Hi All! Many apologies for the lack of content as of late and I appreciate all the consistent viewership from all you wonderful people. To update you all on why I have been lazy on content, I want to share a bit of the exciting news that has been going on in my life and promise you that many new reviews and updates lie ahead here on the blog as things begin to settle down a bit.
Firstly, I’m happy to announce that I will be beginning a new job tomorrow morning as the Video/Web Specialist for Inmar in Winston-Salem, N.C. A reverse logistics and online rebates technology company, this will be their first time integrating a video producer into their team, and I’m happy and humbled that I was selected to fill the position and get to be a part of this very exciting upstart within the company. Friday marked my last day at Novant Health after nearly a year of service there and I wish to express my gratitude to the position they provided me, as well as express my appreciation in getting to meet and work with all the wonderful people I encountered during my time producing content for their organization.
Secondly, I’m happy to announce the many progressions with Down Fenix Media, LLC in the past few months. DFM, LLC is a combination of many talented individuals and former colleagues that have come together under one roof so to speak and build a brand that will be a solid outlet in multimedia production. Our new and vastly improved Web site is nearly complete and will be launched within the coming weeks, as well as our first big project as a company going into production. Furthermore, our arsenal of gear grew this past weekend as I participated in the auction of the late Viewpoint Studios of Greensboro. I heard about the auction via the Web by hap circumstance, and immediately took a paddle number and bid via proxibid. The final tally of gear, all at a great auction price, includes: three 600w Tweenies with stands and barndoors, a 2k molette with stand, five Bogen Manfrotto light stands, a 22ov to 24 outlet 120v distribution box on cart, a tenaba air bag for stands and stingers, a full pallet of stingers, nearly 50 lamps of varying size, two medium bank chimeras with speedrings that I will modify for two Ianebeam 650w redheads I recently acquired for free, some snoots and a few other odds and ends. Not a bad a haul and a nice way to bring my tungsten lighting package up to a nice solid 10 unit set.
Not necessarily a career related entry into my business schedule, but surely a very important and time consuming project for me has been working towards the completion of my first novel. After many false starts over the years, this bucket list item will finally be checked off quite soon. The novel, which carries what I would consider a “science fiction lite” element, began in July, 2011, and I have been consistently working on it and developing the story as time has allowed since. I do have a title for the book, but want to keep all that under wraps until I have the chance to complete, revise and submit to several literary agents. However, I will say that I am currently at 60,000 words and am working on the final stretch of the novel; my guess is final word count length will be somewhere in the 72,000-80,000 range. It’s been a great experience and I hope I get the opportunity to share it with as many people as possible once it’s fully completed, perfected and marketing avenues lined up.
As for the Notesonafilm.com, I’m happy to report that my site was deemed worthy of being included in the new WordAds feature of WordPress which is currently in a Beta testing state. So, the new ads you see here on the site are because of my recent inclusion in that program. Hope you all will check out some of the sponsors as WordPress begins the launch of this wonderful and innovative way to allow their faithful WordPress.com members to get some paid hits.
Lastly, either this week or the next, I will be releasing my directorial debut on the Web for all to see and enjoy. Based on the Philip K. Dick short story of the same name, Beyond the Door was filmed over Labor Day weekend 2010 and completed post production in April of last year. After a festival run and several other screenings abroad, I’m happy to share it with everyone and look forward to comments and criticisms. So, stay tuned for the release of this very dear film to me; you’ll see it here first!
Thanks for taking the time to read these updates and I look forward to returning to this site with some new and interesting content in full force very soon!
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