Sandy like the beach, Stones like Rolling.

Alright from Campsite Studios.

Ladies and gentlemen, the beautiful and talented Sandy Stones. Sandra Jean asked me to come to her latest gig at Kenny's Castaways to see if I could grab a decent take of her original music. I was more than happy to oblige.

I think this is the best job I have done so far of tackling a low low-light environment. I guess I have learned a thing or two.

Motion Graphics

Inspiration from Campsite Studios

I really don't want to put this up, but I feel bad for anyone who still checks this webpage...

BTW, this blog is soon to be deceased...in case you haven't figured that out yet...

MC Mind

Victory Celebration from Campsite Studios.

Mind Over Batter

Stones Rocks!

I just realized that I never added the beautiful and talented Sandy Stones as a link in my Neighbors section. I recently resolved this issue and apologize to Sandy for my obliviousness. Sandra Jean is also an alumna of SUNY Geneseo and on the short-list for my best friend. Please take a look at her site if you are interested in hearing a fresh voice in the drab sea of contemporary singer/songwriters. If you live in NYC, come check out one of her live shows. She frequently plays in rock bars around the city like the Knitting Room. In fact, she is playing tonight at Kenny's Castaways. I will be there, will you?

'tis the season

Plan on doing some online shopping for x-mas? Shop with me! Campsite Studios is now an Amazon associate. Take a look at my shopping carousel on the right column of my blog. I have listed my ten most influential movies/directors. Maybe one of these DVDs would make a nice stocking stuffer for a movie buff you know and love...maybe not...in any case, if you click through my Amazon store, you can buy whatever you would like and I will collect a referral commission. Isn't that dandy?

I like Amazon because I personally feel they handle digital downloads much better than iTunes. Apple tends to be a little prissy and protective over their digital media. I buy all the media I use in my videos from Amazon and smoothly move them between my MacPro, Acer laptop and PSP with no holdups. Hopefully, one day you will be able to purchase Campsite Studios' digital media directly through my Amazon store!

In other news: Did you notice something different? No, I didn't lose any weight. No, I didn't cut my hair...I changed my blog template, silly. I was sick of using such small video frames, so I found a different template with a little more room. I did this because I am probably going to upgrade to VimeoPlus. This will allow me to post HD videos right on my blog, so you won't have to go to my Vimeo channel at all anymore. In turn, I will need more screen real estate to take advantage of the higher pixel resolution. What do you think? The other one was more slimming, but this one highlights my figure better...

Teaser

Sadly, we did not get all the footage shot last night, but should get the last scene done this weekend...in the meantime...


Baron Mind Subway Fight (Teaser) from Campsite Studios.

The Baron Lives On

Shooting tonight!!! Check tomorrow for new Baron Mind short, starring none other than Ms. AMANDA CONLON!!!

See mom, people do like me...

Another update on the press front, a fellow blogger by the name of Living Read Girl has declared Baron Mind a serious contender for the Evil League of Evil. Here is her well-articulated synopsis:

"Aristocratic villains never go out of style and Baron Mind clearly intends to move up in the ranks, with his goal to ultimately become Emperor Mind. Nice to see a young person with real ambition these days!

He may seem to have an unfair advantage or two, having met Dr. Horrible awhile back, along with his awesome powers of trivia. However,his teleporting skills are no where near the advanced skill levels achieved by Hiro Nakamura. That give us folks a fighting chance to defeat him, conqueror of Utica or not!"full review

Another vote of confidence from a complete stranger.

In other news: I am learning crazy editing tricks while working on Neil and Nicolette's wedding vids. In turn, I am also learning how to better capture my footage so that I can take full advantage of my post-production equipment.

We're Blowing Up!

In case you haven't been paying attention to the world of Campsite Studios, Reeves and I entered a short film contest for the internet sensation "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog". To put its popularity into perspective, DHSAB immediately shot to the top of iTunes' video downloads, catching 2.2 million viewers in the first week. Its soundtrack made the top 40 list upon release, despite being a digital exclusive available only through iTunes.

That being said, our sail seems to have caught some of this current and our video is blowing up. Just today, I would not be surprised if its daily views eclipse 2,000! To put this into perspective, my blog has not yet seen 2,000 hits in 13.5 months. Over 4,000 people have seen Baron Mind in less than one week.

This was mainly due to some phenomenal press from the keyboards at Tilzy.tv. They listed our video amongst the top five submissions. Here is their review:

"If I was a designated agent for the ELE, “More punny names for evil alter egos!” would be my mantra. But even if that spawned a hell-storm of submissions with wickedly funny wordplay, Baron Mind would still be my favorite. The locale is also the prettiest of the bunch (shot mostly in New York City’s Central Park) and the Baron makes excellent use of fanboy photography. I’m also not entirely convinced this dude isn’t Toby Maguire." full story

Because of this post, other daily internet sites, such as fark.com, have linked our video and the hits have increased exponentially. I have privately made promises to the dudes from Tilzy that I don't intend on keeping.

I never imagined this kind of exposure. It is all a little weird. One foot in front of the other...

In other news: I am going to get to work on some animations for Neil and Nicolette tonight. I should get this posted by tomorrow at the latest.