Hello everyone, my name is Miguel, I am an independent filmmaker and musician from Mexico focused on experimental cinema and video art. I am drawn to the absurd, the unconventional, and everything that challenges traditional narrative standards. I seek to craft atmospheres and sensations through images shaping new ways of expressing emotion and perception.
My creative approach is rooted in transforming the ordinary into something strange, and the strange into something evocative, weaving together visual and sonic elements to create immersive, sensorial experiences.
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Hi Michele it's nice to meet you! How was your weekend?
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Nice to meet you too, Michele Dario Cecchi! What's your favorite genres and themes?
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Nice to meet you!
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Hi Elle, nice to meet you too! My weekend was good and quite relaxing, Thank you for asking :)
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Hi Maurice, nice to meet you! I can usually appreciate films of any genre if they resonate with me but I can say that I'm a fan of psychological horror, experimental, drama, etc...
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Hi Jon, I've just added you :)
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Nice to meet you Autumn!
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I'm a fan of those genres too, Michele Dario Cecchi. What are you working on?
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Maurice Vaughan I have a couple of short films in mind (I can already see them in my head). These days I'm feeling quite inspired, but the ideas I have are still quite confused; I need to organize them :)
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Hi Michele Dario Cecchi ! Welcome. Would love to hear more about your musical interests, joys and how it inspires your other creative ventures.
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Great, Michele Dario Cecchi. I'm looking forward to hearing more about your shorts when you're ready to share what they're about! Making an outline helps me organize my ideas for a project.
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Darrell Pennington Hi Darrell, In music (as in film) I like to experiment, although I must admit that for many years as a musician, I've had to follow trends. Now I've decided to move away from those standards to focus on what truly fulfills me, regardless of current trends. If a few people appreciate my work, that's enough for me. Inspiration can come to me in many different ways: a place, a mood I want to capture in image or sound, a person, and so on.
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Michele Dario Cecchi That must be a very satisfying place to have arrived at!!
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Darrell Pennington It's rewarding from a creative standpoint because you feel mentally free and can show your true personality, but it's obviously riskier from a marketing perspective because if you don't stick to the formula, it's harder to reach the top. It depends on what you're looking for. When I was younger, I did want to be successful; nowadays, I don't. If it happens, great! And if not, I keep doing something that makes me happy.
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You had me at "something strange." I have gravitated toward the unusual most of my life. I always say that normal is a setting for your laundry on your washing machine, not your personality or your life. Besides, normal is relative. As one of my favorite characters, Morticia Addams, once said, "What's normal to the spider is chaos to the fly."
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Michele Dario Cecchi You're laying out the last 2 years of my life!!!! Made some really drastic (many would say foolish, impetuous or insane) changes and turned my life upside down in Jan of 2024. I would have considered myself insane to even consider something like this 5 years ago. It is a liberating, but at times fraught with anxiety, sensation.
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Brandy Camille Thank you so much! And yes, I've definitely considered myself an Addams throughout my life :)) You've hit the point!
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Darrell Pennington I completely agree with you; it's a very liberating feeling, and yes, it also has its dark sides, like moments of uncertainty, anxiety, etc. But I believe (in fact, I'm sure of it) that "taking the plunge into the unknown," making an abrupt change, can make all the difference, especially when we're talking about art in general.
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Hi Michele Dario Cecchi - great to get connected. Hopefully no one asked earlier but what are you currently working on?
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Cyrus Sales Nice to meet you! I have a couple of ideas in mind but I still don't know whether to do two different projects (short films) or unify them into one... It's all still very confusing haha. I'm working on them, what's certain is that it will be something absurd :)
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Hey Michele Dario Cecchi great to meet you and greetings from LA. Keep up the strange!
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Michele Dario Cecchi great to meet you. Where in Mexico are you? I'm living in Rosarito at the moment.
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Pat Alexander Nice to meet you too Pat!
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Maureen Mahon Hi Maureen, nice to meet you, I'm living in Cancun
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Hi! I grew up in Hollywood, mostly doing sound work, but also stage craft, indy films and work in recording studios from the late 1960's on up. Two great films, made by Indy producers, one "HEAD" from 1968, Created by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, the film has a huge amount of trick photography, set designs, music, and more. Also, The Trip" is another early film directed by Roger Corman and written by Jack Nicholson.with great everything and a solid strong message at the end. The photographic effects in both films are really fantastic, and very low cost to do. What era, 1970s, 80s etc. of art, music film do you like?
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George Rigney Nice to meet you, For me, the 70s and 80s were a time of great innovation and creativity. And without computers, without so much technology... If you wanted a special effect, you often had to do it yourself, by hand... I love watching behind-the-scenes footage of these films; it's very inspiring.