Bong Of The Dead on Video Ezy Australia!

The journey I began almost 4 years ago in pursuit of my dreams has been of the most incredible, insane, exhilarating, exhausting, mind blowing and mind altering experiences I have ever had in my whole life! The day I woke up and decided to make my first feature film is the day I had signed over my life to what would become the most unhealthy task I have ever endured. I say unhealthy because the amount of worrying, nervousness and constant stress that comes with such a venture as making a movie with limited to no resources can be quite taxing on ones body and mind. I have pushed my body without food and water or regular breaks in order to push through technical errors and daily glitches when dealing with so much data in the form of “new media” as its called. I have sacrificed more then i can say and I have learn so much in doing so. My mind has grown with this experience and the new skills I have adopted along the way are going to help catapult me to where I am hoping to go in the next few years. I can only wish the very best to all those who are also taking their first steps towards their dreams as well. If I can give you any words of encouragement I would have to say…listen to no one but your own heart. At the end of the day it is you who will be your own judge and you who will be your own worse enemy. True there are others out there who will want to cut you down because they are envious of what you are about to achieve. However for everyone of them out there who want to see you fail there are hundreds more who want to see you succeed!

As Tommy Chong once told me “The talent lies within and only you have that key. Trust your self. Stay on your own towel (yoga advice) and be patient. Everything takes more time than you feel it should….tc”
to succeed.

When my film first released across Germany it was welcomed with open arms and immediately began to take momentum. Now my film had just been released across Australia and already I’m receiving warm emails from fans who have seen it and have taken the time to email me with their appreciation. I would like to thank my German partners for doing such an awesome job on my films release with the art work to the Blue rays and posters etc! A huge thank you to the German people for accepting my movie and purchasing it in support.I would also like to take a moment and express the same gratitude towards my Australian partners at Video Ezy as well as the people of Australia and all other territories Ive released at. I’m so grateful that Ive found my audience across the globe and they are genuinely enjoying my movie.

I cant wait to make more movies for you!

Bong Of The Dead DVD Rip – Download now

It has been a crazy week of battling piracy issues and poster thieves! Through it all Ive managed to remain focused as I let the proper authorities who are involved in my film and its intellectual property take care of the headaches. Ive moved on to bigger and better things to be quite honest and can’t waste precious time fighting morons. That’s what lawyers are for and that’s why they get paid the big bucks.

Bong Of The Dead is finally available for download via my own secure server! That’s right if you’re going to watch a DVD Rip why not do it legitimately and pay the filmmaker who created that film for you? Besides I’m not charging 9.99 or 14.99 like iTunes or any other film download site! I’m offering Bong Of The dead for only 2.99! I figured keep it cheap and make it affordable for everyone. This way those that are actually supporters of indie film can get what they want and still support the filmmaker.
I guess people don’t really understand what they are actually doing when they download a film without supporting the filmmakers. I’m not talking about those massive studios who have the money and who make millions on franchise rather than the film itself. Even though they make a pretty penny there as well. However that said I just want to point out that filmmakers such as myself who don not have the studio funding get robbed directly when our films become available for download illegally. Sure downloading for free is fun and you get to NOT PAY for that film you ripped but guess what? Eventually the creators who make the films for us are not going to be able to keep up and they may just stop making movies all together! Theaters may shut down and studios will close their doors then we’ll be stuck with old DVDs and reruns of Jersey Shore! That’s a HELL I don’t want to live in!

Don’t be so cheap! I almost killed myself and risked everything to make Bong Of The dead and in return Im asking anyone who is going to watch it online to at least download the DVD Rip from me instead of a pirate site like Pirate Bay, Kick ass Torrents, btJunkie.com , Demanoid.com and on and on and on…

I hope you enjoy your copy of the UNCUT version of Bong Of The dead which by the way is much more bloody then those cheap poorly copied replicas out there. If you want to be guaranteed DVD quality then please don’t waste your time downloading illegal copies of my film. If you don’t like to download at all and would like to own your own copy of the actual 2 Disc DVD collectors edition of my film then please check the website regularly for details. This version of Bong Of The Dead with the 2 discs is UNRATED and different from what my distributors are about to release around the world. If you want something unique with loads of bonus materials then send me an email and let me know. Until the DVD purchase part of my store is up feel free to pre order by emailing me!

Thanks!

Almost around the corner!

