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TACTICAL EMPATH | FINGERS AND TOES | CINEMA ERRATA
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Discreet Alpha is the online portfolio of Jonathan Inge.

I studied film and television production at Arizona State University. Today, I'm finishing up my Master's in Theatre Arts at San Jose State University. In my studies, I'm most concerned with theories and concepts related to the psychological impact of viewing motion pictures (in all its forms) and learning new forms of production, exhibition, and distribution. I'm writing a thesis on narrative causality in temporally-reordered films. 

I am not just a theorist/academic. For ten years, I have worked professionally in film and TV production. Currently, I am a production technician for Comcast and produce my own projects. My resume.

If you like, you can contact me at jonathan inge at discreetalpha dot com.

Friendlies:
Gentry Smith's Online Presence
Victor Carungi's Paperstreet Comics

Koma
Release: October 2007
Man: Shogo Miura
Wife: Giovanna Hutchinson
Doctor Darjeeling: Armand Basa
Nurse: Herendira Heredia
Director: Shogo Miura
Writer/Editor: Shogo Miura and Jonathan Inge
Director of Photography: Jonathan Inge
Music/Sound Design: Thomas Schumake

A Doomsday Smile
Release: December 2006
Matt: Jeremy Inman
Caroline: Lexi Higlett
Producer/Director/Writer/Camera/Editor: Jonathan Inge
Audio Assist: Thomas Schumake
Production Assistants: Herendira Heredia, Shogo Miura

Part-Time Gig
Release: October 2006. Read a review.
Killer: Mitchell Zotovich
Targets: Herendira Heredia, Terrence Surgick
Director/Writer/Editor: Jonathan Inge
Music: Thomas Schumake
Camera: Herendira Heredia, Thomas Schumake, Mitchell Zotovich, Jonathan Inge

W/Child
Release: April 2006
Mother: Lani Wong
Producer/Director/Writer/Camera/Editor: Jonathan Inge

The Green House on Cherry Avenue
Release: March 2008
An example of some of the commercial work I do. This one was for Tracy Pina (Intero). You may also find a version on YouTube.
Photographer/Editor/Graphics: Jonathan Inge

Battle One
Release: June 2006
The San Francisco Bay Area's Vowel Movement holds its first open-mic beat box battle in Berkeley.
Producer/Director/Camera/Editor: Jonathan Inge

DJ Element
Release: 2001
One of a handful of Native American hip hop acts in Arizona.
Producer/Director/Writer/Camera/Editor: Jonathan Inge

Her East Timor
In Post-Production
Anthropology student and activist journals her stay in a strife-worn country.
Writer/Camera: Megan Lavelle
Producer/Director/Writer/Editor: Jonathan Inge

Inside Camp Cinequest - Week One
Release: July 2007
I was a filmmaking mentor at Camp Cinequest, a weeklong program geared to help middle school-age kids learn story, camera, lighting, sound, and editing techniques. In fact, there were two sessions this year.
Director/Writer/Camera/Editor: Jonathan Inge

Adobe Youth Voices @ Cinequest 17
Release: March 2007
Adobe and Cinequest partnered for a mini-filmmaking camp during Cinequest's annual film festival. About 30 junior high and high school students produced short films about social issues which affect them daily. I taught visual aesthetics.
Director/Writer/Camera/Editor: Jonathan Inge

In Fall 2002, I interned at KCRA-TV Channel 3 in Sacramento, California. I prefer to let the images and sounds tell the story instead of relying on voiceovers. The following stories are my interpolations of the news.

Dialysis Runner
Chris Chiarello, a 2002 Winter Olympics torch bearer, discusses his health problems and how he overcomes them through the joy of running.
Writer/Editor: Jonathan Inge

Protesters vs. Protesters
At UC Davis, Palestinian students protest the Bush administration and the Zionist state of Israel. Meanwhile Jewish students gather and converge to protest the event.
WriterEditor: Jonathan Inge

The Art of Fred Dalkey
Famed Sacramento painter explains himself and his art and attends an exhibition of his work at the Crocker Art Museum.
Writer/Editor: Jonathan Inge

Samba
Sacramento residents learn and practice the Brazilian dance.
Writer/Editor: Jonathan Inge