Movies by Bonnie Bogovich...
......recent film project news........................................................................................................................
08/23/10
I found myself on team Everything But The Name again this year for the annual Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project. This was definitely one of the wackiest films I have worked on to date, we drew Time Travel (genre) and our required elements this year included a pillow (prop) and the phrase "Take your time, I've got all day". I had the pleasure of not only being boom operator this year, but music composer and puppeteer... don't worry, I will post a video link when available!
05/14/10
We're in the final steps now creating the latest Squonk Opera DVD, the full edited show of Mayhem and Majesty. To give you a taste of what's in store, check out my latest editing projects: Highlight Reel #1 and Reel #2
To watch other Squonk Opera clips, including the promotional videos I edited for the Mostly Mayhem premiere back in the fall, check out Squonk's YouTube channel.
05/11/10
Take a seat behind the director's chair as Barry blogs about our first official video shoot this past weekend, as we tackled the "Stay Tuned" newscast scenes, introducing our singing Newscaster (Dave Egyud) to the production: BREAKING NEWS: “The Zombie Opera” Production Has Begun!!"
We’d like to send a special thank you to Duquesne University's Media Center staff for their amazing efforts to supply the space for our production. You guys rocked!
05/08/10
The new website design and logo for Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera is now up and running! Isn't it awesome?
Many thanks to the fabulous Reagan Heller for creating the artwork and graphics for us, as well as super thanks to Doug Butterworth for helping us translate everything into a working WordPress template. We are also pleased to announce that we officially start production on the video segments of the show this weekend. Kicking it all off with a production meeting this afternoon, then heading out to participate in Zombie Awareness Night, a zombie walk at the Oaks Theater this evening organized by the folks at Horror Realm. Tomorrow, we put our narrator, "The Newscaster", in front of the camera.
05/06/10
We are very excited to begin filming segments for Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera this weekend. No, we do not need extras the first weekend, but those of you on the list will be notified VERY SOON about when and where we need our 'bodies'. If you wanted to be an extra during our video shoots this summer, please notify our 'Zombie Wrangler" Jill Egyud with your information and summer conflicts.
We are still seeking some locations for our summer video shoots, if you have a large empty warehouse, a living room worthy of a party for the End of the World, or any such locations we have described on our website, please contact our Location Scout, Evan Miller.
In addition, we are hoping to feature a local beer in our show, as there is a party sequence in which people are... partying and...drinking:) If you know of a local beer distributor that would like to be featured in that portion of the video backdrop, please have them email us.
04/20/10
I am very proud to announce that our show, Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera is now supported in part by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund. We are very honored to have an award from Sprout, and hope that over the spring and summer we can continue raising additional funds to support our project and assist with production costs!
If you wish to donate financially to The Zombie Opera, please note that thanks to New Sun Rising, our fabulous Fiscal Sponsor, monetary donations to our project are tax deductible! For more information on financial or material donations, please visit the How Can I Help page on our website.
03/30/10
Auditions for lead roles and featured extras for our latest project, Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera, will be held Saturday April 10th at the ELPC, from 2-6pm. Each audition will take approximately 10 minutes. For more information about the audition process, as well as how to prepare please visit the audition information page.
03/12/10
It's Squonk Opera time again as they premiere their newest work, Mayhem and Majesty, March 11th-21st at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. The show features my latest video creation, titled "Danger Dance". I will also be managing the DVD/video shoot next weekend, lots of cameras running and many edit hours ahead of me, but I'm very pleased to be part of this project!
To check out the promotional videos I edited for the Mostly Mayhem premiere back in the fall, check out Squonk's YouTube channel, or on their website.
01/27/10
The new Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera website is up and running! Many thanks to Virtual Epor for hosting our webspace! Stay tuned for audition information, video shooting dates, and calls for extras!
12/19/09
Busy times this month, as I've been working on Squonk Opera's "Majesty and Mayhem" promotional video DVD and youtube spots. After many hours of tape logging and video editing, I am happy to announce they are complete and posted for your viewing pleasure! Check out the videos on Squonk's Mayhem site, their YouTube channel, or contact the company to request a promotional DVD. Enjoy!12/01/09
In honor of Jonathan Coulton's birthday, Sporksmith and myself teamed up with fellow JoCo fans around the world to make this special collaborative video (I'm the one playing accordion, wearing purple gloves, and swinging around the stuffed monkey) - click to view "We're Having a Party"
11/21/09
Many thanks to all who came down to Hack Pittsburgh last evening to watch the premiere of our newest JoCo music video, "The Travels of Code Monkey" - You can check it out now on YouTube, or on my videos page - For behind the scenes information, check out Sporksmith's blog!