Hello to anyone and everyone who has been following my crazy journey from the beginning and thank you for giving a crap! I must admit I am a lot more happier these days and filled with a lot more positivity then negativity. I think Ive finally figured out the true meaning of life, love and success. Take it one day at a time! I know that Ive been on an ongoing roller coaster ride ever since the first thought of making my own film popped into my head. I also know that the road has been rough at times and that perhaps quitting would’ve been the easier way out. The problem is I cant just give up my dreams in order to live a normal life. I know that some are happy and contempt in their existence and I applaud them, however I am not one to settle for less than a dream. Being a 24/7 dreamer is a hard job and one which comes with many disappointments and sometimes harsh criticism from others! Living the normal go to work, pay your bills and don’t get into trouble type of life is simply too mundane for me and I cant be happy living that life. Despite all the crap I’ve had to endure I must admit I have become a much stronger and better person because of it. Ive finally learned how to let go of things that are anchors in my success and grasp those things that help me inch closer to my dreams. Life is all about choices which can shape your path to success positively or negatively so chose wisely!

I’m now at the stage of the game where my film is picking up some serious momentum as it makes its way from region to region and more distribution offers come down the pipe as it finds its audience all over the world. I cant express how happy I am to finally show my movie to the world and feel accepted by fans and critics abroad! I admit I almost had a few heart attacks prior to releasing the movie because I was afraid of rejection or harsh criticism from peers, fans and critics. I happy to say that I have yet to find a bad review on Bong Of The dead ever since its premiere in May. As a matter of fact the film is picking up even more buzz as more and more people are beginning to hear about it through the social mediums and word of mouth. A huge sincere thank you to anyone who has ever uttered the words Bong Of The dead to a friend or family. I am so pleased that people genuinely love the film and have nothing but positive feed back after viewing it.

It seems Im getting more and more emails each day from complete strangers who have some how stumbled across my blogs, tweets or Bong Of the dead website and love what they have seen. I have people from all over the world writing me emails thanking me for taking the steps Ive take in completing my movie and thanking me for inspiring them to do the same! That is a great feeling of accomplishment not only making a movie and going through the madness but to be recognized for it then thanked for inspiring others to follow the same path. A huge “You are welcome” to all of you who have felt inspired by my journey and I wish you all the best in your endeavors as well. Remember the simplest rule of all….NEVER GIVE UP!

My film is now working its way through more festival circuits as I am receiving invites from reputable festivals from all over the world who want to show my film at their venues. The film will be getting a wide European release come October which means I can finally buy one of those shirts that say “I’m famous In Europe!” LOL The next few months will be even more exciting as I hopefully will get to travel and promote the film at those festivals.

Another bit of cool news is the fact that I have just had a face lift done to the Bong Of The Dead web site! You can now request the film to be shown at a theater in your region by simply visiting the website ( http://www.bongofthedead.com ) and clicking on the banner. You can then send me an email request telling me where you would like to have BOTD shown. Once I collect the data of the number of requests for the film I will be able to book dates for the film to be shown at a theater near you in those regions. Please visit the website and tell me where you would like to see BOTD. Also dont forget to share that information with others whom you know would also be interested in seeing BOTD so that they too can send in their requests. If you happen to live in Vancouver British Columbia then you are in luck because the film will be doing a second showing on August 19th at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver. For more details on ticket sales please visit the website!

THANK YOU!

It feels great to make it out of the darkness finally!

Time to Flip the Script!

Ok so I know that my last blog was on the negative side so I want to formally apologize for getting negative at a time when I should be positive. I seem to have trouble with not being able to express myself without sometimes coming across as harsh or pessimistic. For the record I want to say that although I don’t approve of “The System” in my industry I realize that I have to follow it in order to succeed…..for now anyways.

I understand that distribution companies and agents all have their purpose in the whole scheme of things. I guess if you were to refer to it as the machine that “It” or “the system” is, then all the parts of the engine have their place in order to move the whole vehicle forward. I just hate starting out as the whole engine and body myself then after its said and done being reduced to a nut;). At the end of the day I’m still in a far better position than most first time filmmakers out there. I have distribution offers coming in! I mean that is a lot more than some others can say about their films. I should be happy and grateful that people are paying attention and that my work is getting noticed. I’m actually getting a lot of emails from random people who want to either congratulate me on my achievements and talk about how they really enjoyed the trailers and posters etc. The film has been featured on over 200 websites to date and climbing. I just landed a large spread in Rue Morgue magazine, Girls and Corpses and Fango is coming around finally after 2 years of me pestering them! All these things are more than any lone filmmaker can wish for. I suppose I should be grateful and jumping up and down with joy and not stuck in this funk!

