Friday, December 16, 2011
Walty 'Round Town
The Return of Walty
Well, damn.
Here's the deal: The producer put Secret of the Amazon and the documentary on hold, due to the state of the economy. Millionaires are holding onto their money for a while. They assure me they remain committed, so it looks like late 2012 before the production is back on schedule. Of course, that also means raising a budget for the GSR feature went nowhere. The good news is that the Canadian company keeps my thriller The Devil's Mill (retitled Damnation for release) in their production hopper!
But I ain't sitting on my ass!
Having recently acquired a better camera, I am now pursuing projects I can go straight to the distributor with and also market on DVD via my company website. Can't let the dead economy in California keep you down, that's what I say. There are always resources and people willing to commit. As frustrating as this year has been (false starts), the coming year is promising. I have already decided what the next No Budget movie will be and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
The new film I am keeping under wraps until well enough into the production to produce a trailer, which I'll release here. I will say that I finished the screenplay last night, have produced some production art and started on the shot list and storyboards tonight. Also, as of this afternoon, I landed my three principal actors -- which means I have seven with four to go. The film will, of course, be shot in the greater Inland Empire, using local talent. It will also feature an original score! In some ways it is not as ambitious as the previous films, yet it also covers some familiar territory, both factors in why it's actually going to be somewhat easier to produce and FINISH.
Finishing is the key thing here. The disappointment of spending a year in development/pre-production hell and then being delayed has made me determined to achieve a goal. That goal is a completed motion picture and a major motivator is that my equipment upgrade changes the game: I can actually get the new one entered into festivals, distributed via cable and small art house cinemas and sell on DVD.
So, I have returned! Look for more regular posts here as the project proceeds...
Here's the deal: The producer put Secret of the Amazon and the documentary on hold, due to the state of the economy. Millionaires are holding onto their money for a while. They assure me they remain committed, so it looks like late 2012 before the production is back on schedule. Of course, that also means raising a budget for the GSR feature went nowhere. The good news is that the Canadian company keeps my thriller The Devil's Mill (retitled Damnation for release) in their production hopper!
But I ain't sitting on my ass!
Having recently acquired a better camera, I am now pursuing projects I can go straight to the distributor with and also market on DVD via my company website. Can't let the dead economy in California keep you down, that's what I say. There are always resources and people willing to commit. As frustrating as this year has been (false starts), the coming year is promising. I have already decided what the next No Budget movie will be and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
The new film I am keeping under wraps until well enough into the production to produce a trailer, which I'll release here. I will say that I finished the screenplay last night, have produced some production art and started on the shot list and storyboards tonight. Also, as of this afternoon, I landed my three principal actors -- which means I have seven with four to go. The film will, of course, be shot in the greater Inland Empire, using local talent. It will also feature an original score! In some ways it is not as ambitious as the previous films, yet it also covers some familiar territory, both factors in why it's actually going to be somewhat easier to produce and FINISH.
Finishing is the key thing here. The disappointment of spending a year in development/pre-production hell and then being delayed has made me determined to achieve a goal. That goal is a completed motion picture and a major motivator is that my equipment upgrade changes the game: I can actually get the new one entered into festivals, distributed via cable and small art house cinemas and sell on DVD.
So, I have returned! Look for more regular posts here as the project proceeds...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Greenspot Road A Feature!
Been a loooong while!
The news is this: I will be starting the documentary about Dion Rich very soon... My feature 'Secret of the Amazon Queen' will be the second project I direct for Barron Entertainment... Yesterday I signed a production deal with a Canadian company that will produce my screenplay 'The Devil's Mill', a thriller..
In the meantime, I have added a new character and subplot to Greenspot Road and have decided to raise a budget! Because I want to do GSR exactly my way, I am pursuing creative financing, i.e. from donors rather than investors. The latter expect a return and end up having creative opinions. I'll get enough of that elsewhere, but this one is mine.
Please check out the link above, click on the title logo...
GSR lives!
The news is this: I will be starting the documentary about Dion Rich very soon... My feature 'Secret of the Amazon Queen' will be the second project I direct for Barron Entertainment... Yesterday I signed a production deal with a Canadian company that will produce my screenplay 'The Devil's Mill', a thriller..
In the meantime, I have added a new character and subplot to Greenspot Road and have decided to raise a budget! Because I want to do GSR exactly my way, I am pursuing creative financing, i.e. from donors rather than investors. The latter expect a return and end up having creative opinions. I'll get enough of that elsewhere, but this one is mine.
Please check out the link above, click on the title logo...
GSR lives!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
GSR Webisode 1!
Yep!
I am two shots away from completing the first episode to be released on YouTube this weekend. Jesse and I are knocking that out on Saturday morning. I've got the rest of it ready; just need to plug in those two shots and I'll be uploading it late Saturday night, most likely.
My facebook friends have seen glimpses of it, but not the entire scenes. This is the first general release.
I am two shots away from completing the first episode to be released on YouTube this weekend. Jesse and I are knocking that out on Saturday morning. I've got the rest of it ready; just need to plug in those two shots and I'll be uploading it late Saturday night, most likely.
My facebook friends have seen glimpses of it, but not the entire scenes. This is the first general release.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Production resumes on GSR!
OK, kiddies!
Some big things have happened in the past ten days, so I'm busy busy busy with paying gigs. BUT Jesse's schedule is free again (his play was a success)and I met with Ry on some cool stuff. It has been decided we would release GSR as a web serial feature, so we can start getting it out there to the widest audience.
Luckily, I've shot enough for the first episode. All I need are about five shots and I can release it within a couple weeks!
The plan is to shoot those shots on Thursday, edit over the weekend, and...hey...maybe sooner than two weeks. Hmmmmmmm....
Some big things have happened in the past ten days, so I'm busy busy busy with paying gigs. BUT Jesse's schedule is free again (his play was a success)and I met with Ry on some cool stuff. It has been decided we would release GSR as a web serial feature, so we can start getting it out there to the widest audience.
Luckily, I've shot enough for the first episode. All I need are about five shots and I can release it within a couple weeks!
The plan is to shoot those shots on Thursday, edit over the weekend, and...hey...maybe sooner than two weeks. Hmmmmmmm....
Monday, September 13, 2010
Delayed Again
Yep. Shooting delayed until November.
It's impossible to schedule a movie under the conditions I am dealing with, therefore, I'll focus on my paying gigs...
Stay tuned because I'll be dropping in here regularly. This blog isn't just about GSR...
It's impossible to schedule a movie under the conditions I am dealing with, therefore, I'll focus on my paying gigs...
Stay tuned because I'll be dropping in here regularly. This blog isn't just about GSR...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
New Release Window
OK,
It looks like we will be moving the release of GSR to October, but I'm OK with that. We've got the scheduling worked out and now the focus tightens.
I talked about the film a bit on Dark Matters Radio and will be again. In fact, I'll probably talk about it on Radio Misterioso soon, as well.
We're gonna shoot the final scene again because it can be better.
I'm energized. I think I'll post some recent photos of my actors...Here's a BW of Maleina from the day at the bridge, and above is one of Ry being shy, with a buddy, Denniz (not in the movie)
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