Myspace.

I never considered myself the type of person that would setup a Myspace account. However, in the world of shameless self promotion, I figured it was worth a try. So far, I’ve got a whopping 5 friends! But, one of those friends is William Shatner. So, that is pretty cool. [...]

Screening formats.

Projecting a DVD up on a theater sized screen is not going to look very good. Fortunately, most of the festivals allow for better formats. The problem is, some allow this and some allow that; but unless you have a fat wallet, you cannot possibly be prepared for all festivals. I’ve already [...]

Festival drive.

I’ve slowly begun submitting the film to festivals. So far, it has more or less started out as a trickle. At this point I’m still being careful where it goes. After all, I still haven’t had my premiere and I don’t want to be sending it out willy-nilly only to find out [...]

That’s a wrap!!!!

I’m excited to announce that I am officially finished with my short film! This morning, I ironed out the last problems with audio and burned my first few DVDs that will be sent off to festivals.
The last two and a half years have been exhausting. But, at the same time it has been [...]

Math lesson: Aspect ratios.

I’m writing this to hopefully eliminate any problems that others may have, and possibly enlighten some of you that aren’t aware of something you can do to improve DVD quality. The first thing to cover are aspect ratios. This short was rendered at 1920×820. That equates to an aspect ratio of roughly [...]



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