Been a bit since I last posted any kind of real updates. A lot has gone on since the short update I posted in February. Been inspired to work on yet another short story called “Unfinished Business”. This will only involve on of the previous characters from other stories and focus more on the lifestyles of those that exist within the Shadows and the dangers they face. Not sure how long the story will run in terms of chapters and currently I am in the process of skeletal outline. Hoping to finish out Blood Thirst and Watcher in the Window before May. Also will be adding more to “Last Days of Bunker 138” once the other two are finished.

The Warped TV channel will be starting up in early April. The first show lined up is a zombie survivor video blog. This will hopefully mature and expand as time goes on. On top of this there will be the occasional video game/movie review and commentary on various things in the entertainment industry. Trying to talk to a few people back in the states about contributing to the show as well as get a few people here in Canada in on the mix. One of the reasons for the delay on this is due to the fact we were having camera problem with the XL-1 units and the firewire connection. For now we will be using the Sony HD camera, Flip camera and both laptop’s built in cameras to film some sequences.

Also the websites will be getting some major work done as well with hopes of being completed before summer. Got the editing station put together finally so I can have an easier time reviewing changes to the HTML and CSS sheets not to mention creating graphics.

Either way things are coming along slowly,

Cheers,
Wolfe

Okay folks been some time since I have did one of these and have a lot going on. Since I’ve been back from the Sand Box there are a lot of good things and bad things that have occurred. One of the good things is that I have finally met that special woman in my life that I can relate to and have things in common with. One of the reasons I left for Iraq was to clear my head and get away from the rather toxic dating environment that is Philadelphia. The suffering of 4 long years paid off and instead of just settling for someone by dating outside of the Goth/Industrial scene(No offense to my friends outside of said scene.) I got lucky and met her. So now that I am with her that part of me that was lacking is now complete and I look forward to spending eternity with her provided the dark gods allow it. As for the film school thing I had to put that on the backburner for the time being. As much as I’d love to take a year off of working and attend a proper school sadly the realities of life do not allow for such things. On top of this the Philadelphia Job market is lacking in positions right now and currently I have been looking more and more at moving to the Toronto Canada area since the GF lives there and for some reasons I am listing in the next paragraph.

I have been stalled on work for Shadow Wars right now. Since I have come back I have been disappointed in how small the local Goth/Industrial community has gotten. Very rarely are the clubs as packed as they used to be back in the hey days of the scene. Asylum and the Bank had a far greater attendance rate than the clubs today. I understand people change and other move away but you’d think that a decent size core group would always be there. That being said I am debating on filming the web series up in Toronto since the club scene there is far more vibrant and still going strong. I know some people from the Philly area are going to be offended by this but sorry just how I am looking at it. Granted I am already aware of the headaches I am going to have to deal with since the Canada government is a bit more left leaning in some regards. I may have to work on getting a business license just to import Airsoft weapons for filming but that is later down the line in the grand scheme of things. So until such time I am out of the area I will start working on re-vamping the WKILL site and finish the other two Shadow Wars scripts namely “Fallen Angel” and “Blood Cult”.

Now for the Independents. I still really would prefer to shoot and film it down here in Philadelphia. Certain people I have in mind for casting are far to perfect for the characters and it would be a disservice to what I envision to be a fun movie if I opted to just film it elsewhere. Honestly I do need to finish that script as well and right now trying to work out a schedule for when I will work on the script as well as talk more to the people I want to cast in it. One I get decent first draft of the script done I’ll go over it with the people involved and get their input into it. In a way this movie is a bit of therapy for me in a sense. Since the overall message is that you should find something you love to do and follow through with it. Don’t listen to the naysayers and such who only want to restrict you and hinder you from making your dreams happen. I see this now so as I said this movie is a bit of therapy for me.

Warped TV got put on hold unfortunately due to the fact we don’t have a location to shoot it. Yeah I can shoot it in the house but not happy with how that would look and would prefer a different locale for it. Not to mention I’d need a decent amount of space to do it right since some of it involves video game and movie reviews which requires a decent TV along with proper lighting. There is also still a matter of finding people that would work together as a cast and crew for Warped TV. It is going to be a challenge of finding the right mix of creative people that work well together and actually collaborate ideas. Either way that is the current update for now

Take care
Wolfe

So I am taking an acting class and was told to choose a few monologues to learn to deliver and have the instructor critique and assist me with in terms of conveying emotions and what not. I chose Patrick Bateman's opening monologue from the film American Pyscho.

I am sure this will be fun to do in class since it goes from a man's vanity to his inner darkness.

My favorite time of year is here and I have plenty on my plate to do. Between a horror convention, Zombie Squad function in Albany NY and Dracula's Ball in Philadelphia I will be a busy pup. But since tis the season to celebrate I figured I would post a quick video to celebrate the best time of year.

Well I didn't get a chance to do any writing with prepping for Dragon Con underway. However I will make sure I get some good footage to post on Youtube for the Zombie Walk and Prom.

