2/25/2006

Early Buzz

First off, the trailer's nowhere close to being done.

The script's in early early development, going thru a major rewrite.

And aside from my bud Adam, no one else is cast in the mini-series.

But not soon after I announced my plans for the MOTW film series, I've been getting early buzz from my friends about it. They're eager about the concept. They're psyched about the teaser trailer and want to see what I have planned. In fact, I did a very, very rough cut of the teaser a few days ago. The reason behind it was twofold: to try out my movie editing program and to see what I can and can't do with the footage that I've received so far.

Will you get to see the rough cut? Maybe someday, but right now, not a chance.

But I did get to show it to a select few, And through that, I was able to get some feedback and some help.

One of my friends referred me to his friend, who may help out with some of the effects. And another online friend of mine may look into adding some more effects to the teaser as well. So we'll see what happens.

In the meantime, I wanted to put this poster up. It's from that first friend I mentioned earlier. It's not bad, but as he told me in an IM, i't's crappy (haha). He did tell me that he'll come up with a better one later. I might even come up with some ideas of my own.

But, for right now, as I look at it. it's not too bad. Might use it for something down the road, at least until we get real footage and real stuff that I'll be able to post.

In any event, that's the update for now. I'll have another update in March, where hopefully I can tell you how the teaser trailer is progressing so far.

2/21/2006

Major News: MOTW, The MiniSeries is On!

Man, a lot has happened since my last post.

First thing you noticed is the name of the blog has changed again. I'll get into that in a moment.

Now, let me go back to what prompted the changes:

Between November and December, the plan was the same as before: to craft a twenty-minute or so short film based on my full-length feature film idea. The short film was based, in part, on the teaser trailer idea I'd came up a while back. Now, originally, I was going to use this short film to be like a "prequel" or a "lost scene" that would play into the full-length film that I was going to film in 2007. I was even playing around with what to call it. "MOTW: Prelude" or "MOTW: Revelations", as one friend suggested.

But the more I thought about it, the more that I saw that it wasn't working. I couldn't come up with how best to set the story up. I had ideas here and there, but each time it led to a dead end. It was getting frustrating.

Then, something came to me that I hadn't thought about in a long, long time.

I went back to where it all began.

If you go all the way back to my first post on this very blog, I even mentioned how it all began, how I originally came up with this when I was in college. This is what I wrote in that blog: "I continued working on it on my free time, until I had written out an entire script outline, one that I envisioned being a five-part epic designed for TV or video."

And that's when it dawned on me, why should I waste more time trying to cram a movie script together or even a short film, when I could do what I originally had in mind long ago: A mini-series.

So, after I talked it over with my friend who's involved in this, I made the decision to go ahead with this.

So, here's how the mini-series plan will break down:

-- It will be a five (or six) part-series of short films or episodes. It won't be sequels, just a continuation of the main story.

--Each episode will run somewhere between 20 to 30 minutes, with each episode (except for the last) ending in a cliff-hanger.

-- The first episode will be shot during the summer, probably in August, and should be ready for release in the fall.

-- The remaining episodes will be filmed in 2007, and should be released throughout the year, but right now that's tenatively set.

-- Once I get all of the episodes done, I plan to craft all of them into one long movie as well.

-- Each episode will have its own name, or subtitle. I'll fill you in on those once they are done.

And that's it. I think it's going to be an exciting venture. And a chance to finally show my vision of a werewolf story with everyone.

But if you think I'm done with all the news. Think again.


You see this guy to the left?

This is my friend Adam.

And you're going to get to know him a lot over the next several months or so, because this is the guy that'll be playing the lead role in the mini-series of films. We've met almost two years ago online and after he sent me a photo of what he looked like, something clicked. He struck me as the perfect guy to play the main character. When I mentioned that to him, he was all for it. And he's been there through all the changes and delays. He is more than up for it now then he was when I first proposed it to him. So, as I said, you're going to see him a lot as the project moves ahead.

And I'm still not done with all the news:

Remember my teaser trailer idea? The one I had planned back in the summer, but got delayed and derailed.

Well this time, it's going to happen.

Last Saturday, Adam completed the first part of what will be part of the teaser trailer for the newly-minted film series, based on a new script that I've written. The footage he sent me looks great.

Now, this is only the first step. I still need a few more elements before I can put it all together, but if everything works out, the teaser trailer will debut by the end of March. And this time, I can say that without a doubt.

So that's it. As I said, a lot has happened. And it's all good. So get ready, the mini-series is coming.

And I can't wait for it to get started.