The World is Yours aka My 23rd B-day! aka Your Mom's Box!

Today is September 24th, 2012. I originally wrote a blog detailing September 21st, which was my 23rd birthday. Something happen and that blog post disappeared. So, I am a little pissed off about that. I wrote a very long post and it was just gone; if I can find it, I'll try to post it. Yesterday the 23rd, I went to the Halloween shop to look for some prop guns for filming "CAMPAIGN" and to my surprise, I found an M16 and a pistol that look very nice.

I sent my co-producer/script editor photoshopped images of these test photos since there's supposed to be an image on the shirt. I stated that the beard and facial hair will be shaved off in time for filming. Also, we discussed whether or not I would have my hair cut short like a military buzz cut or grown out long and gelled back. Ultimately, grown out and gelled back. I especially liked that hairstyle on the character and two of the three film adaptions had the character actually like that.

But, let's go back to September 21st, 2012; my twenty-third birthday. Had me a little 3D double feature of Resident Evil: Retribution and Dredd. I really liked Dredd 3D and I would recommend it over Resident Evil: Retribution 3D. Karl Urban and this whole gritty and violent universe that we have Judge Dredd in makes for a good two hour flick. Lena Headey was awesome and skanky hot as the drug queenpin Ma-Ma. Then again, I have an all around fondness of Lena Headey ever since I saw her as the queen in 300 in 2007.

One thing though, my local movie theater sucks; I was wanting to see The Master; P.T. Anderson's new film; but they didn't get it. Instead we're stuck with the bullshit anti-propaganda Obama film 2016: Obama's America. I don't really care who gets elected president, but seriously, keep bullshit propaganda like this out of the fucking movie theaters. There's better shit that deserves to be played, like The Master. 2016: Obama's America deserves nothing more than to be a Youtube video that gets a few hundred hits and then no one will remember it after a month or two. This piece of shit probably cost less than what Traumatic Possession 3D cost because all of this Obama footage that is used is Public Domain because Dinesh D'souza and John Sullivan are fuckin' hacks that put Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton to shame. All though, with Dunstan and Melton, I am warming up to them after those horrible Feast sequels and Saw IV & Saw V. I felt Feast, Saw VI, Saw 3D, and I felt Piranha 3DD was average for a sequel.

Back to what I was going to talk about; Resident Evil: Retribution 3D. My biggest question is why bother trying to add game characters to the film universe? Oh, yeah, we had S.T.A.R.S. in Resident Evil: Apocalypse and the Nemesis killed them like it was nothing, but, we're going to put Barry Burton in this film for the hell of it. You know, my patience is wearing really thin with these films in terms of how this is not Resident Evil aka Biohazard. Alice, the Red Queen, Luther West, etc, etc; are not video game characters. Jill Valentine and Albert Wesker were there from the beginning of the first Playstation game. Putting that aside and seeing it as it's own independent series, it's enjoyable. They should have called Biohazard; it would have been a more appropriate title for this. My biggest problem with this is how Wesker is portrayed with this; the trailer vs the film is completely different without giving it completely away.

I would give Dredd 3D an 9/10 and Resident Evil: Retribution 3D a 7/10. After seeing the movies; we took a look at the trailer I will be buying. Feels nice to be a homeowner. Cannot wait to move into it. Bought some movies for birthday; two arrived early, Cleanskin and the double feature Blu-ray of The Crow: City of Angels and The Crow: Wicked Prayer. On my birthday, I picked up the Blu-rays of Gran Torino, Hostel, and the double feature of Universal Soldier and Lock Up. While on the 22nd, I went to the local Volunteers of America and found a sealed Blu-ray of The Time Traveler's Wife for $3. And then yesterday, I found a sealed Blu-ray copy of The Pebble and the Penguin at Goodwill for $5. And then off the net, I won a German Blu-ray of Türkisch für Anfänger for $13 off eBay. And then bought a Blu-ray off of a buddy on the Blu-ray.com forum; the Region Free UK release of John Woo's Red Cliff for $8. I do plan on doing reviews for all of these on my Blu-ray Review Blog.

