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Only 18 hours left to Donate to Unhinded

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:17:00 -0500

There is only 18 hours left to donate to Unhinged the Web Series http://kck.st/z34BzI

Please help me get this made. DONATE HERE: http://kck.st/z34BzI

Oscar Winners and How my Picks Did.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:23:39 -0500

So if you didn’t already know the Oscar’s happened last night and here are the winners below.

I did very poor on my pick like I do every year because I always pick who I think should win and not who I think will win.

I got 10 of 24 so not to bad.

I thought Billy put on a good show.

Best Picture
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)

Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep
“The Iron Lady”

Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin
“The Artist”

Directing
Michel Hazanavicius
“The Artist”

Short Film (Animated)
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Saving Face”

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Shore”

Screenplay (Original)
“Midnight in Paris”
Written by Woody Allen

Screenplay (Adapted)
“The Descendants”
Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”

Music (Original Score)
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
Ludovic Bource

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners” (Focus Features)

Visual Effects
“Hugo”

Animated Feature Film
“Rango”

Documentary (Feature)
“Undefeated”

Sound Mixing
“Hugo”

Sound Editing
“Hugo”

Film Editing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

Foreign Language Film
“A Separation”

Makeup
“The Iron Lady”

Costume Design
“The Artist”

Art Direction
“Hugo”

Cinematography
“Hugo”
Robert Richardson

My Oscar Picks 2012

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:12:06 -0500

Here are my oscar picks I meant to post this a few weeks ago and forgot until now.

Update on the Kickstarter

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:43:51 -0500

Update on the Kickstarter :

We posted a new update on our kickstarter page. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Meet our Lead Actor Gideon Hodge in Unhinged

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:45:49 -0500

Gideon came into casting and blew the producers and I away with his performance.

Gideon will be playing Jon our main character in Unhinged

Gideon’s IMDB :http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3486562/

Here is some of Gideon’s work:

Kickstarter Page for Unhinged

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:07:22 -0500

So we are trying our luck with a kickstarter page. Let’s see how we do. http://kck.st/z34BzI

I just checked out the new Vimeo.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:10:24 -0500

I just checked out the new Vimeo. :

And it said hello right back! Seriously though, I just checked out the new Vimeo, and boy are my eyes excited. The videos looks better than ever, and there’s lots of other new stuff to get pumped about. Take it for a spin yourself at vimeo.com/new.

The writing of Unhinged.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:12:42 -0500

The writing of Unhinged.

Photo

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:07:49 -0500

This is a great short film I just watched. Check it out.

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:03:24 -0500

This is a great short film I just watched. Check it out.

25andbroke: “Y’all respect the one who got shot, I respect the...

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:56:35 -0500

25andbroke:

“Y’all respect the one who got shot, I respect the shooter.”

Jay-Z

I love this gun.

spytap: areyouthatguy: Umm… I’ve NEVER had that problem....

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:24:46 -0500

spytap:

areyouthatguy:

Umm… I’ve NEVER had that problem. #moonshotisgo (Taken with instagram)

It’s pretty much 50/50 with me, if you include the moon and mars versus Paris.

2012 New Years Resolutions

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:13:31 -0500

So here we go for 2012.

1. Finish & distributed “Unhinged”
2. Read at least one book a month.
3. Eat a more whole foods planet based diet, I’m already a vegetarian but I still want to eat healthier.
4. Email Joe Write (Director)
5. Get a job a an assistant to a Director.
6. Finish writing a feature length script.
7. Take time to spend with the Family.

And there you go. This will serve as a place where I can remember want I wanted to do.

2011 New Years Resolutions Recap

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:10:00 -0500

I know this is a few days late but I wanted to update you on the progress I made last year.

