Flyer I designed for a show.

I just ran across this interview with David Lynch that provides a great quote for me to sort of summarize what my intention was with starting this blog.

Do you ever go back and watch your old films?
Sometimes. My son Riley hadn’t seen them before, so I saw them all with him recently. It’s the same way with my older paintings—it’s sometimes good to go back and look at your old stuff. It’s just like the idea box. You might see something that you did way back when, and some part of that can feed into the work you’re doing right now and jump-start it.

Stay tuned: I plan to post a bunch of stuff real soon.

SXSW was amazing! There I am looking real nervous for the Q and A session after my film screened for the first time. It was so incredible to see it with an audience. I'm going to guess based on the capacity of the theater and appearance of very few if any empty seats that approximately 200 people were there. I sat next to my mom.
The other films in the program were really interesting. I was proud to be among them.

Here's the trailer for the film:

The Big Fiddle Trailer from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

Here's a picture of me being interviewed by Ovation Network:

More Big Fiddle Outtakes:

The Big Fiddle OUTTAKE 2 from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

Big Fiddle OUTTAKE 03 from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

OUTTAKE 04 from The Big Fiddle from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

OUTTAKE 05 from The Big Fiddle from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

This is an oldie, but goodie. Filmed in 2003 in Austin. I met the singer Jason when I was working at Fresh Plus Deli in Clarksville to make a little extra cash in between my third and fourth year of college. He was making some pretty cool music, and asked me to do a video. The result is one of my first experiences with animation. I clipped some real building blueprints and made them fly all over the damn place. The video is pretty weird, but I think the band was happy.

Basic "Blueprints" from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

Great News! When I decided to start a blog looking over all of my past work my fingers were tightly crossed that my latest film, The Big Fiddle would be met with some success consequently giving some of this old work some new meaning to both myself and the folks who have supported me over the years. Well, I am very proud to announce that it has been accepted into the SXSW Film Festival and will have its world premiere in Austin this March. To celebrate I am posting my favorite outtake. Hope you enjoy.

Outtake 01 from The Big Fiddle from Willi Patton on Vimeo.

Another flyer I designed for a No Man No Eyes show.