Happy New Year

2007.

For some reason, it seemed important that I update the blog today. A sign of things to come... a statement that, if nothing else, if we do nothing else this year, we will at least try to post a little more regularly. Glowing Screen will, in the year 2007, be known as a company that posts somewhat regulary on their blog.

Though, I do have a little something to report:

First, principal photography on the BUBBLE TRUBBLE camera test/trailer footage is complete.

We spent a few days between X-Mas and New Years shooting footage that will be edited into an effects test reel that will double as a promotional trailer for the film. We shot a couple days in the studio of Veritech Corporation (my day job), as well as at the Holyoke Merry Go Round(www.holyokemerrygoround.org) and at WWLP, TV-22. It was great fun (and mucho stress), but it's over now, and we'll continue to prep for the shoot proper which will commence in late June.

I'd like to officially thank some folks who were integral in the success of the shoot. There were actually about a dozen key people, but these guys did the most for the least.

TONY COLAPIETRO: Tony gripped and held boom for us on the shoot, and in addition became our de facto still photographer. He's posted a bunch of stills from the shoot on his MySpace page, which can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/kikndrummer

SCOTT KITTREDGE: As always, Scott is exactly where he needs to be (which in this case means, where I need him to be) when he needs to be there. One of of the most reliable guys I know. Visit the site for Scott's production company, Bowling Squirrel at, predictably... www.bowlingsquirrel.com.

TOM LIGHT, CHRIS GRABOWSKI & JAY COLE: Three dudes who followed me from the hallways and classrooms of WSC. I can't thank them enough.

Also new in '07, we've created a new MySpace account. We're very new to MySpace, and quite frankly, a little frightened. It's an overwhelming community of people and places and things that is insanely confusing to navigate. To be honest, the only reason I created the page was because everybody told me I absolutely had to. "Oh, you just have to," people would tell me. So, OK... I did; and was immediately lost in the endlessly scrolling, spam-ridden, over- advertised morass of bedlam. All I wanted was to figure out how to contact people who may actually be of value in my life. As of yet, I haven't figured it out. I'll get there. Check out our "presence" here: www.myspace.com/glowingscreen.

There's little new to report on MAGDALENA'S BRAIN, other than we kind of made a BEST OF '06 list. The high brow DVD SAVANT site listed us among the "Most Impressive DVDs of 2006". Admittedly we're not in the top 10, but hey... we're just a little guy. Check out the list here: http://www.dvdsavant.com/s2193pick.html

Finally, a little treat: my top ten list of 2006. It's a mixed media affair, and in no particular order, but these are 10 things that I dug and dug into this past year.

1). Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (BOOK)

2). The Departed (MOVIE)

3). World War Z. by Max Brooks (BOOK)

4). Nip/Tuck (TV)

5). ROCKY BALBOA (MOVIE)

6). The Wes Anderson American Express commercial (COMMERCIAL)

7). Equinox: The Criterion Collection (DVD)

8). The Beatles: Love (CD)

9). Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (DVD)

10). The Ultimate Superman Collection (DVD)