Storytelling is definitely an art. Not everyone can do it. Well, let me take that back. Most people can tell a story but only a few can do it well. Last year I shot two storytelling competitions both at the Long Beach Playhouse, a semi-final and a the finals of the Long Beach Searches for the Greatest Storyteller in the 562. It’s really fun. The contestants get 5 minutes to tell their story. I can be about anything and be fact or fiction. Doesn’t matter. The good ones are engaging and evoke some type of emotion be it sadness, embarrassment or just simply happiness.
I just shot the 2012 Spring round of competition and I loved every single story. It’s amazing what you can convey in 5 minutes.
Happy Holidays from Fox Music 2015
<img width="270" height="150" src="http://cathymerenda.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FoxMusicCompiled_posterframe_4-270x150.jpg" alt="!FoxMusicCompiled_posterframe_4">Here we go again. Another year another Fox Music Holiday Card! This is the 8th year that I’ve shot an e-card. The productions keep getting bigger and “hopefully” better. Actually, last year was a huge production that took about 2 months to complete. This year was different but still a big project. So I wanted […]
December 10, 2015
Grain Bowl Obsession: Dream Bowl
<img width="270" height="150" src="http://cathymerenda.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DreamBowl-270x150.jpg" alt="DreamBowl">Not sure what prompted me a few weeks ago to stop by Food on Pico. Maybe it’s just that there was a parking spot. I was running errands during my lunch break and saw a parking spot right in front so I decided to run in and grab something to go so I could take […]
July 16, 2015
Video: Comin’ In Hot
<img width="270" height="150" src="http://cathymerenda.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image002-270x150.jpg" alt="image002">I made a music video. Not my first one. I’ve done the Fox Music holiday videos, one for my friend Paula’s band Lonnie Starlet and one for Eleanor Dubinsky for a song Dave wrote called “Love Is”. The Fox videos are getting to be bigger and bigger productions every year and they are a lot of […]
May 18, 2015