The Journal of Infinite Triumph

The other day at work we were blessed to have Whinnie the Pooh visit us. I was scheduled to be Pooh's friend for the night, and my faithful co-worker Jen got to be Pooh. It was a rousing good time for the 6 kids that showed up to storytime.

Tomorrow night in film class we're showing our video projects, which means Life Skills will debut. I'm happy with where it ended up, and the changes I would of liked to made to it were not possible with the group I had. They tried hard and gave it their best, so I wasn't gonna go Nazi on them. In the end it turned out well though, and I'm still trying to find a way to get it hosted online.

I signed up for classes over at Univerist of Illinois Springfield. My schedule is so gravy it's not even funny. Check it!

Monday :12-4pm
Tuesday :12-3pm
Wednesday:12-4pm 6-10pm

Pretty nice! I talked to a faculty member and we got along well and were all nerdy and such, he was quite fun and informative.

I'm working on a few projects I'd like to do this summer. Here's a brief overview of what ya'll can look forward to.

The Capitalist - A short movie I want to do with Mr. Austin L. Ray whenever he is around these parts. A movie critic for a local NPR station comes to terms with his personal contradictions in a stream of consciouness format while we watch him go about his daily routine.

The Man Who Played Poker Against Himself - This one I came up with the other day, and I really don't know exactly where I'm going with it. I think I'm gonna try that whole "Chris vs. Chris" trick where there are two of me in the same frame at times. Either way, it's gonna be interesting to play around with.

Discuss!

As I attempt to figure out a way to host "Life Skills" online, I've made a small and unrevealing trailer for the movie for your viewing pleasure. I hate how trailers reveal too much about movies, so I reveal very little about mine in them. If this bothers you, I'm sorry. Please enjoy the lovely music.

Video Trailer

After delivering the bad news of delaying Anarchy, I felt compelled to do even better with the video project for my film class, just for my faithful blogger fans (all four of you).

Last night we taped and I edited "Life Skills". It was a total of 9 hours of wonderfully awesome work. In the end, it turned out awesome.

It's a comedy at heart, dealing with a shy aspiring actor who's going to work on a video for a Life Skills class at a local community college. It stars the fellow members of my group from the film class. It was written and directed by yours truly, with him in a supporting role.

I would immediately put it up on YouTube, but the video at full length is 13:30min long. YouTube allows only a 10min max on videos. There are a few options:

1: Put it up as a two part video on YouTube (I really don't wanna cut it in half)
2: Does anyone out there have or know anyone who would host the video for me? The quicktime version would not be much larger then 100mb.
3: Pay $15 and put it up on www.studentfilms.com which is a generally good host, but sometimes has technical problems.

Lemme know what you think. Boo-Yah!

If anyone out here is a fan of the website "You're The Man Now Dog" then I hope you have discovered this wonderfully YTMND from there. They have taken some of their favorite movies, people, etc they poke fun at, and turned all the situations into a light-hearted and peaceful montage. It show how things, could have been. Either way, it covers everything from Kirk getting along with Khan to Solid Snake not really dying in the game. Check it out, and see how many of them you get!

http://ytmndharmony.ytmnd.com/

Anarchy has been officially postponed until... I dont know.

I hate bad news, and I hate even more to give it, so I'll be brief. This weekend we were due to tape, and through conflicts and lack of commitment from the people involved, it didn't happen. I knew that by taking on a project that required 10 actors + extras, it would be difficult to get the logistics together. I had asked all people involved, up front, many months ago, if they were dedicated to the project. They said they were. I said I did not want to go forward unless people know what was involved and what they would have to do. I had laid out a long-term plan that would of gotton the project done before June 7th, when our lead man Mr. Cory Beiermann is to leave for basic training. Unfortunately, 2-3 of the people involved have lost interest. I'm not mad, they have jobs, it's the end of the school semester for everyone. But, that's what has happened. There are still dedicated individuals who want to get it done and are still willing to work, but we've already taped in the house and it would just be too much to take on in what little time we have left to do it (considering, for example, that we need 3-4 weeks notice on when we will tape in order for people to get work off, and even then we have had complications).

I have learned a lot from Anarchy, and I do plan to complete this movie at some point in time, even with different people. I'm gonna work with the 13min of footage we have to make some memorial trailers, plus I might possibly re-edit it all to create a new movie all together.

This next thurseday I'm doing a video for my night film class. I wrote the script last tuseday, it's probably gonna run about 10min and should be pretty entertaining. I'll post it here if it turns out well. I also have uploaded the "Intense Reading" competition to YouTube. I'll get a link on here soon to it.

I plan to continue The Journal of Infinite Triumph, but it will now focus on whatever projects I'm working on at the time.

I thank you all a whole bunch for your support, and the best is yet to come!

This weekend we continue the taping of Anarchy. We've been having some unfortunate complications. Two of our actors may not be available for all the time we need them. These complications were not their faults, just managers and jobs that don't cooperate. Also there is a chance of rain both days (we'll be taping outside). Either way, we'll do what we can with who we have.

I have come the realization of how difficult it is going to be to get Anarchy done the way we have planned. So, for the sake of being practical, I've making plans of alternative ways to handle scenes that could be problemsome. I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic. I'll keep you all up to date on how things progress. One of the leads has quit his job in anticipation of graduation and going to college, so that's one less complication.

Be prepared, come Sunday/Monday I'll have a nice bunch of stills from our weekend of taping.

Hello again.

I ask pardon for my delay in posts. Here's an update.

We're taping next weekend for Anarchy again. Unfortunately 2 scenes are not going to be able to be done. Adam was unable to get work off that Friday, so we will have to make those scenes up. At that point, we will have 4 scenes to make up including the ones from the last shoot. This is due to the fact that all 10 people need to know about a month ahead of time when we're gonna tape. So if 2 weeks away someone can't get off work, it becomes a problem. We'll do what we can and do it well. Either way, the weekend has 5 scenes scheduled and it should be an exciting time in the pasture taping.

I've started writing a new project entitled High School Syndicate. I believe I have mentioned it here in the journal before. It's coming along nicely and I think it has a lot of potential.

I just churned out the first draft of a short movie idea I had. It's obviously very short, because the screenplay is 6 pages long. I think with a lot of fine tuning it will be a winner. Something more introspective and, nay I say, a wee bit more artistic then the other things I've worked on. Time to see if I can blend entertainment and art.