Music Vid, new scripts, Ginkers.

A talented local musician, Rob Maulshagen, and some of the Rucksack Films crew will be combining forces over the winter break to create a music video for one of his new works. Details to follow.

In Ginker news, the footage screening continues and continues to show a lot of potential and is much funnier than I remember it when we filmed.

My newest script is going through edits currently and after changing the plotline to favor a side character, I see it picking up steam. Set in 1983 and following a family new to the suburbs, it began as a Ginker side project, but has morphed into something entirely different. I am thinking of shooting it myself with a spare crew and cast in a short span of 5 or 6 days over the end of the summer if all goes well.

Recovery

Lost some images in a computer related crash last month and just was able to find a few. So for viewing pleasure, enjoy the Ciraulo brothers...

Clip 2 in the bag

Finished watching clip o2 of the Ciraulo brothers today on my sick day. They discussed metal girlfriends, Tee shirts being sent to Iraq and gave a brief tour of their shared bedroom. Andrew's presentation of his Maiden shirts should cut nicely with Herman's display from our original youtube rough clip that Eric put together with the ACDC soundtrack. Will hit clip 3 tomorrow and hope to finish the complete session by the Thanksgiving holiday.

Viewing selects session 1

Just completed my first round of pulling rough selects from the Ciraulo brothers shoot tonight. After 2 clips I am happy with what I am viewing. Some off camera laughter is distracting at times but the shots and sound quality are otherwise crisp and clear. Pulled 9 sections out of about 10 minutes of straight filming: They wax about malls, early vs. new metal, non-productivity of teen life and the perils of being a metal kid in NJ.

Another session tomorrow and more posts.

New progress for the fall

Eric drops off the footage Monday and the select viewing will begin for the feature edit. With luck, I will be in a good position by the winter holiday to see an assembly of a rough viewing of Ginkers. I've lost most of my original archival photos when the Mac crashed two weeks back, along with all of my original scripts and pictures. As a result, I am in a massive rebuilding zone.

The live-action Ginkers script, now with the working title, "The Turnpike" is in progress. I've re-booted the opening prologue and act I from memory and am happy with the way it is taking shape with the development of a voice for James and Thomas that was eluding me on the original draft.

Downloaded Cetx software for this draft and while I abhor settings that keep me confined, working in the limits is helping me see the visuals of the project more as I write.

Will post updates to the selects viewing in a few weeks as it moves ahead.

Not sure that any real progress has been made in a while, but posting seems inevitable and holds me accountable. Eric is burning the footage for me to screen presently and I am awaiting and excited at the prospect of having time to watch it all in succession. Been in touch with some of the Ginker documentary subjects and they seem to have high hopes based on some limited youtube posts. Hoping that lasts...

Participating in Spoke n Art in 2 weeks, a bike protest/civic action cycle of tomfoolery around Red Bank. Kate Okeson is organizing the event and it should be an afternoon to remember. Anyone concerned or interested in biking or art should indulge in this event. Email me for details. Following this, Kate's showing some work in Newark at NJIT as well and for lovers of creative endeavors this will be a satisfying day.

All summer in a day

After a good long summer, I will be returning to teaching this fall and hoping to finish up the edit on "Ginkers" by winter break. Eric's studio of sorts is almost complete and him and I will be screening each of the segments pulling out the selects before we bring in Bill to begin the sound mixing.

After the rough cut, which hopefully will be done by Thanksgiving, we are going to do a scratch track of the narration and other media for the film. This should give us a decent idea of whether or not the film will end up in the garbage or in a festival. Early looks give me hope that we captured a good story.

Also in the works are the live-action version of "Ginkers" which is really a departure from the documentary and focuses on a family leaving NYC for the suburbs of NJ in 1984. Currently I have completed the first act and am well into the 2nd. In addition to this, the 3rd draft of my comedic feature, Torah! Torah! Torah! is underway.