MIDWEST STORMS, WRESTLEMANIA

We had a hell of a storm last night. I and a few other friends were watching WWE Wrestlemania 22 when we lost signal. A few minutes after losing signal the power went out and 81mph winds came blowing in. As I was running to shut the door, I saw a wooden swing coming towards the door. Just as soon as I shut the door I heard a loud CRASH and then another shortly following that one. I thought it was the swing, but after everything died down, I went outside. It was two trees on top of the house. The deck I just saw was destroyed. The winds were no longer than 45 seconds, and in that time, caused thousands and thousands dollars of damage throughout the small town of Petersburg.

In other news, I still have yet to purchase a camcorder. The AG DVX100B is what I'm going after now, but that could all change in a day or so. No new projects have started yet, as ASH has started to come near finishing.

SCREENING, CAMCORDER

Yesterday was the "official" screening of "Safety Under Pressure", our short documentary, to the school board. It was one of those drama filled school board nights, so a lot of people were there. It looked good on a projecter 7x7' screen.

I've been comparing camcorders still. I would like to get an HD camcorder, but the one I want, and as of now, really the only one worth buying is the Canon XL H1 ($8,999.99). I've heard nothing but BAD things about both Panasonic and Sony, though JVC seems to be pretty good. I'm just not much on JVC products at a personal level. I may end up going with a standard definition camcorder (Panasonic AG-DVX 100a). Hopefully Ebay will lend a helping hand so I can save money to get lights and audio equipment also. Tight budget.

NEW PROMO ADDED

I added another commercial/promo to the films section entitled "The time.. is now."

I made it in about 30 minutes with FCP 5, Motion 2, and Soundtrack Pro. It was made for www.evolutionstopshere.com

NEW FILM ADDED

Safety Under Pressure, the short and to the point coal mining documentary has been added to the films section of the site.

SAFETY UNDER PRESSUE AND NEW PROJECTS

After four long grueling days of editing "Safety Under Pressure", it has finally been finished. It was cut short, at roughly 4 minutes and 45 seconds. I basically ran out of good footage to use, so instead of killing it with shaky, un-interesting footage, I cut it clean. It seems like it has a very abrubt ending, but all in all I'm very pleased with what I've got done in 4 days. I will post it on the website when I get a chance to compress it for the web.

After doing this 5 day project, I've decided I want to do another documentary, but more in depth than the latter. I'm not exactly sure what I want to discuss, but I'll find something thats interesting and has been on my mind for a while.

But before I can start on that project, I must finish ASH. I should really start back on it tomorrow, but I need to re-focus and take a day just to relax and think. I've spent so much time working on the last project that I'm extremely exhausted by the end of the day. On average, I edited 9.5 hours a day (on top of a full school day and a part time job)...

Monday will be a new day, and ASH will be back into focus.

Wish me luck.

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9:56pm
And be sure to check out the new Always Tomorrow music video I added to the films section. It was made for a friend who recently passed, Kaleb Stratton. It was cut in an hour on FCP 5 with terrible video to work with. Enjoy.
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CHECKING IN

I've been busy as hell around here in Indiana working on many projects. The main two, which you all know, is the documentary and short film. Between the two films, working, and going to school, I haven't had much time to update. Today we spent the majority of the day organizing and writing the final script for the documentary... which has a Friday deadline! It's going to be a long and rough few days/nights.

In other news, I'm turning 18 on Wednesday, the 22nd. Send me a few grand so I can buy a new camcorder and a Macbook.

I just got the new iwork 06' and ilife06. They are awesome! The new pages has a built in script writing program and storyboarding program. Very cool. I was actually looking for a cheap program, but have now found one.. on accident.

Until next time..

THE GUESTBOOK, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER

I just replaced the forum with a guestbook. Everybody please sign it and let me know who comes here. It's in the other section.

The new Intelligent Designer tshirts and hoodies are in. Go to the about page for pictures of me in SOME of the new stuff, or go to evolutionstopshere.com to check it out for yourself. It's awesome stuff, you should seriously buy a shirt or twelve.

I got a nice solid beginning for Ash today. I was pretty happy with it.

You may have noticed a new song on the intro page to the site. It's a little mix I did with Soundtrack Pro. Thats my first song I've ever created - ever. So don't tell me I suck.