2009

So the year is ending. So is this decade. 2009 was an eventful year. We went through life and death together on Possum Walk, in which I met some great talent and more importantly great friends. Personally I also felt that I have gained the respect of a lot of my friends as an artist and felt like the artist I've always fought to become. There were a lot of laughs, a lot of women, and memories that I'm not going to lose. A lot of people could probably be saying that about 2009. You may already be a friend of mine on facebook, but if you're not, feel free to check out my little photo album here that summarizes the year of 2009.

It's hard to make a movie list for 2009. Star Trek was nice and amusing. I looooved Drag Me To Hell. And I won't forget 500 Days of Summer. Sigh.

Of all the piece of cinematic art that I loved this year the most was not a movie this time but a TV series. Dexter Season 4 was such an incredible journey and an

amazing display of writing and acting. Particularly the performance of John Lithgow. The Trinity Killer was my ABSOLUTE favorite performance of the year. It's going right up there with Heath Ledger as the joker. Amazing work, sir. Absolutely brilliant.

Obviously I have more to say about the year. For the faithful reader, please check out my photo album.

The Christmas Blog

Okay so I know this will show it was published after Christmas, but I promise you I started this blog on Christmas day.

I wanted to make a list of things I love about Christmas. Then I realized it's all movie related because that's what I like.

Nightmare Before Christmas - For a while and sometimes again, it bugs me about how popular and "trendy" this movie is. But it's because it's damned good. Lately in a weird way I've been feeling very identified with Jack Skellington. Should I be worried? Maybe. Of all the songs on here, I'm finding this one most amazing of all. I also love the camera movements that would be so HARD to do in a live action film and so much easier with stop motion animation.

Batman Returns - not trying to make this a Tim Burton Christmas but I love christmas/snowy setting of the film. No need to go on about how crappy the script is, although I do love the ending and think it's exciting as all hell. I'm pointing this one out because I used to love it so much and remember getting it for Christmas on VHS one year. Good times. This trailer still makes me giddy as a kid.

The next movie I would like to bring up, is a Christmas classic that I think is very underrated. I think it's very well written, a very smart movie despite the genre's reputation. It's about a family coming back together during the holidays, while trying to save the Nakatomi building from Alan Rickman. "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho."

The Christmas Song- Not a movie, but I like this song by Nat King Cole and I think it works amazingly in film. It's nice. What more explanation do you need?

Scrooged. Best freagin movie ever. Everything about it is perfect.

As far as the holidays, I went up to Dallas to hang out with my brother, his two kids and my parents who were also visiting. Also got a change to hang out with actor, Mallory Carrick. We decided we are twins and together we're going to take over the film community. I didn't get a chance to meet up with Mel and Chris or see Natali while she was in town. I need a car. or a temporary engine? This week I'll be losing a lot of sleep. Final push for the Walking Distance extras. Excited.

Back to blogging

Hi Everybody,

Haven't updated this blog thing since I got it. Mostly because I've been stupid-busy with the Walking Distance DVD extras and the post production of Possum Walk.

Possum Walk has been coming together very nicely. Mostly toJeremy Sumrall's script and directing. All of Horrorphile's production on this film and of course the amazing talent that's in the movie. While in post

we were able to add a pick up shot of a new/old character. This gave me an excuse to work with an interesting actress (she prefers "actor" however) named Mallory Carrick whose been terrorizing Dallas for the past year that I've noticed. Next to make her and Maggie Conwell's shots look like they're in the room

together. It can be done... Then audio. gulp. These two actresses are really

bad ass and it was a shame we couldn't get them acting together.

One day hopefully. Again, these two actresses are awesome. Really, the entire case of Possum Walk was spectacular and I should make a whole blog thing about everybody, because they deserve it an I want you know how how awesome everybody is.

I took a quick step back from Possum Walk's post production to focus back on Walking Distance. We have some very nice extras and featurettes that you'll be seeing in the coming DVD. Working with Mel House and James LaMarr has been awesome. They give very good

feedback and the movie it's self is pretty damned cool to begin with. Lots of stuff to work with.

I'm somewhat expecting the weekend after Christmas to feel like we're all cramming for a final

exam. I'm excited, despite the pressure because I've never had a "real" due date. All previous projects, we've given ourselves dates and if we didn't finish on time, there was no penalty. This is fun because we really need to have a product to have finished before the end of the year.

So the year/decade is ending. Most people who know me know I've been sitting on this one script that came from a story that's almost ten years old for it. I'm not immedeately jumping to this story next because I want to improve my skillz and give my self a little bit more experience in a few things I want to try.

When I was younger and arrogant, my teachers told me to do more short films before moving on to my first feature. I believe they are right now and there was still more to learn before I did "The Man in the Garage". I did learn a lot because of that movie and make a lot of new friends, but I need to make an A+ short film or two before I make another feature length film. Plus I need more excuses to go to film festivals and meet investors and actresses.

So I have some short films that I've written that I think are damned good. There's some actors I want to work with that I also think are damned good. Next I need to get a crew. A big part of these shorts is to work with a cinematographer whose not myself. I believe I can get a better product, focus more on actors, and let somebody else be technical if I let somebody else worry about what the picture looks like. The fun part of looking for someone to fill that role is going to be an even funner process since I've recently had a financial setback and have been adjusting to life without a car.

So watch out for those projects. I'll announce more about those films once things become official.