Announcing “Derby”!0

Hey everyone! First of all, I want to extend my apologies for not updating the website for about a week now. I think the reception of “16″ has been pretty good, and I’m now already counting over 1500 downloads on it. Not bad for a half-an-hour film! As you may have noticed, I’ve removed the splash page with the download links. All links can be found on “16″‘s page in the “Movies” section, and on various other websites, such as FXhome.com, Gamespot.com, Myspace, YouTube and Facebook. So I’ve started to think about two new things I’m going to do, filmwise, now that 16 is finally done. I got some interesting ideas while both in the pre-production, production and the post-production phase of “16″. I guess that happens to every filmmaker, but it’s pretty annoying when you think of something you’d rather do right away than to wait until the current project’s done. But I guess that’s how it is with most things in life. Well, without trying to completely bore you with endless philosophical monolouges, let’s get right on the two new projects, including a small synopsis and some behind-the-scenes info!

First of all, my upcoming project will be called “Derby”. It’s still in the planning and early scriptwriting phase, but it’s essentially a classic love story with some twists. I want to create something I really havn’t made before, and I thought it’d be fun to get away from blood, horror, guns and splatter. I won’t act in it in any way or form (might have a small cameo somewhere though!). This should allow me to focus more on the cinematography and directing the film, as well as keeping a close eye on the other actor’s and actresses’ performances. I have a few ideas for it, and I’ve got most of the story fleshed out in my head, and I will begin the real script-writing process within the upcoming week. I’ve got some friends who are going to help me with writing dialouge and also provide some ideas for the story. I’ve been thinking it’s often good to get more than one input (that being your own) on what you’re creating. Even if I had a few screenings of “16″ before it was released and trimmed some scenes down pretty dramatically, I still feel a lot more could have been done if some plot things could have been corrected earlier, before starting filming. This is pretty much the next project I’m going to spend my free time on both writing, directing and editing. Actually, I seriously can’t wait to begin the real process of making this film! I bet it’s going to be a lot of fun (one of these reasons is not having to film everything at night as we did in “16″…that was pretty tiring to say the least). More on that as the work on it continues (going to start scouting for actors/actresses soon).

Another project I’ve been working for some weeks now with the good friend of mine (Martin Emson) is a new sci-fi/horror thingy which is still in scriptwriting process. I really can’t tell you more at this stage, but the first draft of the beginning is pretty much completed and from the looks of it, it will be pretty awesome. That’s really all I can tell you on that right now, but expect more on this to pop up here on the website once proper production on that starts!

Stay tuned later this evening for a rundown on what I’ve been doing in school, gaming and movie-watching the last week or so!