Brainerd – Jessica = Nerd
Filming TILT up in Brainerd was great in all ways but one: Jessica had to go back to Chicago a few days into filming to hold down the fort (i.e. work her ass off so we can have insurance, food, a place to live, etc.) In the short time that Jess was on set, she [...]
Feed Your Dreams. Feed Their Dreams. Feed Some Dreams.
Today we present a short, “re-purposed” birthday video in support of Flyway Film Festival’s current kickstarter campaign. Flyway Film Fest is one of a very few festivals that doesn’t charge entry fees and screens truly independent films. If you’d like to learn more, check out their Kickstarter campaign:
Get Finky. Get Inspired. Support “A Musing”.
Today we present a short video in support of David Spies and Phil Seneker’s KickStarter campaign for “A Musing,” a short film collaboration. To learn more, visit their KickStarter campaign:
Get Finky. Get Inspired. Support "A Musing".
Today we present a short video in support of David Spies and Phil Seneker’s KickStarter campaign for “A Musing,” a short film collaboration. To learn more, visit their KickStarter campaign:
As We Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of TILT
Right now we feel like we’re in between two huge mountains: our TILT crowd funding campaign (which was successful on August 6th thanks to our 223 amazing backers) and the filming for TILT (which starts September 18th.) You’d think we’d get a little breather while in this slightly quieter “work valley.” You’d be wrong. SO [...]
What Makes an Engaging Crowd Funding Campaign?
By Jessica King As artists (film makers, writers, poets, painters, baby makers, etc), we have to be in love with our own stuff. It’s the thing that propels us to make more stuff. However, in order to gain some perspective, sometimes you have to stop and listen to what other people are saying. While we [...]
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Crowd-Funding
Running a successful crowd-funding campaign, whether it be on through KickStarter, IndieGogo, ChipIn, or another crowd-sourcing site, is no easy feat. Over the past year we’ve seen some excellent campaigns as well as some not-so-excellent ones, and we took note of what worked, what didn’t work, and what worked for some but might not work [...]
Interview with Filmmaker Juliane Block
While pitted against one another during June’s War of Films on the Film Annex, we met the fascinating Juliane Block, a German-born filmmaker making films in Malaysia. Not only was her short, Ramly at War Begins a well-crafted, well-choreographed martial arts film, she was engaging and playful. We immediately wanted to know more about her, [...]
Catching Up With KFink
It’s been an insanely busy, productive, and joyous summer – and it’s not even over. Now that we’ve met our KickStarter goal for TILT, we feel we can breathe a little easier. Not that we still don’t have a lot to do, but meeting our goal allows us to focus our energies on other aspects [...]
KFink Escapes to L.A. – The Video!
We’re still a little giddy from our L.A. trip, and we kind of wish we could do it all over again. If you haven’t caught up yet, you can read about our trip here: Part One – San Francisco, Part Two – Los Angeles, Part Three – More Los Angeles. Otherwise, we present: KFink Escapes [...]
On the Sunny Side of the Country, Part #3: More LA!
If a KFink goes to Cali and doesn’t document it on their blog, did it really happen? We didn’t want to chance it. Read about the first part of our trip (San Francisco, baby!) here and the next part of our trip (LA, yo!) here. Ready for the rest? KFINK ESCAPES TO LA TUESDAY, 7/27: [...]
On the Sunny Side of the Country, Part #2: LA
Holy moly! We just got back from a whirlwind trip to California. Our first stop: San Francisco. The second: LA! KFINK ESCAPES TO LA FRIDAY, 7/23 We’d both been to LA before, but only Jessica had driven along the coast, so we spent Friday, July 23rd, in a rental car trying to find a road [...]
On the Sunny Side of the Country, Part #1 – San Fran
We’re in the middle of our California trip and loving every minute of it. Our reasons for coming our here? Jess was invited to present at a Critical Thinking Conference in Berkeley, and we were invited to come and do an interview about TILT and our other projects on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage with [...]
Filmmaker Meet-Up: Sean J. S. Jourdan
Last night we had the great pleasure of meeting with director / screenwriter Sean J. S. Jourdan. We’ve had a special connection with Sean since our early days on Twitter (okay, we fell in love with his website), and then we were lucky enough to see his shorts “The Beekeeper” and “An Open Door” at [...]
Good News + Special Thanks
#1 – Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to contribute to or spread the word about our fundraising campaign for TILT. Right now we’re 90 backers strong (wow!) and about 40% of the way toward reaching our $15k goal (not too shabby). If you haven’t seen our pitch video yet, check it out, [...]
Combatting Crowdfunding Confusion
We started our Kickstarter campaign for TILT with director Phil Holbrook almost 3 weeks ago, and it’s going really well. As of today we’ve raised 35% of our $15k goal, and we still have 4 weeks to go. Not too shabby. But we have a confession to make: we’re also really nervous. Yes, we know. [...]
Imperturbability Perturbed
Usually Julie and I are pretty cool cucumbers. We’re marathon multi-taskers, historically hard workers, and revved up risk takers ready to try new things and forge new paths. However, if you want to see Julie or I break out into a cold sweat or start crying for no reason, come to our house this week [...]
There Will Be (Fake) Blood Part Two: The Interview
While on the set of Raymond Did It, not only did we get to help out, we also had a chance to grab some one-on-one time with both lead actor Kyle Hoskins and director Travis Legge. Julie may or may not have known who she was talking with, but she definitely knew what she wanted [...]
There Will Be (Fake) Blood: Travis Legge’s “Raymond Did It”
Yesterday we had the honor of joining indie director Travis Legge‘s set for a few hours. He’s in the final days of shooting for his horror feature ‘Raymond Did It.” Our good friend and TILT co-hort Phil Holbrook was there, too. We’ve heard so many great things about Travis lately that we were a little [...]
There Will Be (Fake) Blood: Travis Legge's "Raymond Did It"
Yesterday we had the honor of joining indie director Travis Legge‘s set for a few hours. He’s in the final days of shooting for his horror feature ‘Raymond Did It.” Our good friend and TILT co-hort Phil Holbrook was there, too. We’ve heard so many great things about Travis lately that we were a little [...]
Quiet on the set!
Today we’re headed to a shoot for Travis Legge‘s indie horror flick “Raymond Did It.” Travis has been keeping everyone up to date about the production of his project via Twitter, Facebook, and his website, and he’s also been doing tons of interviews (his WREX new interview here; his Sock Monkey Sound interview here) and [...]
Happy Father’s Day
TILT, the new thriller we’re writing for Phil Holbrook, is about a father and a daughter, so we decided to dedicate some posts to some very important guys: our dads. Here’s a snippet from Jessica’s post: “The Can Opener King of Sheffield Towne” After stepping up on the diving board, my father lumbered forward at [...]
Happy Father's Day
TILT, the new thriller we’re writing for Phil Holbrook, is about a father and a daughter, so we decided to dedicate some posts to some very important guys: our dads. Here’s a snippet from Jessica’s post: “The Can Opener King of Sheffield Towne” After stepping up on the diving board, my father lumbered forward at [...]
One Nightstand: Part Two
We have a problem. A reading problem. No, no, no, neither of us is dyslexic – we just both like to read lots of books at the same time. Hence, nightstands buried in a variety of delightful tomes. Hopefully our piles will never fall over and crush us in our sleep. If you don’t hear [...]