Summary: Have you ever thought of everything that goes into creating the whole look of a film? We've brought in three experts to tell you all about it. From the placement of the actors, to the set dressing, props, costumes and make-up- all of these matter when deciding what's going to be in frame. Oneita Parker- Costume Designer Oneita Parker has been designing costumes for film, television, commercials, music videos, and theatre productions for more than a decade with zeal and excitement found in everything she creates. Oneita got her start in Hollywood designing costumes for several award-winning short films that toured the festival circuit. Oneita has gone on to design costumes for several award-winning features that have also received theatrical release all over the world. Many times she has been blessed to work with such amazing talents as Samuel L. Jackson, Mink Stoll, Angela Bassett, Jazmine Guy, Courtney Vance, Don Cheadle, Corbin Bernson, Piper Perabo, and Catherine Heigle to name a few. She has worked with such great directors as Mark Webb, JJ Abrahms, Jamie Babbitt, Q. Alan Brocka, and Rosser Goodman among others. Oneita Parker got her start in the rag trade catapulting herself into college a week after high school, to pursue her dreams of being a fashion designer at FiDM in San Francisco. After a year of straight A's it was either Los Angeles or New York. She chose New York and continued her education at the Fashion Institute of Technology majoring in fashion design and textiles. Oneita Parker currently lives in Los Angeles with her lovely wife and three cats. Oneita's Website Charles Haine- Director of Photography Charles Haine is a filmmaker/entrepreneur who has been working in the motion picture industry since 1999. After completely his MFA from USC in 2005, he has worked as a freelance director, cinematographer and colorist. Since founding Dirty Robber in 2008, he has worked tirelessly to grow the company, expand it's infrastructure and provide cost effective resources including arrange the deal behind their no-cost office space, and recruiting talented staff. As a colorist he has worked with Radical Media, 47 Pictures, Boxer Films, Arclight films and many others for clients including Ford, Jeep, Honda, Mcdonalds, Burger King, AMC, St. Jude's Hospital, and many others, including several feaures, and numerous music videos. As a director of photography has has shot three feature films, his most recent receiving distribution through Lion's Gate, and has shot commercials, music videos, industrials and several short films. He also is an associate professor at Los Angeles City College teaching cinematographer and editing, and he teaches color grading, visual design and stereography at Columbia College Hollywood. Dirty Robber Website Michael Fitzgerald- Production Designer After growing up in theater in Santa Cruz, California, Michael Fitzgerald moved to LA to attend UCLA's School of Theater, Film, & TV. One of his first jobs was creating Cuba in LA for Josh Evan's "Che," where only a theater nerd would make with a tobacco plant out of lettuce, rope, paint and palm leaves. Michael has created visual stories for directors including a hippie commune and teen punk world for Adam Sherman's "Happiness Runs," skate ramps, clubhouses, & a con man abode in Cosmo Segursons "Nic and Tristan, Go Mega Dega," a bachelor pad loft and Seattle News station for Slamdance 2009 hit Blayne Weaver's "Weather Girl," Paris apts, Drag bingo, & and Silverlake artist duplex, in Jason Bushman's "Hollywood Je T'aime," a creepy house and a game that comes alive for "The Black Waters of Echos Pond," and the comic book reality for a high school of jocks and geeks in "The Secret Life of Dorks." Michael had the challenge of building two entire New York apartments from scratch on stage for Slamdance 2010 hit "Four-Faced Liar". Cur...