Tomorrow, I am picking up my Blu-ray copy of The Avengers 3D and I am not paying a dime for it. I got a $20 Target gift card from my sister and brother. And due to an error in the ad, the mega 3D combo pack is going to be the price of the Blu-ray and DVD combo pack for $20 at Target. With whatever I have left after using a discount, I'll be putting whatever is left on my gift card towards buying the Blu-ray for the 2004 adaption of The Punisher. It's currently going for $5 on Target.com. I have Punisher: War Zone and I would like whoever owns the rights to the 1989 adaption of The Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren to make it's way on Blu-ray. I would buy that in an instant.

So, for the rest of the day, I am going to get some writing done. Probably get around to putting that short film reel together for Youtube and have all three short films as one video file for viewing. I was contemplating catching Finding Nemo 3D, but I have all ready missed the first showing of the day and I am not going to a later screening with kids being out of school and parents probably taking their mouth breathers to watch this. As my last thing to bring up, I have a song I want to dedicate to someone. You know who you are. Peace out.

"Campaign", Third Draft. B-Roll Filming on 10/13.

Still prepping pick up shots for Traumatic Possession 3D. Got my buddy Alex coming in to do a scene and his footage will also be used in Into the Madness: A Documentary. However, I am giving an update on my little project called Campaign. B-Roll footage will be shooting on October 13th and 14th in Columbus, OH. The footage, which will probably be ten seconds of screen time, will have Columbus doubling as New York City. Back on the 18th, my script editor and co-producer went over the second draft which leads to me making some slight corrections and hopefully the third draft will be the shooting script. Liked the building to the character's reveal. Said character was going to be popping up all throughout the short, but, we cut most of it to help the build up and reveal.

Above is the title treatment I have come up with. The font is "Capture It" which can be found at Font Squirrel. I was on eBay looking up shirts to fit the title character. I found two which I really liked and after discussing it with my script editor/co-producer, we settled on the second shirt. So, I'll be placing an order soon to get that shirt. Also, going over Frank Nora music to get a feel of what I want to use for the short film. I don't want to put anything copyrighted in this even though I cannot copyright this short film myself.

Announcing My Little Short Film Entitled "Campaign".

Seeing as how Kevin Tancharoen had some good luck doing his Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short film; I kept having the idea of doing a short on a Marvel comic book character that I want to portray. The title of the short film is called Campaign. The first draft that I wrote this morning was twelve pages long. It was two pages longer than I wanted it to be. I am working on the second draft right now and I am trying to shorten it down to ten pages in length.

A problem I had with this character and his universe was the lack of female of villains. After reading that DareDevil made his way back to Marvel and Disney, I figured we could bring a key female character from the DD universe over to this short film. Also, Matt Murdock aka DareDevil is brought up in this story, but not seen.

I gave the first draft to my co-producer of Into the Madness: A Documentary and she thought it had potential and that I should tweak it up some to get it down to ten pages. Second draft is finished. And I'll be messaging it to her in a few hours before I go to work. I'm hoping this could open the door for me to get to play this character. It's one of my favorite characters and the three film adaptions done on him have been decent, but I hope I can breathe some life into the character and get him back on the big screen.

Oh, IMDB. Do You Love Me That Much?

No real news to report right now. Just getting some contracts in order for the pick up shots for Traumatic Possession 3D. Filming should be completed first weekend of October at the earliest and the theatrical screening/premiere should be around December or January. But, let's talk about what I wrote in the subject heading; the "Internet Movie Database".

I guess I just have to be thankful for living in the digital age that I am in. I don't think I would be able to make it as a filmmaker if I was living in another time before now. Hell, even a few years ago, it was nearly impossible for me to get anything up there. I still haven't resubmitted Maze of Thought which was my first short film. Two weeks ago, out of the blue, I decided to go in and resubmit Crisis and was thinking that this is just going to be a waste of time. I was wrong and Crisis is now listed on the IMDB.

That was September 7th, 2012 that it finally popped up. Two days later; I decided to go in and resubmit Truth in Meanings which is my third short film before graduating high school in Hawai'i. Seeing as Crisis only took two days to be added, Truth in Meanings took longer. I submitted it on the 9th and when I came home today, very sick, Truth in Meanings was up on IMDB to my surprise.

I will probably get around to adding a head shot to my page and make some posters for the short films whenever I get some money rolling in from getting Traumatic Possession 3D released. I need to get a new head shot made; my current one is a good five years old and as much as I love it, time to get a new one.

