Despite the rather dubious "history" of the rare and sought-after Two-Chambered Resonating Ventiloscillator, Larry is in fact the creator of this very impressive-looking musical instrument.   more...Ostensibly the only wind instrument fabricated out of concrete, it is actually another one of Larry's sculptures made from PVC pipe and papier mache'. Watch and listen as Larry struggles to push real music through this thing while being gently heckled by "Night of the Necroluna" cast members.

I must apologize for the annoying hum that permeates this video. It's a gasoline-powered electrical generator brought in to help power the stage lights and the sound system for this outdoor event we were throwing.  less

My friend Larry prepares for his very first foray into Chroma Key videomaking with the "Spirit Of Passion" creature who will narrate (with MY voice, incidentally) the upcoming erotic creature-feature,   more...<i>Dr. Trimrose's Cannibalistic Sex-Crazed Blood Island of the Tiki-Bot!</i>  less

Making-of documentary of Larry Lo Presti's "The Flea People." 1999 was the year Larry first brought me onto one of his movie projects. Larry knew me from the Gallery and Theatrical scene and   more...knew I was a filmmaker and a performer, and Robert and April Anderson (the then-future stars of "American Alien") had worked previously with Jeff Cochran on "Punk James." I brought in Jeff Cochran, along with my wife, to help shoot this documentary footage of one of the first nights of production on "The Flea People." Officially, in the movie, I was to play April's redneck father, hence the full beard. But tonight, I was "the guy in the suit". I always wanted to play a monster in a movie and I relished the experience of working the creature costume.

As you can see, at this point, Larry is shooting on 16mm film. But after seeing this edited documentary footage, he became a convert to video, and planned to start production all over again on Hi-8. However, we lost our lead stars when Robert and April moved to Taos, New Mexico along with Jeff Cochran. The wind sorta got knocked out of the project's sails. In 2000, Larry and I would reunite on a new project, "Night of the Necroluna" and I would also be reunited with Jeff, Robert and April (This time as my girlfriend) in "American Alien", a talking-head mockumentary about the disappearance of a UFO fanatic (me).

Some notes about the Flea-monster costume: Laryy built the prototype mould full size iin his usual papier mache' fashion. THEN, with a coat of Viva paper towels and liquid latex painted over the creature, the sculpture became a POSITIVE mould to shape the costume. Oncetthe latex skin has cured, Larry carefully cuts away the skin from the mould, then carefully reassembles it with more liquid latex.

The Mine entrance set is another large-scale corrugated/papier mache' construct, which you can see plainly in the shots behind the set where I as the monster am waiting to crash through and attack the unwitting humans.

On this night, we shot all the monster stuff first, so I could get out of the costume, then shot the simpler stuff with just the two human characters walking onto the scene afterward.

You'll see my poster art for the movie at the very end, but you can view a picture of it in my Photos section.  less

These are some of the Papier Mache sculptures by my friend and fellow filmmaker buddy, Larry Lo Presti. He's the writer/Director/Creaturemaker, among other things, for our movie "Night of the Necroluna,   more...a trailer to which you can find here in my videos.

The beauty of Larry's approach to Papier Mache' is that it enables him to work very quickly, and thus his final pieces have a wild spontainaeity to them, like 3D sketches in space. A lot of typical Papier Mache' can have a rather stiff look to it, but Larry's work has more "animation" to it. At our group art exhibits, Larry almost always sells out all the pieces he puts in the show, AND you can commission him to do custom work for you at any size--and you'll be surprised at how inexpensive he is! You can see photos of more of Larry's sculpture and cinematic costumes at http://loprestigargoyles.tripod.com

This sequence was originally shot to be the opening title sequence to another friend's horror anthology movie, that never quite got off the ground(The big golden book in "Necroluna" was originally constructed as the central narrative link prop for this movie as well). The director of that movie slowly rotated a lazy susan with the sculptures on it while I shot some slow zooms.

The music is another original composition of mine called "Ave Gynorrah" (as in "Ave Maria", not "Avenue") which is a sort of theme song to "Night of the Necroluna". Don't try to make out any of the lyrics. The only important part is "Ave Gynorrah" and the rest is just pretty much organized gibberish (which I speak fluently).  less

Mini-Documentary Produced and Directed by David "Gonzo" Gonzales (LV Channel: "dsilentgonzo") about the papier mache' monster creations of "Night of the Necroluna" director,   more...Larry Lo Presti. Narrated and edited by Baron Dixon.

You can see photos of Larry's at http://loprestigargoyles.tripod.com/  less

Early trailer to our underground/independent backyard monster movie "Night of the Necroluna". Written, Produced, and Directed by Larry Lo Presti. Executive Producers: Larry Lo Presti &   more...Baron Dixon. DP: Baron Dixon. Creatures and Special make-up Effects by Larry Lo Presti. Editing and Digital Visual effects by Baron Dixon. Special Sets Created by Larry Lo Presti. Musical Score by Baron Dixon.

Synopsis: A former altar boy comes to the small desert town of Happening, AZ to investigate the violent death and dismemberment of his brother, and finds that the town is under the control of a murderus cult and the monster-gods that they worship.

