Monday, November 15, 2010

Progress on Final Projects part II

'Waiting for Eternity' is almost entirely shot and ready for post-production, so it was either now or never with the poster. It isn't nearly as good as the 'Citizen Prophet' poster, but the resolution is equally as bad. Patrick Crowley made this poster because my version had a poor choice of font. His also has better color and he managed to hide the bad resolution of the picture better than I did.


Since 'Waiting for Eternity' is done so early, it is possible that I'll throw in a few scenes. The teaser trailer has had responses like "I jumped" "I screamed" "I wet myself"; but the final product could never live up to that at this rate because it isn't a horror movie--it's a portrait of a vampire struggling with his humanity who falls in love with one of his victims. Not scary. So, I could possibly come up with some scary scenes.

Release date is mid-December.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

I'm a Tease

Thought I'd throw together a teaser trailer for 'Waiting for Eternity' to assist my presentation with the Modes class on what my movie will be about. Sadly, even after staying up till 5am, I wasn't able to get the thing rendered before class. But here it is anyway!



Humorous story--while filming I mixed up the tasty mint flavored blood with the vile not-as-edible blood. Gross. Okay, not that humorous. But this is my blog.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Batman Sequel Unmasked

Christopher Nolan has finally come out to reveal his plans for the 2012 sequel to his Batman series entitled 'The Dark Knight Rises'. Could this title be foreshadowing that Nolan plans to go all out creatively this time? Seriously, all out. Nolan hinted that the Riddler will not be the villain--quote "It won't be the Riddler". Could this mean that the Riddler won't be the villain... OR is it actually a cleverly disguised riddler?

This will surely shock the millions of people who were convinced it would be the Riddler. And why shouldn't they be? The Riddler is the most practical choice if you go by his trend of realism. That, and the majority of viewers probably aren't familiar with any other Batman villains besides Joker and Riddler. Such as Mr. Freeze, Killer Crock, Bane and Man-bat. All very practical.

From what we know about 'The Dark Knight' and 'Batman Begins', lets take a guess. 'The Dark Knight' ends with Batman literally taking the fall for two-faced Harvey Dent. Batman is now, in the eyes of Gotham, a villain. So introducing a villain wouldn't push the plot forward, nor would reviving Harvey Dent (as some people theorized). This is where Christopher Nolan's quote actually being a riddle comes in play. What made the Riddler so practical is that if any villain could trick the city into believing he is a hero, it would be him. Citizens of Gotham would think he is the hero and Batman is the villain. Ingenious! So, Christopher Nolan wasn't lying when he said that the Riddler wouldn't be the villain. Or is that just wishful thinking? At any rate, that is such a good plot twist that I think I'll use it in my own super hero series, 'The Adventures of Cockatoo Kid and Super Fluous'.

Also, every Batman movie has had multiple villains thus far. So there can't just be one. Considering the death of Bruce Wayne's love, Rachel--Bruce is gonna be on the rebound and since he is now a "villain", what better opportunity for him to get mixed up with a female jewel thief?

The good news: Nolan will not be shooting 'The Dark Knight Rises' in 3D. Thank God.

So there you have it. I've just contributed to the thousands of blogs buzzing about the next Batman movie with absolutely no evidence. Christopher Nolan knows what he is doing and if he doesn't want the Riddler then he has a better idea.

Here are some of my favorite fan made movie posters that have just become invalid:

Progress on Final Projects

As mentioned before, I have to complete two films for different classes as my final. The first class is Modes, the production class, and for that I'm making my vampire noir--'Waiting for Eternity'. It is partially inspired by our class project which invented the genre of vampire noir. But I'm also making a movie for my film theory class called 'Welkin's Gate', which is actually a concept I've been working on for a year now. Because it is a theory class, it will be somewhat experimental. A lot of nonsense. But there will still be an intended meaning.

Above is the movie poster I just completed. It isn't really necessary to have one but I enjoy making them. I'm dedicating the film to the memory of my friend, Trevor Wasson. 'Welkin's Gate' is based off an old poem I wrote in high school called 'I'll Be Waiting in Heaven':

I’ll Be Waiting in Heaven
By Zachary Hayes

Don’t cry for me.
I miss you too.
This memory
is my gift to you.
My hands are cold,
and pale white skin.
Though new, my soul,
my time was thin.

I’ll be waiting for you,
Just know that I’m okay.
With this life that is new,
I’ll think of you ever day.
In heaven, I wait
now that I can fly.
The welkin opens its gate,
and angels foster the sky.