Hey everybody,
with the new decade now in full bloom, I wanted to give an update on my life and some upcoming projects I've been working on. As some of you may know, I've decided to leave my day jobs temporarily to strictly focus on my artistic endeavors, and finally complete a few of the projects I've had in the works for awhile now:
--First off, the "Cliff House documentary". It's a serious, yet humorous look at the inner-workings of the restaurant industry. More or less a character study on the types of people who cook your food. It's like a real-life version of "Waiting" mixed with a little "Clerks". Forget that "Hell's Kitchen" bullshit. This is the real deal.
My documentary has been in the works for over two years now, what with all the shooting and sorting through hours and hours of footage. It's now in it's final editing stages and I've got a title I've been toying around with that I quite like. It's got a ways to go still: Many more edits (as well as some massive sound mixing) and a private screening at the Cliff House restaurant for employees before it's ready for public viewing. Soon though, we'll have a website up and a FB page with a teaser. Keep watching!
--"Fantastic Stan Goes To Hell": Our current short film, about a traveling salesman who rides a flying vacuum cleaner; when his parents are kidnapped by the devil himself, he must go to Hell to save them. We've been in production on it now for almost a year. I've had the concept for this film since I was thirteen years old, so it's been pretty cool to finally see it realized. It's very FX-heavy, so it's been a lot of green screen work, which has been challenging and definitely a learning experience. We're close to wrapping principle filming, and then it's on to plenty of post FX work to do.
So far I've been really pleased with the dailies, and pretty impressed by how the green screen material has turned out. Can't wait to have this baby in the can, and ready for you all to check out. (Soon I'll post a blog about some of the amusing behind-the-scenes stories from shooting, as well as updates on our official website: www.knappbrosentertainment.com.. as well as a "Fantastic Stan" website soon to be announced!)
I think I'll feel quite a bit more relieved after these projects are out of my head, out of my hands, and available for others to see. My mind is already set to move on to my back catalog of future ideas, as I'm quite honestly ready to be done with the current ones...
--If that wasn't enough to occupy my time, I've shot a music video for local musician, Jenni Potts. We're working on "Stay" off of her album "Take This and Go" from 2008. (It's darker in tone than her first music video, "Another Way". I reckon the feeling of it to a coming storm). It's a great album, produced by the boys at Clickpop, and if you haven't heard it yet, I strongly suggest checking it out.
--A Knapp Brothers' "Shorts" Compilation DVD is also in the works, with a majority of our past shorts, trailers, and extra features, which will hopefully be available for sale or direct download via Amazon.com. Followed not long after by the "Complete Edward Gibbs: Volume 1".
--I'm in the middle of acquiring the rights to music by "The Appleseed Cast" and "Mogwai" for my experimental short, "11-11".
--And in the middle of getting our old short "Rat Juice" on IMDB.
--In other news, my band "Lost Horizons", (who you most likely have never heard of...mostly due to the fact that we never play any shows anywhere) is pulling itself back together again with regular practices, prepping for shows(!), and are just wrapping up final mixing on our demo/EP we recorded over at Bayside studio. We had some road blocks along the way, but we've got a new set of tires, and an unwavering, headstrong spirit. In short, we ain't giving up. Some pretty cool things are in store for 2010...
If I have any extra time, I'll be working on the book I've been writing since I was 13, "The Adventures of Johnny Marvel". I hope you're not as afraid of germs as I am...
UPDATE: (3/9/10)
*"Cliff House doc" is seeing real progress, and an end in sight. Name announcement coming very soon...
*"Fantastic Stan" is close to wrapping principle photography, and then on to months of special effects work. Almost a year in the making...
*Jenni Potts music video is in the can, awaiting editing.
*Band demo is almost complete. Just needs mastering and a final mix-down.
Conclusion: Projects are coming close to completion and just need lots of detail work and fine tuning. Time for promotion is near, and I could use your help!
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