Chezz Busters, Careers, and a lot of Studying

The title says it all. That's right folks We have a new title in our hands, careers are thrown down and studying is a pain!

Chezz Busters:

Unfortunately, Were still in the making of Chezz Busters. It is basically about two homeless bums, with lots of hair, chezz, and greasy clothing. There is one man, who looks like an FBI agent and he is enraged by the homeless bums in his town...and he really hates chezz

Careers:

Richard now has a career with Teratech, which is great, he went to school for Electrical Engineering and hes now in a career which does that, and gone for weeks at a time training. Film production may be a long wait, or may take some time to film and put up as expected. Mike is working part time now, trying to pay off his school so he can go back to school and get back into working up to his career.

Lots of Studying:

As I said before, the title says it all...I've been studying my tushy off to become a Correctional Officer/Police Officer...who would have thought there was 8 books, a police manual, and shit piles of corrections notes just to become one?

That's about all there is right now for a quick update, Richard had the just of it last post, and I'm just letting everyone know what we've been up to, if our fans our worrying about us.

Til next time, Caio,

Shaun.

RQC and Notre Damed?

Rage Quit Corner

A new segment in the EP word, RQC, will shortly become a frequent media review series local to Moncton. We might talk about Movies, Games, or even radio commercials! Why is it called Rage quit corner? Well you'll just have to wait and see!

Untitled Short Film Project

This one really came out of the blue to be honest. New Yorker Emily St.Pierre, studying in Fredericton, has decided to work with the EP team to produce a 30 min horror film. The short will be shot in Notre Dame NB this September.

Our Part in the production process was heavy in the script development area as well as pre-production organization of the film. We will also be involved with shooting the film as well as acting in it. So far it looks like the post-production will be handled largely by Emily herself.

Thanks for tuning in,

Richard

Someday isn't a day of the week...

EP Studios Music Videos

Some time around March or April I put ads on Kijiji Moncton to promote our temporary free video production services in the community. I was shocked at how many local bands and artist responded to the ads. A local country/rock band called Crossover actually hired us to do a zero budget music video for a song called "hammer down". A formal voluntary service agreement was created and signed by both parties and production commenced.

After weeks of waiting it became apparent that the video would have to be put on hold while the actual music track was recorded. And I'm still waiting...lesson learned.

Don't sign onto the video until the music is recorded!

Also, I have learned that the scope of the video projects is important to discuss. A band willing to put time into producing a music video should be willing to invest themselves and their money into the project. I am seeing that people don't seem to take free services seriously enough to get respectable results from to make it worth the effort. In many cases, procrastination and loss of interest have proven to be the better of this production group. Perhaps throwing an investment in can encourage more commitment.

Making the Change

Shaun, Mike and I are at delicate stages. Very little time and energy is still being put into video production. Although Mike and I made a parody of High Stakes earlier in the summer, it was removed due to the fact that it gave away plot points and scenes in the original short film script.

It seems that all of our current projects are in development Hell. Perhaps one day when we have re-gained the position to organize ourselves to return to Effed Productions, we will continue our passion in film. Until then, Shaun must commit to an education, Mike may commit to building a family and I must commit to a career in industrial electronics. God help us...

Peace out,

Richard

EP Studios? And upcoming projects.

New name, same great taste!

Hi, once again it has been a while since there has been an update on this blog. Obviously there hasn't been much activity to speak of. It looks like things wont change too much until after Winter exams haha. Anyway, I want to talk about our recent decision to change our logo!

A while back, the idea popped into our minds that perhaps it is possible to make some money through small media production projects in the maritimes. Obviously this is easier said than done. But the basic plan was to begin by improving the credibility of our small-time production group and slowly raise our status to potential production partner!

Our target market? People that want to express themselves in the form of video media but lack the skills needed to do it themselves and also lack the budget to hire expensive professionals! And trust me, they are expensive! After working at a local studio in Moncton I learned that working to high broadcasting standards is very expensive and time consuming. However, but working to lower standards that are appropriate for online media the time needed to produce good results is much less as well as cost of production.

Our product? Inexpensive media production. Short films, music videos, company promos, advertisements, etc. The system works. Currently we are in the stages of compiling more resources for higher quality productions such as better tools and new special effects.

But what about Effed Productions!?

