Red State won the award for Best Sound at the Progeny Festival of Motion Pictures on Saturday, which was a surprise. If it was going to win anything, I would have predicted an editing or possibly directing award, but having not seen any of the other entries, and with my main representative having failed to attend most of the festival, I am left in the dark as to the competition. Oh well. I guess this means I can put the ubiquitous laurel parentheticals on future marketing materials.
Speaking of which, Red State is available for purchase on DVD! Only $9 (which includes shipping), this DVD features a heaping of undead special features and top notch artwork (newly updated with aforementioned laurels) packaged inside clear plastic, sleekly designed Jewelbox cases.
Interestingly enough, at the same time, I was busy being a “featured extra” in a zombie mockumentary called American Zombie. It wasn’t a memorable experience, except that afterward, I forgot to get reimbursed for parking costs. That’s five bucks I’ll probably never see again.
Check that, I just received an email confirming that if I bring my receipt in to the production office, I can get reimbursed. That’s forty-five minutes (with traffic) there, forty-five back. Gas expenditure cost: $3.25 (exaggerated estimate). Worth it? Maybe if I’m in the area. Otherwise, I might as well avoid buying a medium latte and a bagel for a day and call it even.
I’m trying to get an invitation to the MTV Movie Awards show, which will be occurring on June 3, to be aired on June 8. There’s a fairly decent chance I can get in, through my film review connections, and since it’s being held at Sony Studios next door, I won’t have to pay for parking. And that, my friends, is always a good thing.
Last week I had the good fortune of visiting Los Angeles Center Studios with Jeff Bartsch. We met one of the co-founders and head of the studio, Brian Brosnan, who expressed interest in working together on something in the future. Who knows what that might mean for us, but Jeff and I are working to get some content together and begin the process of developing some projects together. Not specifically for a partnership with the studio, but as a way to gather some key personnel together and to establish industry legitimacy on our own terms, instead of waiting for a bone throwing occurrence. We shall see how that plays out in the coming months, but it is enough to say that I am excited about the opportunities this opens up for me, not only because it is a chance for me to continue to write, but I also feel that I am slowly meeting the right people who will one day form my core group of co-conspirators.
All in all, good things are happening, and there’s light at the end of the tunnel. I received a phone interview this morning. Hopefully one of the dozen or so applications I’ve submitted will result in a well-paying position. So far, I haven’t been reduced to applying for work at the Rocco Club for Women’s Typewriter Maintenance Shop. If it does go down like that, you know I’ll be drinking another double and moaning about how much I regret not learning all of Selectric’s options.
Got some new links up on the sidebar. Check out Hot Air, Michelle Malkin’s new Internet television venture. I’ve applied to be a producer for them, though that’s unlikely to happen. Even so, check it out. And I will see you tomorrow.