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Fangoria 2008
2008-04-28 13:16:00
Well, we have returned from the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles. This was our second year exhibiting at the show and the first year it was held at the LA Convention center. I’m having some mixed reviews about the whole experience. Luckily the positives outweigh the negatives, but the negatives were huge and psychologically damaging. Let’s start with the negatives… Everything was looking cool heading up to the convention, we put in our order for a table early, picked a cool spot, and we thought everythign was cool. Four days before the show we get an email from Creation Entertainment, who run organize the show, that they had previously been mistaken on the type of seller permit we needed for the show - and that we had to get a new type of permit or we couldn’t sell anything. Four days before the show? Since when have you known any major city to just - poof - issue a permit of any kind. We were terrified that we had spent all this money to get ...
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Redress - Script Update
2008-03-29 10:46:00
Wow - 2008 is flying by fast. On that note, the month of April is here! I wanted to start filming bits and pieces of Redress this month, however the script is not done yet. My writing partner Kreg and I have been diligently meeting and writing and the story is much more focused than it was a month ago. There is far more character development - in fact, I’m very sure the story could stand by itself even if we removed all of the horror elements. We’re getting close - not just close enough to film yet. The nice thing about being a small studio is that nobody breathes down our back - the bad thing is that budgets are small, so sometimes day jobs and errands get in the way of a good writing session Once the cameras finally start rolling I plan to send out a press release and hopefully have a trailer ready in time for Comic-Con. On other fronts, I have been busy designing our new company shirts and promo items for the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles at the end of ...
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Redress - Script Update
2008-03-29 10:46:00
Wow - 2008 is flying by fast. On that note, the month of April is here! I wanted to start filming bits and pieces of Redress this month, however the script is not done yet. My writing partner Kreg and I have been diligently meeting and writing and the story is much more focused than it was a month ago. There is far more character development - in fact, I'm very sure the story could stand by itself even if we removed all of the horror elements. We're getting close - not just close enough to film yet. The nice thing about being a small studio is that nobody breathes down our back - the bad thing is that budgets are small, so sometimes day jobs and errands get in the way of a good writing session :-)Once the cameras finally start rolling I plan to send out a press release and hopefully have a trailer ready in time for Comic-Con.On other fronts, I have been busy designing our new company shirts and promo items for the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles at the end of April. I t...
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Locations and Bugs and Trailers - OH MY!
2008-03-01 13:02:00
While Kreg and I are busy wrapping up the script for Redress, I have been scouting locations in my free time and beginning to gather a number of the props that will be needed for the shoot. This film has a number of locations in it which will be a definite challenge when it comes to filming, but I know we need them. I have found a wicked looking park which you find a picture of in the teaser poster that is floating around and we have our psychologist office all lined up also. In other news, we will be using a number of live animals in this film as well - not anything like lions, tiger and bears (Oh My!), but more like real maggots, worms and crows (Fuck Yeah). I don’t want to say too much about how we plan to use these little critters, as they refer to some ultra awesome twists in the plot, but I’ll give you a hint. As we all know, dead things are eaten by a variety of bugs, worms and other animals when they die. Maggots love to devour dead flesh and how many times h...
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Locations and Bugs and Trailers - OH MY!
2008-03-01 13:02:00
While Kreg and I are busy wrapping up the script for Redress , I have been scouting locations in my free time and beginning to gather a number of the props that will be needed for the shoot. This film has a number of locations in it which will be a definite challenge when it comes to filming, but I know we need them. I have found a wicked looking park which you find a picture of in the teaser poster that is floating around and we have our psychologist office all lined up also.In other news, we will be using a number of live animals in this film as well - not anything like lions, tiger and bears (Oh My!), but more like real maggots, worms and crows (Fuck Yeah). I don't want to say too much about how we plan to use these little critters, as they refer to some ultra awesome twists in the plot, but I'll give you a hint. As we all know, dead things are eaten by a variety of bugs, worms and other animals when they die. Maggots love to devour dead flesh and how many times have you see...
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REDRESS is becoming a Feature Film!
2008-02-10 08:55:00
It is finally official and now I want to start hyping the news: Redress is becoming a feature length film! As I had more time to sit and think about the story I passed it around to a few people for review. One of my friends has some ideas to add and the project pretty much exploded from there. We are still hashing out the script at this moment, but since I had already done a lot of preproduction on the film in its short form, the project is on the launch pad waiting for its tanks to get filled. Most of the cast and crew are placed; we just have a few more roles to fill once the story if flushed out some more. The goal for now is to start filming around Mid April. I will be releasing a press release later in the month. We will have a teaser ready for the Los Angeles Fangoria Week of Horrors in late April. We hill have the film wrapped by the time Comic-Con rolls around in July. Stay Tuned… our website is going to get busy again
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REDRESS is becoming a Feature Film!
