As many of you know, we have begun shooting a Behind the Scenes of a short leading to Scene 5.  It has been a little while since we last worked together in this fashion, so it took a lot longer than expected to complete the scenes. A humorous fact of this is that Albert’s lines consist of him having a tight schedule and being unwilling to work with us on the shooting of his scenes… he wasn’t able to shoot his scenes for that.

And thus is the difficulties we are facing with this upcoming project. Now- it is only a matter of deciding: Bend to the whim of our member (whose lines are written specifically for them) or cut him and replace him.

We’ll see how things pan out.

A bit of footage will be up shortly for Project: Planning!

-MK

Project Zee held a meeting the other day and much was decided. Turns out, we’re all going to play the rest of the year by ear. First, we will begin by beginning smaller individual projects. Luke, Chris, Just & Albert all have their assignments so we’ll see if there is any motivation there.

We will be testing the waters with a few shorts to see if we still have it in us after last year’s exhausting project. If all is well, Project Zee 2009 will still be scheduled- our project of choice is still “Scene 5.” If you haven’t seen the Teaser yet, watch it now.

I will keep everyone updated on the progress of the new site and the reasoning behind the “lost projects.” As for now, I leave you with simple words of wisdom from our own upcoming Poetry Corner with Chris Shannon:

A Haiku:

~Door
I can be opened
Thus allowing your passage
Unless I am locked

That will be all.

-M

Finally, by popular demand, A Coming of Age is now available for streaming on Project Zee.net

Watch it here>

Also, while viewing the video, please make note that Project Zee’s new video streaming player will be Microsoft Silverlight. After the 2008 Olympics, many were impressed with Microsoft’s version of Flash. Project Zee is now one of them.

I hope no one has an issue with installing and configuring Silverlight, as I think it is a wonderful method of sharing media.

Project Zee’s site has been undergoing quite a few changes if you haven’t noticed yet.

For starters, we will be posting videos now. Periodically, please keep checking our Watch Zee page.

Currently, I have uploaded the documentary recorded by Justin Matchett. Entertaining, to say the least. It just goes to show why some people should stay as far as humanly possible from a video camera.

Watch the video here.

Alright, one day has passed and Project Zee’s big screening is finished. The night was a success as friends and some family got to enjoy the sneak screening together. Hopefully, I will be able to share some pictures and videos shortly. But I’m sure no one will complain that I take a break for a bit to rest after the big night.

I wanted to again thank Christy for such an amazing job on our concession stand! Cheryl’s treats were wonderful as always! And Justin, Albert, Derek, Nikki and Lynh- thank you so much for helping out with the tedious stuff

For now, I will do nothing but sit down, relax, drink some juice and play a few video games.

-Michael

Here’s a little clip from the reshooting of the reshooting of Scene 4 for Among the Dead.

Watch It

*This stupid scene took too many reshoots, if you ask me.

Toy Review: Marvel Legends’ Doc Samson

Whilst editing, I found out what Justin does when my back is turned and he thinks the camcorder is off.

Watch the video here.

Here’s a behind the scenes shot of a small piece I’m editing right now.

It’s turning out okay, except we didn’t quite finish all of our desired shots due to an automobile accident that we all had to run from…

(sigh) Someday I’ll miss the true guerrilla film making. It’s in my roots.