So, My Twenty-Fourth B-day.

I have left the blog unattended for some time. My birthday was back on the 21st. I was supposed to go out to Comic-Con in Columbus and get some photos with Laurie Holden and Ray Park, but, plans were hijacked. Despite that, I mainly sat around played through Grand Theft Auto V. It blows GTA IV out of the water. Trevor is hands down one of the most twisted characters that I have ever seen. To those who've played it, I was shocked with his introduction and a certain couple from GTA IV is brought back for a quick cameo. The ending to the game was spectacular and this unlikely friendship between Franklin, Michael, and Trevor blow Niko and Roman away. Here's my two favorite songs from the game.

Went and watched This is the End for the fourth time. I love the movie even more and more. I am planning on picking up the German Blu-ray when it comes out in December. I also ended up ordering some German Blu-rays from my favorite Swiss Webstore Grooves Inc. Got the German Blu-rays for Ca$h; Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster, and Good Time Max for $33. I'm waiting until mid-October to order Iron Man 3D and R-Point. Very excited for R-Point as it is one of my favorite South Korean horror films.

Studio wise, getting stuff ready to go for Traumatic Possession 3D: The Director's Cut and editing Into the Madness: A Documentary. I am going to show Abby a rough cut of the film in October whenever I go out to Columbus in October. And then we're going to start filming Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawai'i. Honolulu is no longer safe and someone or something is coming after a survivor who encountered Simon Lange.

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.

A Look at the Planned Blu-ray Releases.

I just wanted to give a studio update and talk a bit about filmmaking since I've been in recovery and haven't had a chance to do anything yet. I will hopefully have two or three Blu-rays out in the near future. And I say "or" for a good reason. I might put the 720p masters I am doing for Exploitation in the Third-Dimension on Blu-ray. It's one I am on the fence about, considering that the films are pretty much remastered from standard definition material. But the Blu-rays I will be doing for my studio will be Orlando Eastwood Films Collection; Nosferatu: 90th Anniversary Edition; and possibly Exploitation in the Third-Dimension. I was originally contemplating putting Nosferatu on the disc with my films, but, considering it's not something I made and it's something that I am basically going to try to clean up and restore, it deserves it's own Blu-ray.

Nosferatu might be on a BD-25 depending on how it turns out. Considering that the frame rate varies and that there is scenes missing from my print, especially at the beginning, I'm thinking I could easily fill a BD-25. The release of Nosferatu: 90 might be delayed though due to my accident. I was hoping on getting it transferred over to HD over this summer but it's hard to tell. One thing I was actually planning on doing was re-doing the title cards and doing it on my Super8 camera and have them developed and spliced in digitally to make it all look like transferred film as opposed to nice clean digitally made title cards done in The Gimp.

Considering that there's no audio on my print for Nosferatu, the plan was to create several new soundtracks from the film as well as ripping the soundtrack from the Public Domain version. I am lucky to have friends and family members who are musically talented. And this is the perfect opportunity for them to shine. I am also toying with the possibility of doing an anaglyph 3D conversion as well, but I will not push it if the regular 2D version takes up most of the disc space. And for bonus material, we're planning on recording a commentary track and getting a few cast members from stuff I've done to talk about the film. Also, we might create some trailers for the film.

The Orlando Eastwood Films Collection Blu-ray will be a BD-50 and contain however many films I can cram on the disc. Now, I know that might sound bad, but hear me out. Traumatic Possession 3D and Into the Madness were shot on cheap 720p cameras. The file sizes are small as hell. But the main thing I am contemplating right now, is whether or not I want to blow the films up to 1080p from the original 720p resolution. Right now, I figure the disc will contain the following:

Traumatic Possession 3D (2.35:1)

Traumatic Possession 2D (2.35:1)

Traumatic Possession: Video Version (1.33:1)

Into the Madness (2.35:1)

I figure that is a good 35GB of material alone, with the "Video Version" of Traumatic Possession being standard definition because it's going to be transferred from a video taped source. A third feature will be put on the disc leaving 5GB left which will be left bonus material. When I say I want to fill the disc; I mean just that. I want to give you, the viewer, the bang for their buck. Plus, I also believe that if you want to be able to make it in this home video market, you have to resort to putting more than one film out there.

I want try to pack the disc full of subtitles. I want to be able to sell this to anyone in the world and make it easy for them to view. I might have found possible distribution lined up in Sweden, but it's not set in stone yet. I am planning on paying for translations in the next few months for French, German, and Spanish and if all goes well with Sweden; Swedish subtitles as well. I'm also planning on producing French and German dub tracks on Traumatic Possession 3D and do the dubbing for myself in those languages since those are my second and third languages. There won't be any dubbing, nor 3D for Into the Madness since it's a documentary.

As far as bonus features, there will be some trailers. Given that Into the Madness was originally going to be a short behind the scenes and that it's turned into a full blown feature length documentary, that kinda narrows down bonus features for Traumatic Possession 3D. However, the two trailers that I have posted will be present, even with the first trailer being presented in it's open matted, 1.78:1 form.

