The Scoop: April 2013 - Stretched Thin

As you may have noticed by now, I have not been keeping up on my usual movie updates.  The March movie, Minnesota: Winterscapes was released a week behind schedule.  The director's notes blog I typically write the following week has not been written yet at all.  This post itself is basically two weeks late. 

As is becoming more and more apparent, I've stretched myself too thin.  And I'm not just talking about the movie projects.  I'm talking about every facet of life.  I guess I'm just trying to do too much. 

The Scoop: March - Behind-the-Scenes

My Bathroom, mid-repair.

I think we're finally up and running, again.  My cars are fixed.  My computer has been replaced.  The replacement has been replaced.  The bathroom has been torn apart and rebuilt.  Assuming nothing else breaks we can move on!

As you may have seen, we put out our first real Behind-the-Scenes video for a movie.  I wanted to save it for something epic, but with how fun the footage for Renaldo was, I figured "what the hell; let's do it now."  Besides, it gives us a practice run before that "something epic" comes about.  Ideally, I'd like to shoot a BTS for every movie, recorded on set with cast and crew, but we haven't gotten that coordinated yet.  Making a movie is the priority.  Documenting it is secondary.

Speaking of Behind-the-Scenes, what is in the works at the studio?

The Scoop: February - Hiatus?

Let's just get right down to it.  

Status report:  I don't know if there's going to be a February movie.  I have tried my darnedest, but it almost seems destine not to happen.  To a point, a month "off" wouldn't be a bad thing.  I have plenty of back-log, studio stuff to get caught up on, and I could use a break.  At the same time though, the goal is a movie a month - a "goal," not a "requirement," but I really wish I can make it happen. 

STS - Rom Com at the Cafe Latte

Rom Com at the Cafe Latte is a Charlie Chaplin style romantic comedy.  

For this - our 9th - film, we wanted to emulate the classic, silent, black and white films that were being made a hundred years ago!  

A HUNDRED years!  Holy crap that's a long time ago. 

The Scoop - January 2013: Crashed

I’ve been holding out on this post for awhile because I’ve been waiting for something positive to happen.  The Bad News:  my computer crashed, bringing all Stranger Things production to a screeching halt. 

And I mean crashed - like Geek Squad says it’d be better just to buy a new computer; crashed, like I pulled the hard drive to rescue files and found the drive has completely seized up.  Everything on it is gone.  It would cost anywhere from $300 to $1600 to get it back!