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!

Finaly 260 shots done!!!

So it has been one year and a bit since Ive been stuck in the dark confines of my theater slash Office where every second of my life has been dedicated to finishing my film entirely by myself now that in post! At the rate of 30 frames per second and shots varying from 1.5 seconds to 18 seconds long you can imagine the amount of work involved in trying to complete this movie when adding 260 shots which required compositing!

Through it all I have changed immensely not just as a Producer/Director but as an individual all together. Ive discovered who my true friends are and who are not. I feel a lot more knowledgeable of my craft now then ever since I had to submerge myself into editing and composting and learning software that is new to me in order to make it all possible. I can finally look back at all the hard work it took right from the start when I set out with to make a movie for only $5000. Had it not been for my loyal friends and family I would not have been bale to pull it off by spending so little and getting so much. Im now hoping to have the film done sometime in October as I push forward with Audio part of the project which deals with some rerecording of actors dialogues, sound FX and music.

I will hopefully have a new official trailer and some new mini documentary footage coming soon!

Thanks
Thomas

Pick ups for Bong finaly done!

Yesterday was the last chapter in capturing the final pick ups for Bong Of The Dead! Why did I want to shoot more one year later? Well I always had some really cool shots in my head and of course because of the tight schedule I had put together for the actual shoot, I had to let go of some shots. Well, now that the film is technically finished and I’m tweaking it I thought heck its a perfect time to get those inserts I always wanted for some added gore! I called Mike Fields and his lovely assistant Mandi, Gabriel Medina, Andres Santana who are the usual suspects in making these things happen. Once the micro crew showed up it was time for some really disgusting movie magic. I have a couple pictures here but nothing that truly shows what we were up to. Im sorry but you will have to wait for the movie to see that.

Try to keep your real hands in tact!

Looking good!

Thats using your head!