Half-Past Eight PM: The Movie

A happy ending.

It's over.

People loved it.

I'm done.

Goodnight everybody.

Keep on rockin'
Scott Williams
(AKA the most relieved man in the world.)

posted by Scott @ 1:08:00 PM 0 comments

Would you believe....?

After numerous - and I'm talking roughly double-digits here - attempts, I am informed that there is officiall a DVD copy available.

Not a dream.

Not a hoax.

Not as far as I know, anyway.

If anybody out there is still reading this, directions will be forthcoming with regards to what the hell happens next.

How I plan on getting the gang all together, I have no idea.

Keep on rockin'
-Scotto

posted by Scott @ 12:28:00 AM 1 comments

Bad news and nothing else... as usual.

This movie has ruined not only me, but seemingly everyone around me.

I had been complaining for weeks that the DVD Burner on my brother's computer wasn't working. I finally, on the spur of the moment, brought it to my dad's attention, and suddenly, things are worse than before. The entire computer is fucked up, and seemingly now the DVD burner is less important. Me and my big mouth. I feel like an ass.

But that's par for the course. Why should I have expected this to go smoothly? Not a damn part of making this so-called "movie" has been anything closely related to smooth. It's all one giant fuck up. Except before now, it was only my responsibility. Now, I've taken liberties with a computer that isn't mine, and Eric is not happy. Maybe he's not upset with me, but this is going to be eating away at him for days, maybe weeks, because that's how he works - he sits, mutters, and let's something fester. He's pissed. I'm pissed. I wish I'd said nothing, even though this was going to happen sooner or later.

So please DON'T ask what's going on with the movie for the time being. It's not happening at all and it's not going to happen for a while.

Reading week premiere my ass. If only.

(And hey - if the computer comes with a DVD-R, why wasn't the fucking DVD-R installed?! What the hell is that about?)

I hate this.

KOR-SAW

posted by Scott @ 10:38:00 PM 0 comments

In case anybody is still checking this thing

Half-Past Eight PM is nearly done.

How nearly done, you ask?

All I really need now is credits.

There are parts that aren't as good as i'd hoped, and there are parts that are better than I could have imagined, but it's at last come together.

Keep on rockin'
The Scott Williams

posted by Scott @ 1:23:00 PM 1 comments

Big news

I am pleased to announce that as it is, the Incredible Kyle Sanderson has agreed to help with the editing of this video. This is a huuuge step toward finishing the movie, as you can imagine, as Kyle has much more access to his computer than I do, and let's face it, he's as good an editor as I've seen. I'm extremely happy with this arrangement, and I hope that not only will this help the movie get done, but get done better.

So it's officially more-or-less out of my hands. Haha, so whenever somebody says "how's the movie going?" I'll just say "I dunno, ask Kyle!" Naturally I will be checking in on him occasionally, but I have faith in him. There are a few scenes I need to do for myself but other than that Kyle's got it.

So that's the major update.

Keep on rockin'
-Scotto

posted by Scott @ 9:44:00 PM 2 comments

Where we go from here.

Everywhere I go, people keep asking, "Scott, how's the movie coming?"

And I just sigh and lament the fact that I haven't got a good answer for them.

True to form of this jumbled mess of a production, the film has remained in the same partially-edited state since roughly the weekend before the end of Summer.

I have, however, been trying to arrange a time for editing with Kyle. So far our schedules have not jived, but things look to be shaping up in the future.

In the meantime, I'll keep you posted. Believe me, I want to get this movie done as much as anybody wants to see it.

My official statement at this point is "before the end of the year," but that is way overestimated it. All I need is two or three good editing days at Kyle's for the thing to be 100% complete. Getting those is just a difficult matter.

Hope this helps you get through this.

KOR-SAW

posted by Scott @ 10:53:00 AM 0 comments

Happily ever after?

Well, yesterday brought to a close the long and painful Principal Photography phase of this project. It's been a long road filled with turns and a few obstacles, butit appears to be over with.

I'd like to thank everybody:
Ryan: For always being there, even if you were supposed to be somewhere else. You even destroyed your place of work so you'd have more time (I know you're responsible for that.)
Doug: For making the material so much funnier.
Kyle: For letting me steal your computer.
Neabel: For putting up with the embarassing role you were given, and all the Yukon Bitches that went along with it, and knocking that role out of the park.
Alyssa & Anisah: For getting all your stuff done in one day, and adding so much more personality to your characters, making them better than the words.
Emma: For what I just said about them, but with the added bonus of being added to the cast a week earlier and learning the lines on set.
Lauren: There's this fantastic look in your eyes during the scene at Doug's apartment that really makes the scene.
Chris Brown: For relentless enthusiasm; and for acting more heroic than I expected you to.
And all the parents of the castmembers I've abused by making them stay out all hours for a reason they might not fully understand. I know I don't.

It's not done yet, though. Somewhere between school and work, I'm going to have to sneak into Kyle Sanderson's house and use his computer for this; but beyond that, this film is done shooting.

Thanks a lot eveyone, it's been a blast.

Keep on rockin, and stay tuned...
-Scotto

posted by Scott @ 6:28:00 PM 3 comments