With Exploitation in the Third-Dimension, I would do a BD-25 and see how many volumes I can fit on the disc in 720p. I was almost completed with Volume One which was going to contain Night of the Living Dead and Horror Express but then with my accident, I'm halting production currently on them. I'll be resuming work in a few weeks. I'm just not sure if my brain can handle watching anything in 3D right now. The movies weren't coming out that big in size after the conversions, about 3GB each. I could probably three volumes of the series on one BD-25 disc. I won't be trying to market these outside the U.S. due to fact that these might not be Public Domain outside the country.

Right now, with all this work, I'm taking it easy. I'm looking to start shooting the next movie in a few months once I can finally get my rhythm back. I love making movies and I honestly don't know where I'd be without it. And I look forward to entertaining as many as I can, in this life, and after with my films. A life might not last forever, but these sure movies can.

- Eastwood.

A Strange Text From Thursday.

On Thursday morning, I had woken up to my cellphone getting several texts. One of them puzzled me. It came from my number; had no call back number; and even though I got it on March 1st, it was "claimed" to be received on July 3rd at 10:50 pm. This is that text:

"Just depressed. I been for a week after what my x did. I ve been rembering some of it and that's why I snapped on him today. Because I confronted him last week. So I ve been withdrawn a little bet. I have told anybody but my foster mom and mikes girlfriend. I just told kate"

The main thing that popped into my head was; "What the hell?" I could not respond back and tell this person that you have sent this to the wrong number. It felt like someone was confessing to me about something; what it is, I do not know. And I will never know...

To change the topics, I have gotten my German DVD of Gamera Vs Barugon in the mail today from the eBay seller in Germany. Turn around time was pretty good too; just about six days from shipping and receiving. The funny thing is that the cover is full of images from Godzilla Vs Biollante, but when you pop the DVD in and press play on the menu, it's goes straight to the film and the first thing you see is Barugon and the German title on the screen Dragon-Wars.

I am going to take a nap before I go to work in about two hours. I just started the re-conversion process for Horror Express 3D. We finished Manos: The Hands of the Fate 3D the other day. I might re-do the 3D conversion for it since I was not that pleased with it. I am happy I can finally get Horror Express 3D finished and have it ready to go.

And for the updates on Traumatic Possession 3D, we are about to sign our actress to finish the film. We've talked back and forth and it's almost a done deal. This film has been in hell for the past two years and it's almost finished. What sucks is that I am reverting back to the original 1.78:1 open matte to edit the film. As I am working with Sony Vegas, I'm learning tricks and stuff, and I am going to be adding various effects to the  cropped full frame VHS cut of the film.

I'm Going to Bed.

It is currently a little after four-thirty in the morning. I am going to be going to sleep in a few minutes. I have started yet another blog after doing several and letting them fall to the wayside. I plan on keeping up with this blog from now on as I get things ready to go with my studio. I will be posting some reviews I have written from the Blu-ray website over here. I plan on slowly copying and pasting them for you to read here; as well as share news from the studio front.

I am finally deciding to make the jump and getting a new computer for editing and studio work. My piece of shit Toshiba laptop that I have been stuck with for almost three years is giving up the ghost. It took it fifteen minutes to boot up tonight after I clicked "Restart". I am looking for a desktop and basically just getting a tower. I have decided on passing on getting a monitor and having the tower hooked up to my Vizio via VGA. My television's HDMI ports are both occupied by my Insignia "Region Free" Blu-ray player and my PS3. I could get an HDMI switcher, but I am too strapped for cash right now.

Today is payday and after I get my checks in the bank and have them go on my credit card, I am going to be ordering some stuff off eBay. I am going to be getting an ethernet CAT-V cable to connect my PS3 to the internet and getting 100 feet of speaker wire to have my ancient sound system completely hooked up. Five of the seven speakers are currently connected, but I need to get wire to have my two big speakers connected in the back of the living room. I am also keeping my eyes peeled on a Multi-System VCR.

In the next week or two, I will be listing my DVDs up on Craigslist and other places. I am selling them off to pay for equipment and put some of that money towards getting film and shooting on my Super 8mm camera. I will also be putting some of the money towards getting my film print of Nosferatu transferred over to HD. Even though shooting in HD is more simplistic, I would love to shoot on film and to go through the whole process of having the film negative transferred over and edit it digitally on my computer.

Going back to Nosferatu, I am excited towards getting it out on Blu-ray when the time comes. It has been a favorite of mine for years and since it is Public Domain, I am happy to add it to my legacy. It is the granddaddy of all Vampire films; it's the first film! I stumbled across the copy of the film when I lost out on a chance to get Night of the Living Dead. As soon as I saw it listed from the seller, I notified him and paid up A.S.A.P.

Well, it's getting late. I got to get some sleep and then pay for some video tapes I got on hold for me; one being the Indonesian rip-off Lady Terminator. I will be giving some updates on Saturday about the horrific process and a great update on my first feature Traumatic Possession 3D. Stay tuned...