Jan 04

A Tale of Two Swords

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.)

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Dec 02

Let the Editing Begin

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:

Ben

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Nov 17

After the Seminar Shoot

We’re all down here in the Southern branch of Phantom Moose doing various projects for Simply Charlotte Mason. On Friday we shot their Books and Things seminar. Here’s the aftermath:

The aftermath

And that’s just one day! We have more things planned for the rest of this week. For now, we’re importing away as quickly as we can. (With, you know, breaks for food and movies and things like that…)

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