Things tagged ‘San Francisco’

Part 3 of 3 in a vlogging series done around a fabulous day location shooting. The day ended at Baker Beach here in SF, with some amazing shots of the Golden Gate.

Part 1 of 3 can be found here: www.foolishtreefilms.com/blog/ian-blog/iansvlog1/

Part 2 of 3 can be found here: www.foolishtreefilms.com/blog/ian-blog/iansvlog2/

Thanks so much for watching the vids, and please be sure to rate, subscribe, and comment. Thanks!

Ian Carruthers
Filmmaker
www.foolishtreefilms.com
Let’s make a movie!


The first of a 3-part series on an excellent day of location shooting, here in San Francisco. In this post, we visit John McClaren park (a gorgeous, relatively unknown piece of land in SF), and get beautiful, moody shots of the south side of the city, Mt. Davidson, Bernal Heights and more.

Part 2 of 3 can be found here: www.foolishtreefilms.com/blog/ian-blog/iansvlog2/

Part 3 of 3 can be found here: www.foolishtreefilms.com/blog/ian-blog/iansvlog3/

Thanks so much for watching the vids, and please be sure to rate, subscribe, and comment. Thanks!

Ian Carruthers
Filmmaker
www.foolishtreefilms.com
Let’s make a movie!


foolish tree films was called upon to film this evening of pieces created in “the field,” a peer-performer workshop for developing new work. This is excerpts from the performance on December 12, 2009 at The Garage performance space in San Francisco.

You can purchase a DVD of all the complete performances here: Field All-Stars December 2009 DVD


It wasn’t until I was 33 years old (and I’d been living in San Francisco for 8 years) that I realized, “Hey. I’m a freaky artist type!” I’d always known I was interested in artistic endeavors, and so I set off to find out what particular art suited me best.

I studied guitar with a near virtuoso Berklee School of Music grad, and wrote a few songs. I studied drawing with world-renowned monumental sculptor Aris Demetrios. I studied acting at ACT, a nationally acclaimed school, and performance at the Marsh, a local guerrilla theater, where I wrote and performed my own shows. I wrote three novels and a handful of short stories.

For each of these arts, I studied and created with singular focus and vigor. Always, however, my passion would wan, and I would find myself asking the question, again and again, “What am I meant to be doing?” Read the rest of this entry »

This is a Victorian version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller performed at the Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco this year (2009). We shot with 3 cameras, with Jo up in the scissors lift and Robert on the ground with Ian. It was a great time with wonderfully talented people.



And here’s a revealing look behind the scenes … “Under the Headstone”