024/365: 01-24-10 Black Lodge Video

Some days, particularly warm and sunny ones, I get an itch to walk to Black Lodge Video that just does not go away until I scratch it.

Anyone who lives in Midtown, or really in all of Memphis, as far as I’m concerned, probably knows what a great video store this is. But for anyone who doesn’t, [...]

My Portrait 365 by the delightful Amie Vanderford

Amie Vanderford shoots a portrait per day of fun, creative Memphians for her Portrait 365 series. She was cool enough to ask me to do a portrait and feature my love for horror movies, and I was all like HELL YEAH I WILL. So tonight she came over for a while and set up this hilarious [...]

ODC Films: Finished Video. “FOOLHEARTY”

Congrats guys! See you at [...]

Day 229: OMGDEXTERDVDS

I promise I do not post about every gift I receive.

That said, I am posting about another gift I received. Yesterday an Amazon box appeared on the porch. My heart sank a little and I thought “Dear God, what did I drunkenly buy.” So I opened it, kinda dreading what I was about to see. And [...]

Day 226: ODC Filming Day 4

My photos from their video shoots are all looking the same. I don’t want to photograph certain plot-revealing scenes, so I end up photographing the same scenes over and over. Anyway, here you go. I only posted five to Flickr this time, so I’m only posting [...]

Day 223 (Sat Aug 15): ODC Filming Day 3

There was drama on Saturday. Like, not movie drama. I guess it was inevitable but I still hate seeing strife. Anyway, we won’t speak of it any longer. Instead here are the photos from parts of the shoot. These are the scenes where the goons tie up the lovers, take a cup of blood from them, [...]

ODC “Foolhearty” Filming, Day 2

Well, last night, spur of the moment, they up and recast two parts. EJ plays lead now and Jason has been reassigned as “Goon 2.” I don’t know how they handle so much fluidity. It’d drive me bonkers, I think. But, even though they had to reshoot everything, the recasts seem to be a good call. [...]

Day 216: ODC Rehearsal and Filming, Day 1

The picture above is my favorite shot from rehearsal for several reasons: 1. it’s in focus, 2. all five actors are in it (even though they’re not all in this shot in the film), 3. I like the balance, and 4. everyone’s looking the right direction.

The plot keeps changing, the action is fluid, the [...]

Fresh red-band trailer for Zombieland is full of blood, gore and laughs.

OK, theogeo, since you’re on hiatus from the internerd, I’m stepping up to bat for you and posting the new, insanely gory, hilarious trailer for Zombieland. NSFW, but still a must-see. I can’t WAIT for this.

EDIT: Having trouble getting a decent embed. Also, there is an age verification on this. If the embedded video lags too [...]

Day 210a: ODC Films Meeting, and how I got the hair

Day 210 was Sunday. Here’s a short telling of that day, and of how I got a hold of that wig.

My friend Jason makes short movies. He’s a member of the Opium Den Collective (ODC Films). Their first movie, Downer, won both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Choice Award at the recent Live From [...]