11/14/09
Squonk Opera's newest show, Mayhem & Majesty is in the process of being created. On November 20 & 21, 2009, they'll be sharing 10 scenes that we've been working on. Check out "Mostly Mayhem" at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh - 8 pm - all shows are FREE! One of my newest video creations, titled Danger Dance, will be featured at both performances!
11/02/09
Matt Reese and Leah Lloyd's film "Off the String", of which I was post editor and one of the cameramen, is now on YouTube. Filmed in 2007, the film won "Best Documentary" in the 2008 Duquesne Student Film Festival.
Watch it online: "Off the String" the Sidney Harth documentary
04-02-09
As some of you know I have often collaborated on short film projects with my brother, bdogfilms. He has recently started up a youtube channel of his film and video work. Check out three of my favorites: the Split Screen Duel, On My Way, shot this winter, and Code 99 (I have a fun and hardly noticeable cameo in this one as Radio Officer #2).
09-28-08
I have recieved word that Squonk Opera's newest show, Astro-rama was a huge success its premiere, this past week in College Park, MD.
I was editor of the "Texting" video segment, which features the cellphones (and fingers) of a few of my personal friends, who should be happy to hear that Astro-Rama will be playing in Pittsburgh, at Schenley Plaza, October 15-18!
07-05-08
I found myself on dirque's 48 Hour Film Project crew. It was very crazy, very fast, and fun times - our entry was titled "Checking Out"
04-03-08
I have recieved some great news! Matt Reese and Leah Lloyd's film "Off the String", of which I was post editor and one of the cameramen, placed Best Documentary at the DuqFilm Festival this year. Congrads to all who were involved!!!
- article about the Sidney Harth documentary -
- about the film festival entries -03-04-08
Leonard Rosenman one of the great film composers of scifi and fantasy cinema, passed away today - more info
02-26-08
The RRCO performance of L'Histoire du Soldat was apparently a major success, music, dance, and video projection awesomeness:) Major thanks to both Liz Rishel and Sporksmith for their acting skills, without you the video wouldn't have been half as sweet!
02-21-08
Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat will be performed by the Red Rock Chamber Orchestra this evening and tomorrow, featuring multimedia video projection art and subtitles by yours truly.
01-14-08
After 2 years, Squonk is performing Pittsburgh: The Opera again at the Kelly Strayhorn Theatre, in honor of Pittsburgh's 250th birthday! Three of my video works are in this show, Kids Maps, All Eyes on You, and White Noise (previously on display last fall at the Andy Warhol Museum). If you were unable to catch the premiere of this, the "hometown name here" opera series, catch it while you can, January 17-20!
I have another show coming up in Oklahoma City, as I have been collaborating with my old Cusswords and Fire colleague Marlo Nash, designing the multimedia backdrop and subtitles for Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat. It will be performed by the Red Rock Chamber Orchestra on February 21st and 22nd - More details to come!12-23-07
Happy Holidays, Everyone. The "I Feel Fantastic" Bloopers and Outtakes Reel has been uploaded to YouTube. Enjoy!
08-31-07
Hi guys. I'm mentioned in an article of today's "The Washington Times", about the music video we made for the Popular Science Jonathan Coulton Music Video Competition:
"Geek Rock's New King" By Jenny Mayo
(our video is mentioned on on page 2)Many thanks again to Barry, John and Jim. The video would not have become such a hit without your help! To date, it has been viewed 5,696 times!!!
06-20-07
The results are in- we are 5th runner up in the JC PopSci music video contest!!! Here's an unofficial playlist of all the entries. Thanks to everyone again who helped with this project, it was way too much fun and we are happily planning to shoot many more JC videos in the future:)
06-15-07
COMPLETE!!! Our entry to the PopSci music video contest is finished, posted, and sent off to the judges:) Cross your fingers, we just might win! This was one crazy project, I'm very grateful to all those who participated; Spork, Barry, and Jon. You guys rule!!! Seeing that there was roughly 3 hours of footage, for a 3 minute long video, I see a blooper in the future. Click.Watch.Enjoy "I Feel Fantastic" the music video.
06-11-07
Jonathan Coulton has posted a music video contest on PopSci's website. The song to be video-ized (sure, let's say that's a word) is "I Feel Fantastic". Storyboards were quickly drawn up this past Friday and off we went (a small team of myslef, Spork, Jon, and Barry) to the park and other locations to shoot over 60 scenes in 2 days. I'm very excited about this project. With less than a week to edit and post, the race is on. Wooohooo! Wish us luck!
01-07-07
Let's ring in the New Year with some long overdue video and animation updates. I present to you two videos/animations, produced for Squonk Opera's Hometown:the Opera series; "White Noise" (aka "Television") and segment 2 of 3 of "Map of the Heart" (animated crayon sketches)
11-21-06
Just a reminder; in case you haven't been able to swing by the Andy Warhol Museum lately, one of my video pieces ("White Noise") will be on display thru new years as part of Steve O'Hearn's Creative Heights Award Exhibit.
