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For the past few days I’ve been documenting the fantastic Palace at 4am. This is mashup of their rehearsal and show performance of You’re My New Routine.

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Experimenting in After Effects

Last week I traveled to Las Vegas to attend NAB. Besides getting to walk the show floor and get my hands on every piece of camera equipment known to man; I was able to attend several sessions with After Effects professionals. It was a great opportunity to learn from industry experts and really inspired me to experiment more in After Effects. This animation is my first since NAB and one of the...

Apr 16th

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Apr 14th

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“You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a...”

– Bill Murray (via bookofbourbon)

Mar 19th

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A Letter to Baltimore

A Letter to Baltimore is my tribute to the city I’ve called home for nearly four years. Inspired by the opening sequence of Woody Allen’s Manhattan, I wanted to make a piece that showed the charming side of Baltimore. Enjoy.

Feb 3rd

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Letter to Baltimore from Steve Celano on Vimeo.My tribute to the city of Baltimore and homage to Woody Allen’s “Manhattan.” Music: “Claire de Lune” …not that you didn’t know already. Shot on: Canon t3i, 50mm f1.8, 28mm f2.8, 17-50mm f2.8

Feb 3rd

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A Love Letter to Baltimore: A Foreword

Woody Allen’s Manhattan opens with a stunning tribute to New York City; a simple, clean, black and white look at the city accompanied by the alluring music of George Gershwin. A definitive classic. The sequence is the Allen’s love letter to the city that raised and inspired him. As Scorsese was showing audiences the Mean Streets of the New York, Allen brought us a much more auspicious,...

Jan 27th

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parislemon: staff: An upgrade, years in the making… When we imagined Tumblr more than seven years ago, we dreamed of offering creators a new canvas. Every post would be a raw look through the author’s eyes and mind. We imagined the interface disappearing as these subjects came to life. For years, this vision was challenged by limits in browser technology and an increasingly daunting set of...

Jan 27th

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"White Christmas" cover by: Gina & the Beard

A few weeks ago my close friends Gina and Dave came down to Baltimore to record this cover of White Christmas. Lead Vocals: Gina MalfaAudio mixing/ Guitar playing by: David GerzShot/Edited by: Steve Celano

Dec 21st

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White Christmas Cover by Gina & the Beard from Steve Celano on Vimeo.Gina & the Beard do an acoustic cover of “White Christmas” Audio mixing by: David Gerz davidgerz.com Shot/Edited by: Steve Celano take2films.com Equipment: Canon T3i w/ Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 Canon 5D Mark ii 50mm f1.4 (used for handheld shots) Edited in Adobe Premiere CS6

Dec 21st

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The Semester Review: Fall 2012

As the first half of my Junior year reaches a rather uneventful demise, I decided it would be a great time to sit down and take stock of what Take2 and myself have been doing for the past four months. Over the Summer I had a very unique opportunity to travel the country and hone my “filmmaking abilities” (if there even is such a thing). For 2 months I was truly practicing what I...

Dec 16th

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DJ Vibe Lime Opening for Wolfgang Gartner from Steve Celano on Vimeo.On 11/03/12 DJ Vibe Lime opened for Wolfgang Gartner at Loyola University Maryland. Music: Rollin-Molly Mix

Nov 19th

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Sep 30th

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VibeLime Soundstage Graded from Steve Celano on Vimeo.

Sep 19th

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Latest work from my internship with {r}evolution apparel.

Aug 23rd

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A brand new animation.

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Apr 14th

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Making Moves...

I’m really excited to announce Take2Films next project. This summer I’ll be working with {r}evolution Apparel on their west coast summer tour. I’ll be shooting a wide range of video for {r}evolution, from interview to documentary. Needless to say I’m extremely excited about the project in general, if not just for the fact I’ll be spending my summer traveling up and...

Apr 10th

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Apr 3rd

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On the first episode of Tour Baltimore we head downtown to Fells Point and explore a small music store; Own Guru (ownguru.com). The owner, Alan, tells about his experiences starting and managing the store, as well sharing his love of music and the vinyl record. Special thanks to Own Guru for letting us film. Credits: Creator/Editor/Producer- Steve Celano (take2films.com) Production Crew- Steve...

