Treatment for the Wester

School is a-coming to a close and Thank God for that shit. The only cool thing to happen through the course of the semester was that a Treatment for the Western was created, I'm feeling pretty good about it.

PIANO BAR SCENE

I'm in a intro to film production class. Our assignment: write a scene that takes place in a piano bar. I wanted to stay away from violence and keep it from being boring. Which was tough, but perversion saved me. I think this has a pungent moral that all can agree is timeless and sage like. I said it was Shakespearian because the nuggets of real truth are delivered by the clown, who is always the forewarner and bearer of truth in Bill's plays. My roommate said I was reading too much into it, but you can't deny me and Bill are on the same wavelength here! Also, I'm hoping that - http://madixmunroe.deviantart.com/ - will throw down some pencils on this since the scripts we direct in the class can't be our own, and I'm fairly positive that my classmates wont capture the poignancy of this scene. For those with a sharp eye, there are some references to the master, TOM WAITS in this since i was listening to his records while i was writing this. *Apparently i can't post it here because this place won't let me post it in the proper format, but i put the scene up on my deviantart page, i guess it will get some use after all... if you want, stop on by. http://bodiddles.deviantart.com/

Yes, I'm still alive

School's been in session for about two months now, and that has significantly diminished my time to sit down and write. I hate to say it, but against my will the Western has been shelved due to massive amounts of homework assignments. Usually I would shrug it and say fuck it. But all my classes are Film related and I can't help but to enjoy the assignments a bit. Anyway, I was given a handout to read based on the neo-realist classic The Bicycle Thief. I liked the movie, but the handout was sort of stagnate... until the final chapter, then the words sort of rang very true. I really liked what the the writer (Roberto Rossellini) had to say about film making.

"Beautiful Shots! That is the one thing that makes Me sick! A film must be well-directed; that is the least one can expect of a filmmaker; but a single shot need not be beautiful. The only thing that is important is the rhythm, and that cannot be learnt, you carry it inside yourself."

I like to think that the first lesson on film making isn't anything technical, it's just your inherent instinct for flavor and rhythm. You cannot teach that, I've seen it in the film production classes I've taken. Some people just don't have the rhythm, me probably being one of them. But I happen to like what I make to an extent. Well shit, ranting aside. It seems like the Title for the Western will be:

The Man Who Never Missed

A small announcement, but one none the less, and only for the sake that I felt I needed to post something here.

COLORAMA PIECE FOR WESTERN!!!

The Western Promo is available in PRINTED COLORAMA!!! at the Long Beach Comic Con in Artist Alley at table 30- something... Anyways, stop by and say hello, OR e-mail Jefferson and order yours TODAY!!!

http://Noxious1.deviantart.com/art/The-Man-Who-Never-Missed-color-138588646

PROMO PIECE FOR WESTERN

Jefferson did a promo piece for the Western story of the main character. He is gonna be selling prints of it at the Long Beach Comic Con in Artists Alley. You can preview the piece here:

http://Noxious1.deviantart.com/art/The-Man-Who-Never-Missed-135904457

If you like it let him know, and if your going to be at the Con stop by and say hello. He and I will be there, next the Dustin Nguyen!

WHAT IS HAPPENIN'

The short story annual is getting pushed back because the Western short turned into a full 4 chapter comic. Noxious asked to do the pencils and I said, FUCK YEAH!! You can see his stunning works here.

http://Noxious1.deviantart.com/

I've finished the first draft for the first two chapters and am currently plotting out the 3rd chapter. I plan on being done with the first drafts for the whole thing this month so i can do revisions at the Long Beach Comic Con.

MY RECENT ACTIVITIES

So I haven't posted anything for a long time, but it's not from lack of doing anything. On the contrary, I've been keeping moderately busy. I went to SDCC and got a much needed boost of motivation and have moved my HQ down to LA. I'm going to be working on a short story annual with some artist friends of mine and want to keep the writings private for now. All I will say now is it will be a grab bag of different genres. I know for sure their is going to be a Western, one that I've been meaning to do for years now. And in the maybe pile is a Noir that I've pulled out of the archives along with a Space Marine short thats new.

Coming soon though, is the revised Western scene that I think puts the old one to SHAME! ... which wasn't too hard because the original sucks pretty hard... oh well.

LOVE,

ME!