11-21-06
This weekend filming began on the new independant film, "Intellegent Designers" by Barry Bogovich. The shoot went very well, kudos to both cast and crew! My roles on this film include production design and sound/audio. Stay tuned for more info.
09-15-06
An exhibit of Squonk's artistic director, Steve O'Hearn, will be opening soon at the Andy Warhol Museum. In addition to his own works of art, the exhibit will also showcase video projection work by various artists used in the Squonk Shows, including one of my own pieces, "White Noise" also known as "Television". The exhibit will run Sept 30 - December 31, 2006.
06-03-06
Information about Squonk's latest show, "Pittsburgh: The Opera", is now available on the main site. I am now editing video footage for three segments "Television", "Kids Maps" and "Forest of People". For those of you who cannot make it to the Pittsburgh premiere, check the tour schedule for locations and times of our future performances.
06-01-06
Welcome home, Barry! My brother has been in Chile over the past month working on a documentary with a crew from Robert Morris. More information on the finished film as it develops.
04-22-06
Looks like my passion for stage screw, multimedia, and electronic music is soon to have a new creative outlet. I am pleased to announce that I have been offered the position of Production Manager and Videographer for the premiere of Squonk Opera's newest show, Pittsburgh the Opera, June 22-25th at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. I am very excited at the opportunity to be part of the company, relishing at the chance to not only have a leadership/management role on this project, but to be able to work on projection video for the first time since Cusswords and Fire!
01-22-06
It's that time again! The Great Lakes Film Association has opened its Call for Film Submissions and is also accepting screenplays for its Scriptwriting Competition. This will be our fifth year, and it sure has been quite an experience being a part of the GLFA. In the last five years I have helped out as much as I can, going from volunteer film projectionist, to a producer of the Run and Guns, to Board Member and judge of the animation category. We are getting more organized, more members and support than ever before, so I have agreed to take a seat on the new Advisory Board and I shall continue judging the animation films.
11-04-05
I've been helping with the creation of an upcoming documentary on world-renowned conductor, and violin virtuoso, Sidney Harth. I have been running camera 2 for some of the behind the scene footage during rehearsals, backstage, and even managed to sneak shots of the WQED interview with the Piano Trio (man that room was tiny, thank god for handhelds). I must say it is an exciting process. Aside from Geeks IRL, which was proudly deemed a 'mockumentary', this is my first time helping with an actual documentary project. For now, we are looking at a spring completion date.
11-03-05
A few weeks ago I helped do boom/sound and some post-production work on a movie my brother to be entered in the Chimera Online Student Film Competition. (some of you may remember the film shoot as one I talked about where we shot two nights in a row, in the rain, till 4am... cold, wet, and very much fun!) For such a film shot in 2 nights, and edited in 2 days, I think Barry did an awesome job and our cast and crew were remarkable! The main rules for the contest were make a film, and it must be under 5 minutes long. Watch "Code 99" - by Barry Bogovich. It was wonderful working with so many familiar faces again, I hope we can make another hit soon!
8-31-05
The Run and Gun crew position of Sound/Audio Recordist is still open and needs to be filled ASAP!!! We need someone who understands the nuances of the proper collection of sound, from the proper placement of mics, and mixing levels (sound shaping), to understanding what is good sound (vs volume). We need this person to work with the camera and post production crews. <more info>
8-28-05
Incredibly busy the last few days. The auditions went very well. Thankyou all who attended the casting sessions for Run and Gun 2005: Artisan of Tangibles. In addition to RnG business, we wrapped up shooting for Opposition this Saturday. Though we were attacked by scattered rain showers in the afternoon, we were able to film the needed sequences. I did my best to get ADR recordings and othersuch sound accomplished while on site with all the actors available. We are shooting for an early screening date, Sept 22nd, at the Great Lakes Film Festival. Can't wait to see how things turn out!
8-07-05
The Run and Gun has now opened its official call for Cast and Crew. This year we will be holding auditions/interviews at two locations, Pittsburgh and Erie, PA. < details >
7-10-05
Dvds of our last two Run and Gun projects are now available online!!! - click to order Wrong Number and Dualife - each purchase helps to support the GLFA
4-27-05
"The Brotherhood", has won Best Film of the Robert Morris University Film Contest!!! (I was sound on this film, written and directed by Barry Bogovich)
4-08-05
My dark comedy, The Sweet Tooth Stratagem, has been awarded "Best Overall Film: Best Drama"and "Peoples' Choice Award" of the 2005 Duquesne Student Film Fest
