Keeping Busy

Lots going on in the Albuquerque Z-budget world right now. First and foremost, Duke City Nights is starting to get a lot of attention. Everyone I've shown it to so far has really liked it, and I've had two great offers to show it: it's going to play in front of Necroville, which premieres August 31-September 2! It's also going to play at Bubonicon, the local fandom convention, which is August 24-26. Not sure on the exact day it'll play there, but as soon as I know I'll update the site with that info. I'm also working on planning a premiere party for it at The District, which they wanted us to do in exchange for filming there. They were incredibly accommodating and I'd really like to repay their generosity as much as possible.

August is going to be an exciting month for z-budget movies in Albuquerque. As I just mentioned, Necroville, Billy Garberina's latest feature, is going to premiere at the end of the month. Not only that, but Gimme Skelter, written and directed by Scott Phillips, is premiering on August 10-12. I've actually seen both movies already, because I color corrected them! I like both of them, and think that each of them raises the bar for z-budget feature-length cinema in Albuquerque. I'm starting really feel bad about how LOE is going to look in comparison to these two. Nevertheless, finishing LOE and getting it premiered here in the near future is still my top priority. And as soon as that's done, we can start on our next project and see if we can't raise the bar a little ourselves.

In other movie news, I'm going to be working on one of the 48-hour Film Projects, as part of "Team Ultimatum", led by Brandon Scott Jensen and the guys at InViVince Productions. Hopefully, my involvement will have a net positive effect on the film. I've never worked on one of these projects before, and never tried to make a complete short film in only 48 hours. It'll be really interesting to see how it goes. I'll be sure to share any insights or revelations I have during the process!