Sample Scene: I Don't Recall + other stuff

Hello Again,

Just wanted to keep everyone posted on how the new script is coming along. We have about 85 pages written. Probably have another 20-25 left. A scene here and there. The basic story is all there. Just need to tighten it up some and fill in some of the missing chunks. It will probably be about 110-120 pages by the time it's completed.

Below is a scene from the script. But before that I would like to give you a little context. Martin, a mild mannered pushover in his mid 30's, is meeting his long time girlfriend (Sara) for their anniversary dinner. He is going to propose to her. She has other ideas.

CLICK HERE to read the sample scene.

What else is going on?

Well, to help raise some money for I Don't Recall I am starting my own subscription channel.

https://mopedjones.pivotshare.com/

I am not "officially" launching the channel until May 1st. However, it is active now. So if you want to sign up, that would be awesome.

For $2.99 a month you will have unlimited access to our entire library. 

For $2.69 you can purchase downloads of The Truth About Average Guys, S.O.L., and Wingmen Incorporated. (if you subscribe to the channel, they are included into the subscription)

 

Here's a list of what we have currently have on the site...

Wingmen Incorporated              -  $2.69  (or part of the subscription package)
The Truth About Average Guys - $2.69  (or part of the subscription package)
10 Minute Abs: Episode 1          - $1.29  (or part of the subscription package)

 

The following are only available through a monthly subscription...

Wingmen Incorporated: Drunkenly Honest Commentary*
Wingmen Incorporated: BLOOPERS
Wingmen Incorporated: OUTTAKES
Wingmen Incorporated: Larry's Awesome Tattoo Story!
Wingmen Incorporated: Extended Sex Scene
Wingmen Incorporated: Extended Fight Scene
10 Minute Abs: Episode 1 Bloopers
The History of TTAAG: From The Beginning (18 minute documentary about TTAAG)
The Truth About Average Guys: BLOOPERS
The Truth About Average Guys: Alternate Ending
S.O.L. - BLOOPERS

 

Coming Soon...

S.O.L.
S.O.L.: Drunken Commentary*
Wingmen Incorporated: Sober Commentary Ken & Bethany*
Wingmen Incorporated: Original Drunken Commentary (unedited: Jason, Kate, and Evan)*
The Truth About Average Guys: Commentary with Jason & Ken*
No Regrets (short film)
No Regrets (short film) Commentary*

(*the commentaries are the video of the film with the commentary audio track)

And starting May 1st, new weekly episodes of The Moped Jones Drunken Podcast and we'll be doing Drunken Commentaries to popular films (like Titanic).

All proceeds from the channel will go towards I Don't Recall's budget. 

So that's what's going on right now. No Regrets will start up in April or May and will start shooting in May or June. It's a 4 day shoot (2 weekends). Hope it have it edited and ready to submit to festivals in August. Pretty pumped about that.

In the mean time, Kate and I will keep chugging along on the script. I say this a lot, but I can't believe how talented of a writer she is. I'm so used to bumping heads when I collaborate with someone, but she trusts me and I trust her, so writing with her has been a pleasant surprise.  Once the script is done we'll send it to a script consultant and get some feedback. Then we'll incorporate her notes and rewrite the script (hopefully we won't have to do too much).  Then from there we will start contacting some name talent and gauge their interest in the script as well as get a quote for what it would cost to have them in the film.

Pretty exciting times are ahead for Moped Jones.  Hope you enjoyed the sample scene!

Can't wait!

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment
www.mopedjones.com

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Halfway Through The 730: 2013 Year In Review

This time last year I made a blog called "The Next 730 Days". It was about how I felt the 730 days from 1/1/13 to 12/31/14 will set the tone for the rest of my life. Feel free to read the link below to read it.

http://jasonwschaver.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-next-730-daysplus-video-clip.html

Are you back?  You didn't read it, but that's okay.

So here's my 2013 year in review & an update of how the first 365 days of that 730 have been going.

