No rest for the wicked

Halloween Zombie Short
On Halloween, I started filming “Happiest Day” my little Zombie short. I am truly surprised and grateful for all my friends who took time out of there busy lives to help me with this. As of now, I have two shots left to do and I plan on completing them tomorrow and after that begins the arduous task of post-production. @ZeroFunction took some amazing photos some of which you can find here.

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Bliss

Bliss

My grandma (Dad’s Mom) is in town staying with my Dad in between visiting with her, I snapped a few photos of her dogs. I really enjoy this photo and there is another one on my flickr page.

Canon 7D

Doors

Two weeks ago I picked up a brand new DSLR. I’ve been more than happy with my Nikon D80, but seeing all the hype and videos coming from the Canon 5D Mark 2 and seeing footage from the 7D, I decided to jump in and buy a DSLR that does video and it is amazing!

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Rewrite! Transformers

Rewrite! is a 1 to 2 page makeover or addition to a scene to a major motion picture. It is a way for me to change something(s) that didn’t sit well with me in the final version of the movie.

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Three Tips for Screen Writing

John August, writer of “Big Fish”, “The Nines”, and “Go”, has posted three great videos on youtube detailing some tips for better screen writing.
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A Taste of Something New

For the past two weeks or so, I have been working on a short. Below is a sample of the script that I have been writing. I don’t want to go too much into the story until it is finished, but I hope it turns out as good as it is in my head. Enjoy.

Speechless

Rewrite! X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Preface: Since I have been listening and reading more movie reviews, I’ve wanted to start posting reviews on this site. Lately, I’ve been thinking of a way of putting my little spin to them that will make them stand out. I think I found it. I am hoping that this will continue and add to my film education.

Rewrite! is a 1 to 2 page makeover or addition to a scene to a major motion picture. It is a way for me to change something(s) that didn’t sit well with me in the final version of the movie.

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Photos from Brazil

Here are some photos from my recent trip to Brazil that I have been posting on my flickr. As I process them, I’ll post more.

Brazil

Simply Amazing

Jonathan Coulton (who I am going to Houston to see Friday) posted this amazing video from Kutima. I have seen mashups before but none of this musical quality.

http://thru-you.com/

Obama Administration launches new a website each week!

I am not sure if anyone has noticed, but it seems that the Obama Administration is launching a new website every week. If he keeps this up for all 4 years of his presidency, that will be over 200 unique websites. I find it pretty interesting, infact I have made it a game out of it.  Below are a few off of the the top of my head…

This weeks! – http://www.financialstability.gov/
http://www.recovery.gov
http://www.AStrongMiddleClass.gov
and the new White House.gov site…
http://www.whitehouse.gov