We’re also getting $2 Lone Star beer. Talk about celebrating the local stuff!

That’s 6 bands, drink specials and VIPs from Lions Gate pictures . This should be a great event so come out and bring your friends. We need to pack the house to show that we have a strong, independent entertainment community here that supports film and entertainment.

See you then!!!

Bring your friends!

I can’t even begin to tell you how freecycle has helped me get the necessary supplies needed. I joined and posted that I needed to get blankets (for sound issues at our location) and within 5 hours, I got people emailing me saying that they had blankets that I could come by and get. It’s not like on craigslist where you are competing with other people for the same supplies. These people were donating specifically for me. I’ve already collected seven blankets and a few are very large. It’s been a god-send.

Still searching for materials for our set and that is something we’ll probably have to do until the last minute before construction. Such is the life in pre-production. Still, we’ve got a lot of things we’ve needed already and that’s great. In many ways, we are ahead of the curve!

Things actually are coming along pretty well. Can’t tell you how happy I am to have Loren (AD) working hard on “Cell.” She’s already making my life so much less stressful

Set construction is slated to start… next Saturday! I’ll be going out to the location with Debbie (Sound Mixer) and going over sound concerns with Nick (Set Builder) before they get too far into building the set.

The thing I’m really excited about is Production Design. We’ve had some set-backs recently but in all our discussions about the history of the world we’ve come up with some really great ideas to give our set some real depth and texture that should make it jump off the screen. Some of it will definitely be done in post but we’re going to do as much practical on set as we can. If I wasn’t Directing and Producing I’d want to be dressing this set. Who know… maybe I will anyway. It’s going to be fun!

We’ll have some big announcements coming up soon to flesh out our crew. We should also have some more news about the “Music for Motion Media” party that we have coming up on the 23rd. This event keeps looking better and better. If you’re in Central Texas and you’re either in or want to be in the film, gaming or music industry… you should come to this event. I’ll hopefully have more news on that soon. Go ahead and get your tickets in advance to save a few dollars. It’s $15 at the door an $12 in advance if you go to the Austin School of Film’s site. Get your tickets here.

I also want to point you all to another web show that’s in production right now. “Western X” is a show I heard about a while ago. I just recently found their blog and they have some great stuff about their production. I like the fact that they made a model of a valley. Looks great in the test pics they show. It also convinces me that the best thing to ever happen to independent producers is the green screen. Well, that and After Effects. Take a second to look at their blog. I’m looking forward to seeing how this one comes along.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Music starts at 7pm at Maggie Mae’s, 323 East 6th St. on September 23rd.

Live Performances by: Aimee Bobruck, Infinite Partials, Chris Hawkes, Harry Bodine, Will McGowan, and Afrofreque (listed in order of appearance).

Purchase Tickets! Buy tickets in advance here for $12 OR at the door for $15.

Remember that all the proceeds go to supporting the local and independent media community.

We’d love to meet you all. Much of our cast for “Cell” will be there so be sure to stop by and say hello.