M dot Strange update 1/22/12
My Xmas/New Years break was 2 weeks longer than expected because of cancelled flight complications but now I'm back and.... well... as I wrote before I left ...I expected the music for Heart String Marionette to be done by the time I came back and it isn't...
I spent a lot of 2011 waiting for the music but I didn't just sit around doing nothing... I did 8 episodes of Badassery, did a Rabbit Junk video, wrote 2 books, finished the script and storyboards for my next film... so as I'm waiting in 2012 I won't just sit around...
As far as HSM being incomplete goes... it's really just a matter of money... No one who has worked on HSM has been paid a single cent... not me for my 4+ years of work and not Endika for his 3+ years of work on the project... To do my part of HSM I do it all myself so the only limit is me..... for Endika to complete his part he has to work with several musicians... professional musicians who get paid for their time... if you're not paying them then you have to wait until they have the time/desire to work for you for free... if you had the $$$ to pay them they'd do it tomorrow... but when you don't you have to wait...
So there's been several times when it was "all supposed to be finished" but reality and the lack of $$$ got in the way...
It KILLS me to wait... so if you're anxious to see HSM I'm like 1000x more so... but there's nothing for me to do besides wait... I already finished the HSM "M dot Strange Soundtrack" for the DVD... I could easily pop that in and say that its done BUT Endika is both my friend and co-collaborator on HSM... and I should be giving him an "Assistant Director" credit on the film because of his contributions to the narrative as the project has gone on... I can honestly say that his contributions to the film have made the film better and I'm not even talking about the music as that's another thang...P.S. the music that is done is amazing
We already missed 3 film festivals that we were invited or selected to premiere at... I already seem like some unprofessional rookie with all my "it will be done by" statements... the only thing that has been lost is respect in M dot Strange as a producer with no money ^_^ So I wait....
So again I apologize... I've done everything I can do to complete HSM asap... but its been out of my hands for about 10 months now... unless I scrap the original vision... I believe in that film and I only have a few friends and I'll believe in them until the end unless they give me reason not too.... as long as you're doing your best and not wasting my time jerking me around I won't say FUCK YOU AND PEACE OUT
Now that I got that out of the way I should tell you about the projects I'm working on by myself in 2012...
M dot Strange's DARKSIDED- A series of short animated horror films centered around monsters and demons
BADASSERY- new episodes including "Scientologist Robots on the Moon" , "FAP FACTORY" and "MINECRAFT w/HAPPY ENDING"
I'm also to go further into my next animated feature film which for the first time I'm making the title known OMG?! The title of my next film is "GOD LIVES UNDERWATER" (nothing to do with 90's band of same name)- it has to do with "god" and takes place underwater ^_^ I already finished the script and storyboard and now I will start modeling everything... so I will start animating it this year and NOTHING I repeat NOTHING will hold me back on this one ^_^
I serve my audience above all... so this waiting/lagging has really eaten away at me the past year for letting yall down : ( I hope yall will stick with me as I have lots planned for the coming year ^_^
While I was on my Xmas trip I filled up a little sketchbook with drawings... Here's a few of them...
I also storyboarded a couple short little random animated shorts on my trip imma make asaP as well...
So again I apologize for the delays... I'm doing my best but I still have a lot to learn...
If you can't wait and want to know more about Heart String Marionette... both about the film and the making of if check out the book here
So thanks again for sticking with me... even with all these delays I GUARANTEE Heart String Marionette WILL BLOW YOUR MIND and you will watch it over and over once you see it ^_^
It will be out this year... hopefully sooner rather than later... its been a long journey... I've been in cycles of excitement/depression while waiting on HSM... when I open the edit and look at it I'm excited then when I realize I can't put it out yet and have to wait I get depressed...
I wrote "God Lives Underwater" while excited so while it is darker than HSM its not all E_VILE.... BUT I wrote the outline for the film after that while depressed and its FUCKED... I'll crank out that script soon too...
So imma just keep working and complete the things I can do myself....
If you have any ideas/suggestions of stuff you'd like to see me make/do while waiting for HSM let me know in the comments!
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