Archive for April, 2008

In Chicago - DVD available nation wide Starting Today

I’m in chicago right now and starting today the new Four Eyed Monsters DVD that comes with a free CD and the new episodes is in Borders nationwide.

Please support our filmmaking and come out and get this jam packed DVD/CD set!!!!!

Also I’ll be doing an appearance at at Borders in Chicago. The plan is to project episodes 9 to 13 but the borders location doesn’t have a projector so i’ll be making some calls tomorrow to line one up (any leads welcome). Also Ben and Bruno will be attending and performing a few songs. They are an amazing band that did the music in Episode 13.

Time: 6:30 pm

Location:

Borders Book Store
595 Central Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035

After this event I’ll be going with Ben and Bruno over to their show which is taking place at a bar called Quenchers. It’s on the corner of Western and Fullerton. That show is at 9:30 pm.

Come to both these, should be a lot of fun!

Here is their flyer for the 9:30 show:

Ben and Bruno Flyer

Drexel University: Episodic Cliff Hangers & Spontaneous Camera Attacks

At Drexel University in Philidelphia on Monday I showed a clip of Episode 12. After that I spoke a bit about spontaneous filmmaking and always having a camera on hand in case you want to document something.

Then I talk about episodic cliff hangers and a structure we found ourselves coming back to time and time again. Jason, who produced Chuck and Buck brought up the fact that dickens released his first few novels serialized in the paper. Jason also mentioned the age old complaint that about there being a lot of bad stuff out there because of the democratization of filmmaking.

It's agreed that the promise is in better filtering and recommendation enginges. Then Jonathan asks us what did to raise revenue with Four Eyed Monsters. After my answer the tape runs out and then Brian Announces to the classroom a new project they are doing called "Nokia Productions" and says a press release with full details will come out on April 25th.

Nokia College Tour - From Here to Awesome - DIY Workshop

This is a little update to let people know what I’m up to. In this video I mention how I’ve just moved out of my loft and am going on tour and then I invite people to check out the Nokia College Tour, From Here To Awesome and the DIY self distribution workshop we are doing at Boston university at the end of May. And then at the end I tease a little something going on with Four Eyed Monsters. Questions? Comments? Just post a response below…

DIY Workshop in Boston at the end of May

on boston university workshop page

If you have a film you are self distributing you should strongly consider coming to the workshop that susan and i have been asked to put on at Boston University in the last week of May and first week of June.

Details and registration here.

Nokia Tour

Come to one of these talks, they should be fun and educational and I’ll be giving away Four Eyed Monsters DVDs!

April 21st, 1:00pm
Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design: Drexel University
University Crossings Room 028
N. 32nd St. and Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104

April 23rd, 1:00pm
University of Miami School of Communications
Studio A
5100 Brunson Dr.
Coral Gables, FL 33146

April 28th, 4:00pm
Northwestern University – Radio, Television & Film
Louis 119
1877 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208

I’ll be at all of the above talks and Susan will be at this one:

April 18th, 2:00pm
Department of Radio-Television-Film University of Texas @ Austin
Studio 4d in the CMB Building
W 26th St. and Guadalupe St.
Austin, TX 78705