Cynematik

I haven’t blogged since we finished writing the Sally Hayfron script. I don’t know if I could say exactly why I stopped writing then. I just did. Now I look back on it and wonder if I should keep this blog going anymore.

When I was teaching animation, filmmaking, art and design, I’d post about indie films, festivals, books and other resources. There were several hundred people checking in regularly to see what was new and exciting in the field. Ironically, according to my internet stats, there are still several THOUSAND hits to this site every day. I guess that’s what happens when you have seven years of content on a site AND a lot of the content is about Sundance and indie films. Search engines help people find the unusual things they’re seeking whether I’m actively promoting it or not.

I moved to the LA area a year ago to work in film. It seemed like the logical progression for me. In that time, I worked on three films. A MARINE STORY (which played at OUTFEST this week), ELENA UNDONE (which screens at OUTFEST tomorrow night) and GIRLTRASH: All Night Long (which is in post production now). My writing partner, Pam, and I finished the feature script on Sally Hayfron. We started working on a pilot. And, I joined a writing group to have a structure for the novel I’ve been trying to make myself write for the last fifteen years.

Alec got a job with Sony/Screen Gems working on visual effects as part of The Creative Cartel team on the film PRIEST. He’s still working there. All in all, it’s been a pretty eventful year. We’re both still learning a lot.

I remember doing a personal growth workshop a few years back. One of the things they kept saying over and over again, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Having been here in Movieland for the last year — seeing how major films are made, meeting and greeting new people, networking with industry insiders — I was unaware of how many things I did not know. And we’re still learning. Oy.