jj starr film - storytelling changes the world http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/ i believe that hard work and persistence in film-making, provides me with the ability to leave behind something greater than myself. i believe the most important thing in my life and the most important influence that i have in this world is not my ability to mess around with a camera, but it's about who i am. it's about the mark that i hope to leave on the people to my right and to my left. my passion is to tell stories that inspire others and I believe in the simple premise that storytelling changes the world. en Copyright 2010 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:50:48 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification global fast [world water day promo]

global fast [world water day promo] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

over 4,500 people die daily from unsafe water march 22 world water day help end this crisis globalfast.org]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/03/global-fast-world-water-day-promo.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/03/global-fast-world-water-day-promo.html promos Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:50:48 -0800 [awaken honduras]

[awaken honduras] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

WINNER: GRAND PRIZE - REELSTORIES FILM FEST (Malibu, CA) WINNER: REEL CAUSE - REELSTORIES FILM FEST (Malibu, CA) OFFICIAL SELECTION: FALLBROOK FILM FEST (Fallbrook, CA) In june 2008 a team from Los Angeles traveled to Honduras to capture the reality that children living there are faced with. We dealt mostly with kids living just outside of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The kids featured are faced with working long hours in a trash dump collecting anything that they can find to make money. The conditions of the dump are very bad and kids are often injured and/or killed. The documentary highlights a school that was created across the street from the dump in order to stop kids from working in it and receive an education]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/03/awaken-honduras.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/03/awaken-honduras.html documentary Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:45:43 -0800 it ain't me [shots from africa]

it ain't me [shots from africa] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

so i sat down to familiarize myself again with the footage that i got while in africa and i just began pulling clips out that i liked. i randomly put a song with the video, and had no intentions of showing this to anyone, until alec convinced me to put it on vimeo. so this is just a short complication of some of my favorite shots from my almost 3 weeks in africa. eventually i'll be putting together some promo videos for the organization i was working with, but for now, enjoy the beauty! ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/02/it-aint-me-shots-from-africa.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/02/it-aint-me-shots-from-africa.html promos Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:31:27 -0800 decide

decide from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

OFFICIAL SELECTION: REELSTORIES FILM FEST (Malibu, CA) 6 people are being held hostage, and are told to "decide" themselves, which 3 will live and which 3 will die. from the first treatment to the final scored version this was only a 2 and a half month process, that was not possible without everyone listed below. Thank you. Screenplay: Omid Heidari AD: Omid Heidari Sound Engineer: Alec Eagon Starring: Jack Peter Hawkins Starring: Kousha Harirchian Starring: Lino Ortiz Starring: Brooke Lowry Starring: Cole Gleason Starring: Bethanie Russell Camera 1: Aaron McManus Camera 2: Charlie Balch Camera 3: Morgan Funk Camera 4: Tanner Joyce Camera 5: Daniel Polk Camera 6: Kyle Helf Script Editor: Kirsten Vassie Film Editor: Alec Eagon Grip: Eric Yomantas Script Supervisor: Sam Behymer Lighting 1: Andrew Hagen Lighting 2: Chad Behrens Makeup: Lida Manukyan Set Design: Blake Franks Photographer: Alex Curry Score: Recorded LIVE by members of the Pepperdine University Symphony Orchestra Composer/Conductor: Tyler Kimmel Catering: Meredith Ouzounian Catering: Melissa Ouzounian Catering: Kristen Voetmann and thank you to the tons of other people who helped out in a thousand other ways. this was a crazy/sometimes very stressful process that was in no way possible without all of you. Thank you. ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/01/decide.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/01/decide.html shorts Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:12:04 -0800 beauty within the slum [a scene from africa]

beauty within the slum [a scene from africa] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

so far on my many journeys through Uganda and Kenya my favorite part has been this short video. This kid lives in the Namuwangu Slum just outside of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. He's blind but is well known by all the people who work and live within in the slums as a "ray of sunshine". Upon meeting him he wanted to play his harmonica for us, and what follows is beautiful. Thanks to someone he will probably never meet he was able to receive money to attend a special needs school outside of the slum. ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/01/beauty-within-the-slum-a-scene-from-africa.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2010/01/beauty-within-the-slum-a-scene-from-africa.html documentary shorts Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:31:56 -0800 31 | the sam behymer mix [raw footage]

