Shit, it's been a crazy month. Every week I think it will end but then something else happens. It's hard to believe all this is over a
YouTube video I made in 30 minutes that was supposed to be an injoke at work, which then ballooned into a YouTube hit, my suspension from work, a media circus and now floods of freelance jobs and various studios knocking on the door.
It's slightly infuriating as well, as everyone is like "DO MORE CARTOON THINGS" and I understand those were funny, but they're so cheaply made. I hate to be a broken record and keep banging that drum. Plus, our comedy troupe has been working on (what we think is) really stellar live action stuff for awhile but no one seems quite as interested in that. Maybe it's because we haven't really edited together that stuff and showed it off (which takes a hell of a lot longer than the Xtranormal cartoons). Not to say I'm totally against animation, infact I love the stuff, but I don't want to keep relying on such cheap animation tools much longer. Maybe we can strike a balance between the two genres...
This week is the culmination of everything, said studios are talking to us in the next few days, we really have no idea if they even want anything, other than just to say hi, but we're hoping they are going to help us put some of our projects out at the level we want. We have a few comedic webseries we've scripted out and then a truckload of short sketches/skits as well. Problem is, our camera guy, musician & actor all have day jobs, so it's hard to get those things busted out. I hate to say money solves everything, but it would certainly help get things rolling faster.
And then today, I do an media interview and one of the producers is like "HEY WHY DON'T YOU HAVE AN AGENT, YOU NEED A PUBLICIST, GO TO L.A. AND SHOP YOUR IDEAS, YOU NEED TO HURRY!" which is all great except that requires money and let's not forget that I have no steady job right now. We're currently debating if we're worth doing something as crazy as driving to L.A. and knocking on doors. Part of me worries that it would be a huge waste of time and what little funds I have, but the other part is screaming " HURRY UP YOU NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SHIT," at the top of it's lungs, beating me over the head with a hammer.
Shit, I dunno, it's hard to plan anything when the picture changes everyday. Who knows WTF will happen tomorrow.
Somehow in the midst of all of this I have made a little progress on Mass Effect 2, which I bought just as this thing went down. I just love sci-fi RPG's, especially ones as story driven as this one. It's the first RPG where I actually want to do all the side quests and talk to everyone. At times it does seem more like an interactive movie, but that doesn't really bother me as much as I'd thought.
Anyway, that's enough paragraphs for now, if you read this far down, I owe you a Coke or Pepsi, your choice.
-KS