the journal of Peter John Ross

I have some time to myself this week. The Sexy Fiance Veronica is on vacation with her family and I had some work to do. I’m going to be doing some writing this week. I plan on taking a few Read more…

I submitted my new DVD of short films in 39 combined film festival entries. Luckily most European fests have no entry fee and most of the smaller fests I have a relationship with, so I can get the submission fees Read more…

My hopes with RELATIONSHIP CARD was that it would go “viral”, meaning take off as people see it, like it, and pass it on. This may or may not happen at the levels of millions of views, but so far Read more…

So now the new short, RELATIONSHIP CARD is out there and racking up the views. I’m so proud of George and Amanda. For two people who had never met, they certainly had a great chemistry on camera. George thinks I Read more…

I inserted the new pickup shots into the new short film I’m working on. It’s only been 3 months. WOW, I feel better though. They fit in very well for continuity, but far more importantly, they make the edit flow Read more…

FINALLY, I got to do the pickup shots for the next short. It’s only been 3 months. All because of a stupid mistake I made during the shoot itself in that I forgot to shoot these elements. So with a Read more…

It’s already been a very busy week. I went to Cincinnati for a TV interview about my last book and the other things on AMAZON.COM for sale. I didn’t even solicit this one; it just came to me. I’m amazed Read more…

Okay, so luckily there is some major drama in the Columbus Film Scene, but the lucky part is that I am not involved. That won’t keep me from making a commentary on the situation though!  So we have a girl Read more…

Now I’m truly done with this short, REFRACTORY . I let the movie ferment for a week; now I made the final adjustments today. Nothing major, just some minor clean up and tweaks. Probably the most significant thing I did Read more…

I have a minor secret. I want to tell people, but devilry and not a small amount of childishness prevent me from being forthright. So I came up with a fun way to delay the inevitable revelation. Here are two Read more…

I finally took a day off from work. I stayed home, tried to get some sleep, and the real goal was to edit on these short films shot now several weeks ago. In the blink of an eye, 2-3 hours Read more…