April 2008
AprilApr 30 Wednesday 08
In the heat of the O.C.
I stuffed my backpack with journals, postcards, and camera, and took a cab to Oakland airport to get on the morning flight to Long Beach, some 20 miles south of Los Angeles. From the cool of the Bay Area to...
AprilApr 29 Tuesday 08
Journal 832 surfaces in Indianapolis
While I was on the early shift presenting 1000 Journals to The Inside Edge, Someguy traveled across the country to attend our screening in Indianapolis. He came back with an amazing story: "The Indianapolis International Film Festival had a surprise...
Day One San Francisco
It's wonderful to be back in San Francisco. The here and now is fantastic, coming "home" with the finished film to the fabulous SFIFF. Wherever I go, and around every corner from there, are memories: scenes we shot with Someguy,...
AprilApr 20 Sunday 08
Quiet before...
For the hard working people who run the film festivals in San Francisco, Newport Beach, and Indianapolis, and for us filmmakers invited to these festivals, this is the weekend before the fun begins. Since Friday afternoon, when I shipped off...
AprilApr 16 Wednesday 08
Where are they now? -- Ralph Kaechele
Indeed, where is he now? Wrapping 1000 Journals did by no means end Director of Photography Ralph Kaechele's intense travel schedule, and he remains difficult to pin down. In a discussion about public transportation, Ralph once jokingly remarked, "I'm flying...
AprilApr 15 Tuesday 08
Look Card
All our upcoming screenings on one card... ...here also a bit larger.
AprilApr 12 Saturday 08
Where are they now? -- Grant Dillion
Assistant editor and animator Grant Dillion kept working on 1000 Journals through post production, late summer 2007. He had a short stint with a video game company, and then decided to move back to Arkansas, to finish his B.A. at...
AprilApr 11 Friday 08
1000 Journals at ConvenZioNE
With many thanks to Creative Souls member Chelise, the powerful artist behind all things ZNE, and Creative Souls initiator Izabella, I'm more than happy to announce that 1000 Journals will screen at the upcoming ConvenZioNE in Pleasanton, Northern California, on...
Galassia Gutenberg pictures
Simo Capecchi posted plenty of pictures taken during the art journals exhibition at Galassia Gutenberg in Naples, Italy, on her Flickrpage. Accordion Moleskines are terrific for exhibition display, as one can see all pages in one long strip. This is...
AprilApr 7 Monday 08
The Social Network
The wonderful Artist Izabella Pierce sent me an email yesterday, in response to my shout-out on our upcoming festivals, and invited me to join the community Creative Souls, a Ning based network. Izabella told me about the ongoing discussion about...
AprilApr 5 Saturday 08
Newport Beach Film Festival
The program guide of the Newport Beach Film Festival has just come live. It's a B-side community, where you can sign up, create a schedule, write reviews, and invite others. It's pretty cool, check it out. We're screening on Sunday,...
AprilApr 3 Thursday 08
Directors Notes interview 1000 Journals
1000 Journals is featured in the impressive collection of interviews by MarBelle of Directors Notes. MarBelle is after "The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmaking," and by speaking with directors from around the world, both about their specific films,...