Some days I just wonder if I am living in the wrong country. Don't get me wrong I love the US but sadly I can't find that goth/rivethead girl of my dreams. I have tried dating outside of that scene and sadly it has usually ended in failure. I just wish Europe was more agreeable in terms of private ownership of firearms or I would happily relocate.

Been listening to music to get give me inspiration for the atmosphere for Shadow Wars. This is a few of the songs I am listening to.

7 Days left till I am out of the Desert of Peace Love and Happiness and in Kuwait. Have a lot on my plate when I get stateside. With 3 websites to redesign and make artwork for as well going to be a busy pup. Debating on doing some filming at Dragon Con and Screamfest but not sure if I will or not. Also at the moment talking to a few people trying to get a cast together for that as well as locations for filming for Warped TV and Shadow Wars. Shouldn’t require much in terms of sets but still need a place to film without being disturbed. As for adding to the cast looking at a few venues to get talent from for some of the other items like Shadow Wars and The Independents. Key concern is making sure we have a group of people that get along and without any drama. Need people that can mesh together well and actually contribute to the over work effort. Right now largely looking for volunteers since right now not in a position to pay people and be able to finance the first movie. That being said at least with Shadow Wars and The Independents we can list people and give them credits on IMDB.

Still learning more about the Itunes distribution model for Shadow Wars and Warped TV. Still want to do the initial episodes on Youtube and migrate over to Itunes once we get a fan base. With any luck maybe we can get on SciFi since they are scraping the barrel for movie ideas I mean come on Sharktopus? That being said half to see what happens when I get back. Till then I will try and add another update to Blood Thirst and tinker with some scripts for the Shadow Wars webshow.

Cheers,
Wolfe

Well things are back on track sorta here at the Warped Mind Productions. When we lost the interwebs in the room so I have been unable to do any updates or anything else productive internet wise. However that being said I was able to work on the Blood Cult and Fallen Angel scripts. Fallen Angel is already into the end of act II and Blood Cult is finally in Act II and progressing nicely. Depending on how much longer it takes to work on them I should be able to bounce back to the Independents as well. I feel kinda bad that I have slacked on that one. Also whenever I take a break from the two scripts I also tinker with some of the shorts for the Shadow Wars Youtube series.

Also I need to finally get another WKILL podcast uploaded. I did get some interesting feedback on the faux news updates posted on the Blog for the site. Once I get stateside the plan is to put actual pictures into the updates. That should add some spice to the stories as well. Once the Youtube channel is up might put a few quick shots but that is a matter of seeing how things pan out.

Finally if things go as planned I should be stateside in August around the 8th. I want to hit the ground running so to speak and get the Youtube channel going. That means there will be a call for volunteers and other assorted miscreants and riff raff. already talking to a few friends that run a comedy podcast and thinking of partnering with them. Between the us and them we should definitely manage to upset a lot of people but in a good way.

Cheers,
Wolfe

Shadow Wars updates and musings

Well folks it is that time for an update. Been busy with the day job so I have been slacking in terms of Warped Mind. This is one of the reasons the website itself still has not been made to look better. Which brings me to something I have been debating on doing? I was writing a Shadow Wars Lexicon as I worked on the various stories and material for what we hope will be an entertaining series of shorts on YouTube as well as DVD movies. It dawned on me as I was talking to a few people back in the states that perhaps a Wiki style page devoted to SW would be better. At the moment fleshing out on paper what would need to be done to make an effective Wiki page and one of the things I am considering is doing it as an extension of the Shadow Web page to be complete with *user* comments on the entries. Still reading up on it and how much work it would entail. Though in honesty it will be a dry read till I can get some pictures and such up onto it. Everything goes as planned in 4 months we can start filming on the web series and as we do that we’d have multimedia to upload to that portion of the site. This would of course cause an explosion of data so to speak as more and more references are built.

This leads up to the next part regarding the YouTube series. Gonna start looking for volunteers in the next few months so we can get this ball rolling finally. We will need people to run the gambit from Thrill Kill Gang members to Forseti Police Services Goons. This will also include the people working in the background as well. If you are considering a job in the film industry it would not hurt to jump on board. It will give you material you can use for your reels/portfolio as well as hands on experience. The idea for the Series is to produce 10 minute shorts to upload onto YouTube. That being said the positions are not paying ones to include myself. Doesn’t mean there won’t be things done to take care of the cast and crew like food and the other things. However that does change when it comes to the films. Those will be paying jobs. Right now we want to get the initial ground work laid out and get together a decent crew to that works well. If you are interested and live in the Philadelphia area shoot an email over to careers@warpedmindproductions.com with what you’d like to do. The key phrase people, is that you need to live in the Philly Area. Looking to work on episodes for about a few hours a week so your time investment is minimal. Also some of this material will end up on the WKILL website as well since it does tie in. Regardless this is the update on what is happening let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Wolfe