EP Studions is simply a new branch that originates from Effed Productions. Both production branches can co-exist. The "Effed Productions" youtube channel will be home to all of our EP Studios work and Effed Productions work. So not all of our future productions have to live up to the high standards needed to raise our credibility.

Ok, but how will you get credibility? The challenge in generating a name for yourself is that you must at first be willing to do ANYTHING to get started. In our case, we are willing to offer our video production services to anyone for any video production purposes (not including pornographic productions), for free! The theory is that the more we can get out there, the more people will see us and the more likely it is that we will be identified as a media productions solution!

And now our feature presentation.

Over the past few weeks the EP Team has been cooking up a few brand new scripts that may hopefully showcase the new benchmark in our production standards.

Untitled 1 - A short film that actually takes place 100% in a perfectly unlit, pitch black locked room. What can the camera see that the eye does not?

Aftermath (working title) - A new script in production about a few twenty-year-olds that get in trouble with the law when one of them is apparently framed to have murdered someone. This one will keep you guessing until the end!

High Stakes (revisit) - After years of postponing this production we think we may have finally found a good shoot location. A man is tested to the limits of his life in High Stakes!

Thats all I can say for now, check back in a few months for updates.

-Richard

"The Answer is 42!"

...AND we can cook!

EP Update:

Well, the past few weeks have been quite interesting. We are now nearing the final weeks of summer vacation and that means EP's already limited video production time will be shrunk even more. Last week was vacation time and thus good times at 6 Flags New England were being had as well as some good old yard party style fun in the states! Upon return came the inevitable bonding time of playing Firefight and Nazi Zombies for 7 hours a day before finally rounding up some camera gear and filming Cooking with Metal (which I will mention later).

Now that it is time to be heading back to work we have been slowly easing into a routine of shift schedules that may potentially work for one last EP release before the end of summer. No promises (I'm sure you have learned your lesson) but High Stakes may be just around the corner.

For those of you who may not know, High Stakes is an original EP script for a short film that was written by Shaun Fleming originally as a short story. The synopsis roughly follows the line of a typical interrogation scenario in which two characters interact with each other in an enclosed, isolated setting. I wont go into details but from what I remember there are only two characters and the style of the story feels somewhat gritty and dark.

If an appropriate film location can be established there is a good chance that film will be made this summer.

Cooking with Metal

As I mentioned above, we have recently released a new video called "cooking with metal". For some of our oldest fans the title might sound familiar. The reason being that cooking with metal was one of the three original EP video scripts ever conceived of back in 2008.

Originally written by Shaun to be filmed in the Culinary lab as BMHS, the video's location, concept, and general nature where all compromised in an early attempt at making the video in 2008. The original, which went into "the abyss" was never released due to poor entertainment quality. Three years later, we have casually re-approached the idea and more cleanly executed it. The video is below.

Well I hope you still enjoy what we have to show you, we know it isn't a whole lot but it's what we've got...

...for now.

-Richard

Double Shifts

Well, it has been a while since the last post but a lot has happened since then.

Postman

I (Richard) am now an official intern at the Postman Post-Production Studio based in Moncton. Because of this I work pretty much 70 hours per week or more...because of my real job at Needs...

Anyway, it is really cool and exciting for me but it also means that video production for EP has basically gone down the toilet.

:(

Don't Panic

Speaking of EP videos, a new one was posted today called "Don't Panic".

Yes, it is the same Don't Panic that was dreamed up by Shaun and I back in '08. Sorry it took so long to get to you but if you want to check it out here is a link:

That's all for now.

-Richard

"The Answer is 42!"

June bugs!

Well today I saw my fist June Bugs of the year...and other than thinking of how they like to get stuck in my hair or make love with my eyes...they reminded me that summer vacation is near!

With school coming to an end in June and the Mike back in Moncton for the summer, its almost time to start talking about videos.

New members of EP

Although nothing is official, we might be working on a few projects in a few weeks with some new faces to EP. As was planned last year, we will probably be making an AR2 video sometime this summer along with a DON'T PANIC as well as some other short films.

Most recently talks of producing a type of viral/health video have been happening for a local nutritionist that wants to "do something off the wall to send a message". I'm excited to get to work on this project when I get the chance after finals in June.

Speaking of school, we will all be headed back in September except maybe for Shaun who may be working again but were not sure what he's up to. I haven't even talked to anyone in weeks and am very lonely having to go to school all the time :(

Basically keep your eyes open for future videos as always!

Richard