Don't_Panic and AR2

Don't_Panic!

Pre-production steps have begun to take place for the upcoming short film called "Don't_Panic!" The short film is planned on being filmed sometime around August and will likely be the most official short film created by Effed Productions to date. What makes Don't_Panic! so special is the planned original soundtrack for the film as well as the theory behind its creation.

About the Film

Don't_Panic! is a short film that was originally written as a concept for a story told through the use of subliminal messages and symbolic images. The entire script was created over MSN between Shaun Fleming and myself in just under an hour and represents the most original production work that we have created so far. More details on the plot may be released in the future.

The idea for creating an original soundtrack for the film was inspired after Effed Productions was approached by a talented musical producer named Mike Glendinning based in California. Mike praised us for our work on AR1 and became a fan of Effed Productions.

AR2

As production is slowed even further by NBCC's unorganized maintenance schedule, the entire film team is working full time day jobs with impossibly unfortunate hours.

However, despite the complexities we are still trying to find ways to stay on top of the project.

It is possible that we may all have to take a week off work in order to complete the filming without distractions.

Take care,

Richard

AR2-pre-production update

It is now June 01, 2009 and that means we have just a month and a half left to completely film our planned lightsaber fight movie AR2. As the date to start filming creeps closer and closer with every day the more progress towards its preparation there is. 

Challenges in film.

Over the past few months Effed Productions has slowed its production of films and script ideas as well as a general drive for filmmaking. This unhealthy issue involving motivation, creative drive and will power is a serious one that will have to be address and resolved if we are to successfully achieve our filmmaking goals. Thinking back to the early days of Effed Productions, with the partnership formed between Shaun and myself, I get a familiar feeling of an overwhelming task at hand that I must now begin to take steps toward completing. 

The list of things that need to be done before filming can begin is long. I am however, confident that with the familiar excitement of filming AR1, we will all be compelled to make AR2 as much as a success for ourselves if not for any fans of our work. We are after all only doing this because we want to.

Lightsaber test.

It had been over a year since my last strenuous encounter with the notorious Adobe After Effects lightsaber creation. I had become lost in the complex terminology of its editing tools and I had to re-teach myself how to create the most important part of what makes a lightsaber fight, a damn good lightsaber fight...the special effects! 

You can watch this years lightsaber test video as well as the old AR1 test below: 

AR2- June 01, 2009

AR1- March 07, 2008

Thats all for now,

Richard

EP's Fast Approaching B-Day?

Good afternoon, everyone!
As you all know, the date to start filming/releasing of AR2 is still not confirmed yet, but we will ensure that you EP fans will be posted on further information; so keep in touch with us!

- Filming will be commencing soon, since we want to make a short film to tie everyone in til the arrival of AR2 when it hits Youtube. Of course, followed by a few other skits/comedic pieces to get people laughing.

-We actually had a thought of making up a music video and a song to go with it, not sure if the idea is scrapped, but keep in touch, and I'll let you know about the info. Along with "Cooking with Metal", Bronwen (Richard's girlfriend) wants us to do a remake of the video we did last year. It had no script, badly done, but it was overall a lot of fun. But that idea is scrapped so no use crying over spilled milk.

-If you are not already a member of our Facebook page, check us out here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18901725876

-In case you are not aware of this, but EP's 1 Year Anniversary/Birthday is arriving fast! May14th to be exact, so stay tuned for a fun-filled EP 1 Year birthday video!

-I will speak with the others (Mike and Richard) to see if we can be able to get t-shirts made up and wear them on EP's 1 Year, that should be exciting! and a cake as well, although noone wants to watch a video of us eating cake right? So how about we throw in a bit of spice to it, and make it thrilling to watch? EVERYBODY LOVES HALARIOUS VIDEO'S!

That concludes today's rant, so I hope you keep in touch with us in the future!


ps: Shaun's 20th birthday is 4 days after EP's 1 year! Give him some Birthday love :)

Love always,
Shaun

No Supper Tonight Folks

Well, it looks like our video didn't make it to the top 5 in the Dorito's Contest. It was actually decent we found. nice ring to it, and the Slogan/Video went well too; but still no chance to win $25,000 for us..aw well, maybe another contest, like C103 (for all you NB fans out there) where we currently can enter at a crack to win $1000, still not as much as 25k, but its something isn't it?


