Kelly Baker
Kelley Baker, also known as the Angry Filmmaker, hosted the 2007 OpenLens Festival. Baker is well known for working with other people. He was the sound designer on six of Gus Van Sant's feature films including, "My Own Private Idaho,", "Good Will Hunting," and "Finding Forrester".
He designed the sound on Todd Haynes feature film, "Far From Heaven," with Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore. He was the picture editor/sound designer on Will Vinton’s "The Adventure's of Mark Twain," and "Meet the Raisins" for CBS.
Kelley Baker has also written and directed three full?]length feaures including "Kicking Bird (2004), which had its Eugene Premier at the 2007 OpenLens Festival. "Kicking Bird" is the story of Martin "Bird" Johnson, a 17 year old white trash high school kid who runs. With his Mother in jail, his father gone, one brother in a work camp and his bitter grandfather beating him, there is nothing else to do but run! One day the manipulative high school cross country Coach sees Martin out run his entire team and figures that Martin may be his ticket to a college coaching position.
Festival Interview:
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This is a four part interview about documentary film with Kelley Baker (a.k.a. The Angrey Filmmaker) conducted by Festival coordinator Steve Newcomb.
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Festival Workshops:
Making the Extremely Low Budget Feature - - In 2000 Kelley Baker set out to make a full length feature film for the sum of $1000. He failed miserably. His budget ballooned up to $4000, (he forgot he had to feed cast and crew), but when the dust finally settled he had completed THE GAS CAFE, a 90 minute DV feature. Along the way he set up a website, shot behind the scenes footage (for a documentary), and made the movie that he wanted to. What's wrong with this guy? In 2002 Kelley sent 100 letters to 100 Friends asking for $100 to fund Kicking Bird. He raised $5000 and shot for 18 days. Kelley is currently touring the country with Kicking Bird. In this workshop Kelley will walk participants through the entire process from scripting through post production. How to get the most for very limited resources, asking the right questions to get free stuff, and working in an atmosphere where people share your vision and put in very long hours for no money, and enjoy it!
Sound Design on Independent Features - - As the Sound Designer on Gus Van Sant's films, as well as animated features, network television specials and his own features, Kelley Baker has a unique approach to the Art of Sound Design. Whether you're working with a huge budget, or a non-existent one, sound is the one area of filmmaking that always gets little attention, until the very end. "We'll fix it in the mix..." is an often heard expression, but what does that mean? As a sound designer it usually means you're in trouble. There's never enough money or time to do sound right. So what do you do? Do you mix in digital? Dolby? How many formats are there and which one is going to give you the most options? Kelley will share his insights, and show you creative solutions to many sound problems. He'll also discuss what to do when you have no budget, and how to blow a lot of money when you do have it.
