Well it has been a long time since I have been on the board, but I have returned. My last real appearance on the board was when I was living in my car to complete my college placement back in May. Since that time I have had an extremely bad time finding money just to survive. As it turns out when you borrow money, people generally want it back. Well to save a lot of pointless explanation I will sum up. I owe a lot of money and it isn’t going away anytime soon. Despite the lack of funds, I have however managed to get back to a regular living lifestyle including an apartment, electricity and internet! WOO HOO! I have successfully pulled myself from the gutter and returned to an average broke college grad lifestyle!
Alright enough of the boring stuff and down to business. Back in May I was in the process of shooting a very Tex inspired PI drama for one of my final projects. I had asked the board if anyone was interested doing an original score for the project and then a series of oddities befell me from then on. eg. something was growing in my eye and nearly blinded me, which would not have been a great thing seeing as I have graduated in a visual field. (When they say take out your contact lenses nightly they REALLY mean it.) Where was I? Oh right the score, anyway in all this time the computers I was working on at the college had been wiped out and I have since lost all my work on it. I do however have all the original footage but just don’t have the heart to completely remake the entire project. As I do not want the project to completely die I have instead decided to turn it into a trailer and put it on my demo reel. NOW having said all of that I am just curious if anyone is still interested in making music for the trailer. I remember St. Vivus had expressed some interest and I remember liking his work and was wondering if he was still interested? I am in the process of copying the video to a format that I can use on my studio equipment at home and hope to have it completed soon. If anyone is interested I can send them the final trailer and they can have at it.
As for what is going on right now I am in the process of completing 2 short films and the pilot for a television show. Which I must admit is extremely difficult when you have no money to produce anything however not impossible when you have free access to all the equipment to do so. I LOVE volunteers! As for the future I will be returning to school in the fall and will heed Cubase’s advice and snag up another diploma in film. (Seeing the pics of your latest production gave me a little inspiration to get up and do something) Things are kind of up in the air right now but the future looks bright, I just wanted to thank all those that expressed concern but as you can see I am alive and well. Not to mention moderately financially sound. (I can buy groceries again! YAY Talk about starving artist.) I hope to be visiting the board more often with the latest Tex-happenings and keep everyone on the up and up as to what is happening on my end. Here’s to a productive 2007. Cheers!
Alright enough of the boring stuff and down to business. Back in May I was in the process of shooting a very Tex inspired PI drama for one of my final projects. I had asked the board if anyone was interested doing an original score for the project and then a series of oddities befell me from then on. eg. something was growing in my eye and nearly blinded me, which would not have been a great thing seeing as I have graduated in a visual field. (When they say take out your contact lenses nightly they REALLY mean it.) Where was I? Oh right the score, anyway in all this time the computers I was working on at the college had been wiped out and I have since lost all my work on it. I do however have all the original footage but just don’t have the heart to completely remake the entire project. As I do not want the project to completely die I have instead decided to turn it into a trailer and put it on my demo reel. NOW having said all of that I am just curious if anyone is still interested in making music for the trailer. I remember St. Vivus had expressed some interest and I remember liking his work and was wondering if he was still interested? I am in the process of copying the video to a format that I can use on my studio equipment at home and hope to have it completed soon. If anyone is interested I can send them the final trailer and they can have at it.
As for what is going on right now I am in the process of completing 2 short films and the pilot for a television show. Which I must admit is extremely difficult when you have no money to produce anything however not impossible when you have free access to all the equipment to do so. I LOVE volunteers! As for the future I will be returning to school in the fall and will heed Cubase’s advice and snag up another diploma in film. (Seeing the pics of your latest production gave me a little inspiration to get up and do something) Things are kind of up in the air right now but the future looks bright, I just wanted to thank all those that expressed concern but as you can see I am alive and well. Not to mention moderately financially sound. (I can buy groceries again! YAY Talk about starving artist.) I hope to be visiting the board more often with the latest Tex-happenings and keep everyone on the up and up as to what is happening on my end. Here’s to a productive 2007. Cheers!
Good to hear you are back on your feet mate! It is a tough world out there and although I may not have experienced as much hardship as others who have lived longer, I do know that if you have ambitions and a little bit of drive you can do great things!
Can't wait to see your projects in flight. Good luck, we all know you've got it in you, you just need to get that foot in the door and voila!
-Cub. =o)
Can't wait to see your projects in flight. Good luck, we all know you've got it in you, you just need to get that foot in the door and voila!
-Cub. =o)
Wow, that's quite an adventure. I'm glad your back to abi-normal. And eye deep in projects too! (no pun intended) You're certainly on the right track to success, with your drive and ability to see the larger paicture at the expense of the "comfort zone". We'll all say we knew you when......
When you are no longer a starving student, think lasik eye surgery. Wonderful stuff, if you can!
Best of luck on your new projects!
Jen
When you are no longer a starving student, think lasik eye surgery. Wonderful stuff, if you can!
Best of luck on your new projects!
Jen