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About Me

I'm a professional freelance artist who specializes in cinematography. Photography, editing, modern musical composition and art direction are crafts that I work in as well. My primary jobs are in/on music videos, production, commercials and training videos.

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My Interests

Cinematography, Piano, Drums, noise manipulation, Photography, Editing, Outdoors, Film, Directing, peace + quiet (when i'm not making noise), sweet looking light fixtures, biking, sarcasm, tennis, ice cream,ping pong.

Music:

Current Playlist: Dustin Kensrue, Saosin, Killswitch Engage ......................Random Greatness: Dredg, Mew, Ours, Muse, Refused, Old Man Gloom, Converge, Doomriders, U2, Pelican, Thrice, Tori Amos, Isis, Cave In, Far, Radiohead, Deftones, NIN, Killswitch Engage, Bjork, Lamb of God, The Mars Volta, Tool, APC, Mastodon, Castlevania IV Soundtrack, At The Gates, Fantomas, FSF, Pink Floyd, Queen, TwoThirtyEight, Dirty Harry Soundtrack, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Anything to make me sound cooler than I am.

Movies:

Lord of The Rings, The Shining, Rudy, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Boondock Saints, Cable Guy, Wedding Singer, Ninja Scroll, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Last Samurai, Gladiator, Zoolander, Rocky I-IV, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, Dirty Harry, PENUMBRA

Television:

Project Runway, Sex and the City, Sopranos, Nip / Tuck, The Office, Scrubs

Books:

Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, Waking The Dead , Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis, Lord of the Rings, War of the Worlds, Brave New World...plus random cinematography tech-head books

Heroes:

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Howard Shore, John Williams

My Blog

Some new news.

I suck at keeping things current and up-to-date. anyways, big news on the Pope front. Melissa and I are having a baby in March! I couldn't be more excited for this new adventure. I put up an ultra...
Posted by John Pope on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:41:00 PST

i can see clearly now the rain is gone

There are moments in life where things seem so vivid and clear. Unfortunately, the moments are extremely rare, brief and gone with the next breath...that's why I'm going to document that moment ...
Posted by John Pope on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:42:00 PST

New things on the horizon

A very large update is on the horizon for me. New business, new website, new material, new face....stay tuned for those who care.
Posted by John Pope on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:32:00 PST

Cheers to a fresh start

Its been a while since the last update. I'm finally graduating from school this Sunday. Its hard to believe that its all over for now. two and a half years of starting from square one and now i fee...
Posted by John Pope on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:57:00 PST

SURVIVAL - feature length film

Well, i've finally returned home after two weeks of working on the set of Survival, a feature length film by Donald Gregory. It was incredible to meet and work with all the talented people involved i...
Posted by John Pope on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:05:00 PST

New videos and independent film

over the past few months, I've been working with director Andy Reale on a few videos that are turning out to be amazing. It's been such an awesome experience being a part of what he's doing. So a bi...
Posted by John Pope on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:06:00 PST

BLUSH VIDEO SHOOT

If you don't know who Blush is, go check out their myspace because they rock...AND...I shot their first video last night for the song called Trigger. I'll let everyone know when its done so you can c...
Posted by John Pope on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:32:00 PST

Howard Shore at Severance Hall, Cleveland OHIO

Last night, I coudn't have been more surprised at what I was about to experience. My lovely wife Melissa decided to give me a Valentine's day surprise that I will never forget (dirty minds cease...
Posted by John Pope on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:54:00 PST

HELP: Narcissus Video Footage

Hello everyone, I'm currently collecting as much narcissus video footage as possible. It can be of us playing live or goofing off...whatever. If you have friends on myspace that knew of the band or fi...
Posted by John Pope on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:46:00 PST

My first film and San Fransisco

So...finals are here and I hate math. In fact, I think algebra is equivalent to a large piece of crap. Yet I find peace in knowing that thursday brings me closure on this very intense seme...
Posted by John Pope on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:02:00 PST