A New Beginning

The whole blogging thing is something I've dabbled in before.  Usually I lose interest or get way too busy to keep it going for long.  Let's see if this one sticks...

More and more these days I get asked what it is that I do.  I tell them I'm a filmmaker and they don't really understand what I'm saying.  A confused look fills their faces and they ask what I mean by that.  They don't get that one can make films outside of Hollywood.  The world of indie film making is foreign to them.  So I have to break it down.

I make movies.  Short films mostly.  This means I usually write a script, cast actors, rehearse, and then shoot a movie.  Then I edit it and send it off to film festivals around the country to get it out to folks who may want to see it.  Sometimes it's enough to just post the films online to find an audience.  That's the basics.  I also shoot weddings, commercials, and corporate events to help pay the bills and finance the films I love to make.

It's not a moneymaking business.  I'm not going to get rich doing what I do.  But for me it's a dream come true.  It's something I have been wanting to do since I was a kid sitting in front of my television watching VHS tapes filled with adventure, horror, and drama.

So that's what I do.  This is where I'll go into more detail about how I get all that done.  I'll even post some pictures so you know what I'm talking about if you haven't had the chance to visit a movie set of any kind.

Thanks for coming along for the ride.