Networking

K here.

Another Indie Club: Cleveland meeting has gone and passed. We saw some interesting shorts from local directors/producers/writers, and we listened to an informative talk about pyrotechnics.

We met a guy from Ohio University who might be interested in doing some collab work. He owns a Canon XL-1s (an upgrade from the XL-1) so who knows what we might be able to do? Andy, a guy we met in February, also wants to meet on Wednesday, so that we might go over some script ideas with him. He has an 80 page (handwritten) screenplay that needs to be fleshed out.

We registered the treatment with the WGA. Now all we have to do is shoot the 3 minute short and send it off. Hopefully good things come our way with this project.

M and I have started work on our screenplays. We're planning on entering BlueCat in March (or by the final deadline of April) as well as Nicholls in May, Final Draft in June, ABC/Disney, also in June, Zoetrope in August, and perhaps some other contests.

I wholeheartedly believe that this year, as The Zombies say, will be our year.

Screencaps of our FIRST FILM! Yatta!!

"Angelina Jones" (M., haha) looking pretty unsure of what is going on.



"X" marks the spot...

New Projects

K here.

We've got a new project for you: It's called "No Exit". Sorry, it's not a zombie comedy or vampire romance. :(

Things needed:

firewire port cables
S cable
external mic
red bull

and we're set.

We did storyboarding last night. Expect those to be scanned and up on the page, soon. Let me warn you, though. Our drawings are scary. A psychiatrist might have us committed if she ever got hold of them.

Under Construction :)

UPDATES!

Friends and Foes,

For all those who haven't been in a thousand mile radius of us, you might not know the good news: Keigh Abrams and Miyaunna DeChelle have just bought their very first Canon XL1!

And now a word from our sponsor, Hiro Nakamura: YATTTTAAAAAAAAAA!!!

*Ehem*

While this news might not be the grandest of accomplishments, it is a minor milestone for two struggling filmmakers whose budget is smaller than the shoe-string.

All kidding aside, I am massively thrilled that we've finally got a prosumer DV camera that we can use to create and develop our own projects! Words on an internet page cannot express how elated I am about this new development, so I am just going to type a bunch of exclamation points !!!!!!!!! to express my jubilation!

I must add however, that this joy also comes with an enormous sense of responsibility and a tiny hint of fear. This machine brings the cold, hard truth: we must act. We can no longer sit around the house in our procrastination saying, "We'll get to it once we have the right equipment". Now we are faced with the doubts and the insecurities that come with pouring your mind and soul into something that may mean jack shit to others. And while we'd like to say we don't care...to face that kind of criticism might make ye normal folk insane. :)

On another note, we RYF writers recently finished the M. Bell treatment and to our relief, they LOVED it! We're registering it with the WGA and the Library of Congress because we're anal and we're new and we're just excited to be here :). We're filming and editing the teaser for his project sometime next week.

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week, we will attempt our first foray into creating our own short film. It's an abstract narrative(sorry, no Zombie love stories or paint ball adventures, guys--this isn't "Youtube") that we're going to start pre-production (see, we get to use grownup words now) on tonight. I will be "acting" (if you can call it that; I'm pretty rusty since my Antigone days) and directing. K. will also be on hand, wowing us with her wonderful work as the great *writographer she is.

As K. mentioned before, we are entering the Hollywood Black Film Festival as writers, and we are also getting our writing samples and references together for CSUN: Northridge, Chapman University, CalArts and UCLA.

Heads up! Nicholls, BlueCat and many other screenplay contests are right around the corner!

Peep the page in the coming days to see the progress we've made!

Mucho amor y abrazos para todos!
{You knew we speak Spanish, right? Right??? *smile*}









*Note: If you don't know what a "writographer" is, look down.