WATCH THE VIDEOS:

     Jeff and Mo:
     Mike (contains brief harsh language):
     Tawny (contains brief nudity):
     Pleasant and Iris:
     John:
     Scott:




THE SHORT VERSION:

After discovering hours and hours of 80s VHS footage of a famous LA coffee shop in a friend's basement, media artist D. Scott Hesselswas inspired to make a documentary like no other. He located many of those who frequented the cafe and interviewd them.

My job would be to composite them into the original footage of themselves.

Running time: aprox. 20 min ~ Format:DV


STEPPING BACK IN TIME:

Labeled "walk-ins" (as the modern interviewers would walk into the old footage and comment on themselves), six months of tests, filtering, tracking and hours of hand-matting produced 6 short segments of the larger documentary.

For a glimpse at the process, check out the videos below.


BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEOS:

early style tests:
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compositing breakdown:
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