It gives me a feeling of pride that my work is getting the recognition it deserves to be listed on the IMDB. It makes me feel more legitimate, especially now when it comes time to put out the casting calls and such. Looking back and seeing that it's been almost eight years since Maze of Thought was made back while I was a teenager living in Germany really brought back those feelings that I was out to accomplish something and to get my name out there.

Got the cover art mostly completed for the Bootleg Edition of Traumatic Possession 3D. Can't post nothing yet on it until we get all the filming completed and have the final cut ready to go. Final cut should be ready by the beginning of November. Then I just have to go through and finish the 3D conversion and we are good to go on having everything ready. Not sure yet on whether or not I want to screen the 3D or 2D version of Traumatic Possession 3D. I will have buy 3D glasses so that the audience can enjoy it.

Seeing as I have the day off from work today, I am just going to get my paycheck; hope my Blu-ray copy of Piranha 3DD arrives in the mail; and do some writing. Was contemplating going to see either Finding Nemo 3D or Resident Evil: Retribution 3D, but, I need to save money. My birthday is next Friday and I am looking forward to seeing Dredd 3D. I liked the use of La Roux's In for the Kill in the trailer. Hard to believe that I will be twenty-three this year.

Announcing the "Traumatic Possession 3D" Bootleg Edition - Limited Edition.

After going back and forth and finally deciding; I will be making a limited DVD-R edition consisting of 100 copies. These copies will be signed and numbered by me. They will be sold exclusively on my site and not on Amazon. I have not decided how many discs this set will be, but, I am going to give you a run down on it:

1. Anaglyph 3D (Green / Magenta) Version
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 - 16x9 Enhanced
• 2.0 Audio (with score)
• 2.0 Audio (without score)
• Commentary
2. 2D Version
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 - 16x9 Enhanced
• 2.0 Audio (with score)
• 2.0 Audio (without score)
• Commentary
3. “2D” Video Version
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 - 16x9 Enhanced
• 2.0 Audio (without score)
4. Open Matted Workprint Version
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 - 16x9 Enhanced
• 2.0 Audio (without score)

The "2D" Video Version is going to be sourced from the open matted 1.78:1 footage which we are editing the film in. I gave an example of what the film will look like on the Traumatic Possession 3D Facebook page. You will lose some image on the left and right sides, however, you gain image on the top and bottom. I will be sourcing it to a worn VHS tape to give it that feeling that you are watching a found footage film. The work print version that is listed is an incomplete version of the film that sat on my hard drive before pick up shots are finished.

Right now, I have no set price for this as I have to buy DVD-R to duplicate the set; how many DVD-R discs I will need per set; cases that can fit all the discs in it; 3D glasses and how many I need to put in each set; these are some factors that are clouding me giving this set a solid price. However, I can say that this set will hopefully come out a month it's Amazon release.

Long Time No See.

Long time no see. At the bottom of this blog post is two raw footage clips that I have uploaded on Youtube for Into the Madness: A Documentary. Part of the first clip was debuted back in April of 2011 for my sixth anniversary and here we are close to 2013 for my eighth. For some reason, the first clip is stretched to 1.78:1 from 2.35:1. I don't know why that is. I previewed it before I uploaded it and it was perfectly fine in scope. Second clip is displayed correctly. Planned for release on CreateSpace/Amazon in 2013. I've been discussing the plans for releasing the film that route on Digital Rental, Download, and DVD-R.

Right now, the prices we're playing around with are $1.50 for the rental and the Digital Download and DVD-R will both be $7.50. And the reason why is because they will both be essentially the same. If all goes according to plan, and I hope to Godzilla that it does, this will probably be out in February 2013. If you own a Blu-ray player, I encourage you to rent it because whatever money we get from these sales will contribute to the Blu-ray release.

I'm gearing up to do some more shooting here in the next few weeks, we're finally doing the reshots to Traumatic Possession 3D; which will also mean that Into the Madness: A Documentary will be completed with that. We're also gearing up to film House Arrest, Ghosts of Mansfield, Susan's Not Here, and if possible Tode Im Winter 3D. Plan is to have one out every month on Amazon in 2013.