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Monday, October 6th, 2008
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12:28 am - WooHoo
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The response to the trailer was AMAZING. Tara and I were so thankful of all the terribly nice things everyone had to say through LJ, e-mail, MySpace, Facebook etc. It was so cool to see how much people liked it. It made me very very happy and I just thank you all so much for your support.
We're currently in the process of getting the film copyrighted, as well as (hopefully) submitting to our very first film festival tomorrow (The Wine and Rose Festival... at least I think thats what it's called.) We're also working on getting the film shown at an upcoming convention, but I'll post more about that as it develops. I am beyond excited for both of these things, but boy is this an expensive endeavor.
Also, our website for the movie has the trailer up, and we're currently working on getting some pictures and cast bio's up there asap. Also up and running is our Without a Box audience homepage. It's very exciting to be getting all of this stuff done.
Thanks again for the support, and keep on telling people about the movie, we really appreciate it.
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| Monday, September 29th, 2008
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12:59 pm - HOMESICK Teaser Trailer!
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Posted so far on Facebook & Youtube, I bring to you the first official trailer for HOMESICK! Enjoy and share with everyone you know!!!!
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| Sunday, September 28th, 2008
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12:54 am - Trailer news
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We're having some technical difficulties with getting the trailer for Homesick up on our official site, but this Monday (the 29th) we will be posting the first official trailer for it on sites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. I'll probably post it here as well. but if we dont get around to it I'd check those sites anytime after noon on Monday.
Whoooo!
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| Friday, September 26th, 2008
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2:30 am - Done and done
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Well, I'm proud to announce that Tara and I are done editing Homesick. It's final running time is 14 minutes and 16 seconds. All major problems were fixed and a few really, really tough decisions were made. I put them off until the very last minute, but we start submitting to film festivals within the next week so I didn't have much of a choice. Tara has been an unbelievablely large help, and I certainly would not have been able to do any of it without her,
I'm really happy it's done. It's one thing to be done, but it's another thing to be done AND to be happy with the finished product. Especially since I'm so tough on myself. I can't wait to see how well our festival push goes.
Almost done with the presskit, I'll post that here when I'm done. Also working on the screenplays for the next two movies we're doing. I know I should be sleeping but there's just so damn much to be done.
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| Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
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12:22 pm - American Psycho: The Musical????? Really?
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It was always tough for me to choose a favorite movie. I found it damn near impossible to choose ONE movie that I liked more than any other. That was until I saw American Psycho (well, the second or third time I saw it). It's not perfect, but I think it is totally genius, and contains one of the 5 best performances of all time. Like, ever. It may not be the best movie ever (that's probably The Third Man), but it's certainly my favorite. Unfortunately it didn't really do so well, and while it's done much better on DVD it's not really thought of as a 'great' movie. Imagine my surprise when I found this: American Psycho Heads to Broadway.
I really don't know how to feel. It will almost definitely suck tons of ass, but I know I'll be first in line. I'm angry for 2 reason: it's incredibly stupid, and I would give most anything to direct it but have, obviously, 0 chance of that happening. So I'll bitch and moan until I see it, and then bitch and moan some more.
current music: Really??????
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| Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
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7:15 pm
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I'm quite torn with the rest of editing we have for the movie. The video is pretty much a lock, I'm just shortening scenes at this point, but very little. The audio is where Tara and I (we're both editing) are having problems. We're both compelled to fix it up more, re-record some things, take it into soundtrack and go bit by bit to enhance it and make it terribly awesome. But, I'm also compelled to keep it as is. My problem with movies like Cloverfield (as much as I really like it) and Diary of the Dead (as much as I hated it) is that they were TOO clean. The cuts, the audio. It always took me out of it.
I was also planning on taking it into Color and color correcting everything and getting it exactly how I wanted. But, again, I think it adds more to the experience if we keep it exactly the way it is. Kinda the whole Dogme 95 thing, only not nearly as strict.