2008-02-10 08:55:00
It is finally official and now I want to start hyping the news: Redress is becoming a feature length film!As I had more time to sit and think about the story I passed it around to a few people for review. One of my friends has some ideas to add and the project pretty much exploded from there. We are still hashing out the script at this moment, but since I had already done a lot of preproduction on the film in its short form, the project is on the launch pad waiting for its tanks to get filled. Most of the cast and crew are placed; we just have a few more roles to fill once the story if flushed out some more.The goal for now is to start filming around Mid April. I will be releasing a press release later in the month. We will have a teaser ready for the Los Angeles Fangoria Week of Horrors in late April. We hill have the film wrapped by the time Comic-Con rolls around in July.Stay Tuned... our website is going to get busy again :-)
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New Projects
2008-02-04 08:34:00
Well, 2007 is long gone and we are now well into 2008. I have been busy putting the finishing touches on the screenplay for Bedbugs from Hell, reworking the screenplay for Redress and starting on some new projects. Our biggest and most ambitous project is very top secret right now, but I have to mumble about it here at least. We are going to produce a weekly video podcast starting in April that has nothing to do with horror what-so-ever. The main focus of this podcast is comedy and satire. I’m not sure if the project will bear the “Steel Web Studios” logo or not. In other worlds, I am also working on a screenplay with RAMCO Productions for a western tentatively entitled “Crackwood”. Most of this has been in development for a while now, but things are finally starting to get transferred to paper and hopefully to film.
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New Projects
2008-02-04 08:34:00
Well, 2007 is long gone and we are now well into 2008. I have been busy putting the finishing touches on the screenplay for Bedbugs from Hell, reworking the screenplay for Redress and starting on some new projects.Our biggest and most ambitous project is very top secret right now, but I have to mumble about it here at least. We are going to produce a weekly video podcast starting in April that has nothing to do with horror what-so-ever. The main focus of this podcast is comedy and satire. I'm not sure if the project will bear the "Steel Web Studios" logo or not.In other worlds, I am also working on a screenplay with RAMCO Productions for a western tentatively entitled "Crackwood". Most of this has been in development for a while now, but things are finally starting to get transferred to paper and hopefully to film.
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Bedbugs from Hell - Script Update
2007-11-19 07:00:00
I am happy to announce that I have officially started work on the screenplay for Bedbugs from Hell . I have had a TON of interest in this project from a number of producers so I am putting this one on the fast track. The original treatment I wrote for the film was around 14 pages. I am already on page 27 of the screenplay - and that’s after only adapting about 4 pages of the treatment. I think the first draft of this is going to come in around 120 pages and I should have it completed near the end of November.
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Bedbugs from Hell - Script Update
2007-11-19 07:00:00
I am happy to announce that I have officially started work on the screenplay for Bedbugs from Hell . I have had a TON of interest in this project from a number of producers so I am putting this one on the fast track.The original treatment I wrote for the film was around 14 pages. I am already on page 27 of the screenplay - and that's after only adapting about 4 pages of the treatment. I think the first draft of this is going to come in around 120 pages and I should have it completed near the end of November.
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Production Continues - For the Most Part
2007-11-02 02:56:00
Well... the fires are out - thank God. We are again moving ahead with production on several new fronts.I have gone ahead and made the decision to postpone the filming of Redress until a later date. The area we were going to film in was burned up pretty good in the fires. While the actual road we were going to use is unscathed, there is a ton of charred forest around it. One gust of wind and ash goes everywhere. The script is written, so now once the location heals a little more we will go back and film the movie.I am going to continue developing Ghost Lights and I am going to start on the script very soon. At the same time, I will finish the script for Bedbugs from Hell. I have been talking with several producers in regards to Bedbugs, but I know it will be a while before we start filming this one.
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Production Continues - For the Most Part
2007-11-02 02:56:00
Well… the fires are out - thank God. We are again moving ahead with production on several new fronts. I have gone ahead and made the decision to postpone the filming of Redress until a later date. The area we were going to film in was burned up pretty good in the fires. While the actual road we were going to use is unscathed, there is a ton of charred forest around it. One gust of wind and ash goes everywhere. The script is written, so now once the location heals a little more we will go back and film the movie. I am going to continue developing Ghost Lights and I am going to start on the script very soon. At the same time, I will finish the script for Bedbugs from Hell. I have been talking with several producers in regards to Bedbugs, but I know it will be a while before we start filming this one.
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Firestorm 2007 - All Projects Delayed
2007-10-24 05:44:00
Well, another fire is sweeping across Southern California and coming dangerously close to my family and friends. I was hellbent on trying to start auditions for my new projects in a week, but it looks like Hell surfaced to alter my plans a little. One of our filming locations has been directly affected by the fire and the fire came dangerously close to our house today. The fire came so close we packed up the essentials and left for the night.It's kind of funny because the essentials are several hard drives of data, our pro camera and a change of underwear. We are keeping in touch with people by email and phone.Once these fires are over and life returns to its new normal, we'll take a look at scheduling projects again.
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Firestorm 2007 - All Projects Delayed
2007-10-24 05:44:00
Well, another fire is sweeping across Southern California and coming dangerously close to my family and friends. I was hellbent on trying to start auditions for my new projects in a week, but it looks like Hell surfaced to alter my plans a little. One of our filming locations has been directly affected by the fire and the fire came dangerously close to our house today. The fire came so close we packed up the essentials and left for the night. It’s kind of funny because the essentials are several hard drives of data, our pro camera and a change of underwear. We are keeping in touch with people by email and phone. Once these fires are over and life returns to its new normal, we’ll take a look at scheduling projects again.