I am also grateful for my Agents efforts and I actually genuinely like him. He answers my calls and my e-mails even though I’m not the only filmmaker he has on his watch list. Hes a tough old dog with a lot of experience under his belt and hes got a lot of fight left in him still and doesn’t bullshit me which is the most important part of doing business to me. I’m also happy to have friends in the distribution circle who are keeping an eye on me and give me advice when I need it. You space cowboys know who you are. Thank you for your words of encouragement during my darkest hours and thank you for always being there when I need your advice regardless if I ask or not. Especially thank you for catching my bad tweets with missing links and missing pictures now and then;)

I think its time I stop wasting precious time and good blogging space with whining and flip the script! I need to do what every other creative does when they enter the darkness….self destruct with booze and drugs until I’m in a self induced coma! Just kidding…I’m not much of a drinker. Nope, I think I will do what the next best thing is and that is keep going and doing whatever I can to move forward. Ive been working on my new Bong posters and now I’m about to cut a new demo reel for myself since I need to start looking for work while Bong does its thing. Its time I update my old demo reel and include my biggest achievement to date! I know that I will get out of this funk and the positive energy will come pouring back into me before I know it. Its just tough being in my position and trying to remain positive. I think I need to read “The Secret” again starting tomorrow!

In the mean time here is my latest poster!

Another new poster art!

From Famine to Feast!

I’m sure every filmmaker out there knows what its like when you struggle and try so hard for so long just to get your work noticed. Its not easy getting peoples attention these days unless you do something completely crazy that most people would say is not worth the effort for the slight possibility that it may still not get noticed. I say to hell with that “Its easier to not try the try at all” mentality! If you are as serious about your dreams as I am then there are no limits and there are no boundaries unless of course you harm another human or animal or do something so sick in the process that its simply morally wrong. I guess common sense which isn’t so common would come to play there. I know that I have sacrificed my home, wife and my health on many occasions just to get my movie done and in the process Ive been documenting it all on video accumulating footage for a documentary which I plan on releasing tilted “Dare To Dream”. Its about my struggles right from day one, actualy 5 years of footage of trying to make it even before I started Bong.

I really don’t know why I’m so obsessive with making movies or why watching them and collecting them makes me feel the way it does. Its almost like oxygen to me as in I need them to breathe and to live. Its also a great means of escape which we all need now and then in today’s fast paced world of credit debt, global tension and economical hardships. Im sure some of you know exactly what I mean when I say movies are like my life line.

Now that Bong is officially finished and I actually am in the marketing phase of things it seems that important people around the world are finally beginning to take notice. By important people I mean dream makers who have the authority and the connections to put my film in the light where others can finally see what I’ve accomplished for the past 2.5 years all alone in my dark basement studio. All the thousands of hours of neck cramps, leg cramps and carpel tunnel is finally becoming worth it!

Dealing with distribution offers is a whole other ball park when you’re used to trying to get a hold of them and instead ending up with the same generic answer of “Just send us a screener copy and we’ll let you know”. It seems that distribution companies are a tight nit circle of friends who pass information to one another and somehow they are all interconnected from all corners of the world. Of course most are in competition with one another but others have partners in corners of the world which help extend their reach. I am now getting emails, and phone calls from them instead of the other way around and its a great feeling that someone is noticing my hard work! However not all distribution companies are interested in the struggling filmmaker trying to make it scenario which is a major back story to my movie. Some simply want to buy the product, ie The movie and turn around and sell it for a profit and dont care whether or not Ive almost died several times trying to make the film. Others on the other hand love the idea that there is more to the film and that there is passion sweat blood and tears which have made the final product and they want to explore that aspect as well. I’m leaning more towards the companies that care about my story as a filmmaker and my movie at the same time. At this stage most filmmakers get taken for everything because they are so excited that someone is finally paying attention to them so they sign without knowing what they are actually giving away! I’m lucky enough to have been researching distribution offers and the dos and donts for the past 2 years way before I even shot my first scene. Best thing I ever did was invest in Stacey Parks Book “The Insiders Guide to Independent Film Distribution”. This book is the bible for indie filmmakers and if you don’t own it then you are already on the wrong path! Do whatever it takes to get a copy and read it then once you’re done reading it, read it again then repeat! I always had distribution in mind which is why I did a lot of the things I did during production and post such as creating various posters for the different corners of the world and translating my press kit to 4 different languages and so on.

