CATV

The movie started out with no sound...I called the studio and with in less than five minutes, Heath (CATV WIZARD) got the movie rolling. They then followed it up with the documentary that Amanda made. Several people sent me emails that they saw or DVR'd the premiere...it was cool to turn on the TV and see it showing.

I promise that I am not Lucasifying the movie...

Two bits of Good news...

1. Ted figured out that the problem we had transferring the movie from Premiere to the DVD had something to do with interlacing and he's figured out how to make the movie appear a lot smoother. Some of you may have noticed the 'pixelated' look to some scenes. Well that, as of next week, will be taken care of.

2. Darkness Aftermath will premiere on IPFW's cable access channel (I think it's 59...I'll know for sure tomorrow and update the post) at 10:00 pm this Saturday. Unfortunately it will be the less than glorious looking version, but we can then have a campus-wide release next month or rebroadcast it later.

"You gotta take the rough with the smooth..." Doctor Who (Tom Baker)

Okay. The distribution company isn't panning out as ligit. My wife did some research and the company isn't reputable. On the bright side...it looks like Darkness Aftermath will be going into the Fort Wayne Library Down Town.

Jon's art...page two...

Michael was kind enough...

...to leave a positive review. Your checks in the mail.

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Mark reviews Darkness Aftermath...

Mark, over in Scotland, the guy behind THE PLANET and ONE DAY REMOVALS, just watched our humble little flick and seems to have liked it...read here...

He also seems to want in on the next adventure...he shall have his wish!!!

Next week we being posting some concept art for BENEATH SHADOWS. Mark gets first pick of the madness...

My very thoughts control the weather...

When we shot DARKNESS AFTERMATH, we needed rain. It was the driest summer in ten years. Now that I need two scenes in the snow for BENEATH SHADOWS, we have a winter heat wave and all of the snow has turned to water that is once again pooling in my basement. So I am taking requests. You tell me the location you are in and the weather you want and then I'll write the exact opposite weather conditions into the new script.

Old posters...the dates make me laugh...

Was going through the old blog archives and came across these little gems of silliness...

Coolness...

...we actually started selling DVDs...and so far, the reviews are good!

FINALLY!

Ted and I will be mass producing copies of the double disc set this Saturday morning...have your $15.00 ready on Monday! Let the sales begin.

DONE!

Commentary track...

Commentary track...

Last night we went to HOT BOX studios to record the commentary track…lets talk about Hot Box for a moment…this is a barn that had no air conditioning or heat (and our actors and actresses had to use it as a dressing room…we also shot Switch and The Old CareTaker in it)…the walls were nothing but slats of wood…there was dirt on the floor…there were spiders everywhere…just ask Dani and Tarina…

A few months after we shot at that location, it was decided (by my church and the owner) that the studio would be turned into a meeting place for the youth at my church and given the name…the LOFT (hot Box Studios- no more) suddenly had air conditioning and heat for the winter…

We were given permission to do our commentary track in the LOFT…however…the LOFT heater sounds like a jet plane taking off…so we turned off the heater…started the video…and recorded our commentary track…even though we had to don winter clothes half way through…we managed to get the commentary done…


Below, me and Tarina...

Commentary Matt, Tarina and Ted...

3000!

Three thousand visitors from the U.S. according to my trusty visitor counter to the right...if I subtract the times that Ted and I have visited the blog, that means we hit 100!

The breakdown...as it were...

Monday...I assemble the storyboards for the "deleted scenes" sequence...

Tuesday...I work all day

Wed. Ted, Matt and I do the Commentary...

Thursday...I work all day

Friday...Ted and I finish the DVD compilation and we start making copies.

John Ladd is THE MAN!

I went to Studio M today to see if John could explain why the audio was so messed up...as in NOT THERE. Not only did he have the audio, but he did a back up (Thank God - because the Powers That Be wiped all of his lab computers of their memory). I am almost done with the final audio mix. We'll drop in the last of the narration on Saturday and then assemble the DVD.

happy new year

...the movie is almost done...