This past month has been pretty busy, what with Ruth and I editing a seminar for Simply Charlotte Mason, and all the other things that happen when you try to make movies while having a life.

But! On Friday we found time to sit down over the Internet and discuss an idea we had in November. I came away from the meeting extremely encouraged with the direction of the project. One thing that came up was all the other ideas we had to play with. We counted at least five story ideas that we might work on later.

Don’t worry, by the way… We’re still planning on doing the DragonSpell teaser. Just gotta get this seminar done first.

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Today is Appreciate a Dragon Day! In honor of this momentous occasion, we give you a sneak preview frame from our DragonSpell teaser (click to enlarge):

By the way, we do realize that the whites are a little hot in this shot (my fault!). The rest of our footage turned out much better.

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While creating the props for our DragonSpell Teaser Trailer, I was confronted with the fact that we needed a sword. A sword that looked fairly decent. One that didn’t have “Made in China” visible on the blade. And preferably one without cheesy-looking plastic decoration on the hilt. Unfortunately, that was all we had on hand. And the zero-dollar budget made buying one out of the question. Besides, if I had managed to talk Jordan and Ruth into spending the money, it wouldn’t have got here in time. I was left with no choice but to make something out of those plastic excuses for a weapon.

Drastic times called for drastic actions. We chose the handle from the sword of Chocolate, and the blade from the sword of Ice Cream. Tremble, world, there will never be an iSundae 3 ever because the swords of Ice Cream and Chocolate have been destroyed. They were thrown into the firey Mount Doom known as the craftroom and reborn as this sword. (Please hold applause until the end of the article.)

[Continue reading A Tale of Two Swords …]

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Alright, we’ve decided that we’ve been stringing you along long enough! It’s time to tell you what book we’re doing a teaser trailer for. What is it? Read on. [Continue reading What We’re Up To …]

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But not on the book trailer. Nope, we’re busily slaving away at getting the first seminar done. Luckily, we have our secret Final Cut Pro weapon, which is making things go much faster.

Right now, I don’t really have any idea when we’ll get to the book trailer. We’ve discussed a few possibilities, and even wondered if we should come right out and say what we’re doing because it will likely be awhile. That way, we could post behind-the-scenes stuff more freely. Tell us what you think.

Here’s one more less-spoilery photo to tide you over. My brother Ben getting a makeup job:

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