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Redress - Casting Begins
2007-10-06 07:44:00
I posted a casting call on the site for Redress and copied it to MySpace, Craigslist and the usual places.The thing I hate about posting anything online is that there is huge amount of spam that always follows. I get DPs and Composers emailing, sending DVDs and calling all hours of the day. I realize they are just trying to drum up business, but I can't stand it sometimes. When I need crew members, I will post ads for them.The worst thing about casting a posting call is when your email address gets listed on a page - because then the spambots grab it. Now, in addition to resumes and headshots you have to contend with ads for viagra and mysterious letters from rich-ass Ethiopian prince. In order to avoid most of this hassle, I posted "casting at steelwebstudios.com" assuming that most people know to type that into their email program with @ in place of the "at". I see it on websites all the time. Do you know how many people send me messages saying that they can't send email to "ca...
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Redress - Casting Begins
2007-10-06 07:44:00
I posted a casting call on the site for Redress and copied it to MySpace, Craigslist and the usual places. The thing I hate about posting anything online is that there is huge amount of spam that always follows. I get DPs and Composers emailing, sending DVDs and calling all hours of the day. I realize they are just trying to drum up business, but I can’t stand it sometimes. When I need crew members, I will post ads for them. The worst thing about casting a posting call is when your email address gets listed on a page - because then the spambots grab it. Now, in addition to resumes and headshots you have to contend with ads for viagra and mysterious letters from rich-ass Ethiopian prince. In order to avoid most of this hassle, I posted “casting at steelwebstudios.com” assuming that most people know to type that into their email program with @ in place of the “at”. I see it on websites all the time. Do you know how many people send me messages saying tha...
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Redress - 1st Draft Completed
2007-10-04 23:00:00
I have finally found time to sit down and finish the first draft of the script for Redress . The problem with being an indie filmmaker is that your job and other responsibilities always take priority over your filmmaker duties. I’ve been talking with producers and musicians on numerous projects. We’re also getting ready for a huge vacation in one week so there has been a ton of planning for that. Now that I have some time to myself I was able to sit down again and write. The funny thing about this story was that I knew where it would start and I knew where it would end, but I did not know exactly how it would end. After hammering out the last few pages I sat back and thought, “Wow, how the hell am I going to pull this off?” While some people just let their imaginations run all over the place while they are writing, I always try to remain grounded and think about how I would have to pull off an effect or camera angle with every scene that I write. Sometimes thi...
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Redress - 1st Draft Completed
2007-10-04 23:00:00
I have finally found time to sit down and finish the first draft of the script for Redress . The problem with being an indie filmmaker is that your job and other responsibilities always take priority over your filmmaker duties. I've been talking with producers and musicians on numerous projects. We're also getting ready for a huge vacation in one week so there has been a ton of planning for that. Now that I have some time to myself I was able to sit down again and write.The funny thing about this story was that I knew where it would start and I knew where it would end, but I did not know exactly how it would end. After hammering out the last few pages I sat back and thought, "Wow, how the hell am I going to pull this off?" While some people just let their imaginations run all over the place while they are writing, I always try to remain grounded and think about how I would have to pull off an effect or camera angle with every scene that I write. Sometimes this limits me because I'...
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Ghost Lights - The Horror Begins
2007-09-28 02:08:00
I find myself winding down from two weeks of almost constant treatment writing - the problem is I’m never really winding down. The whole time I’m concentrating on a story and pounding it out on paper or the PC, somewhere in the back of my mind I keep wondering what’s next. People ask me where I get my crazy ideas. I really don’t know but I think I draw a lot of stuff from folklore and odd combinations of things I’ve seen or read in the past. Usually I start thinking about a few possibilities at once and something completely different will fly out of left filed and smack me between the eyes. It’s usually this idea that takes precedent over everything else and haunts me in every waking and sleeping moment until it’s completed. Sometimes it never stops there though; I start thinking about sequels and crossovers… So this rambling leads me to announce the pre-production of another short film, Ghost Lights . All I have in my head at this mom...
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Ghost Lights - The Horror Begins
2007-09-28 02:08:00
I find myself winding down from two weeks of almost constant treatment writing - the problem is I'm never really winding down. The whole time I'm concentrating on a story and pounding it out on paper or the PC, somewhere in the back of my mind I keep wondering what's next.People ask me where I get my crazy ideas. I really don't know but I think I draw a lot of stuff from folklore and odd combinations of things I've seen or read in the past. Usually I start thinking about a few possibilities at once and something completely different will fly out of left filed and smack me between the eyes. It's usually this idea that takes precedent over everything else and haunts me in every waking and sleeping moment until it's completed. Sometimes it never stops there though; I start thinking about sequels and crossovers...So this rambling leads me to announce the pre-production of another short film, Ghost Lights . All I have in my head at this moment are these images of lights and people ...
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