Scripting...

It's been a week that I first sat down and hammered away at the script for the untitled Traumatic Possession 3D sequel, which we refer to from now on as Traumatic Possession 2 until we get a title for it. I'm past the first third of the script and decided to scribble a few pages of notes and got the first ten pages down for Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse. Why write the third script at the same time that I am writing the second script? Simple, there's no real connection story-wise. Apocalypse is a stand-alone film, with the only character coming back is Simon Lange. I've written in that the final scene from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape is to appear to continue the story off in both films.

In a way, it's kinda like how Toho did two sequels that aren't connected to one another with the Japanese film series, The Ring. After The Ring, there was The Spiral. The Spiral has no connection with any of the other films in The Ring series. And then, Toho did The Ring 2 and it basically was like Toho's way of saying; "Hey, The Spiral can fuck off! Our bad!"

With Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse, after getting the first ten pages, I like that this is a different type of animal. I was thinking, how could I bring Simon Lange into a futuristic setting without bringing him into space and it all came to me. I have a lot of set work to do in terms of getting this how to look like how I want it, visually. I know I'll be color correcting the hell out of this one in post, once we get it shot. I'm thinking a murky brown-ish tint to it.

I am planning on getting discs factory pressed for 2014, but, with the intention of getting these copies in what's left of the video store market. It'll be a DVD-9 of Traumatic Possession: The Trilogy. Into the Madness: A Documentary will not be included on it, but, it will be on the Blu-ray. The Blu-ray release for the trilogy will have to span across two discs as I believe there is no way to fit it all on one BD-50 disc.

Disc one will most likely contain:
Traumatic Possession 2D: The Tape
Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape
Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut
Into the Madness: A Documentary

Disc two will most likely contain:
Traumatic Possession 2 - 3D
Traumatic Possession 2 - 2D
Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse
Traumatic Possession 2D: Apocalypse

The Director's Cuts of Traumatic Possession 2 and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse will be the final cuts that you see. Only reason why you're getting Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut is because of some disagreements between my co-producer and I regarding the final cut for the theatrical release. I'm just restoring my vision for the film.

What next after finishing Traumatic Possession: The Trilogy? Well, we have Juggernaut 3D as my follow up. And Maze of Thought 3D will be filming for a 2015 release. I'll be breaking out another revision of the script for Maze of Thought 3D here in the next few weeks and hand it off to my co-producer. It's hard to believe it's been four years ago that I laid in bed, sick as a dog in Hilo, Hawaii and hammered out that script.

Hopefully, in late 2014, I can get my white ass back to Hawaii and enjoy the beaches and the island life. I miss it. I wish to find peace there after my second ex-fiancee walked away on everything. I would like nothing more than to just hear the waves crash upon the shore and think; "I'm home".

Teaser Poster. Announcing the Films.

Untitled Traumatic Possession 3D Sequel and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse coming soon! The  first trilogy ends after this year. We will let Simon Lange take a rest for a few years. I have plans for a semi-hiatus, once this ends, I'll bring Simon Lange back for another trilogy.

And finally, audio podcast...

Expanding the "Traumatic Possession" Universe.

The next film I am planning on filming in a two week period in June or July will be a spin off from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. Now, I'm doubting it will be titled Traumatic Possession 3D: Sequel Title Here. If I did call it a Traumatic Possession 3D film, it's only like a joke. Kinda like how Lamberto Bava's television film The Ogre is called Demons 3: The Ogre outside of Italy.

I decided that this new film was going to be TP3D related after giving it thought. I decided to change the ending of the script and some plot line at the beginning of the script to fit within the TP3D universe. I might make a few other films to fit within this scheme of people who have come into contact with Simon Lange in some sort of aspect. This one deals with someone who has had a close encounter with Lange and the other who is thrown into this universe and then things start to spiral.

I will be acting in it, but, not as Simon Lange. I'll be playing a completely new character to the series. If we ever have these two character meet up in the series, I'll gladly recast the role and re-shoot the scenes with the new actor in it as a flashback. And if Lange ever met with this character, he'd be fuckin' dead meat. Lange is not a nice person at all. His cruelty will be brought up and seen in Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse.

It's kinda odd to be directing two Traumatic Possession 3D films and producing Ghosts of Mansfield. Being a producer and sitting behind the camera will be an exciting experience. This is something I look forward to doing more of. Whether it be another movie that Stephen makes or if it's someone else. Plus, I'm planning on taking some acting gigs outside of the studio. Nothing is final, yet. Working on it...

Spoilers... I Am Iron Man. Iron Man 3D!

Do not read any further. You have been warned!

I caught the 9:15 pm showing of Iron Man 3D last night and enjoyed it. However, how Marvel has allowed the people behind the Iron Man series handle villains is an out right joke. I thought how Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo hybrid was handled in Iron Man 2 was pretty bad, but Iron Man 3D takes the cake. We finally have the Mandarin, a bad ass kung fu master who plans on destroying the planet...oh, wait... he's a coked out British actor. The trailers totally mislead us on all of it. This was supposed to be the Mandarin we deserved and this was instead the Mandarin we got. Such a damn shame if you ask me.

I honestly liked that the villain wasn't suit-based like how Stane and Vanko were in the previous installments. Problem is, we're thrown into a whole different direction once we realize that the "real" Mandarin is Aldrich Killian, played by Guy Pearce. The biggest bad ass kung fu villain, which is Stark's arch-nemesis is brought down to this? A nerd who wanted Stark to buy into his science? Bullshit.