On another note, it has been quite some time since EP has updated our official EP Blog, so I thought that I would spruce it up a bit with another blog note, or whatever you call them.

Just a reminder, our BIGGEST project is yet to come, AR2(Abusive Relationships II) , which will be filmed during the summer season of 2009. Our other (now referred as) "side projects" will be completed once we finish AR2 and still have enough time before the college season kicks back into high gear.

So in case you didn't know, the ones that will be pushed back are :

-Don't Panic!
-High Stakes.

We will most likely have small projects that won't take that long to complete, but these are the big ticket projects along with AR2, (which will most likely be the only big one we'll complete).

So, for all you EP fans, keep in touch, stay in school, respect your elders...and babies xD.
-Love,
Shaun

Dorito's Contest

After Mike's cunning idea; we at Effed Productions have confirmed that we are going to enter the Dorito's Contest to have a shot to win $25,000

First off, to clear things out, yes it was Mike's idea for us to make a Dorito's commercial, but it was Richard who entered us into the contest, so they both get the credit, while I (Shaun) am still trying to think of a name for a new Dorito's flavour that will grab attention to potential buyers.

Now, all we have to do, is buy one of Dorito's mystery bags with the ? on it, and decide what kind of flavour will bring the audience's attention, and if our commercial is well done. We then post it on www.doritosguru.com and wait for viewers to check out what we have in store for them!

Let's just hope that Moncton's own Effed Productions comes home with an extra $25,000 in their bank accounts!

Love,
Shaun

RFN-Running from Narnians

On February 21 Narnia adventure two was released on youtube and so far it has received some positive feedback. If you were paying close attention to this new video you might have noticed a few things about it. For example, I am totally rocking 'teh chez', there was a Nazi cyborg, and also that it was probably the most effed video we have made to date. Apart from these things, some of which I might touch on later, you may also have noticed a significant amount of visual editing and film stylization through color correction. If that sentence was to confusing, you may have noticed that while editing I made everything look like as if the person who films CSI was doing it.

Don't agree? Ok, so maybe this was my first time and there were a few shots that didn't turn out so good...I'm not saying it was perfect. Anyway, the reason I'm pointing this out is because the films being made this summer will very likely rely heavily on this type of visual editing for full emotional impact. Hint, hint...

Ok, so how about that Nazi thing?

Well, first of all, the idea of a Nazi Robot was inspired by the a video called "Running from Nazis" and was originally meant as a kind of "Homage" to the work. Appearing as a kind of cameo guest is Keith Alward, who plays the human Nazi that comically runs away toward the ending. Keith was a key person in the production of the original Running From Nazis videos, so we felt that if we were going to write a Nazi Robot into out script it was only appropriate that we add Kieth as a support character. 

If you haven't yet seen Narnia Adventure 2 you can watch it here.

Also if you would like to see the GoblinSuit Production "Running From Nazis" here it is.

As you can see, it was well worth the effort to have a Nazi Robot appear in our video. You can expect our next release sometime after March break.

Richard Malenfant

IWK Donation

While walking around the Champlain Mall this weekend Shaun, Mike and Myself stumbled upon the IWK Donation Booth set up by C103.1 (Moncton's Classic Rock) Radio Station. Mike was the first to be pulled in by the opportunity to help small unfortunate children to better their lives and Shaun and I were pulled in to donate as well. In total, between the three of us we donated an impressive $58.00! The donation acceptors were very pleased by our cumulative donation and seemed almost overjoyed by our generous contribution. 

It was at this moment of inspiration that I decided that helping to support charitable causes such as this should become an annual goal for the Effed Team. I hope that next year we will be able to finds ways to double our contribution to the community. 

As a non-profit organization Effed Productions has already generated a small amount of income that was put towards lighting equipment. Hopefully, as we become more talented in our film making, we will be able to raise more money.

Richard