The snowpacalypse continues

Well the screening was amazing, This Chemical Life turned out really well. Rave reviews for TCL and In the Midst of Recklessness. I personally spoke to the President of AI whose head was blown. I think all the actors who came were suitably pleased. I know Kale spoke to Robert Projanski from ITMOR and he was extremely happy with the result. I'll just go ahead and say it, maybe the best all around screening yet. No groaners this time, not a one. I think we were all really proud to attend the Art Institute, with such very talented graduates.

Congratulations to everyone who graduated on Friday. Jason and Kyle walked, along with Quarter Orange contributor Kale Heily. Also, Matthew Bickerstaff, Karen Jackson-Shorb, and of course, the multi-talented cohort Alex Menduluk.

In other news, the snowpacalypse continues, rainy Portland looks like a freaking Norman Rockwell painting of christmas. We're still planning a Q.O. summit for the beginning of 2009. We've got alot of good ideas floating around for the next year. As a group Quarter Orange LLC is going to make a business plan, at their yearly Q.O. retreat. Oh hell yeah. going pro.

We did just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Hannukah, Solstice, whatever,

and if you're in town....

GO PLAY IN THE SNOW!!!

The abomidable snowman attacks Portland

Snow! Holy crap snow! It's all anyone can talk about these days. We got hit with the big storm on Sunday but it stayed around, and now we've got more coming! Regardless, we're having the screening, rain or snow, or ice, or a freaking monsoon we will be at the Hollywood at 6pm and 7:30pm this Thursday, the 18th.

Come hell or high water we will be in the theater (the little one upstairs, boooo....oh well) watching "This Chemical Life", "In the Midst of Recklessness", and other fine pieces of cinema. I finished the sound design on TCL, it sounding mighty nice. ITMOR is pretty much done. Quarter Orange represent!

Be watching for the new "Dos Hermanos Tacos" website coming up soon. We'll have a trailer up and pictures of all the cast and crew plus info on screenings and awards. We are currently looking around for distribution for Walker's piece "The Old Man and his Grandson". I am personally overseeing avenues of a more religious nature, as it is a morality tale that could play in churches when a sermon is about caring for the elderly. Here's to hoping for our first distribution deal.

I did want to take a little time to talk about "Caged Animals". This is another Quarter Orange production, written and directed by the talented Erin Marrs, produced by Walker. There were some early production problems, mainly associated with a pregnant elephant, but a small crew was able to get in and shoot the movie in a day! I saw some of the dailies, it looks great! Cameron Carey did a great job (as usual) and this is going to be another good one from Q.O. for the screening. Late congrats go to Erin and Walker for getting production wrapped, it was a long time coming so watch for Caged Animals at the next screening, and (hopefully) around other screenings and festivals.

Don't forget to come out tomorrow for the screening! Hollywood theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR. 6:30 and 7pm.

Willie Bobo and the Gaucho

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Haven’t been able to get a blog out with all the stuff going on. We shot another QO production “Waiting For Rusty” this is Pat LaValley’s project with Nate Baston directing. We got into the Tanker, a bar over on 49th and Hawthorne. Thanks go out once again to Tim Smale, for letting us get into his place!

We shot on the Red! That’s right! 3k resolution! It’s amazing, if you haven’t heard about the red go check it out. Waiting For Rusty starred Pat Janowski, Brian Ries, Luke Clemmens and James Sweet. The lighting and art direction were amazing, and we got in and out in 13 hours, movie done.

We’re finishing up the last of “This Chemical Life” and it will be showing at the Hollywood theatre on Thursday December 18. We are all super stoked about the showing. The movie looks great! Also, Kyle Glenn, Jason Windsor, and Kale Heily are graduating December 19. Way to go guys!

Don’t forget to watch out for new stuff from Quarter Orange, we'll have new pieces up and changes to the site, after the first of the year.

"This Chemical Life" Update

With less then two weeks to go until the premiere of "This Chemical Life," things are coming along nicely. Eli and I are working on the sound design every chance we get. We have a total of sixteen hours booked in the studio this weekend, so I think we'll be able to get most of it, if not all of it, done.

The visual effects are looking great thanks to the hard work of Austin Healey and Albert Kay. They should be all done by sunday afternoon, then we have to get them to Jed in order to be cut into the piece.

Speaking of Jed, he has been doing a phenomenal job editing "This Chemical Life," he has been able to capture in the edit, what I have had in my head this entire time.

We will mix the audio towards the middle of next week, and by monday the 15th, the film should be in it's final state.

The Ai Senior Screening will occur on Thursday Dec. 18th at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, OR. There will be two screenings this term, because we are once again in the smaller theater upstairs. The first screening will be at 6:30pm I believe, and the second around 7:30 or 8:00. We will provide more information in the coming week.

I want to thank everyone who has provided me support and contributed to the success of this process, I could not have done it without all of you.
--KG