My Favorite Chords
Recent dvd purchases: Dukes of Hazzard, Stealth, Fantastic 4.
Dukes- It was ok. Nothing spectacular. A few funny moments. 5/10
Stealth- Much better than what the critics said. Lots of action and shit blowing up. 7/10
Fantastic 4- I saw it in theatres. Standard comic book movie, good acting and effects. 6/10
Music: Will Hoge, The Weakerthans.
Will Hoge was supposed to open for the trews last week (show was cancelled) so i went out and got 2 cds after hearing a few live tracks on their web site. Kind of an American version of Sam Roberts. Sorta of country/bluesy rock with solid song writing.
The Weakerthans are quickly becomming one of my favorite bands. They have 3 cds (all in my shared folder). The singer sounds kind of like old-school treble charger but the song writing is much more complex and the music is widely varied from rock to folk to indie. Each time i listen I like them more.
Next Project
I've begun preliminary work on a film project. It has no title yet nor a script. I hope to produce a working script by early spring and begin filming in May sometime. I have a basic plot summary worked out and a partial cast lined up. I'm gonna need at least 3 female parts. So if you're interested let me know. Over break I'm going to get together with Jake and Pete and fine tune things and begin writing.
Using our last project as a learning experience, this film will be decidely less complicated and most likely a bit shorter. In doing so I hope to capture what were the best parts of Hate Crimes. Those being the spontaneous humor and the top notch acting. At the same time I can cut out the bad things. Those being poor acting, drawn out scenes and terrible action sequences. Also, much more time will be spent in post-production and I'm gonna try to be more hands on with the editing and such. I might also be looking into getting a technical crew for lighting and possibly a second camera and boom microphone.
