Sunday, January 19, 2014
1st Anniversary and Traumatic Possession 4!
A year has past and I look back at Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape being a turning point in my life. I am where I am at in life. I've essentially gone through and cut out what I wanted too in the original theatrical cut for the film and I'm getting everything set with the alternate footage. And, I am announcing Traumatic Possession 4! Actually, it's not a fourth film, I am splitting up Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawai'i into two films. I am going to be bumping Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse back to 2016. TP3D:A is one that I really want to make, but, I need a budget. This makes ten Traumatic Possession films; after TP3D:A, we're going to take a hiatus on the series and Simon Lange probably won't be back until 2025.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Post-Production Shuts Down on "Into the Madness". Mother Nature is a Bitch!
Happy 2014 to all. I hope that you are all having a much better time than I am. Plans to go out and film Dr. Bob and everything for the one year retrospect were shit canned by the fact that Dr. Bob's show has been cancelled at the Grandview Theatre. We're trying to figure something out and I hope that I can keep my plans of having Dr. Bob and his assistant Nurse Feratu involved in the documentary. After all, they have given me my break in terms of getting a theatrical release. My film would probably still be nowhere with me spazzing out about getting it done.
Now, this is where shit hits the fan, winter has slammed Ohio hard. On Monday, January 6th, we have experienced - 40 F weather. I decided to walk to work which is just down the road to my house, that was a horrible walk and I begin to get the first signs of frost bite which is known as "frost nip" in my legs. I am ok. My body is fine. However, with the temperature being this below zero, my pipes have frozen!
After I had gotten home from work on Monday, I decided to take a nap because my legs were still somewhat numb after eight hours of running around at work. I got home after 5:30 pm and texted a lady friend and took a nap. I woke up at 10 pm and decided to go to the bathroom. I flushed and noticed that the water did not completely come up to where it's supposed too. I soaped my hands up and turned on the sink and nothing. I opened my closet in the bathroom and checked the water heater and it's fine.
After making some phone calls and the fact it was getting colder, I actually went out and pulled out several pieces of my trailer skirting and went under my trailer to search for the cat and finally yank him out from where he's been hiding. However, he was not there, which happens from time to time and I hope he's safe and warm.
So, now, I am not at home. If one of the water pipes inside my home happens to burst, I am up a certain creek without a paddle. I unplugged my television and my equipment and pulled out and moved all of my celluloid prints. While my film prints are things and can be somewhat replaced, they are too valuable to be destroyed! So, nothing is getting done, at all! Things are at a stand still. My luck is shitty so far. I hope this streak can end and I can get the film completed by the end of the month.
Now, this is where shit hits the fan, winter has slammed Ohio hard. On Monday, January 6th, we have experienced - 40 F weather. I decided to walk to work which is just down the road to my house, that was a horrible walk and I begin to get the first signs of frost bite which is known as "frost nip" in my legs. I am ok. My body is fine. However, with the temperature being this below zero, my pipes have frozen!
After I had gotten home from work on Monday, I decided to take a nap because my legs were still somewhat numb after eight hours of running around at work. I got home after 5:30 pm and texted a lady friend and took a nap. I woke up at 10 pm and decided to go to the bathroom. I flushed and noticed that the water did not completely come up to where it's supposed too. I soaped my hands up and turned on the sink and nothing. I opened my closet in the bathroom and checked the water heater and it's fine.
After making some phone calls and the fact it was getting colder, I actually went out and pulled out several pieces of my trailer skirting and went under my trailer to search for the cat and finally yank him out from where he's been hiding. However, he was not there, which happens from time to time and I hope he's safe and warm.
So, now, I am not at home. If one of the water pipes inside my home happens to burst, I am up a certain creek without a paddle. I unplugged my television and my equipment and pulled out and moved all of my celluloid prints. While my film prints are things and can be somewhat replaced, they are too valuable to be destroyed! So, nothing is getting done, at all! Things are at a stand still. My luck is shitty so far. I hope this streak can end and I can get the film completed by the end of the month.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Editing "Into the Madness: A Documentary".
With the exception of what's left be filmed in another few weeks in Columbus for the one year retrospective, I've been hitting the editing pretty hard on Into the Madness: A Documentary. What you are seeing below is the title sequence for the film.
The title cards will need redone as I had the cropped 4:3 version overlaying the 2.35:1 image. I was trying to keep the titles within the 4:3 frame which is why it looks wacky. And speaking of aspect ratios, here's an example of a clip being seen in all three aspect ratios; 1.33:1, 1.78:1, and 2.35:1.
We will have a trailer out on Christmas. It's hard cutting a trailer for a documentary. Peace out. One more post to come before the end of 2013.