Mar 15th

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Mar 10th

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A New Site

While I love working with all things related to “cinema” (I’m being a little too generous with that term) my interest stretch well beyond dealing simply with camera and film technologies. I love having my site hosted on tumblr but I’ve always wanted to design and host it entirely on my own, whilst having tumblr remain as my blogging platform. This month I made a quick draft...

Mar 7th

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The Next Project: Short Comedy

Take2Films is very excited to be jumping into the world of comedy. In 2 weeks, Take2 will begin producing its first comedy short; in conjunction with Wavy Gravy Films. Of course, the details will remain under intense secrecy for the time being, but I’m hoping this will be a short film everyone can enjoy. Don’t worry, we’ll be keeping you update will details every step of the...

Mar 7th

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Back to Work

Got myself back into After Effects today. Feels like home, doesn’t it? A barren 1920 x 1080 composition just begging to be filled with my ideas. I’m putting a lot of work into my university’s campus television/internet station GreyCommTV this semester; so After Effects will, indeed, be my home. For the first time in my 1.5 years here I feel the station really has a shot at...

Jan 27th

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Next Semester

Winter break, as always, is beginning to get a little long in the tooth. I’ve long forgotten the actual day of the week, and even if I could remember they all blend together anyway. I am, however, looking forward to getting back to work. Of course, I’m not referring to school work. Wait for the Drop, my latest film, was a greater success then I could have ever predicted. Such personal...

Jan 19th

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Wait for the Drop” is a documentary that follows the life of Evan Slagle as he tries to establish himself in the world of DJ-ing. DJ Vibe Lime (Evan) began DJ-ing about 4 years ago and has been working his way to recognition by playing local clubs in Baltimore and expanding his reach to areas such as DC and South Carolina. The documentary was a project for my Documentary Traditions class at...

Dec 17th

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Documentary Update #6: The Release

Well, it has been a long time coming but at midnight on December 14th I released the final cut of Wait for the Drop. As of now (8:40pm) the film has over 500 hits on Vimeo. That’s an unreal number for me considering many of my videos don’t reach 60 in the first week and seem to peak around 400 after a year. So that might put how crazy this is in perspective. The response to the...

Dec 15th

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Documentary Update #5: The Drop

Three months into the production and we’re a mere four days away from the release of Wait for the Drop. Releasing a film is always an exciting time for me. It presents a good opportunity to gauge where I’m at as filmmaker. Have I improved? Is this one better than the last? All questions that I get to answer but the viewer gets to answer as well. Documentary has been a really...

Dec 13th

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Dec 9th

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Documentary Update 4: Post Production

Documentary Update 4: Post Production It has been a long three months to get to this point in the documentary process, but this week I began my favorite part of film making; editing. The beauty in this process is rediscovering shots from back in September and October and bringing them together to construct the narrative. To me, there is a great beauty in unfolding the vision I have in my head...

Dec 3rd

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Documentary Update 3: Traveling (Late Post)

Today (11/17/11) marks the final day of filming the DJ Vibe Lime documentary. With all of about four hours of sleep at my disposal; Evan (Vibe Lime), myself and four other guys set out for South Carolina at 5am this morning to film one final show. The timing of this show was a bit problematic given that it is scheduled for Thursday night and we both have classes. However, there are just some...

Nov 20th

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Nov 11th

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Documentary Update #2: Joy in the Journey

Over the past two months I’ve had some of the best experiences of my life, and I owe it all to the documentary. Working on this project has more than reaffirmed my love for film making. It is a beautiful process. I like to create films in stages. Essentially, I’ll take months off from even touching a camera in order to dedicate take to relearning the technical and fundamental aspects...

Nov 8th

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Oct 31st

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Documentary Update #1: ...thus far

The documentary has begun (…or began). Over the past month I have been collecting interviews and raw footage for my upcoming documentary. The film will be done by the second week of December and it has already proven to be my biggest filming challenge/learning experience. I won’t discuss the subject of the film because I’m still working on developing a narrative. In short, I am...

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Take2: Year in Review

Freshman year certainly went by faster than I expected but over the course of this year I think I made some really great progress in my film making endeavors. During my senior year of high school I made more short films and videos than I’d ever done before. I wanted to carry that momentum into my freshman year, though I knew the change in environment would make that task somewhat difficult. ...

May 10th