So where do we go from here?

By Jason Goldstein — June 18, 2010

The last time I posted we were waist deep in the most intensive shoot we've ever done. Over the course of 22 days, we shot Loss For Words in its entirety. We didn't sleep. We burned through tapes and cash, often filming in weather so cold that even our cameras protested.

But we kept rolling, and Gary, sporting a homeless-class beard, long unkempt hair and a gray sweatsuit, kept hammering away on Grady Sullivan's typewriter.

Four weeks later, we wrapped our third feature.

In the end

The footage is good. The performances are phenomenal, the cinematography is bold, and the scenes edited thus far raise the bar far above and beyond what we did with Salad Daze.

But as the shoot came to a close, the cast and crew had to wander back to the real world. We got busy, and made a conscious decision to put editing on hold until we had time to do it properly.

That time is now. We're 14 scenes deep, and moving fast. But that's a process I'll write about in more detail another day.

In the meantime, as the cast and crew scatters itself across the country world, we have a few dramatic announcements to make.

A Few Dramatic Announcements

First, we've re-thought the way we're going to approach the web. Starting today, every movie we've ever made is available to watch online, free of charge, uninterrupted, at a quality comparable to Hulu. And yes, that includes our feature films.

We still believe there's a great future ahead for movie downloads, like Project Shoestring provides, but today, the best way to make feature films available to people over the web is a one-click solution. So if you haven't seen it yet, go watch Salad Daze.

Second, of course, is our plan for finishing Loss For Words. We hope to have a rough cut by the end of the summer, with a final cut to follow shortly. We'll host premieres in Columbia, St. Louis, and a few locations we've yet to determine (New York perhaps?). When the final show closes, we'll put it online, so our fans in other cities can have a chance to see it and spread the word.

And then we'll see.

I think it's proably about time for another short film, but as always, that's top secret.

One last thing

I realized today that it's been four years since we first started filming Bad Day. In that time, it's been our tradition to make sure we acknowledge the people who make our work possible but rarely receive adequate recogition in the credits.

We've had new actors who spent weeks on end filming with us, extras who -- often without knowing anything about the story -- showed up to help, friends and family who let us take over their houses, businesses that were nice enough to let us film on their property, venues that housed our premieres virtually free of charge, musicians who gave us permission to use their work, and of course, the hundreds of people who have come to a show.

These people are awesome, and nothing would ever get done without their help.

Thank you. And if you haven't done so already, sit back, relax, and go enjoy Salad Daze.