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The other day Josh and I went out to Bethels to use the sand dunes as a backdrop for the robot part of the trailer. It also involved me playing Tom and remembering my lines.To my surprise I did and … Read More

Well I have almost finished my album and at least two songs are to be used in the movie. It’s not going to be a goonfest but I did write the lyrics with this in mind. All in good time … Read More

Well here we are crowdfunding again. This is not the first time. But this time it’s all or nothing. If I don’t make the target of $60,000 then I get nothing. A few months ago I went to a crowdfunding … Read More

I love making guns and robots. I can’t help myself sometimes. They had the inorganic collection around the north shore and I was constantly stopping and picking through the most unsavoury items of discarded odds and sods. Now my backyard … Read More

Special Effects TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF THIS MOVIE, EVERYTHING IS going to be DONE OLD SCHOOL. SPACESHIPS ARE REAL MODELS, EXPLOSIONS ARE PYROTECHNICS, MONSTERS ARE MADE OF LATEX AND GIANT BOULDERS ARE OF COURSE PAPIER MACHE. SOME OF THE … Read More

Bastards. they didn’t go for the idea. The Escalator Fund turned us down. That was my last hope of proper funding and I thought it would be just perfect. The other major bummer is that this is apparently the last … Read More

Behind the scenes Just to give the escalator people a bit more of an idea of my style I decided to compile a behind the scenes look at the trailer which shows the screen tests of the actors. It’s funny … Read More

Well I just finished the trailer for the movie. Its not perfect and it is more like a music video but for some reason that’s the way I want it right now. I have too many limitations and this is … Read More

Well what a mission that was. I just applied for the escalator grant. Man that took some paper work but actually it felt pretty good to do it all. It gave me a bit more insight as to what’s involved … Read More

Still in pre production for the trailer. I am building a giant killer robot called a thermo bot. This is because I used an old gas heater as the body. I like to use things where people can see the … Read More