31 | the sam behymer mix [raw footage] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

raw footage from the sunrise project. the song is written and performed by a talented friend of my mine sam behymer. she just released her first album a couple months ago. look it up on i-tunes or amazon, you won't regret it. recorded and mixed by alec eagon ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/12/31-the-sam-behymer-mix-raw-footage.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/12/31-the-sam-behymer-mix-raw-footage.html shorts Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:17:19 -0800 [lo how a rose e'er blooming]

[lo how a rose e'er blooming] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

a short video that i shot and edited in an hour. i just figured that i would show the amazing snow that was falling around chicagoland. shot on a sony ex1, letus extreme, nikon lens ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/12/lo-how-a-rose-eer-blooming.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/12/lo-how-a-rose-eer-blooming.html shorts Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:04:44 -0800 [christmas at pepperdine]

[christmas at pepperdine] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

on thursday december 3rd, 2009 pepperdine university celebrated the beginning of the christmas season with the lighting of the 1st annual campus tree shot on a sony ex-1, letus extreme, nikon lens 80-200mm, and tweaked slightly with magic bullet ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/12/christmas-at-pepperdine.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/12/christmas-at-pepperdine.html promos Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:34 -0800 31 | the making of

31 | the making of from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

when my roommate passed along a link containing a talk by a filmmaker regarding hard work and dedication to film, i was struck by what he challenged us to do. the challenge was to go out and shoot a whole month of sunrises in a row and put them together in a video. we both heard the talk on september 30th and the next month was already set. too many times we forget that with passion comes dedication and hard work. what we learned is that it's often in these small moments of beauty, that we are able to peek into the glory of an amazing God. this is a little video on how this whole project came together song: "Needle and Haystack Life" by Switchfoot ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/11/31-the-making-of.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/11/31-the-making-of.html documentary shorts Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:57:32 -0800 31 | the sunrise project

31 | the sunrise project from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

when my roommate passed along a link containing a talk by a filmmaker regarding hard work and dedication to film, i was struck by what he challenged us to do. the challenge was to go out and shoot a whole month of sunrises in a row and put them together in a video. we both heard the talk on september 30th and the next month was already set. too many times we forget that with passion comes dedication and hard work. what we learned is that it's often in these small moments of beauty, that we are able to peak into the glory of an amazing God. song: "Phos Hilaron (Hail Gladdening Light)" by David Crowder Band ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/11/31-the-sunrise-project.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/11/31-the-sunrise-project.html documentary shorts Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:51:35 -0800 31 [teaser trailer]

31 [teaser trailer] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

my roommate and i decided to film every sunrise in the month of october, this is a little "half-way" point update video, revealing a tiny bit of our footage.]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/31-teaser-trailer.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/31-teaser-trailer.html documentary promos shorts Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0800 create

create from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

i had the amazing opportunity to help out a project called, "i am zambia" with some editing in that process i had this idea for a video that i wanted to shoot for a "catchy" kind of promo so i called up a very talented friend of mine, daniel de la rosa and asked him if he would be willing to head into the studio and help me create something we started at 12 midnight, and after lots of espresso, we finished at 4, it took 4 hours, and this is what we came up with ]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/create.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/create.html shorts Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:58:05 -0800 story [8mm]

story [8mm] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

while spending some time with my grandma's i started to think a lot about my story, more specifically my family's story. i found a ton of 8mm rolls of film and went and got them developed. what follows is kind of a music video showing the "story" of my family. i think it's pretty cool.]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/story-8mm.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/story-8mm.html documentary shorts Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:31:41 -0800 global fast promo [markham]

global fast promo [markham] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

students of markham middle school in watts, california raised over $1,500 and used that money to bring clean water to a community in africa that will last a lifetime if you, your school, or organization would like help make sure that every person in the world has access to clean water, visit globalfast.org]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/global-fast-promo-markham.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/10/global-fast-promo-markham.html promos Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:24:08 -0800 global fast promo [whiteboard]

global fast promo [whiteboard] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

What if you could fast just one meal a week, and literally save a life? Your budget doesn't change, but your lifestyle does. It's about sacrificial living - being so committed to others that we make a sacrifice of ourselves.]]> http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/09/global-fast-promo-whiteboard.html http://jjstarrfilm.com/blog/2009/09/global-fast-promo-whiteboard.html promos Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:51:14 -0800