Part of me wants it to look and sound absolutely amazing, but the other part of me wants to stay true to what happened, seeing as how the whole point of the movie is 'this is actually happening'. Ugh, I'm such an indecisve boob.
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| Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
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12:37 am - More movie stuff...
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Between the still shot, the trailers we've shown people, and the rough cut Tara and I have shown some folks, the early response on our short Homesick has been really, really positive. It's tough to judge some people's reactions because they're either family or close friends etc., but Tara and I have been hearing a lot of, 'oh my god, I have friends that make so many bad/bad looking movies that I have to lie to them about, but this one ACTUALLY is/looks good.' I'm still hesitant when it comes to believing people, although the look on one person's face after we showed it to them was probably the 1 thing I could say was 100% sincere. It was a look of disgust mixed with surprise. While they may not have been totally happy with it overall, they were certainly affected by it which was awesome.
And let me tell ya, after 3 1/2 years, it's really nice to see people diggin' it. With all the shit I'm going through at work (another post entirely), I definitely needed something like this. We still have a ways to go with editing (mostly audio work, which is the WORST in my opinion), but so far so good.
Speaking of which: anyone here feel like watching a rough cut and giving us some totally honest feedback? We can always use more opinions!! If you're interested, you can either drop me or Tara a line and let us know.
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| Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
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10:01 pm - First 'Official' Movie Still!!!!
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| Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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1:27 am - That's a wrap!!!!!!!
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Well, after 3 and a half years of having this idea and almost 2 years of actively trying to get it made, we wrapped shooting on our movie Homesick this past weekend. It's been a loooooong process that I was tempted to give up on from time to time, but I'm really glad we stuck with it and got it done. I really can't thank Mike, Liz, Ed, Amanda, John, and Anita enough for all that they did and how absolutely great they were. And of course Tara, who did so damn much while keeping me motivated over these last 2 years when it seemed everything went wrong.
It's funny because just a few months ago I found the original treatment I wrote down on an old piece of mail I found in Tara's purse. I couldn't believe how different it was, but seeing that piece of paper and remembering that feeling I had as I wrote it down and how excited I was really reinvigorated me. We're taking about a week off before we start editing, but I can't wait to show people and get their reactions. I'm really confident people will enjoy it.
More info coming soon.
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| Saturday, July 26th, 2008
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12:41 am - Homesick.
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I wasn't planning on doing this until we actually had something more to put on there, but I've had a rough couple-o-weeks at work and had to do something movie related to distract myself: THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR OUR SHORT FILM.
After 2 years of hard work (and 1 year of not work), it's finally coming together. Plus we actually came up with a name, which surprised the crap out of us. Once we have a trailer and some pictures up there we're gonna post the website's name everywhere ever, but until then I thought I'd share the temporary website with you guys first.
The first trailer should be up within the next week, and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. Can't wait 'till you guys get to see it.
current music: Dream Lover - Dion
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| Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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8:29 am
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Tara and I are leaving this afternoon for Illinois, and I'm pumping my iPod full of new music and audiobooks for the trip. Does anyone have any last minute suggestions as far as any music or books?
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| Thursday, May 15th, 2008
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1:10 pm
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Now that Tara and I have cleared up most of our TiVo, our 'TiVo Suggestions' fills up like crazy. And, unfortunately, it just so happens to tape a great deal of sitcoms, which I waste my days off watching. I got up fairly early this morning to do a few things before Tara and I leave for Illinois on Tuesday, but instead watched episodes of Wings, Mad About You, Just Shoot Me, NewsRadio, and Night Court. And even now, while I acknowledge my weakness for sitcoms and my need to do a few things, I just put on a new episode of Wings. I'm sure whatever the Hacketts are up to will be HILARIOUS. I would love if more Mad About you came on, though. Best sitcom ever.
current music: Wings
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| Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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4:48 pm
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Tara and I both took off from work on Tuesday to play GTA IV. We're HUGE losers. We went to a midnight launch Monday night, played until about 4:30 and then slept until we took my sister to work. With the exception of taking my sister to and from work (as well as getting the new Portishead record, which is completely awesome), it's pretty much all we did Tuesday. Though Tara (and most people, including myself) didn't find it necessary, I made sure we got the Special Edition, and I love it. $90 not so well spent, but I'm still glad I got it.
