I think I was blind before I met you.

The video concepts for most Bright Eyes videos are pure genius. I mean all of the videos that Conor Oberst has been in are so amazing. I especially like this one and the Four Winds video. If this aint the sweetest video ever...

music videos

So I'm going to be doing some music videos by the end of this year and I've been doing a lot of research. And when I say research I mean watching an assload of music videos. This is one of my favorites and I thought I'd share it with you. Yes, you!

damn this first week murders.

"Oh can't you tell? That I'm in love with the girl with the blue ribbons in her hair. She's got a smile so bright that she could light this very room and I can't get her off my mind. Even if I tried."

That line is from this son called Button by my friend Luis' band Taller Than Trees. Everyone should listen to them.

I finally finished editing Blood Runners. eh.

What's next for me? I got a Taller Than Trees music video that I'm trying to get started on. As Tranquil as a Catnap. I need to update my computer. Recording a song with Adam called Camel Collision. Apparently its about lesbians? I wanna find more time to relax. but I'm a total contradiction when I say I need to find more time for work.

I was just laughing cause I was looking at the picture on my blog and thought it would be really funny if those weren't my arms

Blood Runners

Things have finally settled down, and I can finally update you on Blood Runners. This is the story of Clint and Ronnie, two friends/roommates/hematologists. They work as delivery men for the nations largest blood bank.

I remember coming up with this story almost two years ago. Before the vampire craze I might add. I wanted create really unconventional stories for our classic monsters. In this case I went with vampires. I wanted it to be a little different, I don't see that many dark comedies that deal with vampires a lot.

In this world, vampires are pretty much widely accepted in the world. They had their civil rights movement, got their equality, and have become a great influence on art and culture. But since their emergence into mainstream society, the economy has taken a substantial hit. Now that the worlds population is running 24/7 the worlds resources are being used up twice as fast. Night schools and graveyard shifts have taken on all new meanings.
This short film is actually the first scene of the feature length that I'm contemplating writing. When this is done I'm gonna shop it around to a few festivals, depending on its success I'll determine if its worth the time to sit down and crank out this feature length.

So the story goes is that Clint and Ronnie are delivery men for a blood bank that cater to the special needs of the cities nocturnal population. On a high profile delivery they accidentally destroy their batch of blood. In fear of being fired, they use their own blood as substitutes. It turns out that Clint has a rare blood disorder that makes his blood high commodity. So the two decide to go into business for themselves.
This of course is a recipe for disaster since Clint is very racist towards vampires (and possibly struggling with his own human sexuality) and Ronnie is in love with the hot vampire chick across the hall. And when the shit hits the fan their friendship is put to the test.
I really like this story. I'd have to say that my favorite scene that I havent written yet is the part where Ronnie and Clint are arguing about whats right and wrong about being a human as opposed to being a vampire. Ronnie says to Clint: "We're just like them. We're blood runners, we sleep all day and work all night. The only difference is the paychecks"

Our lives have soundtracks.. We're trying to make our own.

So it was a rare occasion last night. I was able to mic up the piano inside my house and use it to record. That piano hasn't been used in almost 10 years. We've been thinking about creating our own soundtracks for our films since we feel that the quality of our tunes have been getting better. We recorded some live tracks with our now studio built out of the kitchen. They're rough and unsructured, and really just ideas for something greater. its funny cause everytime we make a batch of songs, we treat them like new Ep's and we name them after whatever we're drinking at the moment.

I haven't updated in a few days. Besides a few stings from some very angry Yellow Jackets, I'm doin gfairly well. Work started again. I'm doing more projects. I'm networking a little better. I kinda maybe might be in like with a woman. haha. I think I'll be ok.

This god damn industry will kill us all.

I've learned a few things from my time in the trenches. and I wrote some of them down.

1. You can't rely on everyone

2. You have to rely on everyone

3. Know your position, but more importantly, know what position you are not.

4. Get coverage

5. early is on time, on time is late.

6. Know when to answer a phone call, and when not to.

7. Sound is 90% of your movie

8. You can't be socially retarded

9. Know when to get paid, and when to go pro bono

10. Take lots of pictures

11. Shitty script equals shitty movie

12. "I should have spent more time networking" - Jesse

13. Its the Director's chair, not the Director's bench

14. NEVER, EVER ask a PA for coffee. They WILL put their dicks in it.

15. Steal shit.

16. You can't be in front and behind the camera at the same time. Make a choice you douchebag.

17. Be a filmmaker not a filmfaker

18. Fuck bees.

more to come, I wrote them down in various place, I just have to find them now

Exit Through The Checkstand

A Short I worked on yesterday. It was the first time I got to work with the Canon 5D. Its one of the top dslr cameras out on the market. I really liked this shoot because the hardware store location was so nice. Plus all the crew and the actors were really nice.

I've had a really busy week, a music video last saturday, a short wednesday. and this friday, I'm finally gonna shoot Blood Runners... If I make it to sunday.. Thats considered a miracle.