Here is a post I posted last year:

2011 New Years Resolutions

1. ~~Learn to Climb on an Indoor Rock wall~~ (I went once to climb and didn’t really get a second chance all ways this year.)
2. ~~Direct two new short Films in 2011~~ (I ended up only directing 1 short film this year “Time borrowers” will be released soon.)
3. Write a new feature length script (I wrote 40 page of one but I did write 3 new shorts and a 5 episode web series.)
4. Get a short film accepted into a festival (didn’t happen because I didn’t submit any)
5. ~~Start production on a web series~~ (This did happen “Unhinged” we shoot in February)
6. ~~Write more on my blog~~ (I’m up to almost once a week)
7. Meet one of my favorite directors (Didn’t do this but did get an email address to one.)
8. Move to L.A full time (Nope got to busy working in Film)
9. Buy a new Mac Book Pro (Nope, I’m okay with me PC laptop right now.)
10. Finish everything on my 2011 list (Nope but always this year 2012)

Having a quick production meeting to kick off the new...

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:38:34 -0500

Having a quick production meeting to kick off the new year.

Things are happening.

Looks like we will be shooting in early February now.

Happy 2012

Unhinged Update. We are back up and running. Looking to go back...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:59:25 -0500

Unhinged Update.

We are back up and running. Looking to go back into full time once the holidays are over.

We got our Kickstarter page approved today so we will have that up soon.

Thanks for all your support it really means a lot to us here on the Unhinged team.

The picture above is our police station location. (sneak peak)

Take care and Happy Holidays.

Productions has been pushed

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:24:47 -0500

We were all ready to shoot on the 19th of Dec and then this happens.

One of the downfalls of having a small budget is that if you a lose any money from an investor it can shut you down.

As of right now we are funded 50% of the way and now need to find the money the investor promised us but at the last moment decided not to help us out for no reason.

So the producers and I had a long talk and decided to push production of Unhinged to January. This will give us about three more weeks of pre production and will give us more time to make a better product.

All of our crew is still locked in and ready to roll.

We are going to start a Kickstarter to see if we can raise the 5000.00 we are looking for. Still talking to investors and product placement deals. We are going to make this series happen.

Things we need to find:

1. We are still looking for our main characters house.
2. Prop guns
3. A few more cast members (Due to conflicts with the new schedule)

More info to come very soon.

Thank you for all of your support.

Updates on Production of Unhinged. Casting: Here we are in Todd...

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:48:00 -0500

Updates on Production of Unhinged.

Casting:

Here we are in Todd Biss Photography studio casting for Unhinged. Big thanks to Todd for letting us use his space today. You can see a lot of Todd’s work here: http://www.toddbiss.com/ check out his work it is really good.

We are almost completely cast now. I can’t wait to start filming.

Things I’ve learned in the casting process find the money to hire a casting director or agency. But that behind us we had a good day all and all. We have offer one part already and more to come we will post pictures and bio when they are all locked in.

Locations, we also had every location and then we had one pull out so now we are on the hunt but it will all come together. I’m going to scout a new apartment tomorrow and look at a few house on Monday.

We found our DOP Travis Cleary his reel is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekkH25Yvh3A

We are really excited to have Travis on board.

What Happens Next:

1. Finish location scouting
2. Locking the shooting Draft of the script and Strip Board
3. Set Design/Props buying will happen this week.
4. Lock in Wardrobe
5. Tech Scout
6. Production Meeting
7. Rehearsals
8. Last minute Prep
9. Monday the 19th I call action.

Setting up a shot on the location scout.

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:11:00 -0500

Setting up a shot on the location scout.

Unhinged Updates We are on our final location scouts. Only need...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:08:11 -0500

Unhinged Updates

We are on our final location scouts. Only need to find another house.

We have now locked in our DOP and should have a meeting today. Travis you rock.

Going to scout a bar today.

Casting is on the 10th of December.

Our 1st AD the wonderful Molly Bannan just finished out first script breakdown.

We locked in the shooting draft last night.

Shot list here I come.

We are almost ready to shoot on the 19th of December.

All for now.