Isaac Bauman | filmmaker / photographer - filmmaker / photographer

This is an experimental short film I shot in Boston on 16mm B&W film. This project was a little different for me because it was the first experience I’ve had with shooting on film, and my first project with someone else serving as my cinematographer. In this case, the film was shot by the talented Megan Richardson.

Originally this was supposed to be a 6 or 7 minute short film about a photographer who’s been blinded, and his first day back at home from the hospital with girlfriend. Well, due to budgetary constraints involving film stock, we only shot half the script. On top of that, the lab messed up half of the footage to the point of it not being usable. What this film represents is my attempt to put something together with approximately 1/4 of the material I originally intended to have.

This is the reality of filmmaking, and life in general. I think what matters most is not what we have, but what we do with it. Maybe this little film here is better than the real short would have been. Who knows? Don’t let anything get you down, y’all!

Aesthetically the film is somewhat problematic – it was shot in one day, with a looming deadline and no budget.

But fuck excuses, I’m happy with the way it turned out and I learned a TON about casting, working with actors, production design, and shooting in a confined space.

It also marks the first collaboration between myself and Minou, my new film partner. We’ve got a lot of really exciting projects coming up, so as always, stay tuned.

This is a movie from a fellow student in my production class, a comedy that pokes a little bit of fun at Now We Can Be Together:

Pretty funny right? The class gave me some crap for NWCBT being too self-important and serious, so this movie was the ultimate deflation. I really appreciated it.

Okay folks, I try to stay positive but I’ve got some bad news today. As of Wednesday, the movie I’d been filimg for a couple weeks, my most ambitious and excellent project yet, is dead.

The handsome young man pictured above was forced to cut his hair because of a modeling agency contract, and with the hair the movie dream has died.

I might get around to shooting it this summer, but as of now, the project is dead in the water. So, as part of my grieving process, I’ve decided to release some stills, one last upsetting look at what could have been : (

No, this was not staged. This really happened to me and Victor while location scouting for Now We Can Be Together.

My first official student film at USC:

This production was fairly epic – it included four trips up to the desert, two of those at dawn. During the second location scouting expedition, the bmw got stuck in the sand, far off the road and….

Keep your eyes peeled for a documentary about that experience comin’ real soon.

An oldie – from 2004, my junior year in high school. It’s a little slow and a little artsy – but it is epic, and it represents a pivotal point in my development as a filmmaker. I figured i’d post it because it’s going in the film portfolio section of this site, but I wanted a specific URL to link to it. Also, I wanted y’all to see it if you haven’t already : )

The production was long – I shot up in the hills 9 times over the course of about two months. And that was after I’d already shot the entire project twice – the first two versions were filmed with different female actors, and edited – but they weren’t quite right.

I’ve never had a vision so strong that I felt compelled to throw out weeks of work and start multiple times. But I’m glad I did. I shot this sucker five years ago, and although I’ve come a long way technically and artistically, I’m still proud of it.