"Don Circles the Drain" - Cast & Crew Screening

We had our cast and crew wrap party last night for Don Circles the Drain. It was good to to finally show the finished film and to revisit with everyone--many of whom we hadn't seen for almost two years.

Although the projector had some issues, people still seemed to enjoy the picture. We really value test screenings, even those which may be a little skewed due to an audience of only cast and crew. After hearing their feedback, we went back and made a few minor adjustments to the edit, plus one rather large one. The movie now flows even better. Total running time 9:19.

Photos courtesy of Colin Cameron.

Up next, our first test screening of Don for the general public is this Sunday, August 2nd at the High Noon Saloon in Madison. A Wisconsin filmmaker showcase sponsored by Living Storm Productions, the program runs from 12:30-3:30pm. $5 cover.

It's Done! "Don Circles the Drain" is Now a Finished Film!

Two years in the making, Don Circles the Drain is now complete! Polished off the final cut today. This collaborative project between C Side Films and Tarazod Films went through several changes before becoming the movie it is now.

The original plan was for us to simply create a short trailer for Executive Producer Rick Richards, to assist him in selling his feature-length script. However as things progressed, we couldn't resist the temptation to turn this project into a stand-alone film. The short has a total running time of 9:26.

Our first test screening takes place this Wednesday, August 29th. It's a showing for cast and crew at the long-delayed wrap party.

We then will have a second test screening at the local filmmaker showcase being hosted by Living Storm Productions. Sunday August 2nd, 12:30-3:00pm, High Noon Saloon in Madison. Open to the public; $5 cover.

Then it's time for festival submissions.

Audio down to one last scene for "Don Circles the Drain"

Executive Producer Rick Richards stopped by today to view the latest edit of Don Circles the Drain, which is so very, very close to being completed. The audio for the entire film is now done except for one last sequence--the Crowd Scene--in which our star Don (played by Odari Kimani) is unexpectedly greeted by his adoring fans. We recorded lots of yelling, screaming, and miscellaneous outpourings from the cast and slew of extras who showed up that day on August 24, 2013--nearly 2 years ago!

The audio log list for the Crowd Scene.

Final Voice-Overs Completed for "Don Circles the Drain"

Yesterday we brought in actors Colin Cameron and Tim Towne to do the last of the voice-over recordings for Don Circles the Drain. Colin is the narrator in the film and Tim the "Captain Know-It-All" control room operator for Don's cable access TV show.

JG Accepted Into Boston Independent Film Fest

Just God--the collaborative film project that we worked on with Windmiller Media and Exchange Productions--was recently accepted as a finalist into the Boston Independent Film Festival. Screenings begin July 15, 2015.

Another Year, Another Adobe CC Update

So far, CC 2015 seems pretty good. New things to get used to in Premiere. There does appear to be some issue, however, with the program's need for an excessive amount of CPU usage. We hope this gets fixed in a hurry.

JULY 17th UPDATE:

Definitely some bugs with the new 2015 release. Premiere is having some serious problems with audio files cutting out and sound waveforms disappearing. We're switching our current projects back to CC2014 until Adobe gets these fixed.


AUGUST 1st UPDATE:

They got the audio issues worked out well enough (although, not perfectly). Can finally finish projects in CC2015. 

Vegan Fest edit at 3:06 AM

3:06 AM. Finishing up video number four of six from the 2015 Mad City Vegan Fest. Render, compression, and upload times are real hour-eaters. But getting close to finishing this gig.

Presenter Dama Wells-Foster during her cooking demonstration. Dessert was raw avocado-chocolate pudding. Good stuff!

Registered Dietitian Jack Norris on vegan nutrition.