I’m back!… Again!
February 26, 2010I have mentioned that I’m a terrible blogger, right? Here it is, over half a year since I last blogged even though I’ve so much stuff to talk about!
In August, Natalie and I started a film and fashion accessories company, Standing Sun. Natalie’s been making and selling Celtic purses, and I’ve… well, I’ve been doing what I can with video. 
Before I get on to what I’m doing, go check out Natalie’s purses on Etsy.com. I’ll wait for you to return.
Back? Ok, now for me. 
In early August, I attended the 2009 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp. The instructor was Norton Rodriguez, an awesome pro filmmaker who’s on fire for the Lord, and a fantastic teacher. At the camp, we made a short film from concept to rough-cut edit entitled Hearing God. Each student directed a different scene. Hearing God tells the story of a young woman with otosclerosis finding herself suddenly going deaf. I had the pleasure of playing the part of her brother. Norton will be teaching the next camp at May 16 – 21, 2010, and I highly encourage any of you filmmaker readers to attend! Go to ChristianFilmmakersCamp.com for behind the scenes videos of Hearing God and to register for the 2010 camp.
If you’ve been watching my YouTube channels, you’ll see I haven’t really been doing much on there for the past couple months. I’ve been taking a sabbatical from YouTube while I try to get work in the Real World. I’m sure you know how it is, right? I’ve gotten a couple local PA/Grip jobs, but not too much else for other people. My dad and I made an entry for ChristianFilmmakers.org‘s 12-Hour Holiday video contest called “Time” which is available on SermonSpice.com. We’ll be shooting another video for SermonSpice next Monday. This one’s called “Distracted Prayer”, and is based on an idea that Natalie had. I’ll keep you posted on that once we start shooting.
I’m also in Pre-Production for a couple other big projects. One is a promo video for the Life Choices Family Resource Center in Montrose. The other is Standing Sun’s first short film, entitled Sir Magnus and the Dragon. It’s about an old knight that is tasked with saving a village from a hungry dragon. Unfortunately, Sir Magnus would rather read than do knightly deeds, and is ill-suited for the task.
We’re planning on beginning principal photography in the Spring/Summer of this year. We’ve gotten a wonderful artist, Joanna Coleman, to design Summermir the Dragon and she’s produced some fantastic artwork for t-shirts that you can pick up at our SpreadShirt store to show your support for the film. We will also take direct donations at the film’s ChipIn page.
Lord willing, I’ve got several more projects on the horizon. I’ll be trying to blog on a much more regular basis now (call it a New Year resolution), so stay tuned!
