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Back in Black

Written By: admin on January 21st, 2007

Wow, 2007 snuck up on me without warning. Luckily, I got to actually take a real 2 week vacation for the first time since I’ve been in Los Angeles. It was good for the soul.

I’ve been getting calls and buckets of enthusiasm from a distributor based on Wilshire about the Deliverance mobisodes I directed last summer, which is good news indeed. I do believe that these things appeal to an audience that could really be profitable and fun for everyone if the right distributor “gets” the work. Certainly, the Myspace page is doing well with over 6,500 fans at present. And yes, the distributor wants me to create yet more Pizza Dude mobisodes

I am currently working on a new show open, with motion graphics and music for the mobisodes. Just a bit of gloss to brand them a bit. I want them to stand out from the typical “YouTube” amateur stuff. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

My editor friend Brandon and I have begun playing with my new “Frankencamera”, which is based off a DVX100 with a number of special enhancements. I’m able to get a really interesting look with Frankencamera, which will allow me to shoot some interesting stuff in ’07.

Speaking of shooting, I’m the director of photography on Erica Gabrielle’s upcoming directoral debut, a film noir of sorts we’re shooting at the Ricardo Montalban theater in Holllywood. More about that later in the year. I may also be directing a reality television show for Erica this summer/fall.

I am also finally getting back to writing a feature on my own. I’d worked with a writing partner off and on in the past and I’m not against writing with a partner in the future- certainly collaboration is a big part of filmmaking. But I think I’m getting wiser about the kind of person I’m willing to work with creatively.

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