Filmmakers need to realize that the days of having no options but to go with a distributor are over! Finally the little guy has a voice and has a very big friend in his court and that friends name is “THE INTERNET!” In today’s world we have so many online options for self distribution which makes it a whole lot easier to get found! We have Netflix,Amazon,Createspace,IMDB,Youtube,Without a box etc. the list goes on and on. All these companies are now a huge part of self distribution which is a common root for people like me and you. We no longer have to jump to the first offer that comes down the pipe because we can do it ourselves and its been proven. Look at “Paranormal Activity” which got rejected from every major festival and distribution was not knocking. A film which cost peanuts to make grossed 240 Million! Of course using a reputable distribution company will give you a more wider reach right from the start but heck if you self distribute and it blows up then distributors come knocking anyways.

I’m of the opinion that if you want to get your film noticed then do whatever you can to make sure its done rationally be it self distribution or taking the first offer on the table. If the deal is good and its what you want then go for it! That said if you are not in any hurry to recoup your expenses which is my scenario then take your time and do the festival circle and build clout, do the platform theatrical release in your hometown and generate press etc. Remember I only spent 5 grand on my movie so im not in a desperate position to make that money back. I plan on making sure that Bong not only becomes a success but that it also launches my name and allows me to be able to do more films. I am not a one hit wonder and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. I simply want whats best for the film and myself which is why I’m actually turning down some offers and asking others to hold off until I look at all the offers carefully. You should never jump into a decision that could affect the rest of your life without scrutinizing it to bits! Having a lawyer helps a great deal especially one who specializes in entertainment law. Now being a brokeass filmmaker means you probably cant afford one and neither can I quite honestly but Im lucky to have one through a family member so it helps a great deal. I have no advice on how to get one without going further into debt. I’m pretty sure you can get a one hour free consultation perhaps with a lawyer who actually cares. Pick their brains and see if its worth retaining one.

All in all I’m happy to be where I am right now where I can say yes or no or maybe to the offers coming forward. It lets me know that I’m on the right path and that there is great potential in my film. Remember though don’t be cocky just be realistic and honest. When I say be honest I mean be honest with the distribution comapnies you are dealing with and with yourself. Does your film have the potential to become the next “Blaire Witch Project” or “Open Water” or “Paranormal Activity” ? If you think it does and others who have seen it say it does then in the famous words from Fubar….”Giver!”

New trailer and website coming up soon so please check it out!

Thomas

No time to kick up the heels yet!

Well I thought that finishing my first feature film Bong Of The Dead would finally mean that I would get to take a nice break and breathe for a moment as the reality of being done settled in. It seems now that the movie is done I am onto a whole new adventure as I try and make meetings and phone calls. During the process of promoting the film I am of course in need of more print material for posters as well as other materials which I have to create all the artwork for at the same time. I’m so glad that I have the love,passion and skill set for graphic design and using photoshop! At least creating new posters and artwork to promote the film further is the fun part in all the legal business part of the journey.

I will admit that I wrote a letter to Robert Rodriguez at Troublemaker Studio in Texas with hopes that he gets it and pays attention to me. In order to ensure that he gets the letter I sent it to 3 different addresses which I had just in case any of them were fake. I’m just trying to reach out to someone I admire and want to be like and see if he answers….after all “You never know” and I am a firm believer that neither will you if you never ask! I’m just some guy in his basement trying to make it! I just need a bit of help in getting there. Its not like I cant carry my own.. I strongly know that I do have what it takes and have proved it with my first NO budget feature. Now if someone would please give a shit and allow me the opportunities that would be greatly appreciated. So Robert if you get those letters please give me a jingle and lets talk! Im sure I can find the time to chit chat:)

I will be updating the old web page and placing a whole new splash page and portal to the film. Im in the middle of creating all the art work and pages for the website coming soon! Once I get all that done I will hand it over to my Web PR Guru and he will take care of the rest. Keep an eye out for the new site updates!

Ill write down as soon as I have some new news.

Thomas

4,3,2,1….Count down starts!

Well it seems as if I have been stuck in a world of constant stress ever since I wrapped on my film 2 years ago. Some of my stress has been due to not having the man power to do a whole film in post. Other parts of the stress have had to do with learning new software and doing things Ive never done before and acquiring new skills I never thought I would need. The biggest part of the stress has been attributed to the constant paranoia and fear of losing the entire film that Ive devoted my entire 2 years to. I guess that little nightmare came true on the 11th but I’m not gonna go there so read the previous 2 blogs if you already haven’t. The wounds are still too fresh. BUT…since that incident I have become more confident and have had to pick myself back up and go at it again for the sake of the movie!

