Money Part 3: Crowd funding

I hate it! It angers me to no end. It made me question a number of things in regard to any potential filmmaking career I might have down the line. And eventually I look at crowd funding as a thing that isn’t designed for what I want to do with movie making. Previously when I Read More…

On Set Medic

First a brief point about my significant other. She (Amber) helped me in every stage of the project. From the earliest ideas of making the movie to notes on the script down through casting choices and set construction and right into production. She drove folks to and from set, filled in as location sound, and Read More…

The Other Brother

I’ve mentioned my family (brothers, parents and extended family) a few times in previous posts and their contributions to the movie. And while other members of the crew and cast had family drop by set on a couple of occasions, there was one other brother who played an integral part in the production. The films Read More…

The Engineer

On screen my dad has a small role in the movie, behind the camera though the old man had about as big a part in the production as any of the rest of the crew. He is a fan of westerns, so the idea of him not just helping to make mine, but also being Read More…

Doc & Troy

Troy is a figure much like my uncle Glenn was in terms of how I planned the movie. Where I knew I could count on Glenn for a mule team I had a feeling I could reach out to Troy for a horse or more if I needed them. Troy and I have known each Read More…

Responsibility vs. Credit

The movie is a thing that springs from me; by that I mean I conceived it, I wrote it, I designed the sets and built them, I directed the thing and edited the final product together. And thus responsibility for that final product rests with me. Conversely I will take very little credit for what Read More…

Jake and the city folk

I am not put off by identifying myself as a redneck (obviously with the name of the blog and whatnot), but in comparison to my older brother I might be considered pretty much citified. Jake became a huge part of the film making process. He worked on constructing our cabin sets about as much as Read More…