Kickstarted

Done. Now the real work begins.

So Close!

Only 33 hours away. We need $815 to reach our goal or we lose it all. Can you feel the tension?

Here, Amanda begs for money.

Kickstarter Update Video: Amanda Wants To Be A Vampire

Addy Miller joins the cast of REDD

We're happy to announce that we've added Addy Miller to the cast of REDD.

Addy has appeared in The Secret Life of Bees starring Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah, Blood Done Sign my Name with Michael Rooker and Rick Schroder, and the upcoming Bad Blood with Christian Slater and Jeff Fahey.

Addy's most recognized work is on AMC's 2010 new original series "The Walking Dead," cast as the "Little Girl Zombie" in the pivotal opening scene that set the tone for the entire show.

Check out the Youtube Vid below if you're not familiar.

Since her appearance on The Walking Dead she's become a fan favorite at Horror and Comicbook conventions all over the U.S.

We're very happy to have her on board in an extremely important and pivotal role for our movie.

So excited to shoot her scenes.

If you haven't yet, check out our Kickstarter Campaign.  Time is running out and we definitely need your help to finish REDD. Click on the banner below.

And if you haven't yet. Checkout our Kickstarter Video.

And checkout our latest behind the scenes video on some of our Visual FX.

Much love to you MCA.

At least I don't have to risk my life climbing down the side of a cliff to feed my family every year.

R.I.P. Maurice Sendak

REDD Hitfilm Visual FX Breakdown Part 1

Here We Go!

I'm going for it. I've been agonizing over every detail. Made sure we finished the trailer. Put together a good Kickstarter video for it. Made sure the incentives were great. Listed exactly what we needed the money for. Now we've launched. Let's see if we can raise about 5 grand in the next 30 days.

Won't you help us please. Even if you can't pledge, at least watch our video and pass this link along.

Click the embed below.

REDD Official Trailer A

Finally finished editing this trailer. Just happy I finally have something that somewhat explains the plot of the movie. I just hope people like it. Now I gauge the reaction to the trailer so I can better figure out how to handle and when to start our new Kickstarter campaign. The only way we can finish this movie this year is by raising a bit of dough. Fingers Crossed.

The Walking Dead of Hazzard County

Instead of editing the three commercials and my feature film, I worked on this yesterday.  Thought of it months ago, figured I'd throw it together. I find it amusing.

The Walking Dead intro cut together over The Dukes Of Hazzard.

There are really truly great stories to be told. Really great movies to be made. And I want to make them for you. I want to tell you these stories.

Studio 1

I think I'm just tired of talk.

The Tramp

Up late. Watching Chaplin's The Gold Rush on TCM. What a great movie.

Charlie. Still a big influence on me.

Redd Production Vlog 3

If you do what you've always done. You'll get what you've always gotten.

REDD Teaser Trailer 1

Just a quick 1 minute Teaser. Longer Trailer to come. New production vlog on it's way. And further updates on our little indie film. Thank you everyone for your support.

Starry Expectations

Build-A-Bear Workshop just picked up my commercial. Check it out here:

And to think I almost didn't take this assignment. I had sold my third ad and I was about to get lazy, thinking I'd just work on my movie and skip the next assignment on Poptent, which would be to make an ad for Build-A-Bear. But I did it anyways. The need to make something heartfelt at 60 seconds run time, appealed greatly to me.

So much of what I do is either comical or horror based (or both). I was just aching to make something more dramatic and heartfelt. And since I finally have all my music tools (software, mics, keyboards, etc.) I could really create a proper score for it. I'm quite proud of the music.

As you may or may not know, my brother Robert passed away earlier this year. So I named the bear in this ad after him. The bear itself was actually an old bear that was given to my wife's mother, Brenda, before she passed away. This was my little way of paying tribute to both of them.

I just had this feeling that if I would win this one, it would be because of them. I have to thank them both for this.

Special thanks to Alicia Frizzell and her adorable daughter Reagan. Thanks to Kelly Emerson for putting me in touch with her daughter Alicia, and for also always being so supportive of my work. Thanks to Eve Butler for her great voice over work. Can't wait to finally work with her on REDD.

It's been a rough and special year all at once. Starting with my friend Julie Keels passing away, continuing on with my brother Robert's death, throw in the usual aches and pains of life, and my wife still dealing with her Mom's death. It's all made it especially rough. But on the creative side, this has been an amazing year being able to make some real money through my movie making skills. Plenty of small projects to pay the bills, and thanks to Poptent and brands like Boise Paper, CVS, and now Build-A-Bear, I've been able to make a living out of making videos.  I've done it in the past, but this year has been VERY successful.

And because of those opportunities I'm able to work on trying to make a living at making movies. REDD is coming slowly, but it's coming. And my goal of finishing it for the world to see is more of a possibility. Still plenty of work to be done, but I'll finish this, and you'll all get to see it this year. And I'll keep my promise to my brother, that'd I'd finish this.

In other news MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO CRYSTAL AND JAMES. two very good friends of mine that are FINALLY getting hitched. I am so immensely happy for the two of them. This greatly adds to the major UPS of this year. Juli and I will do our very best to head back to Texas for the wedding.

Too many times this Christmas I'd gotten caught up in the drama and the depression, but I think I've done pretty good as far as being able to pull away for a little bit to see there is much more light than dark. I cry often. Many times it's because of my brother, but other times, it's because I know how amazing life is, and how beautiful it all still is. I look at what I've lost. But I'm so very thankful for what I have. My wife, my life, and the ability to make my dreams happen. I thank God every day for that.

Ok, much to plan for, getting back into shooting for REDD this Thursday, and I've got a new web series I need to prep for a January debut on Youtube.

More later.

VFX Research

A collection of vids I've been looking over to prep for some of the fx work that needs to be done on REDD.

One Spartan

Working on the One Spartan Web Series. Hoping to get the first episodes out in January to start off the New Year. Here's the first cut of the opening intro.