17:14:33ZCanon 600D Photo Blog Pittsburgh Snow Squirrel Hill WinterWinter at home.

Unfortunately, the amount of snowy days in Pittsburgh this winter have been few.

]]>Two Tracks with Buttonszhttp://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2012/1/27/two-tracks-with-buttonsz.htmlsteve2012-01-27T14:03:21ZButtonsz H&T Highland Park Hip Hop MLive Music MMusic Video Pittsburgh Rap VideoButtonsz is an up and coming Pittsburgh rapper and member The H&T. I recently met up with her in Pittsburgh's beautiful Highland Park and filmed these two videos:

the beat on the first video is courtest of The Rhythm Thief

]]>Photo Blog #132http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2012/1/10/photo-blog-132.htmlsteve2012-01-10T18:15:01ZCanon 600D Downtown Goose North Shore Photo Blog Pittsburgh ReflectionsFly south or stay in the city?

]]>FoundObject026http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2012/1/6/foundobject026.htmlsteve2012-01-06T18:10:28ZFound Object

Destroyed acoustic guitar. Beeler Ave, Pittsburgh.

]]>Photo Blog #131http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2012/1/5/photo-blog-131.htmlsteve2012-01-05T16:29:32ZBlack and White Canon 600D Contrast East Liberty Photo Blog PittsburghCold Courts.

]]>Notable Blog Posts of 2011http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2012/1/2/notable-blog-posts-of-2011.htmlsteve2012-01-02T18:35:05Z2011 History RetrospectiveThe following is a list of notable posts I made here in 2011, in chronological order. Keep in mind that 'notability' is completely subjective. Please feel free to look through all of my posts from 2011 and decide for yourself.
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FoundObject010
Shortly after the egyptian revolutions began, this found object seemed very appropriate

Kodachrome is Dead
a post-mortem review on the one and only roll of Kodachrome I have ever shot.

Goodnight Company by Jane Lui
The second video to be released from Jane Lui's latest album of the same name.

Will Ferrel/Colonel Qaddafi Mash-up
I noticed that Qaddafi shared a striking resemblance to a beloved SNL character

Songwriting & Solitude with Christina Maria
A mini-documentary about Christina Maria's songwriting process. She is currently recording her new album, KODIAK.

Photo Blog #117
Titled "Shanghai Self-Portrait" -- probably my favorite photo blog entry of the year.

Johanna Tagada has Monstrous Friends
A mini-documentary about the street art of Johanna Tagada

Photo Blog #119
This photo was taken at the massive protests that took place in Madrid, Spain

Photo Blog #123
My first Photo Blog taken in Pittsburgh, in my new neighborhood called 'Squirrel Hill'

Timothy Jaromir with Christina Maria
The last video project I filmed while living Switzerland

]]>FoundObject025http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2011/12/31/foundobject025.htmlsteve2011-12-31T05:05:22ZFound Object

Found Object. Christmas gift from my Grandma. Very tasty.

]]>Photo Blog #130http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2011/12/25/photo-blog-130.htmlsteve2011-12-26T00:11:16ZCanon 600D La Pine Long Exposure Night Oregon Photo BlogEvergreen.

]]>FoundObject024http://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2011/12/21/foundobject024.htmlsteve2011-12-21T16:05:20ZFound Object

Spinal Needle. Found in a chemistry lab.

]]>From the 38th Floorhttp://www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com/blog/2011/12/5/from-the-38th-floor.htmlsteve2011-12-05T17:30:44ZCathedral of Learning Night Oakland Pittsburgh Timelapse University of Pittsburgh VideoLast thursday was a night of fortuitous accidents. While scouting music video locations with StraightValue, a series of one-time opportunties lead us to an outside balcony on the 38th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. While, unfortunately too dark to shoot a scene for the video, I seized the moment to take some time-lapse footage and put together a short video. The view from there is incredible.

Music courtesy of StraightValue

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