Things that are new and exciting: We wrapped our final Obelisk Road production on October 4th, and are pleased to announce that the episode we shot all the way back in July will finally be ready for viewing in the coming weeks! Stay tuned for links to all new stuff relating to the project. The final shoot, though a very tiring 5 days, was extremely rewarding in the long haul and the performances and footage were top notch. Congratulations to this powerhouse team for getting through eight months of production (and for those who had less than eight months...well, shame on you but you can still sit with the cool kids at lunch)! Projects like these only come around very early on in one's career - and it's the kind of long-term project that in the end causes you to say "Whoa, damn I'll never do anything like THAT again!" and "Wow, I've never felt so good being this tired!" all in one breath. So...exhausting in every sense of the word? You bet. Fully worth it? Yep, absolutely.

But with eight months straight of one project comes the inevitable post-partum sensation of, "Oh hey. Now what?!" Kind of like the fish in plastic bags bobbing in the water at the end of Finding Nemo. However, I'm happy to report that I'm writing a new feature, working as an assistant producer on a great new doc project due out next year, chasing some new leads, and (here's a kicker) helping produce an EP for an old friend. So my brain is busy and my time is being well spent.

I'm planning on re-vamping this here site soon, and posting some more recent work. Some of the media on here is horribly old and needs to be updated badly!

But in the meantime, please direct your attention to the video below...The Best of Whitney, mine and Alex Goode's tribute to...ourselves. And Whitney. Please enjoy the perfect cheesiness of what has somehow become our unofficial Obelisk Road trailer.

As usual, I'm hard at work on "Obelisk Road", for which we have a shoot this coming weekend! We will be shooting Episode #4, in which we'll (at long last, and much to my excitement!) be employing some fun little special fx. Because, after all, what is a show about magic without...magic?! We will also be welcoming a few new team members, including new director of photography Kristopher Rey-Talley and our special fx director Sam Maliszewki. The usual suspects (i.e. the cast) will all be back, and some highly anticipated revelations will be made! No spoilers here though, not to worry! :) I'm really getting excited to direct this particular installment of the story not only because I'm looking forward to collaborating with my new team members and de-mystifying the world of visual FX, but also because of the intense character development that takes place in this episode. Christina Brosman and I have been writing with these characters for several months now and I am really looking forward to just throwing them headfirst into the fire. Except, not a fire. At all. As I said. Absolutely no spoilers here!

Episode #3 is also currently online and you should check it out: www.Beneflix.com/Movies/3

Sorry there was no post-mortem blogging for Episode 3. It was a bit of a whirlwind in many respects!

I think right now the goal is to mentally optimize as best I can, to keep myself fresh creatively as I now embark on my 6th month on this project. Aside from tedious months of editing films and screenplays in school, this has been the longest I've been working on a single project, a single project that has been getting 100% of my creative attention. It's really important, I'm realizing, to stay, as I said "mentally optimized"! Watching films and reading books that aren't necessarily source material from time to time is vital! But the source material in this genre is not only endless, it's also endlessly entertaining and it's made it easier to keep the idea generator well-fueled. Having an amazing writing partner doesn't hurt either. :) I should take this opportunity to really give Christina Brosman an ENORMOUS kudos for always being able to pick up EXACTLY what I'm throwin' down and vice versa. I'm really grateful for her insight and her ridiculously wonderful humor. 

Anyway, will post soon with some detailed updates and photos from Episode 4's shoot. This time, I promise I'll do it! :)

Till then, you stay classy.