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…
Category: Personal
Backup Mules
This is one of the unique things about me and my particular approach in attempting to produce a movie. I decided to make an ultra low budget western, mainly because I liked the script I had written, I dig westerns, but also as a way to set our film apart from others in the same Read More…
A Quiet Circle
In the last post I talked about having a complicated day of shooting and how we shifted roles and managed to get through a good portion of our day’s filming. The ‘day’ part of filming held a number of challenges and we got through them relatively smoothly. The ‘night’ part held different challenges and we Read More…
When no one is getting paid & everyone is looking forward to lunch
There is a cliche in low budget, everyone working for free, film making; Pizza is something you can feed everyone with for cheap, but shouldn’t. The flip side of this is the idea that if you feed everyone well they’ll forget they’re giving you days of labor for essentially nothing. On our movie we didn’t Read More…
Little moments of unforeseen joy
As I think I’ve said a few times in these recent posts, I spent a fair amount of filming stressed out, and rarely enjoying the moments. I was always either very focused on what was happening in front of the cameras or thinking about what we had to do next. I wouldn’t have been opposed Read More…
How I failed at the blog in 2016
All the reasons I started the blog were things I truly wanted, but time is a fickle thing. Sitting down and typing out some thoughts at the end of the day seems like an easy thing, but in the build up of pre-production I was wearing far too many hats and the ‘blogger’ hat was Read More…
The Day Job
I work in a factory.The exact details are immaterial, but essentially I run a rather large machine that does a very specific task. Sometimes the job is physically demanding all day long, sometimes I get to work and the machine is all set up to run I literally watch the machine run and do minimal Read More…
I don’t particularly dig short films
I don’t like most shorts I’ve seen, I haven’t liked pretty much any short film idea I’ve ever come up with, and I don’t really think there’s much to be gained out of a short outside better technical skill. Feel free to disagree with me wholesale or on any individual point. For ideas I’ve come Read More…