I play the villain in the movie...the one doing the over-the-top Ricardo Montalban impression. That's also me doing the husky Movie-trailer-guy Voice-over. We're still in production on this project and should hopefully be having our premiere in October 2008. Meanwhile, I'll have a bunch of behind-the-scenes stuff for you to check out, for those of you undie/indies out there who enjoy seeing how movies are made by people who don't know what the heck they're doing most of the time.

Larry, myself, and several others involved in this movie are also members of the local underground alternative Fine Arts community here in Phoenix as well. Much of our handiwork is tossed into the movie in the form of set decorations, props, and costume pieces. The cat paintings behind the Bartender are mine, along with the large ornamental book... the Joe Arpaio portrait behind the Sheriff is by "American Alien" Director, Jeff Cochran....and Larry's own papier mache' sculpture permeates the entire movie from whole sets down to costume pieces and hand props like the tooth knife and the Jar.

This started out as an experimental project built around stuff Larry and I already had. His monsters were cannibalized from other projects, the gold book (our "Necronomicon" of sorts) I had built for someone else's failed project, The actor who plays my main goon and I both have long black trenchcoats so we became the bad guys. Plus, we all brought in our respective gifts and skills to create more new stuff for the movie. Since I have 3 cameras, we were able to shoot multi-cam, which really saved my ass in the editing process! Larry and I call our houses "Movie ranches" because we frequently shoot at both locations as well as host shoots for other local budgetless filmmakers. We have frequently put "Necroluna" on hold just to help out someone else whose project was moving forward, because we believe in supporting local culture, and because we wanna see THEIR films as well! Sometimes...we even get paid!

You can see more of Larry's fine sulpture for your home at http://loprestigargoyles.tripod.com  less

This is actually the prologue to the new Larry Lo Presti movie "Blood Bath of the Bat-Beast." Larry had me convert Hi-8 video of a staged archaeological dig into some moldy B&W film, as   more...well as provide the narration as "Florian Lowell", my 1940's announcer voice. Oh, BTW, that's Larry walking around the dig site with a sledge hammer.  less

<b>WARNING!! THIS IS A LONG ONE.</b> Showing you the entire collection of improvised greensuit items, most of which were gleaned from thrift stores or discount outlets..

Baron suits up in complete greensuit attire to try to disappear from a real environment. Like everything else prior to this video, this is a quickie test shot just to see how well the greensuit works   more...under less than optimal conditions, in this case, direct sunlight creating very dark shadows on both the suit and the ground. Still, the results are good enough to persue shooting under more carefully controlled conditions in the future.  less

Larry asks Baron, "How do you make a green bush red?"

On my front driveway I time-lapse myself painting a carpet green for what will be the floor of the backyard greenscreen stage. The carpet has been primed with two different primers on its underside,   more...which is the surface that will be used for the floor. Of course, I couldn't resist having a little fun in post-production...heh-heh!  less

A quickie inspirational video on how to create a high-tech sci-fi environment using pre-formed styrofoam packing, some art supplies, and some creative thinking.

I put some match-move dots on the greenscreen. ALso we see how Larry's "Spirit Of Passion" puppet works!

Now the wall has been completely coated with Professsional-Grade ROSCO Chroma Key Green VideoPaint (Also avaialble in Chroma Key Blue). We paid around $72.00 US for a gallon of this stuff, but ONE COAT   more...gets the job done, where I previously used THREE coats of Behr Premium house paint. If time is money on your set, then the Rosco paints definitely save you money. It's a cost versus value argument. Big thanks to my best bud Larry Lo Presti for coming over on his days off and helping me get this project more and more completed.  less

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In our new movie project "Blood Bath of the Bat-Beast", there is a scene involving a young couple licking exotic frogs to get high. Writer/Director Larry Lo Presti assigned me the task of breathing   more...life into a fake rubber frog for the moments before its "capture". Here's how I did it....  less

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My friend Larry's current movie project. He cut together the trailer and wrote the copy, and I read the copy and provided the animated titles. This was an experimental project for developing better   more...monster costumes and learning digital editing for Larry, while I was learning greenscreen compositing with <i>Tyrannovision.</i> We'll be premiering this li'l opus in March.

SEE!!!!--The posters and lobby cards for the movie in my PHOTOS section!

(I also have the explicit non-mosaic version of this trailer available if you're interested in adding it to your collection. Larry and I both have decided we prefer the more "Censored" version because it actually calls attention to the naught parts more than it does to obscure them! LOL)

The movie stars <i>Night of the Necroluna</i> alumni Jinjer James and Randy Svengali (Who plays several of the creatures Jinjer encounters, like the hunchback, the toad-boy, and that dinosaur creature).

Also check out the "Backyard Backlot" episodes where Larry prepares the narrator-creature for it's greenscreen debut.  less

As Larry videotapes me painting my old loafers green to complete my chroma key suit, we get to talking, as we often do, about movies, monsters, and special effects. This is our typical banter and we   more...hope you enjoy just kicking back and eavesdropping on our conversation.  less

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