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TSC April 13 2011 update, the Project comes to a Close

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Greetings to the Cast, Crew, families, audience and supporters of TSC,

TSC: Blood and Fire is a Wrap.  The Sentinel Chronicles has come to a close.

As I draft this final update I am engaged in the recovery efforts from the last two weekends of filming.  This is a bitter sweet moment as TSC has been going for nearly 48 months now.  It has seen many friendships made and has seen some go. All in all it has been a grand experiment in the art form.  I am no longer sure of the number of folks who came out to be a part of this project.  When it started hardly anyone had heard of the concept of a web series let alone a sci fi action adventure one. We are a part of a brave new pioneering effort to take creativity way from corporate control and put in the hands of the dreamers.  To everyone from the first frame of the Assassin 2019 to the last scene on  TSC: Blood and Fire to be cliche we have boldly gone where no one has gone before.  It may not have started as the most polished or even understandable story but we helped start a revolution in indie film making in Atlanta and the South East.  When Season One premiered we were the only web series in production in the region, now there are more than 30 at last count.

Important Info

IMDB Credit

Seasons One and Two have undergone a “re-edit”  as many of you may know.  Though IMDB recognizes the web series as a creditable form it still has very rigid submission standards- and we do not met them.  However by doing the edit and converting Season One and Two into “extended short films” they have met the entry requirements of the Filmdemic  Film Festival.   Thus the “coveted” IMDB credit will be secured.  Due to the fact that my internet connection “fluctuates” the online upload is out of the question and I sent the copies today.   Should take around a month or so to get the online confirmation.

Final Copy of the Project

It is my intention to to release as I have said all of TSC at once in one large “collectors” edition stylized packaging.  It will include outtakes, behind the scenes photos, production stills, interviews and commentaries as well as several other goodies.  This along with the individual projects will available for purchase through Amazon and other online sources.  The final copy of the project will be presented at grand finale party to be sometime  in the mid to late Autumn of this year  and will be presented to all of the cast and crew of the TSC project.

Abstracts and Statistics
As many of you have come to realize I do enjoy rambling off a good batch of numbers and statistics.  This update will be no different but I will limit it to the bottom line.   TSC has grown and continues to grow.  My hope is that even though the earlier work remains at least at glance the most popular that we will grow into the ambitions I have had all along that is: A.) to be an internet cult classic and B.) to eventually garner the attention of somebody somewhere who might think this a worthy project of picking  up and putting some actual money behind.  In regards to A we are growing and to B well we all have a dream and that was just a small part of mine.  Last month saw a huge jump in our internet wide numbers by almost 2 to 1 (from around 5000 to nearly 10, 000) in regards to traffic to our videos, website and face book page.  I find this to be an amazing achievement for an underfunded and un-promoted project.  Since we began we have accumulated somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 views for 31 videos including teasers, trailers, promos and full episodes.   The exciting thing is this that with the power of the internet our work has been seen in nearly 60 countries and in almost every state in the union.  Again this not bad given what we had at our disposal to make this project.  We have been cross pollinated onto several different video hosting sites and and can be downloaded on iTunes.  So at the end of the day I can comfortably say we did something and not have to lie with statistics to help me sleep.  Remember this is a group effort so encourage your fans, family and supporters to watch and like our work.  The more interest we generate the bigger we grow.  The philosophy of the web series and indie film making isn’t about it making you famous but about the team making our work famous.  That concludes my speech about numbers and our success.

The break down on our First”s and our Achievements
Lets see, fun stuff first-

*We were the first project bold enough to attempt the sic-fi action adventure genre.
*I have yet to see another project do a cannibal scene or sneak in a gratuitous decapitation every chance it got.
*We were the first web-series (at the time Nov. 2009) to be aired on local television.

* During this project we got to shoot someone with a crossbow, set off nuclear weapons, beat a few people with a baseball bat, have guts slide out, fry the neural pathways of the brain, destroy a space station, pretty much turn the earth into a smoldering waste land and colonize the stars.  Not bad for the last four years..

* We were the first Atlanta based Sci Fi project to be listed on the internet’s number one resource for web based sci fi content scifinal.com

Ok other odds and ends.

When completed TSC will include over 7 hours of content to include episodes, shorts, extended shorts, a feature length film, interviews, commentaries and behind the scenes footage.

I lost count but  I can say with some certainty that we have somewhere around 100 folks took part in this pioneering endeavor .  For a lot of up and coming actors this was a place to catch their first IMDB’s and also a chance to work on a project of this size.  Most Indie producers aren’t dumb enough to try and shoot projects with 25 plus people on the cast and crew.  In many ways we became a family.  For me it expanded the number of folks I call TRUE friends.