I am now scoring the entire film and am doing it in only 2 days! This is all the time I have for now before my Cuban side kick kicks my ass because I have not met his deadline and expectations. I am pretty sure I can meet his request and have the entire film scored by using everything I have in my “loops” library as well as any music I get submitted and acquisitioned or purchased. Wow just writing all the things I need to do for music it seems like yet another insane undertaking which once again I have no choice but to bare. However I do know a thing or two about music so I think I may impress even myself! Fingers crossed. The bonus of me doing all my own music on the film is that the music credit will read, Music by: THOMAS NEWMAN. Of course everyone will assume its the famous Thomas Newman that does all the major films in Hollywood.

Once I meet Andres’s deadline and get him the music for the entire film, he and I will be setting up camp for another 4 days from the 26th-29th! This time will be used for us to mix and master the entire film! Andres has already performed miracles when he set up “ADR camp” at my studio and we banged out an entire film recording all actors dialogue again. He then did the amazing job of mixing all the tracks with the sound FX as well as folly. Once we complete “Sound Camp” the film should be complete 2 weeks into December!

The count down to the finale begins on the 26th!

Return of the Living Bong!!! Back from the DEAD!

Yesterday I felt as if I had woken up with in a bad dream and life had suddenly become not worth living! I guess all my fears of losing all the hard work I have put into my film for that past two years had suddenly become a reality! The last time I had a gut instinct I lost 15 years worth of my hard work due to faulty digital drives mass produced over seas. To be so close to the finish line then lose it all is not something I can even put in words. There is no way to express how I felt the moment I lost the film in its entirety. The countless hours I have spent in the dark in my basement learning software just to allow me to do a whole film in post is immeasurable! Not to mention the other countless hours I have spent putting to use my newly learned skills. All that time I spend on the film is time away from life! My friends can attest to my absence for the past few years as I have completely isolated myself from everyone just to get this movie completed. I have also sacrificed tremendous amounts of hours away from my wife and family. All of this just to pursue a dream that I have been chasing for the past 16 years.

The era of digital film making has its benefits but its down falls are also equally as deadly. When you turn your dream into a string of infinite 010101′s you are leaving your fate in the hands of technology. Although we have come a long ways in developing these truly magnificent and useful tools such as hard drives, RAM, video cards and computers in general, we still have a long way to go in making them full proof. I have built the best MAC I can afford to take on my first feature film and have put all my eggs in one basket. The MAC has served me well and I have treated it with equal respect as it does hold my future within its beautifully engineered shiny aluminum gut. Its scary how much trust one has to put on a machine that holds all the cards! Back ups have become a standard operating procedure for me ever since I lost my previous works ton a Western Digital drive which also held my life for a duration. Once it died as did all my hard work with in it! Luckily I did not have Bong on that drive at the time. Once Bong is finished I will take my MAC and bind it in thick chain and locks and place it in a glass chamber for eternity. I have used it to its full potential and it has delivered everything I have ever needed it to do but not with out a price. Yeas things cost money to upgrade and fix but its the emotional stress that I find more taxing than any dollar I have ever spent on upgrading or tech tuning. Once the MAC is put to sleep forever I will then start again with the newest MAC on the market and start another relationship with yet a newer monster which will end up owning me as all my other MACs have in the past. By all I mean only 2 of course since MAC’s are the best computers on the planet! ( That was a plug for Apple in hopes that Steve Jobs will support me as a filmmaker in the future…wink). Ok enough bullshit and to the news about Bongs future!

I received a call from my data recovery specialist late last night with great news! He was able to fix my drive and save Bong!! He assured me that the files were unharmed and that the drive would be good for more years to come. As much as I believe him because he proved he can bring something back from the dead even though several others had tried! I have lost my trust in yet another drive manufacturer which I’m sorry but I have to name. this time I almost lost more than just a movie due to a Seagate drive. The drive was 2 years old but the fact that it died 2 years almost to the date on Bongs anniversary is too creepy even for me! I have managed to replace the drive with a new Hitachi drive so now all internal drives are Hitachi and my MAC family is complete. Thank you to Andy Scott the data recovery specialist who jumped on the task and saved the day! I highly recommend his services to anyone who has to go through what I went through and I hope you dont! But if you do feel free to call Andy!

