The Best of Arkansas Series Premiere: Paris

So I've made a new discovery. There's a film crew going from town to town and making tourism/documentary television episodes for use by the community as a promotional tool and airing them on television as well. Clever model. Anyway, the first town to receive this treatment was Paris, Arkansas.

I heard about the event from the Master of Ceremonies himself, Mr. Jim Reynolds, who asked me if I'd join him and capture some footage of the event. I gladly obliged, and got the wonderful chance to meet the man behind the curtain of this intriguing project, Ray Bertram, and I even got to record an interview. What a fantastic guy. Ray is the visionary behind Blind Man's Bluff Productions, An accurate name, given he's legally blind. "Not seeing-eye dog blind, but legally blind" is how the man himself puts it. He's kind, patient, and a bit sage in his mannerisms, and I can say that the care he puts into the people in Paris is equally apparent in his work.

I'll be putting together a video of the event and uploading it to arklahomavision.com if all goes well. So for all of you who want to see what's afoot in the foothills of Mt. Magazine, and on its way to the Waldron area very soon, please keep your eyes peeled!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb5IKmI2dr0

Learning a thing or two

I woke up early this morning to ride into the Fort for the Carter's Grand Opening event. Gotta say, their products are pretty awesome, even if they are just out of my budget. Keep in mind, I am unemployed, for all intents and purposes. I love the home theatre setup in the front room, and the associates are all very helpful and each well-versed in their respective specialties. I stuck around for the food, checked out Iron Man 3 on Blu-Ray, and got a brief rundown of your standard soundboards, from the basic to the advanced. Very much appreciated. I talked about what I do, and found out what some of the other attendees were doing, and made a few good contacts. looking forward to hearing back from the Fort Smith Film Mafia and getting involved with them. Anyone looking for some great people to help you with your A/V needs, hit them up.

New Camera, New Series, CINEMORTIS!

So it's been quiet on here lately. A lot of keeping secrets for Cinemortis- A summer and a good chunk of a semester, specifically. Those days of silence are drawing to a close. I've ordered my very own camera, received it, and it's beautiful. I'm playing with it to figure it out, getting some more accessories to make it easier to use, and saving up for an editing only Mac or PC. I'm writing a web series with a friend of mine about the crazy stuff we do and say, and the way things would be if our imagination took hold of the real world by the throat and shook it furiously. It'll be a geek/gamer series about being bored out of your skull and coming up with your own entertainment, however ridiculous it is. Needless to say, it'll be a lot of fun. I really enjoyed sharing the writing/filmmaking process with a small group of comrades in a closed Facebook group, so I'll be setting that up again. Anyone interested, please message Ironic Productions on Facebook, and I'll make you privy to the scenes, script, prop and costume list, and the like. Should be fun. Finally, Cinemortis is coming, and I'd like you to be there! You can join the Facebook page to follow the trailers and first look videos.

XSplit and the joy of live editing.

I've been troubleshooting this new software and toying around with the idea of a live show. I set up a demo and played my way through it, and I gotta say, it's fun, challenging, and entirely rewarding. I'll be deciding on some content and putting together a small crew for writing and hosting. Cutaway content also needs to be shot. Good news is that I can splice in video game footage as well. If you'd like to help, send me a message or email. Stay tuned for more updates.

Ah. Feeling accomplished.

So, Today I got the first look trailer for my movie, Hideous, finished. I also put together the footage for the first draft of the Cinemortis trailer. All in all, it's been a good day.

Editing: the True Horror

I find myself here finishing up this project, with several big pieces missing. It's coherent, and the procedures are being shot tomorrow, which will fill in several gaps, but the project is ultimately not what it set out to be. scheduling conflicts were murder, and several scenes won't live up to their full potential. This saddens me.

Appreciating the work of others

Over the last few days, I have been uploading The entire Carl Albert State College Film program video library. Tedious work, but I really appreciated what I saw during the process. I noticed auteur theory and its very beginnings. Each  Director, even in learning his trade, Has a unique art style that transcends them. The beauty of the product of my work is the ease of access brought on by digitizing. I can only hope that they are preserved.