The title cards will need redone as I had the cropped 4:3 version overlaying the 2.35:1 image. I was trying to keep the titles within the 4:3 frame which is why it looks wacky. And speaking of aspect ratios, here's an example of a clip being seen in all three aspect ratios; 1.33:1, 1.78:1, and 2.35:1.
We will have a trailer out on Christmas. It's hard cutting a trailer for a documentary. Peace out. One more post to come before the end of 2013.
Monday, November 25, 2013
No Trailer This Week For "Into the Madness: A Documentary".
Well, I was planning on having a trailer for my second feature, Into the Madness: A Documentary. However, I had a monkey wrench thrown into my hands on Thursday. I had a neighbor come up to me and inform me that there was a kitty cat under my trailer. Naturally, Into the Madness was in the dark recesses of my mind and trying to save this wild kitty was my main priority. I noticed that someone had put an orange Solo cup of hard cat food under the opening of my trailer where the skirting has broken apart. I decided to pour the contents of the cup out and see for myself how much would have been eaten.
While working my morning shift at my day job, I happened to grab two cans of generic cat food for about $1. I wanted to try to catch this little guy as the weather is going to get bad. I get off work at 5:30 P.M. and I check and see that the cat had eaten what I had poured out of the cup. I wanted to wait longer and try to get him at night. 9 P.M. rolls around and I get out of my trailer completely bundled and I open the first can of cat food. I place near the Solo cup and decide that an hour is a good waiting time. I return at 10 P.M. to find the contents of the can completely licked clean. I am baffled. It pulled the wool over my eyes and had himself a good meal on my two quarters. I decided to switch up my times to check on him from an hour to anywhere from five to fifteen minute increments.
I would see that a nibble or two would be taken from the can. I wanted to test it and I wanted to put the Solo cup over the can to see what he does. I come back out fifteen minutes later to find the cup knocked over and half of the can digested. The time is getting late and I had a shift at work that was almost half a day. I needed to get some rest. The time was now 1 A.M.
The biggest question on my mind was simple; "Was it really a cat?"
I grabbed my Kodak that I shot portions of Into the Madness with; the tripod light; and a plastic bag. The light and it's tripod screws wouldn't fit with the camera in the bag. I decided to undo the light from the screws and throw both items into the bag. As I went back outside to the spot, I tried to set the camera as upright as possible in the small opening. I placed the Solo cup over the food again to see what happens and I leave to go back inside.
I come out and check on it within a half hour, surprisingly, the cup was still over the can of food. Was he gone or was he full from the previous can? Puzzled, I went back inside. I kept running the possibilities through my head on this cat. Finally, 2 A.M. arrived and I decided to call it a night. I went back to check and oddly, the cup was still over the can of food. I brought the camera and light back inside and pulled out the SDHC card from the camera and placed it in my netbook.
I watched the footage for the first two minutes. Getting bored quickly, I decided to skip ahead. As I skipped ahead, I noticed a brown blur on the screen and realized that I had captured an encounter on video. I tried to go back as fast as I could and lo and behold, from the left side of my screen; it reveals itself. It didn't walk in from the opening, but, from the left which tells me that it was back at the front of my trailer and was watching me the whole time. I found it to be a slick little cat. Watching its motions on the video, he's a curious little one.
Saturday was different story. In the morning, I decided to grab a torn up wife-beater and rubbed it on my body to give my scent off to the cat to show it that I am not a threat. The last thing I want to do is show it harm. I left for work and as soon as I arrived something bad happened. A snow storm came in briefly, but, the temperatures dropped. I decided to grab some more cans of cat food and some catnip to get him going. I got home at 11 P.M. and I feel my whole face freezing while waiting for a cab. I got down and went underneath my trailer, I noticed that my shirt had muddy paw prints all over it which lead to me calling out for the cat. I got no response. I opened a can of food and left it out.
As I checked on it, there was no bites. I kept going out and for one of the first times that I prayed that the storm did not take the cat out. 3 A.M. comes and goes and for the final time that night, nothing. I started to feel horrible that I couldn't have actually snagged him instead of putting my camera down there. I decided to go to bed and not having a good night's sleep. I kept hoping that when I got up on Sunday, the can would be munched, I was wrong.
I hope he's ok. I only know him from this one minute of video.
