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Friday, October 30, 2009 - 8:10 AM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
Updating Tampa Bay Film Sites
I left my notes at home last night, so instead of coding some of the fringe Tampa Bay Film sites and upgrading them to Super Raptor Class sites, I worked on Tampa Bay Film, Tampa Film Showcase, and this Tampa Film Blog (The Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival does not need any updates right now, as it' been caught up. Additionally, its thumbnail array is different than the other Tampa Bay Film sites, as they lead to featured films playing on the online film festival). Tomorrow, I'll be working a lot on Tampa Film Review, Tampa Film Festivals, Tampa Film Conference, and Tampa Film Community. I should have everything caught up, with full upgrades and updates, by Sunday, November 1. After that, I return to model land to catch up there, and will be finishing up legal paperwork next week. Tampa Bay Film and the Tampa Bay Film sites will not see a lot of updates after this week, and I'll return to that work in full force in a few months. I have some updates to the online film festival scheduled, however, as well as another large addition of films in a few weeks. I'll also add a post to the Tampa Film Blog every now and then; if any of the sites are updated, a post on the Tampa Film Blog will note it for easy reference (I will be having the first Tampa Bay Film Review underground film festival in December, and that coverage will be posted on Tampa Bay Film. I will also be posting the TFR reviews on the Tampa Bay Film Tampa Film Review site in November.).
Tampa Casting, Tampa Bay Acting, and Independent Acting will see a lot of updates in the coming weeks, too, as we add more content and build these sites into great audition references and sources of Tampa and Florida auditions. Tampa Bay Acting will also be assisting Tampa Bay Film with educating actors on how to evaluate filmmakers and indie film projects, and how to avoid them if they are not worth it (also note that we will not be attacking anyone. The resources use behavioral pattern recognition, as was pioneered by the modeling scam analysis databases of Tampa Bay Modeling and Independent Modeling. Top Tampa indie film scams? Casting scams, and film festival scams. More on that, later).
In January, when my first indie films are in the can, I will be doing behind-the-scenes (er... Behind-the-screens, LOL) features and will be doumenting everything, but there will be a strict blackout on all my film projects until fall 2010. I'll be writing and working, but not posting anything about it. By the fall, I should have a nice backlog of features to publish at my convenience. Additionally, all of my films will have bonus features such as running cast and crew commentary (I also have a cool screening format for my directors cuts). My films will probably be the only films on the online film festival with these features enabled (yes, you will be able to access running commentary on all of my indie films playing on the online film festival if you wish, and I figured out how to do it). The main ways to see my films will be on the online film festival, and at film festivals, such as my Tampa film festival properties.
My indie film production schedule? My first solo film, friendship, in January 2010. Reverence in March. The Point in May (The Point is one of my worst-kept secrets, with the story available for review on the Internet for many years now. It's a good story, and will become a great script once I add some scenes and adjust the format. If you want to see a sample one of my stories for a short indie film, The Point is a good story to read- and a hint for what is coming; I wrote the story back in 2001, and reading it now, I'm not sure if the first person narrative works as well as it should, as characters seldom describe things like that when they tell a story, but it's good. As far as my other scripts, forget it- they are secret. The script for the Reverence short film is even better!), Things That Go Bump (a very, very creepy, weird little film. Almost as weird as Twisted Puppet Show, a premise for a short film which I am turning into a screenplay- some filmmakers are going to just LOVE that one, because the rumor is that it parodies them) in July. Composure (this will NOT be the same script as the original. I changed the story, and it's even better, now. Some of the really cool ideas that I had with the original Composure will be used in another short romantic film. The new Composure is still a romance film.) in the fall. Also, one more short indie film if I have time to get to it (I'd like to do a prequel to my future sci-fi/ horror/ fantasy feature film Realms; a short film which would set up the future film nicely. It is a film about vampires, which is usually a Tampa indie film cliche, but mine will be a fresh take on the genre. Realms will be a sophisticated vampire feature with complex characters, motivation, and philosophy. I am a firm believer of strong scripts and complex characters). I will also begin production of the first season of Frontier View, my online "television" series, in April. The rest of my time next year will be spent doing photoshoots with models and actors (the main way that I make money), covering Tampa indie film, and setting up film festivals.
There will be a blackout of my film projects until the Reverence Film Festival (TampaFilmFestivals.Com) in the fall of 2010, but I will give a select few people screenings of the films. Chris Woods may be one of the privileged few. The Reverence short film will have to be done for the Reverence Film Festival, of course, but I also intend to screen Things That Go Bump, as it is also a horror film which will go nicely with Reverence, which is more of a psychological creeper with the look, and the components, of a horror film. Reverence will be twisted, too, and I expect for it to be controversial. Some may end up calling it a disturbing film which crosses the line. Oh, and The Point would be a good one to screen at the film festival, too, as it is a good ghost story. At any rate, all of my short indie films will be made available on the Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival, and they will all come with features, such as running commentary. friendship, Reverence, and Things That Go Bump will be playing on the online film festival the day after their premiers at the Reverence Film Festival.
Grrrrrr..... I just read the story, and I don't know if I can shoot The Point in May (or even if I want to make a film out of it, now). It'll be too warm then. In the story, it is a cold night. I may have to wait until late 2010 to shoot it, and if I do, it would miss the film festival. I'll try to get some footage to use earlier in 2010, when it is cold. Then again, maybe I'll scratch it and do another film, instead, especially since the story was written for another Tampa indie film era, and besides that, lots of people already know the story. I'll let you know what I decide soon. Oooh..... I think that my writing partner Rachel Eaglin wrote a script for a short film. Her feature film script for Inducing Manic was really good, too. I'll have to talk to her about it, and see what she has. Then again, I could always go out and redo The Quiet Place (keep the premise, but with a new story, characters, and title), or do a film in the Universe of Creeping Death and Bleed (Just kidding, Woods).
One other thing. Production entities. All of my films will be published under my Dream Nine Studios label, but I am creating a small indie film production company to produce the films. I already have the film company named, but cannot announce it, yet. There may, in fact, be several different indie film production companies working under Dream Nine Studios within the next five years.
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