My First Post

I'll try and keep this brief. This is my first real attempt at a blog, and I'm going to do my best to keep it up to date with whatever happens to be in my head that day. In all likelihood I'll keep it to reviewing movies, tv shows, or books. But occasionally I may need this as a forum to rant about whatever may be bothering me.

I'm currently unemployed, but my last professional job was as a Webcast Producer for corporate webcasting company. Before that I worked freelance in the film and television industry filling various rolls on set and off. I've worked as a PA, Audio technician, Camera Operator, Assistant Producer, and Director and probably a few others things as well. What I would like to do next, aside from getting a regular paying job again, is to write, produce, and direct my own production. Something small that I can submit to festivals and maybe, if I'm lucky, make a half decent show.

But saying that and making that are two different things. First I need to finish the script. I'm working on a few ideas, most notably my writing partner and I are working on a coming of age story based in a retail store. The story idea is great, and its been a great experience writing it. Second, I've got another story burning a whole in my brain that I'm trying to get down on paper as soon as possible. I don't think it would work as a short but as a story itself, I'm hoping it will come together. Third, I'd like to an old project out of mothballs.

About two years ago, I was working with a friend of mine on a 15 minute film about first dates and how perspective can change depending on who you are. It was an ambition project from the start. It was our first piece since graduating from school, and we only had a weekend to shoot it in. We managed to finish the shoot by the skin of our teeth, but we had to sacrifice quality along the way to get there. As a result some of the audio didn't work out, and due to transfer errors we lost some covering footage. However, after a painful editing process we were able to piece a coherent film together, that although isn't the best movie ever produced it certainly isn't the worst. The only thing hold it back now though are some serious audio problems that would need to be corrected before I'd feel comfortable sending it out to festivals. To that end, I'm going to follow a few leads and try and track down a Post-Audio technician who'd be willing to work on it for very little in the way of compensation except a hope of future (paying) work.

Well, that's all for now. I'll keep you posted as time goes.