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  • The Divorce Movie Review

    Last night I attended the premier test screening of the locally produced full length film The Divorce. It stars many people who I have come to know over the past few years. Before I continue, we should pause for a moment to see the below trailer.

    I went into it with the expectation of some of the other local films. It did start slow, but the story was funny, sad, suspenseful, and touching at the same time. Although this movie has aspects of other movies, what it does not have is shallow characters. Though the ingenious storytelling by Rob Parsons and the great acting there is not a character that this movie does not have you rooting for. The story also progresses nicely and leaves you not looking at your watch very much. (I only checked mine once, and it was at 8:46pm).

    This movie, considering that I see about 100 movies in theatres per year, is right there alongside “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” as my top 200 movies. 4.5/5 stars!


  • My European Experience 3


  • The Badger Hunter: The Trail to Ecstasy
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    The Badger Hunter: The Trail to Ecstasy

    This is my latest production enjoy. I have been meaning to edit this for almost 4 years now.

    Welcome to the Homepage for the CEFM Productions / Eagle Nest Shows Entertainment co-production of “The Badger Hunter”

    Episode 1 – On The Trail Of Ecstasy

    Release Date: August 2, 2011

    Production Stage: Released


  • Crushed Beautifully 2

    Independent Short Film

    Starring: An empty crushed bottle of Dr. Pepper

    Direction, Camera and Editing: Charles E. Frees-Melvin and Tony Tompkins

    ©2008 CEFM Productions


  • Kiwanis Auction – 2007

    Kiwanis Auction – 2007

    2007 Kiwanis TV Auction

    Here is a sampling of the graphics I created for the 2007 Lancaster Kiwanis TV Auction. This is the second time that they let me create new graphics for this show although last time they did not look as good as this one. I went for a Shopping Channel look. Throughout the approval process, they remained mostly unchanged. The original draft had a blue background though.

    The images above may not be reproduced on any site other than cefm.ca


  • Crushed Beautifully 2

    Crushed Beautifully 2

    After 5 long months of production, I am pleased to announce the release of Crushed Beautifully 2: Crushed and Alone.

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  • Daytimes of Christmas

    Daytimes of Christmas

    These elements were created in Corel Draw 12, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Photoshop CS, and Adobe AfterEffects 6.

    The goal of this project was by changing a few basic elements to an existing show design seamlessly blend in a holiday theme that still made the show look like the original. This project was first conceived on a Friday and needed to be ready to go on air live the following Monday morning. About 12 hours went into this project. The project consisted of re-editing the end of the existing show theme in Avid, a 10-second Bumper, a themed moving background, and a plain background for credits. And changes to the show CG elements of a logo change, a new bug, and show and remove animations.

    Logo

    Show Bug

    Bumper

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    Halifax Look-Out

    Independent Film

    Starring: Tony Tompkins & Charles Frees-Melvin

    Direction, Camera and Editing: Tony Tompkins

    ©2005 Wolverine Pictures


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    Crushed Beautifully

    Independent Short Film

    Starring: An empty crushed can of Arizona Fruit Punch (Pictures were taken with my Nokia 6620 Mobile Device)

    Direction, Camera and Editing: Charles E. Frees-Melvin

    The images above may not be reproduced on any site other than cefm.ca