I never really watched much horror growing up, or until I hit about 30. I had seen some of the classic horror films, but never sought out things that were coming out in the 90s and early aughts. I dig thriller and suspense, and if horror hews close to that I can really get behind Read More…
Location Prep 1
I’ve got the woods and I can build a cabin in those woods, but things have to be sorted out before I can start construction. EXT. ROAD – NIGHT; is the location for the first scene of the movie. Essentially it is our main characters traveling along a secluded road, deep in the woods, headed Read More…
It’s not now or never
The deep set desire to make a movie hasn’t left me since I first thought of such a thing 15 years (or more) ago. Even before then I was always thinking of stories, and they usually played out in my head as movies. And at this point in my life I doubt the desire will 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…
Other ideas… I’m not doing
So there was desire to make a movie. And I’ve got the land and resources and the time to do something I wanted to do for a long ass time. So the question became what did I want to do? I’ve alreay talked about that a bit previously, at least in terms of doing something Read More…
The other way
So you want to make films. The way I see it there are two options; make something or find something else to do. There is a third option, where you work your way up, which I tried for a minute and never liked it. I’ve also done the second option a ton, the finding something Read More…
Parts of life are on hold
We live in an old farm house. It needs a fair bit of work done, but I’m trying to make a movie. There’s fences that need to be torn out and rebuilt. barns that need new siding, but I’m trying to make a movie. We want to get a sustainable business going, so we don’t Read More…