While working my morning shift at my day job, I happened to grab two cans of generic cat food for about $1. I wanted to try to catch this little guy as the weather is going to get bad. I get off work at 5:30 P.M. and I check and see that the cat had eaten what I had poured out of the cup. I wanted to wait longer and try to get him at night. 9 P.M. rolls around and I get out of my trailer completely bundled and I open the first can of cat food. I place near the Solo cup and decide that an hour is a good waiting time. I return at 10 P.M. to find the contents of the can completely licked clean. I am baffled. It pulled the wool over my eyes and had himself a good meal on my two quarters. I decided to switch up my times to check on him from an hour to anywhere from five to fifteen minute increments.
I would see that a nibble or two would be taken from the can. I wanted to test it and I wanted to put the Solo cup over the can to see what he does. I come back out fifteen minutes later to find the cup knocked over and half of the can digested. The time is getting late and I had a shift at work that was almost half a day. I needed to get some rest. The time was now 1 A.M.
The biggest question on my mind was simple; "Was it really a cat?"
I grabbed my Kodak that I shot portions of Into the Madness with; the tripod light; and a plastic bag. The light and it's tripod screws wouldn't fit with the camera in the bag. I decided to undo the light from the screws and throw both items into the bag. As I went back outside to the spot, I tried to set the camera as upright as possible in the small opening. I placed the Solo cup over the food again to see what happens and I leave to go back inside.
I come out and check on it within a half hour, surprisingly, the cup was still over the can of food. Was he gone or was he full from the previous can? Puzzled, I went back inside. I kept running the possibilities through my head on this cat. Finally, 2 A.M. arrived and I decided to call it a night. I went back to check and oddly, the cup was still over the can of food. I brought the camera and light back inside and pulled out the SDHC card from the camera and placed it in my netbook.
I watched the footage for the first two minutes. Getting bored quickly, I decided to skip ahead. As I skipped ahead, I noticed a brown blur on the screen and realized that I had captured an encounter on video. I tried to go back as fast as I could and lo and behold, from the left side of my screen; it reveals itself. It didn't walk in from the opening, but, from the left which tells me that it was back at the front of my trailer and was watching me the whole time. I found it to be a slick little cat. Watching its motions on the video, he's a curious little one.
Saturday was different story. In the morning, I decided to grab a torn up wife-beater and rubbed it on my body to give my scent off to the cat to show it that I am not a threat. The last thing I want to do is show it harm. I left for work and as soon as I arrived something bad happened. A snow storm came in briefly, but, the temperatures dropped. I decided to grab some more cans of cat food and some catnip to get him going. I got home at 11 P.M. and I feel my whole face freezing while waiting for a cab. I got down and went underneath my trailer, I noticed that my shirt had muddy paw prints all over it which lead to me calling out for the cat. I got no response. I opened a can of food and left it out.
As I checked on it, there was no bites. I kept going out and for one of the first times that I prayed that the storm did not take the cat out. 3 A.M. comes and goes and for the final time that night, nothing. I started to feel horrible that I couldn't have actually snagged him instead of putting my camera down there. I decided to go to bed and not having a good night's sleep. I kept hoping that when I got up on Sunday, the can would be munched, I was wrong.
I hope he's ok. I only know him from this one minute of video.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
New Blog Title; "Das Leben Des Opfer!"
I'm about to go to bed. The other day, I unearthed from the depths of the my two external hard drives the drafts of This is the Life. I wrote the script in 2008 right around the time that I met my second ex-fiancee and right after I graduated from Leilehua High School. It was very Silent Hill-esque in terms of story. I was going to direct it as soon as I finished the script, but got very sick with my kidneys.
I think I am going to give the script a new polish, but, I am going to pass on directing it. I think I am going to be saving it for my planned hiatus. We're working on getting contracts ready for Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawaii. And come January, I am going to be giving my buddy Stephen the script for the movie he is directing. We're getting things ready!
I think I am going to give the script a new polish, but, I am going to pass on directing it. I think I am going to be saving it for my planned hiatus. We're working on getting contracts ready for Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawaii. And come January, I am going to be giving my buddy Stephen the script for the movie he is directing. We're getting things ready!
Saturday, September 28, 2013
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 $33. I'm waiting until mid-October to order Iron Man 3D and R-Point. Very excited for R-Point as it is one of my favorite South Korean horror films.
Studio wise, getting stuff ready to go for Traumatic Possession 3D: The Director's Cut and editing Into the Madness: A Documentary. I am going to show Abby a rough cut of the film in October whenever I go out to Columbus in October. And then we're going to start filming Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawai'i. Honolulu is no longer safe and someone or something is coming after a survivor who encountered Simon Lange.
Went and watched This is the End for the fourth time. I love the movie even more and more. I am planning on picking up the German Blu-ray when it comes out in December. I also ended up ordering some German Blu-rays from my favorite Swiss Webstore Grooves Inc. Got the German Blu-rays for Ca$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.
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