MARCH 2013- My film, Wingmen Incorporated, was finished 3/1/13. It was also brought to my attention shortly after that that my former partner (Ken) had went behind my back and edited out large chunks of my commentary. This was the final straw in a long string of shady behavior by him. I decided to cut ties with him because of this.  Somewhere along the way we went from me casting him in what would later be The Truth About Average Guys to us being 50/50 partners (which was fine with me) to him thinking I worked for him (without pay). He'd deny that, but that's what it felt like towards the end. Proof of that is him editing out my commentary without my knowledge. I wasn't given the chance to approve his commentary, which I wouldn't have because he said several things in it that weren't true. Oh well, I re-did my commentary and set the record straight on the things he said.

CLICK HERE To purchase a DVD that has the new commentary on it ($6.99) shirt ($9.99) shirt and DVD $14.99)

Sure, we did some good things, but I won't miss him telling me what to put in my blog, him telling me to lie to our fans, him telling me telling me who I can and can't have on my commentary, him casting people he's sleeping with in all our films, him editing out large chunks of my commentary, him telling me that we need to raise our prices b/c the reason people aren't buying it is b/c it's too cheap and they don't respect it, him telling me a Kickstarter campaign was stupid and it won't work (not helping at all on it) then when it worked him telling me what "we" should spend "our" money on b/c I only got it b/c I was under the "Adjusted Gratuity" banner. (WTF?)   Him giving me permission to film my own sketches that I wrote myself and use the money that I raised myself. (that was 10 Minute Abs)

(And I'm not even mentioning the shadiest thing he did in 2010 while we were shooting S.O.L. that violated my trust in the first place.)

Jason/Ken 2006-2013 R.I.P. 


APRIL 2013 - My lovely girlfriend Kate moved from Chicago to Fulton. We also started co-writing a book called Why She Left which is a book of quotes that I've actually said to her. I say some pretty fucked up stuff, luckily for me she thinks most of it is pretty funny. She's actually the one that suggested we start writing them all down.

MAY 2013 - got a letter from our landlord at the time that they were selling the building. The new landlord wanted to double the rent and wouldn't allow pets.  That first month or two was very stressful for us. There was just nothing jobs-wise out here for her.

JUNE 2013 - moved into our new apartment. It's not the best place, but it the rent is very reasonable, we live in a good neighborhood.  I also bought some editing software and taught myself how to edit. After parting ways with Ken I realized I would be the only one promoting the film and if I was going to be the only one submitting the film to festivals I wanted to submit a version that I was happy with. I cut out about 5 minutes of the film. Mostly boring stuff that slowed down the pacing. Really boring stuff. Felt like it was trying to be too cute and clever, and not working at all.

JULY 2013 - Helped my lovely girlfriend Kate start her business. She's doing really well and all her clients just adore her.   Also did a Indiegogo campaign for my short film No Regrets.  Raised $2202 from 51 donors from all over the world. Wanted to shoot that in the fall but life got in the way and before we knew it it was really cold outside. So we're thinking May of next year. I can't wait to see how it all turns out.

AUGUST THROUGH PRESENT - Submitted Wingmen Incorporated to nearly 50 film festivals.  Will have spent nearly $1750 when all is said and done.  We're 7 for 17 (.412%) with 34 festivals left to hear back from over the coming months (all the way up until October of 2014).  We've won 3 awards & been nominated for 5 others. We're just getting started though. I submitted to a lot of earlybird deadlines, so I'll start hearing back from lots of festivals in 2014.

NOVEMBER 2013 - won best feature at the 2013 East Lansing Film Festival.  Also, Kate and I started writing our next project, the feature comedy I Don't Recall. I came up with the idea nearly a year ago. Wrote a couple scenes back in January but then got busy with life. We started writing again back in early November and now have about 60 pages written. We're trying for 100, so we are 60% done with the first draft. It's turning out to be really good. Kate is a much better writer than I thought she was going to be. She really brings depth to our female characters. She also has no agenda. (No writing parts for whomever she's fucking or making secondary characters act a certain way so her character can be the hero. She isn't even remotely interested in acting in the film. If anything, her only agenda is writing an amazing screenplay).  This has been the most pleasant co-writing experience I've ever had and I look forward to writing many more screenplays with Kate after this.