Next Item up for bids

Season 2, Architiects and Math are in broadcast rotation in Ohio and New York on  local cable systems.  I am sure that TSC is not as unheard of as we think it is.  On several occasions I have met and talked with people about the project.  So it is making an impact and thats all thanks to the hard work and dedication we have put in to this.

Demos and Copies of the Footage
( Read carefully so that there is no misunderstanding)

Demos-
To all of the cast of TSC I am offering at no cost to you (other than the raw materials- a spindle of DVD’s and lables) an actors demo reel.  There are some restrictions on availability for this service:  That would be if you spent less than two days on set with the project.  Other than that all I ask is that you bring the footage you wish to use.  Spend the time telling me exactly what you want done and to enjoy a good meal with me while we complete the work. I will not edit somebody else’s work.  All scenes will remain intact.  Likewise I will not bump incomplete footage from either Blood and Fire or Green Winter that is not complete to fill out the demo.  You will need at least 8-10 photos from your latest Head Shot session.  This is a 4-6 hour process as I want to give you exactly what you want.  So don’t expect to swing by and drop off a spindle of DVD’s and a pack of labels with the intent to return at your leisure expecting a final product.  To do so leaves thing to my intrpretation and will result in wasted time and DVD’s so why not sit down ejoy the time and help me create for you a very elegant, simplistic and valuable promotional tool for yourself.   The demo is about you and your talent not about how flashy the menu is.  So with that said feel free to contact me to arrange an appointment.

Footage

As noted above I will not release incomplete footage under any circumstances.  If however you want use completed work for use on a Demo that we are making that is fine.  Likewise I will also make the footage available if you want use another provider for your demo reel.  Again, if the footage is not done – the answer is NO.

TSC3: Green Winter Update

Though my attention as been focused on Blood and Fire I am again returning to work in short order to complete the first cut of Green Winter by May 1.  I anticipate the final cut will be available sometime in early June and will be submitted to The Terror Film Fest in Philadelphia set for screening in October and the Fantastic Planet Film Fest in Sydney, Australia set for screening April of 2012.

I am currently on the last few scenes of Act III which puts me a stones throw from completion.  Once Green Winter is complete there will be a screening and it will be provided as exclusive content to VBCtv in episodic format.

The latest tease/ sneak peek can be seen on facebook on the TSC fan page

The End of the Line

TSC:Blood and Fire

Or as it was called previously “Pi”  is now in the can and will begin post production in June and is expected to be completed in September. Once Completed it too will be submitted to a number of different genre based film festivals for the 2012 season.  This is last story to be told in the existing TSC story arc.  Of the entire project with a few small exceptions this was the best written and best organized project to date. Other than some slow execution at times and the complete re-thinking of how to shoot the final scenes on the 5th and final of production we had a great time and everybody did an amazing job.  My effort to focus more on directing, the story and the characters was  my main objective.  Of the franchise this will be the first that relies less on effects and more on the story and we achieved that. However it does not take out or stylized use of gratuitous violence.   To everybody who bleed, sweat and shed precious metals on this project I can’t stress enough what amazing job.

Way to send this project of into history books..

The Future

As some of you may know I have planned now for sometime to throw in the sponge and return to Indiana.  To take a hiatus from film making and regroup.  I am however after this last project reconsidering my thoughts on this.  Shawn, the projects new lead writer and I have begun developing concepts for 3 short projects and a 10 Episode series entitled “Home World” .  All of these projects are within the TSC Universe but set at incremental points in timeline with Home World set about 100 years after Green Winter.

I will of course ask all of you either to reprise your existing role, make a cameo or if possible cast you as a whole new character.

For future reference I will no longer send out a mass email updates with exception of the projects that are in production/ post production. I will post a notification to facebook and post a link to the TSC site.

So that does it, that’s my final long winded speech (well to some of you) to be received in your in-boxes.

I will hold all individual accolades until our Grand Finale Premiere Party this Fall.

I would like to say this though to each of you has helped me to live out a dream, from intern to Assistant Director, from Wardrobe and Prop Mistress to Production Designer, from the Cadaver Extra to the Leads I humbly thank you all and deeply appreciate every once of sweat and every second you spent on this 4 year journey.

If any of you need anything and it is my power and with in reason I will happily give it to you.

I wish you all the very best and hope to see you around.  I look forward to getting together one last time to raise a toast,  to share a laugh and relive fond memories.

We started this project with a clear vision of what we were trying to do 1.) Do something that had never been done before, 2.) To gain exposure for everybody who worked on the project and 3.)  To tell a story.

Mission Accomplished

At the end of it I was previleged enough to get the opportunity to work some Atlanta’s and the South East’s finest acting, production and creative talent.  With many of you I have forged cherished life long friendships.  You will always be the best part of me.

Destination:  3 stars to the left and straight on til morning.  Off to the Undiscovered Country.


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