Monday, March 31, 2008

LOOSE CANNON complete! Watch it now!

Hard-boiled narcotics officer John McClowski vows revenge against drug lord Zeus after the death of his partner. Classic action-packed buddy cop parody!

It's April Fool's day, but this is no joke! It's nearly seven minutes of adrenaline-rushing, heart-pounding, adjective-packed cinema!



Click here to access the 720p HD version.

I pity the fool that passes this up! (The April Fool! Er, right?) Again, this is not a joke, this is very, very real.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Pictures of LOOSE CANNON!


The short is 99.9% complete. Should be up in the next few days!
In the meantime, here are some awesome stills!
Enjoy!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

LOOSE CANNON short film shoot


The shoot was great! Super funny stuff. Super good footage. And pizza.
It was a very spontaneous shoot. We were able to pull some good friends out of hibernation to help out, and it all came together beautifully!
I cut together a rough edit today, and it's SUPER FUNNY.
Picture of McClowski kicking in a door courtesy of Tyson Ritter.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

New Short Film with Loose Connections

"Bullshit!" You say to yourself, out loud. "Why are you filming a short when your momentum is so high on your feature?"
"Because I'm a crazy asshole," I respond telepathically. "I'm reckless, overly spontaneous and have no respect for priority. But goddamnit, I get the job done."

It's called Loose Cannon, and it features one of GSNT's lead characters, Supercop John McClowski, a personal favorite of mine.
You can read the script here.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Other Stories Never Told

It has just come to my attention that there are other productions with the same name. Damnit, I thought I was being original again.
List of Greatest Story Never Told's:
  • an east-coast rap album
  • a short drama about a missionary in Africa
  • the 1968 feature about Jesus. (That's actually the Greatest Story EVER Told, but it's close enough)
I've decided to completely rewrite my version of GSNT as a direct parody of GSET.

omg, jk. People have already been making connections to the Jesus flick, and if it continues I might just change the title. Thanks, Jesus. Happy now?

The Master Plan

Basic List of Steps to Make This Movie:
  • WRITE IT, REWRITE IT, REWRITE IT AGAIN. GET IT TIGHT. KEEP IT FUNNY.
  • ATTACH CAST AND CREW. CASTING CALL!!!
  • FORM AN LLC PRODUCTION COMPANY
  • BUSINESS PLAN (PACKAGE FOR INVESTORS):
    • STORYBOARDS, SYNOPSIS, MISSION STATEMENT
    • BUDGET TOP SHEET
    • RESUMES OF KEY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND TALENT
    • PHOTOS, POSTER ARTWORK, PRODUCTION SCHEDULES/STORYBOARDS
    • SCREENPLAY
  • DETERMINE UNITS
  • RAISE MONEY
  • PRESS/PUBLICITY - VARIETY/HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
  • PRODUCTION
  • POST PRODUCTION
  • FESTIVALS
  • SELL!
I'm going all the way with this one, baby.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

First draft complete!


The project tentatively titled "The Greatest Story Never Told" has a finished first draft! I'm super excited. The night I finished it I blazed through about 30 pages in a caffeine binge. That was fun. Amazingly I was able to sleep rather well afterwards. Now I'm off to rewrite the crap out of it. Some friends are helping me out, and there are some really hilarious ideas being throw around. Before long I think we'll have a polished piece worthy of printing!
Gearing up for Phase 2: Approaching Investors!
(P.S.- those aviators are Photoshopped on! I'm so proud!)