DECEMBER 2013 - Well, it's not over yet, but so far so good. I have been battling a cold for the past couple weeks, but I seem to be on the mend.  Haven't started my Christmas shopping yet, but will start Thursday (pay day).  Mainly just looking forward to next year.

So what is in store for 2014?

1.  Finish first draft of I Don't Recall.
2. continue to submit and hear back from film festivals regarding Wingmen Incorporated
3. Send I Don't Recall to script consultant to help with final draft & submit it to contests
4. seek out investors to shoot I Don't Recall ourselves. I would like to shoot it for $50k and use some of that money to seek out name talent to play a few smaller roles (1 day shoots). 
5.  Start diet 1/1/14.  Get down to 180 by May when I shoot my short/drama No Regrets
6. Get No Regrets done and submit it to larger festivals.
7. save up my weekly incentive money (from work) to go towards I Don't Recall budget. Want to start filming in spring of 2015. 

All in all 2013 wasn't too bad. If my former partner hadn't bailed on Wingmen Incorporated (in lame ass attempt to con his way into a SAG card) more might have happened this year with it. But like I said above, I have submitted to over 50 festivals that I think will lead to bigger and better things for the film.  Since parting ways with my former partner, I feel like a huge weight as been lifted off my shoulders. I feel like I finally have control over my career. No bumping heads. No agendas. No shady behavior. I am very much enjoying the writing process again. Writing with Kate has been a breath of fresh air. She's even found some great music for the film. Writing with her has been so easy. And if the writing part has been easy, I can't wait to see how much better the filming part will be!

I think for 2014, the thing I am looking forward to the most is getting I Don't Recall done, getting a team together, raising the funds, and getting it ready to shoot. I think this will be a major step above my previous work.

That's all I got for now,

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment
www.mopedjones.com

Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!

I am very pleased to announce that my film, Wingmen Incorporated, took home "Best Feature" at the 2013 East Lansing Film Festival as part of the Lake Michigan Film Competition.  This is the second time in the past 5 years that one of my films has won the competition as The Truth About Average Guys won it back in 2009 (S.O.L. was submitted to East Lansing in 2011, but was not selected).   I was very pleased with this since after viewing the competition I expected us to get 2nd. There was a very well shot drama (with name talent) that I thought was going to win. Their trailer looked fantastic. The story was a little boring, but I'm not really into dramas so I didn't know if it was boring b/c it was boring or boring b/c I am just not into that genre.  Either way, I was very pleased with our unexpected win.

In other news, I've had a few more articles published by Yahoo! Please feel free to give them a read if you are interested.

http://voices.yahoo.com/i-hate-remakes-but-wish-hollywood-would-remake-better-12390457.html?cat=9

This is called "I Hate Remakes, but I Wish Hollywood Would Remake Better Films" and it's about the string of horrible remakes Hollywood has been redoing lately. I offer a few suggestions for movies I wouldn't mind seeing remade.


http://voices.yahoo.com/can-bears-survive-rash-key-injuries-12386794.html?cat=14

This one is about the Chicago Bears. So if you are a fan feel free to read it.


http://voices.yahoo.com/a-guys-perspective-whats-wrong-dating-profile-12380492.html?cat=9

If you are a lady and are on a dating website, this is a must read for you. As a guy that's viewed many profiles over the years, I can tell you exactly what is wrong with your profile. (to date, this is my most read article with nearly 400 reads in just under two weeks)


http://voices.yahoo.com/reason-optimism-u-mens-hoops-team-12380431.html?cat=14

This one is about the University of Illinois men's basketball team. I discuss why this years team, despite losing 75% of it's scoring, might actually be better this year.  Addition by subtraction. Feel free to check it out if you are a Fighting Illini fan!


