The Office (No, not the show)

We're very happy to report that Hodag Films (the production company behind Phasma Ex Machina) has upgraded to an extremely cool 1700 square foot warehouse loft located in the old Grain Belt bottling plant in the NE Arts District. If inanimate objects can haunt a building (think of the clown in Poltergeist) then this is definitely the place to be.

This is the latest in a line of recent developments that are conspiring to make the production a success. I would really like to thank Jen and Jean for making this happen.

The Light Bulb, the Motion Picture Camera...

Clue #4

"If our personality survives, then it is strictly logical or scientific to assume that it retains memory, intellect, other faculties and knowledge that we acquire on this Earth. Therefore, if personality exists after what we call death, it is reasonable to conclude that those who leave the Earth would like to communicate with those they have left here. I am inclined to believe that our personality hereafter will be able to affect matter. If this reasoning be correct, then, if we can evolve an instrument so delicate as to be affected by our personality as it survives in the next life, such an instrument, when made available, ought to record something."

- Thomas Edison, Scientific American, October 1920

MN Filmmaking on the Up

I would imagine that this a "chicken or the egg" scenario, but the Star Tribune claims the film industry is undergoing a "bubbling renaissance" in Minnesota. Much of that is due to the high profile pictures that are being shot here, however, I'd argue that much of the attention radiates from one film - the locally produced Sweetland. Check it out if you haven't.

Star Tribune: Rosemount: Lights ... camera ... action

Sweetland Official Movie Website