As far as the game goes, it kicks ass. A lot of it.
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| Monday, January 28th, 2008
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2:07 pm
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Does anybody want a copy of Final Cut Express 4? Do you know somebody who may want a copy? I just got a copy and then ended up buying Final Cut Pro. I know someone who may be interested, but just in case that falls through I'd like to know if any friends of mine want it before I pop it up on-line somewhere.
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| Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
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3:27 pm - Movie Challenge 2007: The Conclusion
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As some of you may remember, I started the '50 Movie Challenge' at the beginning of the year. I made it past 50 pretty easily and kept updating fairly regularly, but stopped posting the movies I was watching during the summer. I kept track of them and am just going to put them in list form. All together I watched at least 162 movies this year. I'm sure I forgot to put some down. Altogether it was a fairly slow movie watching year for me. So far this year I've already watched 2, so we'll see if I can outdo myself.
This list is not in the order I watched them, just in the order I'm writing them down.
( 108-162 )
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| Monday, December 10th, 2007
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12:41 am
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As some of you may know, I ended up getting a new iMac. It's gorgeous. I decided upon the 20-inch 2.4 GHZ with a few upgrades. I love it more than anything. It's taken me a little time to get used to it since I had only ever touched a Mac once before in my life, but it's crazy easy to pick up. I got it primarily for movie stuff, but I have little interest to go back to my regular PC after using this.
In other news, managing a movie theater still sucks. If only I didn't need the money for the Mac and Christmas presents. And food. And the Wii.
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| Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
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1:21 pm
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Fuck American Express. I love their clear card, but it's not worth all of the hassle I've had to go through. And, according to them, the place I've worked for five years has only existed for five months. Oh, and apparently it doesn't have a phone number.
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| Thursday, November 1st, 2007
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6:45 pm
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I am this close to buying an iMac. I know what I want, I have it in my cart. I just can't seem to finish checking out. I'm saving about $100 through Tara's company, which brings the total to a little bit more than $1,600. As long as I get the apple credit card (which I will cut up the second it shows up at my door) I can easily pay it off in the 90 days before interest kicks in. It's just tough to spend that much money. I know I'll need it for the movie and whatever subsequent projects I work on, but it's still tough to spend that money in one shot. Thankfully I just got a raise about a month ago and should be getting another one after Christmas so it won't be difficult to pay off.
I just need a little extra something to get me to be able to push the 'complete order' button. Maybe if I get really, really drunk.
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| Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
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12:35 pm
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The last time I posted was over two months ago, and it was about my movie challenge (which I have to update with 20+ more movies). I guess because nothing overly spectacular or newsworthy has really gone on. Except my three year with Tara, which was spent at an awesome hotel in Maryland. It was great.
I worked my ass off this summer managing the movie theater, almost doubling the hours of all the other managers. And when I wasn't at work, I was on the phone with work. You can just ask Tara, it must have been the most annoying thing in the world for her. If I wasn't at work, chances were they were calling me every few minutes. This led me to neglect my movie and pretty much everything else. But, now were back to 'school year' hours, and I miss all the work.
Does anyone know a good chili recipe? I've been wanting to make some, but I don't know any good recipes.
current music: Jockstrap - Tomahawk
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| Saturday, July 14th, 2007
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3:16 pm
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107. American Psycho - This is my favorite movie of all time. At first people thought I was crazy, but it's become much more popular over the years. I just love everything about it. I could watch it over and over and over and over again and never get bored.
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