Aurora (“Rory”) Gordon has joined FotoKem as sr. colorist. She is based at the Keep Me Posted facility in Burbank and is available at all suites within FotoKem facilities. Gordon joins a roster of talented artists, producers and technologists in the FotoKem family of companies.
Gordon noted, “The creative and striking work from Keep Me Posted showcases why a boutique environment is so conducive to great results: you put talented technologists, artists, and producers together and each project shines the brightest it can, as each show calls for it. This environment, combined with the incomparable resources for both digital and analog imaging at FotoKem, made this opportunity a tremendously exciting one for me.”
Gordon will work on both feature and episodic projects. Her recent credits include Rapsh!t (HBO Max), Unstable (Netflix), and the upcoming Parish (AMC). Her experience includes finishing more than 130 episodes in HDR with credits on projects for Starz, Amazon, Netflix, Fox, and others. In addition, Gordon’s independent research in applied color science/color communication has been published in the SMPTE Journal. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and will be speaking during the upcoming NAB Show 2024. In 2021, she was nominated for an HPA award for her work on HBO’s Lovecraft Country. Away from work, Gordon is a painter.
Karin Graziani, sr. VP of Keep Me Posted, said, “Rory’s enthusiasm and passion for her color work, paired with creativity and a deep technical knowledge, is inspiring and an additional layer of talent to the Keep Me Posted team.”
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More