Bringing In a New Year

With a BANG! and a BANG!!

Anyway, even if nothing ever comes of this. I'm so thrilled that this footage finally gets to see the light of day. Everyone did such a great job. This is just a small example of the great things that we can achieve when given the right tools to work with. It bodes well for future endeavors.

We're going to begin fundraising efforts early next year (2009!) and so we hope that anyone who's a fan of what we're doing here will jump onboard and help try to make this dream a reality.

There are a couple more scenes coming, and these scenes are hopefully the first steps toward achieving great things in the coming year. 2009 is gonna be a big year for everyone here at Amateur Hour. And by everyone I mainly mean myself. It's my resolution to really kick it up a notch in 2009. Redoubling my efforts. Leaving nothing on the field. Insert your favorite euphemism here. But I have a good feeling about '09. So everyone stay tuned.

The Amateur Hour Website is officially up and running. Scenes from youtube will be making their way to the site shortly, and will be a general catch all for everything Amateur Hour. Whatever that exactly is.

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2009!

Gears In Motion

For the first time tonight, I saw something I wrote on film (not counting the viewing window of the camera while we were shooting). It was a great feeling to say the least. I've been at a point recently where I really needed a spark in my life to keep the gears in motion, and I definitely feel like I got just what I was seeking in that tonight.

Needless to say, we got the updates we needed for Final Cut, to see our beautiful footage, and beautiful is an understatement. Breathtaking perhaps? I was totally floored by Brian's editing skills. He really brought it together in a big way. By the time I got around to getting a look at it after we got our technical issues ironed out, he was already half done editing half the scenes. Hats off. The man's a genius. Or a savant to say the least.

And now that we have footage with which to work with, I'm also proud to report that Matt is also masterfully bringing the website along. Might have something we can show people post hence. Weeks of prolonged inaction punctuated by a flurry of happenings. Seems to be the order of things.

Here's to driving the wheels of progress forward. Gung ho!