Oh man, it's been ka-raaaazy lately.
Let's see what all has been going on... first off, I made All State Chorus and quite frankly, it's pretty damned tough. We've had some practices which were pretty much eye-openers, making all of us realize that we need to work on the music more. But I think that everything's going to work out alright, as long as we set up some outside rehearsals and stuff.
IWC Films has been pwning this new video hosting site called LiveDigital.com. If you're a filmmaker or just have some funny videos you'd like to share, you should definitely check it out, because they offer 1GB of free space for hosting videos, sounds, and pictures. You can check out our site at http://iwcfilms.livedigital.com and please register for the site and give us some reviews. Every review gives us points which helps us look like people are actually enjoying our work and if we get enough, they'll give us even more space.
However, here's the biggest news for IWC Films... remember that zombie movie, Die & Let Live, that we started during the summer and then put on hiatus because there was too much shit going on at the time and I decided I didn't like the script? Well, I've spent the past 8 months or so revising the script and finally have a final draft done...
...and we have funding!
T.W. Anderson, a reviewer for Film Threat, was so impressed with our work with Raising The Stakes, that he decided to put up $350 toward the production for an executive producer credit! To put things into perspective, Raising The Stakes cost $110 overall to produce. However, Die & Let Live will have a total budget of around $500-$600, so if we're lucky, it'll turn out to be 500%-600% better than RTS. Also, b-movie star and all-around cool guy Trent Haaga has agreed to appear in some second-unit scenes which will be shot in Los Angeles (unfortunately, not by me). So, as I said before... this movie's gonna pwn.
However, we still need to raise at least $100 more for the budget. So any people around here that want to help out, I'll be selling DVDs of Raising The Stakes and Faces of Schlock Vol. 2 to help make that cash. RTS is going for $10 and FOS2 is $5 and you can get them together for... $15. Quite a bargain, isn't it? This deal will last until I run out of copies, so get 'em while you can!
And here's a look at what will be owning my soul until this movie is finished... the D&LL production notebook:
Also, I highly recommend everyone gets on LimeWire and download DJ Santana's "Fine Night Tonight" (or the proper title, "A Fine Day", though I think it's easier to find with the other title) because it's quite possibly the most addicting song ever. I seriously love it... I even looked into licensing it for the movie, but the costs for the original were higher than the entire budget of the film. Maybe next time...
Oh yeah, there's some more cool IWC-related news. First off, we're working on a remake of a short we made back when we were 16 called April Fooled. The original sucked ass, but the concept was pretty good, so we came up with some new ideas to make it work better. Basically, Josh is trying to pull an April Fools Day prank on Zane, but no one notices because they're all preoccupied watching reruns of old Nickelodeon game shows, so Josh gets angry and starts killing everyone in the theme of those game shows... only to find that everyone would rather watch Legends of the Hidden Temple than find out who's killing their friends.
And The Fist Fighting Eddies will be getting back together for a show at the Thespian Halofest on March 11th, which is a rock show/Halo tournament/fund raiser so the Thespians can go to New York. It should be pretty fun and you can hear a new song called "The Best Saturday Ever" over at our Myspace... http://www.myspace.com/fistfightingeddies
And go to Josh's Myspace for the funniest picture ever: http://www.myspace.com/j_mcnasty
Song of the Post: The Rat by The Walkmen | 