War Machine being re-branded as the Iron Patriot was also a lame attempt at using another name of a comic character. Iron Patriot in the comics is really Norman Osborne from Spider-Man, but, Disney can't use Norman now can they?

I did like how Tony handled situations. He is all on his own pretty much throughout the film. One of the early production concept arts shows Stark with one suit glove on and another suit leg on and fighting bad guys. That was one of the best action scenes as he's flying around towards the end of the film. With his updates on the Mark suits, he's now able to be out of the suits and operate it from the ground is pretty sweet. I really dug that.

Oh, yeah...one last thing...

I AM IRON MAN!

Oi, Ghidorah!

While I wanted to record another podcast at the beginning of the week, we've had some real turbulence in my family and I've been a little pre-occupied searching through shit to even lift the camera. Couldn't finish the review I started working on. Just been going to work and coming home to my trailer and just being puzzled at how all of this shit had happened.

I did manage to buy a Vivitar DVR785HD. This is a small little bastard. You could easily fit this little bastard in your pocket and still have room to fit your wallet in once you take it out of the underwater/protective casing which comes with it. I managed to pick it up at Target for a good $25. Only problem is that now I have to get a microSD card for it. Since it's that small, I can't put my regular SDHC card in it. After I saw this little camera, I knew I had to get it for a plot device in the next movie I am going to be shooting in the following months.

I got this sweet piece of heaven from eBay, a Super 8mm digest reel of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. I put a DVD case beside it to show scale. The film came in a giant box, filled with crumbled newspapers. I actually pulled it out and set it aside while I was looking for what was inside the package. I felt dumb after finding it. I've watched through it on my Super 8mm editing bay. It's in B&W and it actually contains the film's THE END title card which has been missing on all home video releases of the film.

I'll have a podcast ready in a week or so. What's on the schedule for today, showing my movie review site some lovin'. I think I might go in and start italicizing the movie titles since this was all done throughout the years.

Chinese Hercules Has Arrived! And Filming in June.

After waiting since winning the auction on Easter, I received my 16mm film print of Chinese Hercules! Since this print is thirty-nine years old, it has it's wear and it shows as the opening credits are gone as well as the first few moments of the protagonist training before his fiancee walks in. There's even a few splices and some dirt on the print that needs cleaned off.

The second reel about gave me a damn heart attack as there's no leader film to protect the film. The film is openly exposed and on top of that, they taped the film down and the tape is on actual celluloid. This needs to be fixed. However, leader film gets pricey for just 1,000 ft of it. Plus, I'll need splicing tape to fix it up. All this to preserve a movie.

It gave me vivid flashbacks of when I showed my Super 8mm film print of Nosferatu to Abby and the film snapped while we were on the third reel and I had to perform an operation on that. That was quite scary. Luckily, the editing bay I have had a compartment for both 8mm and Super 8mm splicing tape.

I picked up Django Unchained at Target. It's got a nice Steelbook case to it. I look forward to seeing it again. I remember seeing it for the second time, the day right after I premiered Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. And speaking of filmmaking, I'll be cutting a promo intro for the new website. I'm gearing up to film in June. July, if we can fit it, Ghosts of Mansfield. Then, in August, Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse!

Final note, I know you're reading this. Listen, because good old Johnny has some words to say:

Eighth Anniversary. Where Does the Time Go?

Well, how did I spend my eighth anniversary? Sick as a dog! I had some spaghetti to eat for lunch and it decided to play with my stomach all day and then at two in the freakin' morning, I ended up throwing up. On top of other things, I have been having encoding problems with Double Feature Theater Vol 2. First time, I accidentally forgot to check off that it needs to play next title after first title ends. First title is the FBI warning since footage from Traumatic Possession is shown on the DVDs. I wouldn't put an FBI warning on the disc if I just used the public domain films.

Then, when I did the encoding a second time, I forgot to add the chapter marks on the movie. I was like; "Shit!" And then, I decided to do the encoding in DVDAuthorGUI for the third time and the chapters were all over the place and I was like; "Fuck me!" So, I'm going to do the encoding again this week. I have Double Feature Theater Vol 3 encoding right now in Sony Vegas and it will probably be done tonight. I'm still working on the original concept for Double Feature Theater Vol 2. But, I felt that I wasn't ready for this one yet, so, I devised another double feature.

I started working on the poster art for the planned Orlando Eastwood Film Festival. Right now, it's just a work in progress and I didn't have poster art at the time for Chinese Hercules when I did it. Also, date and price and time are not finalized as I do not have everything booked. The plan is to travel the film prints and the digital screenings across the country, like the good old days where filmmakers took their films on the road. The first show will be in Ohio and who knows where I will have the second show.

I also plan on mixing it up and possibly getting other indie filmmakers involved and screening their works if I can cut them a deal on screening it. I'm still waiting on Chinese Hercules, the seller is finally shipping the item as he had a question about my address and I had to clear it up and wait a week longer. But, hey, I have Chinese Hercules in it's original aspect ratio. As far as I know, none of the DVD copies are like that. Plus, I have the film on beautiful celluloid!

Also, I did a google search and stumbled across a Czech, Romanian, and Spanish websites talking about Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. I'm pretty proud that it's getting some international chatter. I'm going to be getting some work done on getting the subtitle tracks created for the film. Especially once I get the director's cut finished.