Kyle Prohaska from Praise Pictures has some very good points to make about networking. First he talks about networking philosophy, and then discusses networking resources.
Blastwave FX is offering a free sample pack of 68 effects from their 40 sound effects libraries. The samples are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Unported license, which basically means you can use them for anything you like if you give credit to Blastwave.
It’s a pretty good pack. Probably the best sound effect is a trailer title whoosh, which is really hard to find for free. Highly recommended!
This is really more of a chuckle than anything else. During the Super Bowl, I saw a trailer for Dreamworks’ new Monsters vs. Aliens movie. Well, one of the monsters is a big blue blob who proclaims that his name is, of all things, Bob! You think they watched iSundae II?
It almost never fails. The movie is finished, everybody liked it, you get compliments, and then you try to think of what to do next. And like a flashing neon sign comes the word sequel. That one word, when heeded, has been the downfall of many a project.
There are good sequels on occasion, but generally these come from well-developed stories to begin with. If the original film was lacking in development, the second (or third) installment suffers from the poor beginnings.
This was brought home to me while sitting across the table from Rebekah and Ruth. We were chatting about nothing in particular and iSundae III came to mind. Within fifteen minutes of goofing around, we had the semblance of a plot that, at an earlier time, would have had us scurrying off to write a script. Read More
This is just a very quick update on our latest film project. We were all together in the same house for two weeks, so we did a lot of hashing out ideas, getting feedback from our parents, and generally making sure the treatment worked.
As a result of all this, we ended up with the impression that our story is good, but we need to sit down and work on our characters before we start scripting. That’s where the project stands at this point.
One last mysterious note on the project: We tossed around some title ideas, and though nothing positive has materialized yet, we may have a potential working title.
One last note from me: I’ve just requested from the library a few good-looking books on various aspects of filmmaking. Perhaps there will be some reviews soon.