Tag Archives: indie

Orphaned needs your help!

In May we set out to fund the next feature film here at nameinuse productions through Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a new way to complete your DIY art projects with the help of an online community. The community contributes to your project, and in return receives rewards related to the project. Well, The response was overwhelming. [...]

the universal, more treats

Here is another sneak peak at The Universal. This will be an online web experience/short film/gallery show/thesis stay tuned for the who, what, when, where, how and why? The Universal: Treats from John W. Yost on Vimeo. The Universal: Lonesome from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

“Museum” and the state of upstate

Working on the last two features I’ve had to enlist a lot of help from dear old friends who live in New York City. I hope that the diminished/indie pay was made up for with a little break from the NYC lifestyle. (I also try to feed them real well and have a ton of [...]

Embrace Change

After visiting the Thousand Islands I came to a realization, about change. I thought it would come to me later when I was 80 cursing the neighbor kids because they were playing in my yard or bothering me with some new technology. Little did I know that at the ripe old age of 22 I’d [...]

Many Thanks to the Barracks Crew

I wanted to tell everyone just how much I loved spending time with them and getting to play and work together. Of course as usual the time went quickly and not every world solving conversation got finished and not everybody’s life stories got to be told but one thing for sure is we all work [...]

That’s a wrap…sort of.

So that’s a wrap on principle photography. The shoot couldn’t have gone better and the experience more jam-packed full of good times. The footage looks great and I’m ACTUALLY excited to be editing. (I’m usually not the biggest fan.) We have one more weekend of pickups, but that doesn’t come till after the twelve day [...]