[2004 ~ 2014]
Laurence began producing experimental narrative films in 2004. These were screened
and several won film festival awards. In 2014 he decided to put it all to rest.
(1) MISERABLE WOMAN IN ROOM Conceived in 1994 while cutting grass - filmed late 1990's
An ambitious piece never fully realized. Two demos were produced and that was that.
MUSIC provided by Yours Truly of VELVETEEN BLUE © 2000
(2) LIGHTS OUT Filmed & Edited 2004-2005
and 2006 West Chester Film Festival.
MUSIC provided by M3 © 2001
(3) TURN A LEFT, AND DOWN THE HALL Filmed & Edited 2005
An existential comedy.
MUSIC provided by Laurence Bond Miller © 1975
(4) MYSTERIO WALKS Filmed & Edited 2006 thru 2008 w/a final cut in 2014.
One man's psychotic rise & fall while painting the town on Christmas Eve. Based on a poem Miller wrote in 1996 called MYSTERIO WALKS.
This starred a local actor and took four major edits before reaching it's final form. And though never receiving much attention, this short
is one of Miller's personal favorites.
(5) NAD & STACEY Filmed & Edited Fall 2007 thru Jan 2008
A convoluted and surreal comedy playfully expressing the struggle twins have in discovering individual identity. NAD & STACEY is inspired by
a loosely scripted comic strip created during Miller's college daze. Laurence claims it's all about sound design on this one.
(6) IN OUTSIDE Filmed & Edited Fall 2007
Good friend Robert Hughes challenged Miller to produce a 5 minute psychological thriller given only four hours to shoot and one week to edit.
This short is about one man's struggle to connect that which is outside himself to that which is inside. IN OUTSIDE was screened in March 2009
at the BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL and eventually took First Place at the PHILO T. FARNSWORTH MEDIA FESTIVAL in 2011 for best short film.
(7) "Park it for me, Sweetheart..." Filmed & Edited fall 2007 w/it's extended (by another few minutes) in spring 2008
Robert Hughes challenged Miller again, this time to produce a 5 minute Film Noir given 6 hours to shoot and one week to edit. He did, but then
spent another few weeks shooting/editing additional scenes creating a superior version. This final form of the film is his first production with
real time dialogue (as opposed to voice-overs). Credit is given to the star actress in helping him create the script as well. This is his first and
only production which approaches traditional film making.
MUSIC provided by VELVETEEN BLUE
(8) THE COLOR OF WATER Filmed & Edited 2010- 2011
VOLUME ONE: Sunken Gardens, Cliffs of Madness, The Transcending Word, Dumbstounded, Br. Wd., The Mariner, and Medley
VOLUME TWO: Sky Ivy, Underwater, Optillusion, Self Portrait? (Inc.), Blue Flash, Flicking, and Atomic Aurora Aura
This convoluted piece is an literally an Art Film Documentary. A collection of his watercolor paintings documented 'in the process',
filmed over the course of two years.
THE COLOR OF WATER was a co-op project with twin brother Benjamin Miller who provided sound design.
(9) GROWING GRAPES FOR THE FUTURE - School Kids Cut Filmed & Edited 2012 thru 2014
An absurd, overly ambitious near zero budget family friendly musical film based on the proposed potentially prophetic properties of raisins.
A dried grape...
MUSIC provided by LAMMY RILLERSON & THEE 3D NEWZ.
Laurence seen here with brother Roger at Kansa International film Festival October 2005 on the night
'LIGHTS OUT' was screened and THE ALLOY ORCHESTRA (now called The Anvil Orchestra) performed.