Hey there, just a little updater. Back in from last nights win for Patrick’s Story and hopefully a few more people willing to pass on the message for equality in marriage rights. Not only was I really pleased and thankful for the win but I was even more thankful for the thoughtful comments afterwards by people who were moved by the message. I am extremely fortunate in my life to the fact that I am able to take this movie and run with it in every way possible to keep the message of marriage equality alive. While I enjoy people watching the other things that I have (and will) make and enjoying them I can’t hold a candle to the power of Patrick’s message and his ability to move people to tears. Please help to pass the message along and continue the move toward marriage equality.
I would like to say thank you to all that have watched Patrick’s Story so far, and to all that will help to carry it forward.
I thought I would through up the embed of the Sunstall video I did. I have passed this on to Solar World with the hopes of getting in good with their marketing folks. See the video after the bump.
In the mean time, I am trying to figure out how to pay for “Part of the ship/Part of the crew” and start getting Sweat Pea (another short script) paid for and off the ground. My Kickstarter fear has kicked in again, but in a more legitimate way this time. Lately, I have seen so many projects go up and fail on there. More so than usual. I have felt for quite some time that Portland has an excessive amount of people throwing Kickstarter projects on the web with little to no experience, collateral, or history to prove they are worth investing in. I have no idea if I am one of those people or one that has the work to back it up but would just fall prey to the over saturation of Kickstarter campaigns. Somehow, though, I need to fund Sweat Pea. It’s something that I think is a great script and an excellent challenge of a film to make.
One to the solar panels.
SUNSTALL – Sunstalling the future from Galaxy Sailor on Vimeo.
That’s right. Me and Gus van Sant. We buddies. We hit the beer house together. Chums, if you will. I had to bump Neil Gaiman from the top tier to do it, but I think it was a worth while effort. Actually, I don’t know Gus at all, but it’s fun to think that he would be handing me the dollars to do a film instead of Taylor Lautner, but whatever Gus. Friends can forgive.
Actually, I was featured in the recent issue of 1859 magazine, a local publication. You can tell it’s local because it’s called 1859; that’s the year we gained statehood in Oregon. We really did gain statehood. You’re not just born this way. Anywho, the article written by Lucy Burningham is titled On The Set, and it is a reflection of the time when One Flew Over The Cuckoos nest was made all the way to the foretelling of hopeful Oregon film and television dollars. Check out the embed below of the online version of the story.
(I bought six copies!)
In the last week and a half, I have enjoyed a resurgence in work. The feast and famine trend continues! I started picking up NECA/IBEW videos again, and have about five or six slated for the next few weeks (with any luck). As well, I have started work on a proposal set for a local home weatherizing company. They are getting a video series, as well as a new website. I have also had the privilege of getting work from a California company, called SUNSTALL. This was one of the few times I ever did an impromptu pitch that went through. Huzzah! Now to repeat the pattern. SUNSTALL is installing all of the new infrastructure for solar panels on a ODOT/PGE cooperative renewable energy program. Nearly seven thousand new panels will be installed when it’s all done. Sweet!
Oh, those pirates. Why does it always keep coming back to the pirates. Probably because I love them dearly! I accept this. So the buccaneers of Bridgetown have some great events coming soon, to which I am attending. They are also set to kick off a season (not plundering, that’s in spring) recruiting business prospects. Thankfully, they came to me and asked that I do a promo video for them. A promo video? For pirates? Where would I ever get footage for such things? I know – the footage from the documentary movie I am making called Part of the ship/Part of the crew: The making of El Tiburon. It’s glorious, and as soon as the skallywags let me post it, there shall be glorious pirate video posted! HUZZAH!
In the mean time – enjoy and read up!
