Dart Showman

Instead of posting another excuse for not progressing on the animation, here is a video about me that someone at work found on the world wide web..

Elf Liberation on Facebook

I have started an Elf Liberation cause on Facebook.

If you are a member of Facebook, you can help the elves, by adding the "causes" application and joining the cause. You can also donate money, which will go straight to www.sweatshopwatch.org, to fight for the rights of workers worldwide.

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

The reason North Pole Deception has been moving so slowly is about to be resolved...



Downending Films and Film Waikato are proud to announce the New Zealand Premiere of the feature film Down by the Riverside on November 2nd at Rialto Hamilton!

The "Best Foreign Feature" nominee, which is about to have it's world premiere in New York’s prestigious B-Movie Film Festival, is described as a murder mystery, art house-noir-horror, and is set in the Waikato town of Te Aroha. The film follows two historians as they investigate an unsolved murder, and they soon become part of the horrific story.

The premiere will be attended by Co-Directors Brad Davison and Marama Killen, who will answer questions from the floor after the screening, as well as lead actress Rebecca Trelease who was also nominated at the B-Movie awards for her performance in this film.

Seats for the 8:30pm screening are available at Rialto Cinema in Hamilton central for $12. More information on the film is available on Downending Film's website; downending.com.

This is a one time only screening for New Zealand before the nationwide DVD release on November 14th.
Tickets are limited and some of the content of this film may offend - viewer discretion is advised.

Hogspot's other movie

Am hoping to get back into the moulding process after I pick up a few materials this weekend (when I fly up to see CHICAGO and DOP the second half of a music video for Hamilton Band "Braxton Hicks").

Also watched a sneak peak at Mark Boone Jr's new vampire movie the other night in Wellington. Boone is expectedly awesome, and the Park Road Post cinema is pretty amazing too. That's about all I can say at this stage. :)

Marama presents CHICAGO

Marama Killen is directing "Chicago", the "well loved musical". It's on in Te Aroha and is going to be awesome. You should check it out... I'm planning on flying up to see it on the 19th of this month. Tickets $20 each and package deals are availabe. You can book by emailing here. More information on www.futuretearoha.co.nz



They are also seeking a few more musicians, so if you're interested email chicago@futuretearoha.co.nz.

In other news, production has basically come to a stand still on the North Pole Deception. I had my first two day weekend last week and spent the whole time shooting a music video for the Braxton Hicks. I will now be working most Saturdays, so when I am up north again, I will bring back my sculpting stuff and get the characters and props made in Wellington (while I still have access to the resources at work).

If you're not up on the play with Down by the Riverside, there's some stuff happening over on www.downending.com
:)

The good, the bad...

Started a new job today, which is going to slow the process of getting the film finished (as I am now based in Wellington). However, I am going to have much better resources to get the characters made.

I visited Weta workshops today and met a few people who I've spoken to through TOASTIE, which seems strange. Also, the new film I am working on is really cool, but I'm not aloud to talk about it...

Technical Rehearsal

I've been getting tired of not shooting anything, so I decided to do a technical rehearsal, using only theatre lighting, I attempted to shoot the title shot: which is a "North Pole" sign in front of the distant city at night. The original plan for this sign is to get it laser cut in Auckland, and get my electrician brother to wire up some miniature street lights. But I thought I would try painting the sign and using christmas lights instead. Unfortunately I can't paint very well, and the lighting was very average, so the shot is unusable, but I did learn a lot about what I need for the actual shoot.

- Rock salt is awesome snow.
- I need more Xmas Tradition's "Ice crystals" and "Snow spray"
- Everything needs to be animated at 24 frames per second.
- I'm going to need a lot more Harddrive space.
- This film is going to take a long time to make.


Also recorded the rythmic part of the soundscape and started a bit of sound editing... drumming on just cymbals, will [hopefully] compliment the low frequency atmospheric soundscape.