You guys are awesome

*Cue sappy music*

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's sent along their congratulations and encouragement for me and this project. It really means a lot to know that I have your support.

So, yeah, thank you. Very much.

*End sappy music* 

What's a Crazy 8s?

Pi Day is being made as part of the Crazy 8s short film competition.

"What's a Crazy 8s short film competition?" You say. Well, I'm glad you asked! *ahem*

Crazy 8s is a short film competition that runs with 8 as a theme. 8 filmmakers get 8 days to make a short film (under 10 minutes) with 800 bucks. They used to also give the filmmakers 800 feet of film stock, which works about to about 20 minutes worth of stock, but in this modern age of miniDV and HD, they give you 30 minutes of tape stock.

To be selected, you have to pitch, and they had 60 people come in over two days and pitch their story ideas to a judging panel of 7 local film industry pros. You can see a short clip of my pitch on the winner's announcement podcast on the Crazy 8s website (www.crazy8s.cc).

Now that we've all been selected, we get a story meeting with some professional story editors (and hosted by the CBC here in Vancouver), a camera package, several thousand dollars in grip/lighting gear, and a sweet-ass venue to screen our finished shows.

We have from April 17th to the 24th to complete the films, and the screening is on the 26th. This is an amazing opportunity for me (and the others, of course), and I'm quite honored to be a part of it. 

I'm also terrified. There's a whole lot to do and two weeks to do it. Right now, I'm the one-man show. Hopefully I'll get my crew together sooner than later and then things should start to fall into place.

Wish me luck.

P.S. Check out the Crazy 8s website for more deets (as the kids say these days). They also do their own podcasts, which are worth a look.

In which Pi Day: The Movie begins!

Well, look what you've found. My little corner of the interwebs. It's a little bare so far, I know, but I only made it an hour ago, so give me a little slack, yeah?

Me and this blog are here because Pi Day is here! The movie, my script, not the actual day which was over two weeks ago. I pitched for, and was accepted into the 2008 Crazy 8s film festival, in which 8 filmmakers get 8 days and 800 bucks to make a short film no longer than 10 minutes long, and only 30 minutes of tape stock to use. 

This is going to be my little production diary, if you will, of the show. We start shooting April 17th, so for the next 17 days, I will probably not eat, sleep, or be merry, and instead will fret, worry, and panic as I try to create a calling-card film that I can be proud of. 

I'll try to post at least once a day and keep you all updated as my little adventure continues. Please, leave comments, ask questions, or just yell at me about anything you want. I'll hear you, and if I like you I'll probably respond too. Hell, I'll fire back even if I don't like you - I'm not picky.

Best of luck to the other competitors, if they're reading this. And so, Pi Day: The Movie begins!