so that happened.

hi gang...

just a few quick notes...

1. there's a much better quality version (quicktime!) of the teaser trailer up on our myspace page (and if you're on myspace, be our friend!).

2. my imac died! after less than 1 year! last week it just wouldn't boot. initial trouble shooting by the genius bar at my local apple store indicated it was merely a problem with the power source, however yesterday they called to tell me that my hard drive was ruined as well! this was a major concern since most of the movie was on that hard drive. however, i also have an external drive i use and, luckily, i had saved a copy of the project file and about 40% of the footage on that external drive. so... long story short, i had to arm wrestle the manager of the apple store to get my old hard drive back (they're holding my imac unrepaired until i return it - bastards) so that i could explore my options for (unfortunately costly) data recovery. needless to say, this is a set back. assuming macforce can recover nothing (without having to send it to a drive recovery lab), i'm staring down about a month's worth of work to reconstruct my last cut. plus bills for attempted data recovery, software replacement, etc... which leads me to...

3. grammar school pictures is now accepting donations. for $20 you can pre-order a copy of the dvd (which we will ship by the end of september). for $50 you can purchase a "special thanks" credit (and receive a copy of the dvd). for $150 you can purchase an "associate producer" credit (and receive a copy of the dvd). for $300 you can purchase a "co-producer" credit (and receive a copy fo the dvd). and for $500 we'll credit you as an "executive producer", send you a copy of the dvd, and invite you to the premiere. take some time... think it over. when you decide how much you'd like to give, simply send it via paypal to: headmaster@grammarschoolpictures.com. we'll send you an email confirming your donation and it's associated credit. thanks for your support.

okay. that's all for now... hopefully i'll have more good news to post next time.

m

teaser trailer!

so this is pretty rough... no real sound work done and youtube doesn't provide the highest quality video (and it slips the audio out a sync a little too)... but, irregardless, here you go...