Dir. David Murakami
Gun with the Wind-Genre Parody. Cinematographer/Lighting Designer. The mob calls in a favor, sending a man on a quest to find a missing mobster, Benny the Rat. A short for SF 48 Hour Film Festival 2014.
Category Archives: Cinematic Narrative Films
My cinematic narrative film work, storyboarding shots, setting up lighting, and operating the camera are all showcased in these films.
The God Particle
Dir. David Murakami
God Particle– Drama. A film/theater hybrid. Cinematographer/Camera Operator. An explosion at the LHC may have produced the elusive Higgs Boson particle, otherwise known as the God Particle, but the two scientists attempting to discover it are killed. Using morally questionable tech, the remaining scientists use a machine to comb through the memories of the recently deceased in order to see what they discover.
Cinematic media accompanies live acting on stage.
Play Time
Play Time from Joe Bourekas on Vimeo.
Play Time-Adventure. Director. Writer. Cinematographer/Camera Operator. Animator. An homage to the younger years. A child’s imagination leaps to screen as we see the world through the eyes of a boy playing pretend.
Primal
Dir. Joe Bourekas
Primal-Thriller. Director. Writer. Cinematography/Camera Operator/Lighting Designer. Editor. A wallflower of a young man ekes by until becoming the victim of a mugging. Newfound attention and a sense of fear pushes him to listen to the primal call for violence.
On the Hunt
Dir. Joe Bourekas
On the Hunt-Thriller. Director. Writer. Cinematography/Camera Operation. Editor. A deadly forest surrounds our protagonist. Lost between time and space, is this a soldier recalling his hunting days to survive, or a hunter struggling to divorce his experience as a soldier from his now civilian life? The only thing constant is the forest.