Disappointing but not unexpected news… We’ve had our first official pass on the project by a studio. The call came late yesterday.
While there is always a tinge of hurt that comes with any rejection, we are not discouraged in … [read more]
Category Archives: planning
Jul 31
in collaborators, communications, planning
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tags: disappointment, not worried, pass, rejection, tricks
Jul 25
Back in good-old Indiana. We walked in from the airport at 3:45 am yesterday morning. It would have been nice to make a triumphant return – a ticker-tape parade and perhaps a few “Hail Caesar’s”, but sadly it was much … [read more]
in collaborators, communications, planning
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tags: anna, conference room, confusion, Cory, executive, isaac, jason, lot, panic, Pitch, story, studio, work, Yale
Okay, so that title didn’t really pan out like I’d hoped it would. Just doesn’t quite have the ring I was looking for. Oh well.
Anyway, I’m exhausted. It’s currently 3:20 am LA time and I thought I’d write up … [read more]
in collaborators, communications, life, planning
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tags: caughee, coffee, exhausted, junior executive, koffee, no sleep, pich, Pitch, pytch, studio executive, talk, transcript of events
Jul 02
…Okay, so we’re still winding up. But things are progressing nicely and we’ve been hard at work building the content for our PITCH THIS MONTH.
Many documents floating back and forth between LA and here as we work with our … [read more]
in collaborators, planning, website
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tags: Cory, partners, PITCH THIS MONTH, sizzle reel, website
In response to my “Memo” post, we received an email from a community member named 75th Trombone. He wanted to direct us to his blog where he’s shared some of his thoughts and concerns about our project. I’m pleased … [read more]
in communications, planning, script
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tags: 75th Trombone, action, animatic, blah blah blah, boring, intentions, lame, memo
Jun 02
So, I wrote an internal memo today in response to Prince of Persia’s performance in the box office. When a video game movie fails to perform as it was expected while we’re trying to sell a movie based on a … [read more]
May 02
So I’m only a month late, but I’m delivering as promised. Here’s some of the video from our wonderful trip to Cyan. I had to run through and edit it some to make sure we didn’t show any thing top … [read more]
Apr 01
Well, it’s April 1st and I was presented with the option of either doing the whole “April Fools” thing or giving you guys your much requested minimum of one update per month. I’ve chosen to play it straight and go … [read more]
in collaborators, communications, planning, website
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tags: crazy, L.A., meetings, needy fans, partners, trip
Mar 23
Well, it appears I’ve got nothing but time. I had hoped to talk with our lawyer on the phone today, but I can’t raise her. My alternative course of action? Create a Uru Live account. Sounded like a great idea … [read more]