I am struggling mightily with this concept known as “jealousy“. I do not understand it. It is not something I have experienced. I know envy, in the not detrimental “Oh, I wish I had that or could do that” way. I do not get it. Where does animosity and anger Read more…
Went to the Colony Film Festival in Marietta Ohio. I love this festival, one of my all time favorites. I spoke there in 2011 as a guest speaker. If you have an hour or so and need to enter a coma, or feel somewhat suicidal, you can see a video Read more…
Got the two greenscreen shoots done in the midst of 10-13 hour work days. I love keeping to my promise to myself; keep making movies. As I said recently, 15 years ago if I had seen the studio where I worked, all I would want to do is make movies Read more…
Want to know what I just realized? 14-15 years ago when I started to become a filmmaker, I dreamed about working at a studio, having a lighting grid, an office with an editing machine, and constantly having projects to work on. I am living that dream right now. That makes Read more…
As if I’m not busy enough – We’re working on a national ad campaign where we only have 2 weeks to complete a WHOLE LOTTA work. And yet I am determined to make myself somewhat suicidal because I just agreed to teach a class because it’s their hardest project of Read more…
Had a total blast yesterday. Screened a bunch of stuff at Indieclub Cleveland. Yet again, a lot of discussion sparked by the Sonnyboo Podcasts and the topics therein. I also showed the re-edit of the last Movie Cliche. Saturday night I finally got into the re-edit. I tried to speed up Read more…
Not much time off this weekend. Going to screen a few things in Cleveland. Probably going to edit a few of these odds and ends that I’ve let straggle by the wayside. Things like an updated director’s reel, an alternate and funnier edit to one of the Movie Cliche series. Read more…
Surprise in the mail today, got a stack of THANK YOU letters from the High School I spoke to last week, along with a gift card. I am genuinely moved by this, although I assume the teacher made them do this. If I was wondering if the kids were paying Read more…
Speaking of positivity, I submitted to the Emmy’s again this year. The ceremony will be in Columbus, so why not? Well, because I didn’t win last year and based on what I saw, I don’t believe I will win again, as I don’t think what we’ve done with FRAMELINES resonates Read more…
Got all three scripts written last night for a greenscreen shoot today that I put off from Friday. That is the last time I ever let drama get in the way of any shoot. Never again will I let personal bullshit stop me from making something. EVER. Making a movie, Read more…
Last night on the phone with a friend, I had a total epiphany and two more video podcast ideas just BAM! flowed out. I was literally in the middle of describing how to output Microsoft DV AVI’s to create proxies for editing on older systems, and had to stop and Read more…
Definitely re-shooting this Movie Cliche podcast again. No, not just because I looked enormously fat last year, but because I have no close ups. Although, I ain’t gonna lie; the Fat Ross is almost a good enough reason to re-shoot. No, I established a style of editing I like with Read more…