Final Festival Run?
As this year winds down it seems we may actually be on the last leg of our long film festival run. We finished up recently being in Manhattan, where I thought we had one of our better Q & A’s after...
View Article2012 Ends on High Note in Monaco
The infamous 2012 is about to reach it much anticipated end. But no, the world, the universe, all of creation … did not end … as greatly and widely publicized in all the highest and lowest of places....
View ArticleThe Path of Story: You
Early primitive man communicated stories with pictures. Later came language and stories were passed around at campfires. Which were then communicated orally by others. And eventually written language...
View ArticleWhy One Hand Clapping?
As we gear up to put all the pieces together for our next feature film project, “One Hand Clapping,” I am reminded why we have chosen to put this particular film on the front burner. Believe it or not...
View ArticleOnward & Upward
I was recently going through some old files, and came across my old film blog I use to write that led up to the making of “Dreams Awake”. So, just for a little fun I thought I’d repost one of the old...
View ArticleDefining Moments
What do Hunter S. Thompson, Liz Carpenter, Bill Wittliff, and the Coen brothers have in common? Continue on and find out … In my early formative, aspiring writer/filmmaker years, there were some...
View ArticleMobilizing A Community?
In the early days of the Internet I was quite skeptical about how all the so-called amazingly monumental ways the Internet was going to change and reshape our world. And even today I still am...
View ArticleTrailer Shoot
I’m getting ready to head to Austin, TX to finish shooting our teaser trailer for “One Hand Clapping.” As you may or may not know we originally shot scenes for this trailer last year in Austin over a...
View ArticleTrailer News
As I mentioned in my previous blog entry I was heading to Austin to finish shooting our promo teaser trailer we started last year. We got sidetracked with other activities that didn’t allow us to...
View ArticleDoom & Gloom in Flicktown
In case you haven’t been keeping up lately with all the negativity about another apocalyptic ’end of the film business’ declaration, which usually cycles around every decade or so, then here are a few...
View ArticleFuture Happenings
I haven’t posted much lately, as we’ve been pretty busy around here. We have a number of happenings on the horizon so I thought I’d fill everyone in on that. First, yes we still do have that much...
View ArticleVote for us!
Last month we put together a proposal for a panel for the SXSW Film Festival next March in Austin, TX. The proposed panel is called “Transformational Media for Indies.” And starting today you can help...
View ArticleLaunching Our Film “Totally Indie”
Here we are again, ready to fire up our engines, and head down that extensive, arduous runway for liftoff … and fire up another film project. But this time we’re stoking the fire a little differently,...
View ArticleFinding the Moola
It always seems to come down to the money. The search, the quest, the mission to find that ever elusive moola. I talked about one aspect of our film financial plan in my last blog posting....
View ArticleMoving Along
As we move to less 6 months of the beginning of production in the Austin, TX area on our next film project “One Hand Clapping,” I just wanted to update you about what we’ve been up to lately and what...
View ArticleAustin Screening
You could say that I began growing up into my filmmaking life in Austin, TX. In the 70’s I went to college there at the University of Texas, mostly as an English major. I had written several short...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean?
Post by One Hand Clapping. I just recently returned from the Angel Film Awards, which is part of the Monaco International Film Festival, where the screenplay for our next project, “One Hand...
View ArticlePre-Production towards Transformation
The creative fires are smoldering, getting ready to go full blast for our next film production. Currently I am working with a casting director to put together the very best cast we can possibly find...
View ArticleBest Laid Plans
The film industry, business, and creative world is very complicated and multi-layered in its planning, implementation, and exploitation. I have certainly seen it from many different angles in my long...
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