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Mitchell Frye
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Photographer
Cleveland Park Productions
mitchellfrye@gmail.com
clevelandparkproductions@gmail.com
2020-2023 Quarantine Series
In 2020, while quarantining at home I decided to make a stop-motion animation with my daughter's toys to show her some of what you can do with video. Having no idea how long we would be stuck at home, I continued planning and making videos with the gear I had available in my apartment. I got back to work eventually, but was frequently stuck in hotels on jobs for the next few years. The series became: 4 stop-motion videos, 2 found footage/found audio edits, one hand-drawn animation, and one experimental video shoot/edit. These were all conceptualized and shot after the 2020 shutdown, while I was out of work, or confined to a hotel room, or while my daughter was napping.​
5/5/20 - Pattycake
Stop Motion Animation using my daughter's toys, while she was napping and we were all confined to our apartment during the early months of Covid.
Music: Self - Pattycake (2000)
7/30/20 - The Black Knight
Stop Motion Animation using Legos, performing the Black Knight scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3/16/21 - After the Day of Infamy
In the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a series of "Man on the Street" interviews were collected from around the USA. These are some of those voices.
Audio and Photographs from The Library of Congress
5/31/22 - Fish and Bird
Crayon animation shot with my Iphone, edited on Adobe Premiere.
Music: Tom Waits - Fish and Bird (2002)
5/28/20 - Psycho Killer
Stop Motion Animation using a wooden mannequin.
Music: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
12/4/20 - Trunk Fulla Amps
Stop Motion Animation, again with toys, made mostly while staying with my parents in DC for a while.
Music: Self - Trunk Fulla Amps (explicit) (2000)
5/17/21 - Step Right Up
Found Footage Music Video using older television commercials.
Music: Tom Waits - Step Right Up (1976)
12/30/23 - For Fear of Flying
Experimental Video, conceptualized during quarantine, but created later...
Music: Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates (2001)
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