David Macaluso first became interest in film making when he was 9 years old. During a rainy Sunday afternoon, while playing hide and seek in my home, he stumbled onto his dad's old 8mm movie camera (This was the old 8mm film camera, not the 8mm video camera.)
David's father showed him how the camera worked and then gave it to him. Shortly after that he would write scripts and direct friends from his neighborhood in short films, the same friends who he would play sports with at the local playground. He also learned how to edit and add music to these films.
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| David Macaluso playing Han Solo in a neighborhood film Star Wars |
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| Macaluso (right) is walking with Patrick Donnelly who is playing Luke Skywalker |
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| Stormtrooper on patrol |
Years later, never losing his passion for the art, he continued to development his skills and graduated from William Paterson University (New Jersey) with a Bachelors Degree in Communications - Film, Radio and Television. Two years before earning my B.A., he formed my own production company, slowly built a client base and began directing, editing, & producing music videos, two videos that were made for indie groups appeared on MTV's Indie segment.
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| Macaluso shooting a college film with a 16mm Bolex camera |
Over the years he gained experience in radio, television and film production. As a filmmaker, he continued to make music videos and got involved in a number of independent film projects that were shot in New Jersey, New York City, California and the Philippines. He was also a freelance writer and photographer for several New Jersey magazines and newspapers. There was also a time he used his photography skills and was a photographer for Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics (New York City).
In 2004 Macaluso wrote, directed and produced a comedy titled Wedding of the Century that was film in the Philippines. The screen play took fourth place in the Manila Filmmaking Financing Forum. Here's the Youtube link to the official trailer https://youtu.be/okNoij7WUqY
In 2005 David moved away from New Jersey to Guam, U.S.A. and helped spearhead the launching of the Pacific News Center which is affiliated with two national networks in the U.S.A.; the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and FOX (sister company 20th Century Fox). He was tapped for his writing skills and became a TV Journalist writing news stories for the local nightly newscast for both TV & Radio. During Guam's elections, David was a TV personality doing live election coverage in 2006, 2008, 2010 & 2012. With his versatility, he also created content, planned, filmed, directed & produced numerous TV documentaries for both stations.
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| Macaluso interviews Former Philippines President Fidel Valdez Ramos. Ramos was the 12th President of the Philippines. |
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| Filipino professional boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao. He is the first eight-division world champion. |
In 2009 David helped launched CW 4 (Guam) which is affiliated with the CW Network. He partnered with ABS-CBN (Philippines) and MSNBC (USA) on several projects. In addition to writing local news stories for the nightly newscast, he also helped create content, planned, directed, filmed and produced a number of TV documentaries.
In 2011, David and his wife Rhea formed his own production company (David Macaluso Productions). David began to write, direct, film and produced a number of documentaries. Two of his sports documentaries were recognized by a number of organizations. He was the Winner of the 2012 Guam Governor's Council of Physical Fitness Award for Innovative TV show. Here's the link for Get Fit Go Healthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8KY4GtOu4I
Also in 2012, Macaluso made a baseball documentary titled Little Big Baseball Stars and it was selected to play in the Los Angeles Sports Film Festival https://youtu.be/tARRxpJo-R4
And in 2011 he was the Winner of the Pacific Islanders in Communications (Honolulu, Hawaii) Audience Choice Award at the Guam Film Festivals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwi2qQC3-90
Techology used in the production
Macaluso used Final Cut Pro to edit all of his documentaries and TV Specials.
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| Timeline of Apple's Final Cut Pro |
Adobe After Effects are used to make titles and special effects
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| Timeline |
Sample of Graphics when using After Affects
http://youtu.be/bwprIpDt8tc
Toast Titanium converts Files and change format
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| Drag files into Toast Titanium |
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| Picture depicts what the screen looks like when the files are being converted |
Garage Band is something I will use on future projects
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| Timeline to Garage Band |
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Reference:
Macaluso,
D. (2004 July & 2013 July). Wedding of the Century. retrieved June 30, 2015
Macaluso, D. (2012 August) Get Fit Go Healthy. retrieved June 30, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8KY4GtOu4I
Macaluso, D. (August 2011) Little Big Baseball Stars. Retrieved June 30, 2015 https://youtu.be/tARRxpJo-R4
Macaluso, D. (May 2011). Every Runner IS A Winner. Retrieved June 29, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwi2qQC3-90
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