No Respite Productions

So desperate am I to produce something that I've referred once again to my back catalogue of previous works (as small as it is).

The next production that you'll see unleashed on the web was a previous film, done back in 2007 before Chavular. It is a whimsical comedy based around two friends going on a day out together. When their car is stranded, their only hope of rescue lies with their two less than reliable friends.

So all in all, very light hearted with just a touch of blue humour and some language. It's going to be fun!

Current plans are to host said film in the same manner as Chavular... i.e. from this very site. My YouTube account will be given a fairly huge overhaul in a few weeks as a lot of my videos have been disabled thanks to my infringements on copyright laws with regards to the music. But my aim is to re-work what I have and try and have the most recent films available from YouTube in the not too distant future.

I currently have my fingers in a lot of different pies at the moment so lord knows when this will eventually be released. But it shouldn't take too long.

Cheers,

Adam

Inspiration can come from the strangest of places.

I was watching the brilliant That Mitchell and Webb Look on BBC and they have a fantastic sketch on there called The Quiz Broadcast. What's funny about this sketch is that this light hearted piece of entertainment seeminly takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where people are constantly told to "stay indoors" and a thing known as "the event" is referenced as causing the current state of affairs. The event itself is not expanded upon but characters frequently talk about it and the horrific effects it has had on mankind.

Watching this, I laughed my head off and then began to wonder exactly what would "the event" look like. This is the subject of a new script I'm currently writing. It's going to be a very short and morbid affair, starring just myself due to a lack of any other willing actors.

This is something small to keep me productive and creative whilst I still wait for the forever stalled filming of Ring of Death to eventually take place.

I've always avoided television in favour of working on my own creative pieces, but it would seem that in doing so I've missed out on a rather fundemental need... inspiration. Here's a clip of the show that I could find for you to enjoy.

Hello!

So probably the 2nd to last post on Chavular before the actual film release online (13th April) and then after that I will be focusing 100% on Ring of Death - our new production.

The Chavular launch party takes place on Monday at the same time as the film is released online. This in reality is just a small gathering with some friends where we'll be providing food and of course, entertainment in the form of the Chavular film.

I figured it would be quite nice to build a presentation around the film, so I got cracking on making a DVD using Sony DVD Architect (which I received in addition to Sony Vegas). The DVD creation was fairly easy, although I had to once again re-render Chavular into the MPEG-II format which allowed for true 16:9 widescreen on the DVD.

I built the menu options and added in bonus content (my previous work) without much drama. But I figured I wanted something quite dark and menacing to play over the main menu screen. So I knocked up the following in Vegas and I think it works quite well.

Check out the YouTube video below ;)

It never occured me to use Vegas in tandem with my DVD authoring software to create a more polished and professional DVD. But well worth considering if you ever wanted to compile your movies to show your friends. You never know... they may even ask for a copy.

And I'll have a few ready, especially for the cast, on the offchance that they want one!

Hello there,

Quick update, the financial situation is looking better thank god, so it's now looking as though the Ring of Death film will be back in production soon enough (pending a revised and streamlined script).

In the meantime, a rough re-cut of PX 3 (now retitled Chavular) has been completed and some small visual effects and grading has been added to the overall production. A trailer should be online by Monday, and the actual film itself will no doubt be released next month once I've done whatever I can do with the sound (and my guess is... not a lot).

All looking good

Adam

As mentioned previously on the blog, the filming for the feature length film "Ring of Death" has undergone a slight hiatus whilst financial issues are resolved. However work has not stopped completely. Whilst Adam S has been doing some slight sound edting for the film Ikari (only a couple of scenes) there will be additional tweaks to the Ring of Death script.

The tweaks will hopefully allow for a smoother narrative flow, an overall shorter and easier to shoot production whilst injecting a little more humour into the overall film. The script itself underwent so many initial tweaks with new ideas and plot points being thrown in that a lot of the events feel slightly overengineered and out of place. Although that may just be me being a perfectionist.

In other more exciting news - there will be a re-edit of Project X III - The Tormentor. Our last film was done with Windows Movie Maker and that was it. Now that we have the awesome Sony Vegas and Effectslab products, it feels as though a retreatment would do the film justice. Technical issues surround this feat however, the original movie file and source footage was lost during my hard drive wipe.

I managed to recover about 80% from a friends website who was hosting the film - but sadly the last 20% had become corrupted. The remaining 20% was recovered from YouTube and using the Super software I was able to not only recover the final 20% from YouTube - but even upgrade the overall quality of the footage to a startling degree. More on that soon in a future blog post.

Cheers,

Adam

I should probably just add that at the moment I am doing some sound effects work for another low budget production, a movie called Ikari. This is only a handful of scenes though but it's nice to be dipping my hand into other areas of work outside of my own.

And the song that is currently sustaining my through my stress is this lovely little remix from Alec Empire http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1FyUI2uOlyk

Enjoy!

Adam