RecovaDat
“Raising your data from the dead”

( Six/Zero/Four – Eight/Eight/Two – Three/Nine/Nine/Seven

Long story short I have now got the Media 2 drive back in the MAC and everything is as it was before the 11th and the film is smoother and faster than ever. I guess the weird glitches I had experienced in the past had to do with a poor drive and not Final cut pro or the MAC acting up. How ironic is it that Bong, a Zombie movie has died then returned from the dead! Zombies rule!!!

Back to worQ!!

NOV 11TH, A DAY TO REMEMBER!!!

What I am about to write in the next few seconds has nothing to do about fallen soldiers or anything remotely close to Remembrance day. Last night Nov. 10th I managed to finalize the film poster for Bong Of The Dead and managed to upload it for the world to see on Facebook and here. I was so happy to finally be three weeks away from releasing my film which I have spent 2 solid years of my life on! I have sacrificed friendships, time and love from family just to stay in the dark and plug away at my dreams one single frame at a time. I have always feared that something was going to happen to the film before I got a chance to show it to the world but never thought it would actually happen.

This morning November 11tht Remembrance day I woke up and turned on my MAC just to stare at a desk top which is only showing me 3 out of 4 of my internal drives! To my surprise I was faced with my worse nightmare and what I am about to say is 100 % true and not fabricated as hype. I have 4 drives named Macintosh HD, Media2, Media3 and Media4. Macintosh HD is my main drive that runs the whole machine but Media 2,3 and 4 are the ones dedicated to Bong. Media 2 is the most important drive because it has everything that Bong is made of from posters, to behind the scenes pictures to all the data files understood by Final Cut, After Effects etc! 2 years of my hard work and life exist on Media 2 but the drive itself no longer exists! Yes that’s right…3 weeks away from distributing the movie and I have lost the movie! I repeat “I HAVE LOST THE MOVIE” , or my fucking MAC has lost it I should say! Or the drive being 2 years old has decided to fucking die right before I release the movie! After having a heart attack on the spot I phoned Apple and was lead into a dead end after 2 hours then I managed to take the drive to work and have my Computer techs mess with it and they were not successful. Finally I was referred to someone who does data recovery for a way less price than the usual 2-3000 dollars! I of course being a broke film maker as is, cant even afford 30 bucks let alone 3000 dollars! Having been left with no choice I managed to drop off the drive to the specialist and left him to his work. Not even 5 minutes after dropping off the drive, I get pulled over by some arrogant asshole cop with a small penis and balding hair who decides he wants to give me a ticket for no seat belt even though I told him I just pulled out of the drive way which was one and a half blocks away and was looking for a gas station in a panic because I was also in Tim buck 2 with no fuel! Of course I am already panicked given the fact that 2 years of my life has just been wiped off the face of the earth! The cop smiles with an “I dont give a shit look” on his ugly mug and hands me a fucking ticket for 165$ and tells me its not the end of the world! Well actually you balding fucking prick! It is the end of the world as I know it because I not only cant afford the recovery of my drive but I have no money for your stupid fucking ticket either!

However the ticket is the least of my worries a this moment as I am still waiting for the specialist to call me with a status update. Words cant express the place I am in mentally at this moment! I do have back ups but they are not like the original and will require even further work to fix and reassemble. I cant keep doing this shit because its killing me just trying! I have no update as of now but I will keep you posted!

This is a day I definitely will not forget.

The count down begins!

Well, I cant believe I’m about to write an actual date which Bong will be done by! It has been an incredibly exhausting trip from day one of pre production to filming and then especially post. I must say I have had more near death experiences while in post than I did during pre and actual filming of the film itself. I guess the majority of my stress has come from bizarre software related issues in post which caused my film to not be accessible at some point or another. The amount of technical glitches and mishaps were honestly enough to make me want to quit many times and find the nearest bridge! However having been through many sleepless nights which blurred into days then weeks, I can say that it has been worth it. I never expected to take a film which I shot for only 5 thousand dollars and then turn around and make it look like a couple million all in post. The truth is I have done my best with what I have had available and I believe Ive succeeded in proving that I can do it. Along the way I have made a few new close friends and lost a few but some how through it all I managed to end up exactly where Im supposed to. Im glad to have had the help and support of all my friends and family who contributed their efforts to help me pursue my passion and dream. The film will be finished at the end of this month and ready to hit the circuits. November 30 th is the official completion date of Bong Of The Dead. Since I am at the end almost I decided to celebrate by designing a final film release poster which I will post here. Its almost the same as the last one but has a lot more grit. Ill keep you posted!

Bong Of The Dead Film Release poster