Jon beat me to it!

Hey All!

Just figured I would give an update, but it looks like Jon beat me to it. Russ and I sat down to watch a VERY rough cut of J&T Monday night. The film is hysterical. There are still some items that need to be worked, as well as a couple of scenes that need to be reshot, but all in all the film has a real identity of it's own and will be a real good time for those who watch it.

Talk to you soon!

Jim

What's new?

Jon here...

Well a year ago we started shooting this flick. And on Tuesday morning Jim notified me that he and Russ just completed the first very rough cut of the film. And he says it's great. Sure, his opinion is biased, but I still believe him. And this makes me happy.
No, no one will be seeing this movie for a few more months, it's just a rough cut, we still have audio to dub, effects to add, a scene or two to re-shoot and music to add. But this is exciting to me. Another huge step taken. I haven't been in on the editing. It's not my thing. Russ is great at it and I don't play well with others when editing, so I take care of some of the shorts and Russ does all the big stuff. I'd be a fool and I thought I was better, hahaha.
So it's been a year since we started shooting. What a year! We started making a couple shorts and finishing scenes for Josh and Todd and then made a few more shorts, and Eric even got married!
A year ago I was amazed we got this started, amazed we got this awesome cast, amazed at how good everything looked when I watch the dailies. I'm simply amazed.
So to the cast and crew who worked their asses off and will have to come back and work a little bit more;
Thank you, love you.

JB (and Todd too!)

Congrats to Eric and Heather!

This attractive couple above is getting married...

Today!

Yup, Eric, our "Josh" is getting married. The wonderful woman who has decided to slum it with him is Heather... And we think she deserves better, but who are we to say, we play with puppets!

Here's to a happy, healthy, fruity future!

Eric and Heather 8/22/2009

Things are moving along...

Editing is moving along, an hour is about finished now. We are starting to run into the need for a few reshoots, but considering how much we shot and how little we knew whilst doing it, I am impressed that we need so little reshot. Shooting movies with puppets is tough; every frame shot with a puppet is a special effects shot. I am looking forward to getting this thing cut and cropped. Once thats done, Russ and I can sit back and begin fine tuning the film, working on timing, and determining what will need to be done in post.

The great thing about this project is that the film, which I spent months shooting, never gets old. It's still fresh, it's still funny, and it still works.

Jim

New Trailer for Josh &Todd!

Even though Editing is still in progress we've put together a quick trailer of what we have so far to keep ya droolin'!

Enjoy!

30 minute milestone!

Two posts in a week...word!

As of Monday night, Russ and I reached the 30 minute mark of editing. One half hour of Josh & Todd is cut and cropped...

Needless to say, we are excited!

More to come.

Jim

UPDATE!!!

Jim Here-
Ok, it's been awhile, but I figured I would let you all know what's currently up.

Recently, Russ moved from his apartment in Rockville, CT to an apartment in Bethel, CT. Now, for those of you not in the know, Rockville is in Northeastern CT, only a stone's throw away from MA. Bethel is in Southwestern CT, only the same stone's throw away from NY. Needless to say, it was an epic move, to be sure.

This move left us with a number of weeks where we were simply not able to edit. So, when the time came last monday night to get back in the saddle, we both had to wonder whether or not we would be able to work with the same enthusiasm and productivity as before...

In a simple reponse: No, we didn't work with that same enthusiasm and productivity. In fact, I would say that we exceeded our previous work ethic tenfold. I mean, really, we're kicking ass right now. We are beginning to really hit a stride with this thing, and I can't help but me extremely excited. I know Russ feels the same.

We are hoping to acheive the first real editing milestone soon: the rough cut. People are understandably excited by this prospect, but there is no way that they are as excited as me or Russ. It's a kind of magic, being able to piece all of these random moments and performances into a cohesive story, and have it not only make sense, but be entertaining as hell.

You see things that you didn't see whilst filming. You react differently to performances in editing than you did when you filmed it...

Very cool...more to come.