Archive for December, 2007
BTS - The Road To Park City: Frayed Ends
When the call came in for Slamdance, we were initially caught off guard. I had submitted a very rough cut in September and assumed we’d be passed over. I planned to lock picture in December, affording a few months to mix the film and wrap any loose ends before the spring festival slate. [...]
Happy Holidays from Tales From The Dead!
The dead have risen from a snowy grave to wish you guys and ghouls a very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2008!
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BTS - The Road to Park City
With Slamdance only a month away, I thought it may be worth detailing the process of prepping THE NEW YEAR PARADE for its Park City premiere. Fortunately for us, the IFP Narrative Rough Cut Lab had prepped us on dealing with distributors, sales agents, and planning our festival strategy. But even with [...]
What a Year
As we’re approaching the new year, it’s hard to believe that “Rainbow Around the Sun” has come so far. What was originally conceived as a video accompaniment for the brilliant album by Matthew Alvin Brown has taken on a life of its own as “The Indie Rock Opera from Oklahoma,” and Team Awesome has grown from a tongue-in-cheek name for some filmmaking buddies into a rock-solid creative partnership.
Zero to Sixty in a thirty-second phone call
On the Sunday evening before Thanksgiving my cell phone started buzzing. I didn’t recognize the area code, which always gives pause. I tried to remember – is that New York? LA? Utah? Jersey? I answered and was thrilled to hear, “Hey Tom, this is the Slamdance film festival….” My girlfriend gave me the “inhale, exhale” [...]
