'The Courier' tagged in a top 10?

'The Courier' is having a banner couple of days, that's for sure! Just stumbled across this link.

http://www.zehn.de/die-10-besten-science-fiction-kurzfilme-im-netz-2456625-0

While I can't read everything on the page (i think its in Dutch... or German), it does look like it says
'The Courier' is in their top 10 sci-fi short films on the internet. That's really awesome, and I'm incredibly
happy with how this film seems to really be picking up steam 2 years after its completion.

I've got a stack of Courier stories waiting to be told. Hopefully somebody out there will get behind it
and help me turn it into an animated series. I've got three 13 episode seasons planned out and I can tell
you Jack Carrier's adventures haven't even started.

Thanks anonymous internet audience!

vfx tests for new film, The Car of Awesome!

Despite all the ridiculous vfx we've tried out in the past, we had yet to do a simple driving scene.

With 'The Car of Awesome!', the first part in a new web series we are putting together, we thought it was time we remedied that fact. And so here is a quick test we did last Friday to make sure we weren't getting in over our heads. The entire test (filming and compositing) was done in about an hour and was very loose.



We're pretty happy with the results for something so quick and dirty, so onto production proper it is!

The Courier - a Youtube Partner?

Very exciting news! Youtube has informed me that 'The Courier' is eligible for the Youtube Partnership Programme, which means that from here on out, it'll start generating revenue!

It won't be much (the film is still at only 3,000 views on the tube), but it's a wonderful start and is extremely encouraging. More important than any potential dollars (going to be more like cents) is the fact that this silly little film is still finding an audience... one that appears to be growing. 'The Courier' was invited to take part in the TFI3 festival in Washington this month, but my own lack of Producer tendencies means I missed the boat. Still it was very flattering to have somebody else find my film and ask me to submit it to their festival.

Looks like there's still life in 'The Courier' yet. :)