If you’ve been following this blog at all, or posts of mine on Facebook and Twitter, you’ll remember a period where I was giving my films away for free because of what I considered a breach of contract on the part of IndiePix…my former distributor. Well they called my bluff and terminated our agreement. I don’t think either side really had grounds to do anything we’ve done, and seems to be a typical ending to this terrible relationship. For me it spells freedom. A new beginning with all of my films now back in my hands. It’s not what I wanted, but I’ve learned to roll with the punches. For now you can still purchase the films at IndiePix until September 15th. After that you’ll have to keep your ears and eyes peeled for an awesome announcement.:-)
On a lighter note I will be at the Art Center of The Capital Region this Friday night to close my solo show Relative Velocity. Stop by and have a beer with me.:-) I want to thank the Arts Center, Colin Boyd, Sanford Mirling, Jake Winiski, and Ben Hillis for all the help. Couldn’t have done it without you guys and gals. There will be documentation up soon.
If you didn’t get a chance to check out my thesis show at the University Art Museum in May, the film version is being aired on WMHT (PBS) as part of the TVFilm show. There are extended interviews here, and the episode here…just in case you miss it on TV.
You’ll notice on the TVFilm blog there is the trailer to Orphaned. This is my third micro-budget feature film and I JUST finished it a few days ago. Some of you have gotten screeners and preview screenings. Let me know if you want to take a sneak peak…there is a price of admission however…feedback.
Speaking of micro-budget, I’m taking my column, The Micro-Budget Conversation, at Filmmaker Magazine on the road and I need your help. I’m working on putting together a SXSW panel on a culmination of subjects discussed on the blog and I need your help voting it in. Go to THIS LINK and vote. (warning…you may need to quickly create an account…but I super appreciate it:-) Voting determines 30 percent of the results. It’s about time us micro folks were properly represented at an awesome fest like SXSW!
Thanks for reading and stay tuned!
Cheers!
John
