Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was bad enough when the TV and lights inexplicably flicked on at night, Misty Conrad says. When her daughter began talking to an unseen girl named Nicole and neighbors said children had been murdered in the house, it was time to move. Put Conrad, a homemaker from Hampton, Va., firmly in the camp of the 34 percent of people who say they believe in ghosts, according to a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos.

A smaller but still substantial 23 percent say they have actually seen a ghost or believe they have been in one's presence, with the most likely candidates for such visits including single people, Catholics and those who never attend religious services.

Check out the full article.


With that said...




HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Monday, October 29, 2007

Creative Choices

This following video has little to do with the actual production of Phasma Ex Machina other than serve as a shining example of what creative people can accomplish with limited resources. It also makes the importance of sound design abundantly clear.




PS - You may recognize Simon Pegg and Nick Frost from Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz fame.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Homebrew Van De Graaff

Clue #3

Tis the Season

Clue #2


Kids Do The Darndest Things



Clue #1

Two of the main characters in the movie make a strange machine. Not as dangerous as this one, methinks.

Teenager achieves nuclear fusion at home.

Post Alpha

The production of Phasma Ex Machina is now official and inevitable. The launch sequence has been activated.

What existed as an idea over one year ago, now lives as a script. Today, that script gained an important advocate - a Producer.

Welcome aboard Jen. Your experience and enthusiasm will serve us well.

For the rest of you, this is the official blog of an independent movie titled, "Phasma Ex Machina".

We hope you join us for the ride.