all sorts of new photos up!

It's been some time since I've posted some pictures here. As always, everything is up on my flickr site. Enjoy!

Bloody Good Movie Test Screening!

Be one of the first to see the new feature film Bloody Good Movie!

We will be having a test screening at Ball State on October 16 in LB 125 at 7pm. All you have to do is arrive, watch a movie, and fill out a brief questionnaire about how you liked the film. We'll be using the feedback in further cuts of the film.

All are invited and the event is free of charge. Seating is limited, so be sure to get there on time!

If you didn't know, Bloody Good Movie is this year's tcom Summer HD film, directed by yours truly. It's a comedy/horror that follows a group of writers as they try to come up with their next big hit.

The next screening won't be until at least spring 2010, if not later, so be sure to come out if you want to see the film!

Hope to see you there.

Run Hollywood Summer submitted to Sundance!

Well kids, after well over a year and a half of hard work, Run Hollywood Summer is finally on its way out to film festivals! I just sent it off the the first and most important film fest: Sundance. I'll find out later this fall whether it gets in or not, so keep your fingers crossed. It's a lottery ticket, but who knows?

In other news, I just put up some pictures from my recent photo shoot with Olivia. They're some of my best head shots, so mosey on over to flickr and check it out. The pictures were all shot with available natural light. I made sure to shoot at dusk and found some nice locations that gave me the back and fill light I needed.

The Constant Nightmares

Ever since I first goofed off with a digital camera, I've always been interested in taking pictures that made the mundane threatening and bizarre. 'The Constant Nightmares' is a set of these particular photos. I shall be adding more pictures regularly. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, some small, tiny, minuscule news. I'M FINALLY DONE EDITING RUN HOLLYWOOD SUMMER! CELEBRATE! WOOOOOOO!!

Muckrakers Auditions!

Auditions are coming up for the new webisode series I'm directing! If you happen to be spending your year at lovely Ball State and fancy yourself an actor you should mosey on down to room AC 312 Thursday, Sept 3rd at 8pm and try out.

In case you don't know, the webisode series Muckrakers follows the misadventures of two narcissistic freshmen journalism students out on a mission to find the best story on campus. The humor is in the style of such sitcoms as 'Always Sunny in Philadelphia' and 'Seinfeld'.

Here is the informational email I sent out in case you didn't get a copy:


Hey there!

You may recall me talking to you at some point about a webisode series I’m doing this year called ‘Muckrakers’ and something about how you should audition for it. Well, audition time is here, specifically this Thursday, September 3 at 8pm in AC 312. Let me know if you can make it, and if you can’t, if there’s another time you could audition.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, mostly from the first episode. It will be set up more like callbacks, everybody will be reading with each other.

As for time commitment regarding the shoot itself, shooting will take place late September / early October over two weekends. Also, you would be needed sometime next semester to shoot Season 2 of Muckrakers. Shooting has not been scheduled yet, so we will work around your schedule.

I’ve included at PDF of all the episodes for the first season for you to read. If you have any questions or need to get a hold of me my email is danfinnen@gmail.com

Thanks!

Dan

Manhattan Atmospherics

Just got back from a debaucherous little weekend in NYC. Ah, vacation. Never content to only drink copious amounts of alcohol, I managed to find some time to do some photography and writing. All of the photos are up on my flickr account here.

Principle Shooting Done for Bloody Good Movie

Principle (principal? I never know which) shooting is all wrapped up for the latest Ball State tcom summer HD film, Bloody Good Movie. Yeah, it used to be called Blood, Bath and Beyond, but apparently some pornographic film already got that name first. I think its a good sign that I'm competing with pornography for names.

Now that I'm not directing all hours of the day everyday I'll be restarting all the projects I had off to the side. Right now I'm working on film festival submissions for Run Hollywood Summer, and Muckrackers preproduction will begin in earnest once again.

More about new projects will be coming soon, but in the meantime, here's a smattering of some pictures I've taken lately. Enjoy!