The Frinj flick#1 "our behinds are fryin' on the side walk"

So as you may be aware we are film makers. And our first film gets it ugly rear end into production this summer. That's what we've been counting on for the last year and a half or so. Of course you allways need a plan 'b', 'c' and quite possibly 'd'. The reason being that all of the resources we had before are gone. Capput. At one point we had several computers capable of everything we needed for visual effects. Gone. At one point we actually lived in the city that the movie is set in.
For the last five months we have been painfully moving to Moscow, ID. We have our computers but no amount of bubble gum and scotch tape will make them into lean mean CGI machines. The short of it is that for the last five months we have been trying to cope with more change, and so no progress has been made. My comic book is still not on the presses. And so money is still an issue. No machines exist to edit on any more. Well the machines exist but they can't pull a flea's weight. In April I will go to spend two months. Count them two months. Going in reverse progress with my Dad. Trying to do anything intellectual while we party and fix cars is nothing short of impossible. So in truth I don't know and have serious doubts as to whether this flick will be more than a family home video. You know the kind that your mom pulls out on your twentieth birth day for your girl friend to see. *shudders*.

So obviously I need to take steps to insure the safety of this production.

Step #1: Finish the comic book and get it on the presses.This is especially key to the success of the film as it will create a fanbase. Which we don't have yet(to my knowledge).

Step #2: Finish the website. Both of them. At the Drawn stories studios website we need to have at the very least a promotional poster and copyright at the bottom. To establish that we are not screwin' around. Unschooling madness needs again *one article* just a start. Something to show off to future prospects.

Step #3: Have a meeting for potential volunteers to work on the film. We need people who are willing to hold the lights, cameras, and microphones. We also need people who might have connections to other people.

Step #4: Finish the frickin' scipt. Just a first draft would be nice. Something that can soak in the red marker.

Step #5: Make enough dough to by a decent machine. Just something that will edit movies, sound, and can handle some 3d modeling. We also need a render farm, and some other stuff, but we can worry about computer muscle in post. We just need something to start.

Step #6: I am going to start teaching a class in CGI. In the hopes that I can slam together a team of hard working nerds that can pull off the hair systems, particle systems, complex muscular deformation,...etc.

Step #7: I want to design and sew the clothes for the comic book. The reason being that it will hopefully act as a good promotional tool. But naturally this is low on the list of to-dos.

Step #8: Hopefully I can get an internship with Robert Rodriguez. That would be awesome blossom. We have talked about this for two years now. And it couldn't hurt anything to ask.

Step #9: Turn Drawnstories studios into a real business. Mom says we need an 'S' corporation. But I'm afraid that being something that can be tossed around like a corporation, will end us up in the wrong hands. Mom says that in an 'S' corporation only family members will be able own shares. Except we all have different last names. Who will know?

basically this is what we need to do to get this show on the road (pun intended). This has been the first of a series of entries about the progress of our first film. Isn't that a production diary? who knows.--Noe Martinez