I was lucky enough to speak with Gordy Hoffman about the Blue Cat Screenplay Competition and I have put the interview up as our 6th audio podcast. The important thing to remember is that the deadline for submission to the competition is April 1, 2008. So if you have a screenplay you would like to [...]

Greetings all. Thomas and I spent a few minutes today at the Cinequest Film Festival’s filmmakers lounge, where we interviewed the producer and director of the indie feature Goodbye Baby http://www.goodbyebabymovie.com for our next podcast. We spent time discussing their project, festival exposure and how their casting process influenced the film. If you get a [...]

I recently finished the first 3 days of shooting on a short film called “Shipping and Handling.” We have one more day set to shoot tomorrow. We’re shooting on the HVX-200 with a Cinema Adapter from Redrock Micro. My setup for this rig, uses fast EOS lenses or PL mount lenses, so with a crisis [...]

I realize that some people might call me a nerd. A geek. A techie. I know immediately the difference between a Z1U and V1U and the technical details of each one. So I know I’m not the average person. I just got the latest issue of Post Magazine with the Terminator on the cover. 6 [...]

Sinohui and I attended a panel discussion at the Cinequest Film Festival titled, “How to Wrangle a Star…and the Money — A Conversation with Jim Meenaghan of Walden Media and Jeff Colvin of Comerica Entertainment Group” This panel gave away the secret all independent filmmakers have been searching for all their lives. How to get [...]

In an effort to spend even more money on bandwidth here at Bay Area Filmmakers, we’ve decided to add some video podcasts to our audio content. These video podcasts will be shorter, and full of stuff. It will include us talking, as well as trailers, clips, and behind the scenes interviews. The first episode will [...]

The Strike is over, and I am ending my “Procrastination of Solidarity”. I no longer have any excuse for failing to write on my projects daily. So I’m back to writing on my 3rd feature film. Re-writing is continuing on my 2nd feature. I’ve also been listening to the Creative Screenwriting Podcast, which has been [...]

Speaking of Shipping and Handling my 8-Core Mac Pro shipped yesterday. I’m getting it Monday. Too bad I’m working full days Mon, Tues and Wed. I’m all excited to get it, but it won’t be setting it up until Wed. Of course now that I’ve done my research, I find that Color and REDCine suck [...]

It’s been 10 days or so since I returned from Park City. I’ve been catching up with production work since then, and finally have a bit of time to write for the www. Again, to see all the coverage we have at the moment it can be seen at http://parkcity2008.blogspot.com. We have a bit of [...]

So, instead of posting things all over the interweb. I am just going to link to the Park City 2008 Blog where I’m video and photo blogging Park City 2008. Check out all the crazy antics. I just posted up some photos of the Slamdance party at the Park City 2008 Flickr Page.