Twelve Dead Sheep (foreshadowing)

After locking myself in my apartment with murderous hours of doubt and orchestration (and comic books), there is at last a battle plan for The Wheel. [ By the way if anyone is making a film or crew-intensive project, consider making a "wiki" for mass communication & material handling - its super cheap (free) and you can lock it to only people you want. ]

By the by once you start the fray of a production I HIGHLY recommend setting aside alcohol and other treats including, and most insidiously, caffeine. ( I actually spent 3 days in the hospital after heart palpitations from coffee bingeing and biking back and forth from my apartment and the workspace ) = get some f@#*ing tea

After brainstorming and going over designs with the legion of doom, it's become clear that I'm going to need more freaking money because there is no way I'm compromising some of this beautiful content. Now overseen by:

Molly Roberts (no relation - I lament this) [ her blog here ]

Kara Mulrooney (wanted in 9 counties)

Carrie Byrne (Henry Selick would blush)

art soon . news at 9

In which awful things are made

Titcapes and Clitbits, we have ourselves a film. Today I've been given a boon of a DP for a little ditty called The Wheel (written by the snark and dodgy Ryan Plato) by the name of Carlo Besasie who directed The Violinist. Finally with a DP in place building shall begin for our delightfully steampunk set apparati. News at 11.

Production Logo! weee

This is a candidate

nostalgia

in memoriam of when a friendly neighbor slipped thumb-tacks into some of our candy

Big Doin's

I now am under the fine establishment known as Independent Edit where pretty much anything can be created that you could want. I may be fortunate enough to make something written by the gent that wrote The Violinist . I am also happy to say we have two more animators added to Joseph's Evil Left Arm the super-evil-kafkaesque-pagan prevarication that is less than half complete, but it's nice to be back on track.
In other news, it is very possible han solo and luke skywalker are murderers on the level of jigsaw. Writer and marker enthusiast Ryan Plato brought up the point that the two stormtroopers the heroes stole their uniforms from were left to die in the floorboards or whatever compartment of the millenium falcon they were put into. Also, try my new perscription drug!

Mary's Friend wins Jury Award at the 2009 Milwaukee Film Festival

Mary's Friend won the Jury Award for short film. Also another incredible short The Violinist directed by Carlo Besasie won Audience Award, check it out.

all the award info here

2009 Milwaukee Film Festival

weee, mary's friend got in - here's the trailer:

Mary's Friend Trailer from John Roberts on Vimeo.

4. Lighting

Mary's Friend: Lighting from John Roberts on Vimeo.

3. "Mary"

Mary's Friend: "Mary" from John Roberts on Vimeo.

2. Spine

Mary's Friend: Spine from John Roberts on Vimeo.

1. Sets

Mary's Friend: Sets from John Roberts on Vimeo.

In Which Mary Is Made

In the wake of all my old sets being destroyed I thought I'd post how my short "Mary's Friend" was created with little to no tools or budget. Ingredients include an Apple "Craptop", charcoal, foam core board, and Tom Waits.