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First Parable Films Ready to Edit

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

I’ve had a dream for a long time of making short films based on parables… or at least making films that are parables about biblical truths.
I have the first two of those films ready to edit! I produced and directed one film over the weekend and on Monday a friend of mine directed the other [...]

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Jane Siberry’s “you decide what feels right” pricing: “
Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog describes how some small-scale recording artists are succeeding on the web. One interesting bit mentions the ‘pay what you can policy’ used by Jane Siberry. The result: People wind up paying more than they would at iTunes.
Like many, I’m restless and [...]

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Weeds Season 2 on DVD

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Weeds Season 2 can now be pre-ordered on Amazon.com!
Update: And now…

Click for Weeds Season 2 on iTunes!
Weeds has become one of my favorite shows, and judging from the hits from searches for the show on this site, I’m not alone. And with a pre-order price of just $25.99, I imagine a lot [...]

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MIA – Alan Hartung

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Okay, I know I’ve been absent from the blog… absent from my house church… absent from a lot of other things. I’ve been crazy busy with trying to find a new place to live, doing a ton of web development work, shooting a short film and a tv pilot (not the really good kind, but [...]

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So Strange

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

You’d think an actor would be fine with seeing himself on TV, but…
I just was looking online at tvguide.com to see what’s on, and I realize my episode of Untold Stories of the ER is rerunning! I watch it, and it’s just so strange to me thinking that thousands of people are seeing my mug [...]

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On Avail for a Spec Commercial

Monday, May 15th, 2006

To be “on avail” means you have to keep the date open while the director sides who they are casting. This will be my fourth commercial avail… I think I’m due for a booking! What do you think?
Unfortunately, it’s a non-union spot that doesn’t pay very much (although it’s decent for a spec, but that [...]

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SUV Hit by Train

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

I tried to post this via email, but it didn’t work. Has anyone gotten the post by email function in WordPress working? Just curious…
Any way, I wanted to provide more details than typing in slowly on my phone allowed for any way.
So I got a rush call for an audition. I have an oil leak [...]

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Open Source Screenwriting Software

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Celtx – Open Source Screenwriting Software
Ask and you shall receive. I searched for open source screenwriting software, and voila, I found there was a most excellent piece of software called Celtx.
The writing tools included give it a leg up on Final Draft, believe it or not. Sure, there are some features of Final Draft Celtx [...]

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Main Page – FreeMind – free mind mapping software:
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map) software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click “fold / unfold” and “follow link” [...]

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A Long Shot

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

I’m working on a documentary right now, and I don’t want to give too much of the details out in public. We have access to some equipment through my alma mater, but we can’t have as much use as we need to get the footage necessary to complete this thing.
So… here goes. We either need [...]

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