So Much to Do and So Little Time.

Hello again. Hope you got out and enjoyed this beautiful East Coast Saturday. I stayed in doing what I love, working.

As stated in the previous blog, I am working on a scene from Mattson Tomlin's 'Early Retirement'. A clip of which can be seen on Mattson's YouTube channel.

While I did not get to add the muzzle flashes and debris, I was entrusted with the far more meatier task of creating elements and implementing them into scenes that have already been shot.

In the opening of this clip I added blood spewing out of a throat being slit and created a banner and added one of the many blood splatters that will adorn the room.

Here are the before and after shots.
NOTE: This is still a work in progress and the fine tuning has not been done just yet.

Before



After


So, the next few days will be spent extracting the actor from all the shots for this scene and making sure that my motion tracking is dead spot on to anchor my incorporated elements to.

Mat; if you read this...thanks. As tedious a task as it may seem, I am loving every minute of it.

Holler out to SpidVid for bringing us together to collaborate on this.

Meanwhile: I just finished the lyrics for 'Sick God' which is meeting with the usual mixed reaction as I try and get approval from the remaining band members. I really consider this to be a Group of Deviants song, but have no problem claiming it for my own if people feel like they don't want to be on it. The music production will commence again after I complete the task at hand for Mattson.

Everyone enjoy your Sunday and look for more news soon.

Cheers all!

Fabulous, Fabulous Fallout!!!

Hello again and I hope you are enjoying this Saturday afternoon.

I am dealing with some awesome fallout from the Yoko Ono video and just thought I would share, despite me giving this blog the premature nomenclature of 'music blog'.

I am gearing up to start working on some fx fine tuning for a short film by Mattson Tomlin called 'Early Retirement'.

Mattson has been the buzz on the Internet for a number of reasons including his creative use of the 'social media' to raise funds and talents to complete his projects. After reviewing some of his work, I have to say I am very excited about the prospect of being on board. The guy really knows what he's doing, wants, needs and how to go about making it happen. My role in this production is to add muzzle flashes, debris and other fun stuff.

We met through a site named SpidVid created by Jeremy Campbell.

You can see my profile there by clicking here. It is a site for the creative of all types of media to meet and offer up ideas and talents to help each others' projects come to life. It seems to be a much more pleasant and constructive site than others that claim to cater to the same ideals, but I am not going to name any specifically.

So, anyone reading this should go check out the site and give into your muse.

Create a profile and spread the word.

I will write more as the projects progress.

As far as 'Group of Deviants' things are up in the air. One guitarist has disappeared into the mist, despite my warnings the previous year that it was going to happen. One guitarist has no real interest in it and the third is recovering from a leg injury while attempting to be Tony Hawk. So it is looking like Pat [a.k.a. Tony Hawk, LOL] and myself may end up putting something together on our own with a bit more of a dedicated crew behind us. The music is still being recorded along with some AJ Evans solo material.

I need to get a manager who will prod me no matter what hurdles are being placed in my path. 25% of everything to any takers??? :)

Til next time....
Cheers!