Recent content by Hachi Gatsu

I seem to notice the script first (Is it good? Is it bad?) first by dialog, then by actions of the characters (for instance, in Surrogates, they could have first said that Bruce's character lost a son, but first he opened the room and found the glove. Only later in the movie did it come to...

Hello fellow mid-westerner, welcome to the board. You should find plenty of friends and contacts here. Enjoy!

I was reading the book "Short Films 101: How to Make a Short Film and Launch Your Filmmaking Career" and just got done reading the screenplay for Trevor Sands short "INSiDE". Thought it was pretty cool and did a search and found it on YTube. INSiDE Sorry for the spelling error in the title...I...

I'm game! :D The truck is an old dodge dakota (93). I had some valve stem seal problems (it was leaking really bad), so I pulled off the heads and bought better ones. Well, as I was sitting there in the garage staring at them, I came to the thought of an article I read in a magazine before...

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Yeah, that's what I thought. It was just sitting on the back burner and really didn't think legally it could go anywhere, but it was worth a thought. Oh well, just file that one away then.

I'm into photography as well...just not as advanced as you I guess. And tons of other photo's. I try to make it easier to slog through all the stuff I have on there with collections on the side, but still...too much. My Flickr Photostream

Oh, and I'm building a hot rod piece by piece like they did back in the 50's and 60's. Yeah, I pulled out of racing after I wrecked my car (due to other peoples stupidity). I was fine, but it got past what I could afford, so I moved on...to a point. I ended up modifying my truck after I was...

Lived in Tokyo for six months with a host family who didn't speak English, my daily commute to my school was through the old Edo period "Red light" district which now has a lot of ties to the Japanese mafia (Kabukicho if anyone was wondering). Also got warned if I see men in dark suits (a lot of...

I've been dancing this around in my head for a while (since getting back from Tokyo actually), and here goes. I've always been a fan of the Beatles, in particular John Lennon. Unfortunately, I wasn't born before he was killed, but I've always wondered what he did before it happened (like a week...

I think comedy fit's the bill (but Sci-Fi would take the gold if it was on there), because, unless you're going for a niche comedy, you're going to have to come up with something funny that doesn't offend (to the point of someone suing you at least) and is, for the most part, universally funny...

Most people go with video because that's what it's been shot on for since...well, there were movies. Think about it, the movie "Public Enemies" which is obviously shot in digital, then look at either Apocalypto or another older movie you know was shot on film, and compare. Despite my dislike of...

I think you made the right choice by just going with "Channel 8 News". I mean so long as you don't say "This is ABC Channel 8 News" or something, I'd think you'd be on the safe side. Where I used to live, channel 8 was the public access station that no one watched anyway. I think channels are...

Ever since I was young, I had a camera in my hand. At that point it was a cheap 35mm film camera. My parents realized I had a photographic eye even when I was young and so they always got me a better camera when they could afford it (or handed their top end camera on to me for a few minutes to...

Another good way to study before film school is watch a lot of movies and watch then over and over again, each time looking for different things. For instance, the first time you may watch one is to just experience the film and see if it's "good" (does it grab you from the first few minutes and...