Right around 3 years now since my last post. Obviously a bunch has happened. I am going to focus this post on the current state of things and the most recent set of producer lessons that I have learned.
Producing seems to be a constant master class in getting your ass kicked and not giving up. It's one of those things that you never truly master, it's a lifelong journey kind of thing. Only, that's not 100% true.
In this post I am going to jump between film and episodic series formats, they are different and represent very different goals for me. Series or what used to be known as TV is something I very much want. I want to be a show runner for something I created.
I am looking at 4 awards on my wall for that's projects script and I know that work still needs to be done. I have hope about this project but much less momentum than I should. It's in the Cyberpunk Genre and will come to either be a tale of caution or redefine the genre. It's actually a CyberUtopia piece but nobody says that so I have to explain it every time I do. The reason I bring this up is that this is my goal. To create this show for as many seasons as I can get out of it. But first I am going to recap what I have worked on since my last post.
These are not in order since I am not going into detail about most of the shorts, live events, music video's or commercials.
Since my last post: I have;
1. Directed a Short film [Proof of Concept] for my Cyberutopia/Cyberpunk series.
Project Status - I am making great strides in the post which I have now taken over the bulk of the edit. I couldn't be happier. It is looking really really good.
2. Produced multiple short films, gotten some EP credits, one Co-Producer Credit.
Project Status - all of these are finished and either published to the universe or are out of my hands.
3. Post produced a documentary mini-series
Project Status - Looking for a Buyer. Final Deliverables for the Sales Agent.
4. Produced a $200k+ Test shoot using a digital wall and a 35 MM film camera. This was for a $3.5 to $5M film with a Oscar Winning Actor attached. By far the most prestigious thing that I have worked on as a Producer.
Project Status - The project was set to move forward after the test shoot then the strike shut everyone down. I don't know were things are currently and I do not expect to get a phone call.
5. Started 3 companies that all contributed to a 4th company that are all in the film/entertainment/tech spaces. This is a massive undertaking and has many pieces. It takes up a good chunk of time. One of the companies I am running all of my digital content through including Podcasts (We have 4 shows in production currently).
Project Status - A VC firm is aware of one of the companies and is only waiting for a pitch deck from me. We pitched one element and they said yes upon seeing a completed pitch deck to a $500k award.
A smattering of other projects that I have consulted on, written, writers rooms, produced on etc. Some Production Design work as well.
That's the short version of the last 3 years. Its been fun.
Thinking back on this it's actually a lot, and a pretty successful run if I do say so myself.
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