The Official Film Blog

It was a year ago that we started filming.  At the time I was a little naive.  I actually thought that we’d be finished by the end of the 2008, even though I was advised by others that it wouldn’t happen.  I figured I’d just prove them all wrong.  I guess I was the one that was wrong.
Through the course of this year I’ve been amazed by the level of support, and what we’ve been able to get away with.  Early on we didn’t really know how we were going to pull off all our scenes.  My idea was that we’d do what we could, and as momentum built the rest would just work itself out.  These are some of the highlights that I can remember right now.

• When we needed money for a HDV deck, we asked and we received from our fans and supporters
• Jac let us use the Saint to film
• We had no idea how we were going to do our special effects and Pat showed up to do all our blood work
• CANO let us use their roof top
• Bill was able to secure a barge on the Mississippi through Biso
• Lefty got us a great location for our pirate radio station
• George let us use his warehouse
• Tamme letting us use her apartment all weekend
• We were interviewed on television
• Sean has been awesome in letting us use his shop
• Tim letting us use his car, and even volunteered his home
• Ben let us use his car
• Terror Optics played one of our trailers ahead of when of their film premieres
• Delilah sitting in a tub for like six hours without complaint, at least none that I heard
• All the patient actors that we still haven’t shot
• All the patient actors we have shot

That’s just what I can remember right now.  I’m sure there are more things that have amazed me.  In the year we’ve had everyone stick by us that was there at the beginning.  That’s a lot of people actually to keep in this thing.  So I just want to say thanks to everyone that’s been with us this past year.  We’ve had our best month so far in June and are starting to see the end.  We still are going to need help, so don’t be surprised if we come knocking.

There are all sorts of new pictures, so you can see that we actually do stuff.  And if you’re reading this from Facebook know that there are more pictures on our main website than on Facebook.  We hope to have the interview on the website one day, but they still have not given us a copy of the interview so…maybe one day.  More updates to come.

It’s amazing what you can get if you just ask.  I want to thank everyone that help with this scene.  Rory, Bill, Andreas, couldn’t have done it without the help from you guys.  Oh, the actor guys were appreciated as well.  Photos can be found in the photos section.

It was freaking hot.  Really hot.  We were on a roof top and I felt like crap for days after.  We have new pictures of the event.  You can look at them in our photos section.  Everything went wrong to start with, couldn’t get a hold of everyone, took forever to get everyone together, all in all I was like an hour late to the shoot.  Oh well, it all worked out.

Nothing much to say here.  We added some new photos to the photos section.  They’re all from this weekends shoot.  Got a busy week ahead of us, we’ll keep in touch.

Today took a strange toll on me.  It was a “cursed” scene that we’ve tried to film 3 or 4 times already.  I was nervous that someone would miss the shoot.  It had been a while since we’ve shot and I was nervous about that.  The growing number of eyes watching us, well maybe that’s made me a little nervous.

Some other things make me nervous.

It’s actually a little tough organizing 50+ people on a weekly basis.  Granted I never deal with them all at the same time, but I do deal with all their schedules.  It’s even harder when you’re not paying them and they’re doing it for the love of the project, or for whatever reason they may have.  It’s tough because I owe all of them.  I owe them a project they can be proud to be in, and sometimes I don’t feel that I’m the guy that can deliver that.  I want to be, I try to be, and in the end I may be, but I won’t deny that sometimes I doubt myself.

That makes me nervous.

We started this project over a year ago, and we’re about to hit a year since we’ve started filming.  Out of all the drunken ideas I’ve had this is the one that’s had the most life.  Today I looked at the script and saw what we’ve done, and what’s left.  It’s a lot on both ends, but getting this far fuels a belief that we can get further.

If you’re in the movie, thanks.  If you’re behind the scenes, thanks.  If you’ve donated money, thanks.  If you’ve donated a space, or vehicle, or anything, thanks.  I’ll do my best to not let you down.  Just bare with me if I freak out sometimes.