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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 4:00 PM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
Tampa Bay Film, Indie Film Projects, and Film Festivals On Hiatus
This will be the
last post from me on the Tampa Film Blog for quite some time (except for
the one above and others for announcements). I am needed elsewhere, but
it will all work out for Tampa Bay Film when I’m done.
Earlier this week, I ordered the Tampa Bay Film sites and all my indie
film projects to be placed on standby, phase 2. What this means it that,
for the most part, very little updates will be done to the Tampa Bay Film
sites. Also, my indie film projects and film festivals will also be placed
on standby. At the earliest, it will be summer 2010 before I’m in
the position to resume these projects. This means that there will not
be a Reverence film festival this year, and because the Reverence film
festival leads into the debut of the Tampa Film Showcase, that there will
not be a Tampa Film Showcase in 2011.
What will I get done late this year, after the summer? A lot of updates
to the Tampa Bay Film sites, several underground film festivals, such
as the Halloween Drive-In and the Tampa Bay Film Review, and a short indie
film or two. In 2011, I’ll be in the position to proceed as was
originally intended for 2010, so apply the original scheduled for 2010
to 2011 to get an idea of what is planned. Displace that timeline one
year.
Why so long? I need resources and infrastructure in place, and not the
type of resources and infrastructure that I’ve completed in the
past six or seven years. I need lots of cash, consistent cashflow, and
operational assets. The way that my overall business plan is set up, my
service companies support my long-term investments. Right now, with the
economy and everything else, those service companies need a bit more attention.
Do I have anything to say about all of this to the people who have been
waiting for this? No. Not at all. The Tampa Bay Film sites and my marketing
infrastructure are in place, and they are operational. They are not going
anywhere, and I fully plan to utilize them as their full capacity soon.
Additionally, while I had the intentions of helping current Tampa indie
filmmakers and the current Tampa film scene, I am no longer inspired to
do so. Too many have failed the test, and they do not deserve my help.
Basically put, I’m about to become very, how can I say it, but to
put a point on it, inaccessible. I’m not going to have the time
for them, communication shall become minimal, and I have better things
to do.
As the slogan for the Tampa Bay Film Review underground film festival
goes, “You are not invited”.
If any Tampa filmmaker needs my help and support, I’m going to suggest
that they impress the hell out of me, and that they prove that they are
sincere. So far, all that I’ve seen, and experienced, in the Tampa
indie film scene have been a bunch of amateurs to lie, cheat, steal, slander,
backstab, and conduct themselves as amateurs. If they perceive you to
be competition, they will gang up on you and attempt to destroy your credibility.
They will accuse you of unethical conduct, and of doing crimes, while
they themselves behave that way. They tried this with me, and I stood
up for myself and fought back. I’ve defeated these people, and have
put them in their place. The fight won, I’m moving on. What will
I do to them now? Nothing. I will allow them to sabotage themselves, as
they are their own worst enemy, and will simply proceed with my plans
without their participation.
They can remain on the outside, in the cold, looking in. It’s their
proper place- and it is where they put themselves.
If I choose to communicate with them, I will be doing them a favor. If
I choose to help them, I am doing them a favor. I fail to see how any
of these people can benefit my efforts, or benefit the advancement of
independent film in Tampa Bay.
Tentatively, I expect to debut the Tampa Film Showcase in January 2012.
The main reason for the delay is that I need support infrastructure in
place to keep it going each and every month, consistently. I don’t
want it to become another Tampa Film Review, where the film festival is
not consistent, or effective. It needs to be set up, and executed, right,
and the correct way takes time. To be brief, I don’t answer to anyone
but myself, and to my people. I could care less who is upset about our
adjusted course of action. I’m going to do my sites, my film festivals,
and my indie film projects for myself, and for my business interests.
If anyone out there wishes to compete with me with indie films, or anything
else, I wish you luck. The reason that some people chose to slander me,
and to attack me, is that they know something better when they see it.
They were afraid of competing against me, and tried to deal with it in
pathetic, unethical way. I now know how they really are. They blew it,
and they woke up a sleeping giant. I’m going to make their nightmare
come true. I’m going to take their market from them, and I’ll
do it by competing against them ethically, and professionally. Unlike
them, I don’t do anything unethical, unprofessional, or illiegal.
Oh, and for those who choose to continue slandering me and doing illegal
things against me, I intend to legally address them. I’m going to
start suing if they fail to cease and desist, starting now.
That’s the future, though.
For now, I’m working on other things.
What will I do with Tampa Bay Film in the next six months? Very little.
1. The online film festival will be monitored and maintained.
2. Scripts for my first short indie films will be written, and those films
will begin production late this year. The Reverence film festival cannot
be done in 2011 without some of my short films, and I need a few short
indie films to show at the Tampa Film Showcase.
3. Some underground film festivals will be done late this year, and several
Tampa indie films will be reviewed, like it or not.
That’s it for now. I’m
signing out. It’s time to take a nap. In closing, I would like to
say that I have a lot invested into the future of Tampa indie film, and
that I would not have set up such support infrastructure if I did not
have an agenda. With me, it’s never a question of “if”,
but rather “when”, and once it starts, it will change everything.
I’m in no hurry right now, however, and eventually, I’ll get
around to addressing Tampa indie film and setting the standard, as well
as putting some unethical amateurs out of business. Enjoy what you have
while you can!
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