Saturday, October 5, 2019

My New Film: I Am Alive

Here we go! I’ve been a little quiet on this blog and social media lately, and that’s because for the past 12 months, I have been working steadily on my new film, I Am Alive.

And after a year of writing, producing, shooting, editing, and mixing, the movie will be released for free on my Vimeo page on October 19, 2019.

I Am Alive is a short film about love, loss, and family. I was lucky enough to make it with some very talented people who mean the world to me, and I am so excited to share it with you all in a few weeks.

I’m trying a somewhat different distribution approach this time. In the past, I detailed the making of my films, Earrings and Wait, while I was actively producing them. For I Am Alive, I’ll reserve my comments about the film’s production (which went great!) until after the film is released. But look out for more pictures and a trailer for I Am Alive before its release on October 19. Stay tuned!

12 comments:

  1. Oh, nice!!!! I'll just wait for the 19th to see it as a whole. That is awesome.

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    1. Thanks so much! I'm really excited for you to see it!

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  2. I hope many people get to watch the finished film! In terms of making money from it have you looked into product placement? I assume you would be against for artistic reasons but just thought I'd ask. Kind of like blogs have ads to support the writer

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    1. Thanks Chris! And yep, sure have. And hey, when it comes to film funding, I'll take whatever I can get. The problem with product placement is that it's typically reserved for movies that are all but guaranteed a large audience. Pepsi's ROI for product placement in I Am Alive is probably non existent, you know? But damn do I wish I was wrong!

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  3. That's wonderful! I can't wait to check it out.

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    1. Thanks Brittani! I'm really excited for you to see it!

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  4. Wonderful to hear! Can't wait to see it. Did you end up watching mine btw?

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    1. Thanks Mark! And yes sir, did I indeed. I'm going to email you about it. I fucking loved that movie.

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  5. I am super excited about this! Are we going to be treated with a roll out of articles similar to Wait's release? I really enjoyed those breakdowns.

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    1. Wow thanks so much for that! I'm really happy you enjoyed those! I'm going to wait until after I Am Alive comes out before I talk about its production. Slightly different approach this time, but I'll definitely be talking about it more in the coming weeks!

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  6. Congrats! I look forward to seeing it.

    Last December, I sent you my first short film, which you graciously checked out. Some awesome news: I won a best directing prize for it at the Atlantic City Cinefest last weekend. I submitted to a handful of festivals in the spring and, because of the vagaries of deadlines and such, it's just starting to show up at a few of them now.

    I've also been doing a bunch of 48-hour film competitions. The shoots are hectic, of course, but it's a great (and inexpensive) way to force myself to do the work of filmmaking in a compressed time frame. If you'd like to check them out, I've been posting those shorts to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlvVOnXNOiJjrLPL10xzWg

    Cheers!

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    1. Dude that is AWESOME! Congratulations! That was a damn fine short, and I don't even believe I saw the final product! I know you emailed that to me a few months ago... would you mind sending it again? And I'll definitely check out the 48-hour competition shorts as well!

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