New Projects Posted

I got a few new projects of mine posted up on YouTube; check 'em out:

Armani Exchange Promo:

This was for one of my assignments in my After Effects class.

Trogdor Surprise:

A short animation I made for my final assignment in Intro to Animation class.

Sonic Pulse Entertainment Promo:

This a 30 second After Effects animation I did for my final project; a promo for an imagined virtual reality entertainment company.

On The Lot//Doculink

Okay, been busy this last couple weeks and haven't been able to find the time to post, so I apologize for that. So let's do a brief summary catch-up:

On The Lot:
There's a new TV series that FOX is about to put out called On The Lot which is basically another reality TV series based around filmmaking. It's being hosted by Steven Speilberg and the prize is a job at Dreamcast, and a one million dollar budget in order to make produce you're own show. Though I/We didn't have time enough to submit anything "good" we decided that we would try and submit our movie Flatline (still yet to be posted on the On The Lot website).

Doculink:
Brett and I went to this Doculink meeting last weekend to get some ideas and insight into documentary film making, and to do a litte bit of networking. I got some ideas on how to shoot, fund, sell and get media coverage for a couple of documentary ideas I have.

DocIdea the First:
And friend and I are currently working out the logistic, practicalities and pitch opportunities for this travel documentary/reality TV program that would feature the two of us hitchhiking the globe; litterally. The idea is to cover 6 of the 7 continents--being that Antarctica probably doesn't have the most friendly of hitching environments--all on a limited and budget and limited time frame. The big thins we still have to figure out is how to get across the Atlantic, how long it will take us, what the danger of certain countries is and how can we get a network to invest in us. As soon as we get that all figure out, I'm going to put together a pitch package and send it out to some perspective networks.

DocIdea the Second:
Ever since I left Thailand, I've been longing to go back and start training Muay Thai again! My idea was to sell the idea of me training and competing in Thailand as a reality/documentary/travel series. I was thinking about possbly getting a sponsoreship by a supplement company on top of that and trying to sell the ideaand get a professional documentary filmmaker/camera operator to do this with me. Brett has also expressed some interest into the idea and is thinking about doing some filming in Nepal and surrounding area while I'm training.

I'm planning on developing both ideas and seeing which sticks or seems to be more lucrative. I guess we'll just see how it all turns out...

PS. That shoe is dedicated for you, Jessica! :D

UFC 67: From #1 to "Top 10"

What would have been – in my books – the greatest fight card in UFC history has no been dropped down to Top 10. The original card highlighted 2 tight fights: George “Rush” St. Pierre v. Matt Serra for the Welterweight belt, and Anderson Silva v. Travis Lutter for the Middleweight belt. Two other highlights on the card include the UFC debut of legendary Pride Fighting Championship fighters Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

Unfortunately, George St. Pierre injured his knee in training and was not allowed to fight with it. That alone took the fight out of “Best Card Ever” standing for me. The further letdown has just been announced, that Travis Lutter failed to make weight for the fight. Silva and Lutter will still fight but “despite two tries at the scale, TUF 4 winner Travis Lutter will not be challenging for Anderson Silva's UFC Middleweight Championship Saturday night after coming in at a final weight of 186.5 pounds, a pound and a half over the 185-pound middleweight limit.” The “main event will now be a three round non-title match, with Lutter being fined 10% of his purse by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (5% going to Silva, 5% to the NSAC).” The UFC allows a leniency of one pound of weight in order to still content, but unfortunately, Lutter was no able to cut that last half pound.

Title fight aside, the debuts of Cro Cop and Rampage Jackson make a pretty good promise not to disappoint. The fight night will still be a good one in my books, but not as amazing as it would have been with GSP and the tension on Silva that his belt is on the line. GSP and Silva are two of my favorite fighters, I would have loved to see them on the card together, especially one as stacked as this.

It may be a little late posting this since UFC 67: All or Nothing is on tonight (7PT—10ET) but being that I’m sick with dawdknowswhat, and can’t sleep, I thought I might as well post about it at quarter-to-seven in the AM. Hope I’m feeling a little bit more limber by this evening so I can actually make it out to sports bar to see the action.

I let you know how it goes in the comments after the fight!
Peace.