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Editing

I did a little shooting during the week. Spending the weekend editing. (For an upcoming movie-of-the-week).

New

Another day, another audition. You'll be seeing this actor in one of my upcoming films. Probably in May (?).

Twelve

The films of season 12 have been uploaded, and are waiting for their April premiere. Now I'm editing the BTS.

Signs

You know it's a sign that I'm about to shoot a new project when I start collecting props. This is for an upcoming work, possibly the May movie-of-the-month.

Color

If 'Killinois' looked a little different than other films of mine, I was experimenting with super saturating the images.

One of the fun things about making so many films is I get to try just ...

May?

If you know what this is, you know the name of May's movie-of-the-month.

Or will it be June? More to come on this.

APRIL

Ok, I know you just got March's rewards, but I'm already thinking towards what April will bring.

I should be letting you all know in about a week.

Coming In At The End

Later this year season 12 will premiere. And I think I'll include the above mentioned film, which I shot 15 or 20 years ago, with a not-so-good camera.

Still, it's worth a peek.

Poster

Just playing around with this film and I really ended up liking the poster for it. I like the aged look I was able to give it.

Now on to "Killinois".

Upcoming

A first shot from "Killinois" which is currently under production.

The Weekend

I'll be busy Saturday, Super Bowl Sunday, and my girlfriend will be in town through Valentine's Day (Monday), so I'll largely be off line for the next 3 days. Any questions might not be answered un...

Props 2

And another prop arrives, this one for a shoot down the line.

This one will will be an interesting start to a scene.

Prop

The latest prop purchase - a body bag. You know you're in a horror film when you see a body bag.

It's a little creepy to have in the house. And like the urn in "The Urn", I don't know what to...

?

Looking at audition tapes, and this actress has caught my attention. I might make her an offer.

VHS

I just sent out a quick video explaining the details of the VHS-shot movie in the middle of 'Analog'.

Darkest

This was one of my earliest short horror films. I did it for a festival, one that had an unheard of large first place (over $10,000). I came in second, and the festival runner openly admitted the w...

Current

Something I'm working on right now.

Shooting

I don't know if I'm going with an official poster for this film, but this is my official "card" for the movie.

One of the fun things in filmmaking - an actor backed out of showing up for his ...

Analog

I believe I've finished editing Analog. I'll take a quick look tomorrow before I load it up, but I believe it's ready to go.

Late

So, I ordered this prop from Amazon for overnight delivery. It arrived more than a week later. It was to be used in "Analog". Obviously, too late.

So, I now have to build an entire film aroun...

Tone

This film, "Obscura", was an experiment in tone. It's a very dark tone, that deals with a woman abused. But nothing in the film is said clearly, nothing blatant. Including what the evil in the film...

Experiment

One of the terrific things about shooting nearly 100 short films is that I've had a chance to experiment with a lot of styles. I've done found footage, B&W, and this film, "Waiting For You". In...

Ad Hominem

Why am I posting this? No reason. You might already have seen this film, or it may be upcoming for you. But I was doing some work on my films and ran across this one from a few years ago. I hadn't ...

Titles

One of the early things I do is prepare titles. Doing a film a month means I have precious few days I can waste. And since I'm not shooting at the moment, I can take the time to craft titles.

Writing

One thing I did get to do during the holiday season was a lot of writing. And even more, a lot of rewriting. So when I get back to shooting I've got several really strong works that have been edite...

Surge

So many new names for so many new viral situations. But once this surge of Covid has expired, this is one of the actresses I'm dying to work with again. Fun, easy to work with, talented, and lovely...

IMDB

Every once and awhile I add an IMDB page. I do it mainly because actors who are considering working with me will check out my IMDB to help assess my validity. And, it never hurts to have IMDB behin...

Rewards!

Patreon was able to put most of the charges through today, so I sent out your rewards!

There are a couple of people who signed up today - so far Patreon has not charged you. As soon as they g...

Charges

Patreon has started their monthly charges. As I mentioned, since this is a weekend and a holiday as well, they may not be done with charges until tomorrow. I'll keep an eye on it. If they finish wi...

January

Be sure to read this.

So with the month/year about to end and charges going out, here's a chance for you to juggle your support level. Passwords are changed on the first of the month and your...