Val's Rants - Writer, Director, Filmmaker (Austin, Texas)

Archive for May, 2010

Filmmaking

05/27/2010

Another informative post by Eric Sherman

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Eric, has you may know, if a friend and really knowledgeable person. He’s been around the film industry since before he was even born I’ve learned so much from him, it’s hard to quantify… not only that, if it weren’t for him… I wouldn’t be making movies!!! Read this pearl of wisdom, then head off [...]

Music Making

Last Chance – 4 days, 200 users to 7 for 1 group buy, IK Multimedia

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Well, I mentioned it several times in the past, but for those of you who haven’t heard, this is the last chance. Go here: http://ikmultimedia.com/Main.html?xtgroupbuy/index.php We’ve already got 6 samplepacks for the price of 1 ($50 USD), and in the next 4 days, we have a chance to get a 7th, if 200 more people [...]

Filmmaking,Personal

05/24/2010

I’m directing Script to Screen

Yeeeehaaaw!  And that’s appropriate for more than 1 reason. First, I’m in Texas. Second, I’m directing a piece for Script to Screen called Twilight Nation – a pilot for a TV series in the supernatural western genre (by Philip Daay and Chris Engen). An unusual combination, I know, but it’s a great story, and we [...]

Filmmaking

05/19/2010

An awesome video by Benoit Millot

If you like great work, you gotta see this short piece. It was shot on the 7D and has 3D mixed in — really clever. A day in PARIS from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo. Share on Facebook

Filmmaking

My webseries is up on http://www.scifinal.com/7-shades-of-lenity/

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As the co-writer/director/producer with my wife, Rita Quinn, I’m really pleased about this Earlier this month we were approached by the folks in charge of the Scifinal.com website (SciFinal is a web directory about independently produced science fiction web series.) You can check out the 7 Shades of Lenity profile of Scifinal.com here and you [...]

Filmmaking,Personal

05/18/2010

Finished cutting new trailer for 7 Shades Of Lenity

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My wife (Rita Quinn) and I, in case you don’t know, wrote, directed and produced (or rather, are still producing) a sci-fi webseries shot and taking place in Austin, Texas, called 7 Shades of Lenity, or 7SoL for short. If you haven’t heard of it yet, you can check out t he new trailers below, [...]

Filmmaking

05/17/2010

A Hollywood Director/Producer on Interviewing and Casting Actors

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Erich Sherman is a friend and an accomplished director and producer in LA. He’s been around the movie business all his life, as had his father before him, Vincent Sherman. Here is some amazing insight from his new blog: Interviewing and Casting Actors Most film directors will tell you that the single most important interaction [...]

Activism,Personal

05/06/2010

Not a true story, but still dang funny

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How to Call the Police when you are Old George Phillips , an elderly man, from Meridian, Mississippi,was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the [...]