What else is going on?

I had a fundraising screening in Clinton for Wingmen Incorporated on Wednesday, November 6th. About 60 people showed up. I was disappointed with the turn out. Mainly because I advertised with the local radio station (MAC FM, 94.7) and I don't think they played the commercial as many times as they were supposed to AND I don't think they played it during the time of day they said they would.  Needless to day I will not advertise with them anymore. I had more people turn out for the S.O.L. Clinton screening back in January of 2011 with NO ADVERTISING than I did this time around. Such a waste of money.   On the bright side, the film was very well received. This is the first time I actually watched my cut of the film with an audience. I was very happy with their reaction.

Things have stalled a bit on the new screenplay (I Don't Recall). However, I feel that Kate and I will be getting back in the groove shortly. Wingmen Incorporated is playing at a festival up in Wisconsin this weekend. Hopefully it does well and I can call my next blog "Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner Part 2".

Got some really good deals on DVD's and shirts. 

Wingmen Incorporated DVD (my cut) - $6.99

DVD includes... 
*NEW 76 minute film
 sober commentary - Ken Gayton/Beth Carol
*NEW Drunkenly Honest Commentary - Jason W. Schaver & Kate Johnson (b/c someone felt the need to edit out our previous commentary, so we made a new one)
7+ minutes of bloopers
8+ minutes of outtakes
*NEW Larry's Tattoo Story
*NEW Pictures From Set
(I also redesigned the menu b/c the other version looked like a 4th grader did it)

Wingmen Incorporated Black T- Shirt - $9.99

Get a shirt & a DVD for $15

The Truth About Average Guys DVD - $7.99
Buy TTAAG, WINC for $15 and get a copy of S.O.L. for FREE! 

Click the link below for details!  

(shipping is US only, if you aren't in the US shoot me an email at info@mopedjones.com and we'll figure something out)

http://www.mopedjones.com/store.html

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment
www.mopedjones.com

Started a New Little Hobby....

Hello,

To get back into screenwriting I recently signed up to be a writer for the Yahoo! Contributor Network. It's a pretty cool way to get back in the habit of writing. You can pick assignments from Yahoo! or you can just write your own based off your own interests. Sometimes they get published for all the world to see, sometimes they don't.

It's been a while since I started a new feature length script, and when I say a while I mean over a decade. I wrote The Truth About Average Guys and S.O.L. back in 2001 (there were some rewrites since then, but the hardest draft by far is the 1st draft).  I also co-wrote Wingmen Incorporated in 2010-11, but most of what I wrote for that was previously written from a partial script I had lying around. So I really haven't started from scratch on a script (and had that need in finish) since 2001.  Did some stuff inbetween, but never really had that need/want to finish it.  But this new one MUST get finished because I think when all is said and done this one will have the potential to be the best thing I've done (so far) by far.  I feel with every script/film I'm improving as a writer, an actor, and as a filmmaker.

Anyway, back to my little side hobby, writing for Yahoo!

Thus far I've written three articles. Two have been published, and one is currently being reviewed. So technically I'm 2 for 2. I'm not sure how easy it is to get published, but I am going to pretend that it's incredibly difficult and very few people get their first two articles published.  Yes, I like to pretend that I'm that good.

Here are the two articles that I've published so far. Hopefully you find them interesting enough to click the links below (it actually helps me if you click the link, obviously I'd love for you to read the articles, but clicking the link is a pretty good compromise. You clicked THIS link to read my blog. So I know you care a little bit. ;)

http://voices.yahoo.com/why-hate-media-sometimes-12374483.html?cat=9

That one is called "Why I Hate The Media (Sometimes)" and it's about how the media has distorted an incident that happened over the weekend.


http://voices.yahoo.com/why-cubs-2013-season-wasnt-as-awful-as-seemed-12362001.html?cat=14

This one was my very first article published. It's called "Why The Cubs 2013 Season Wasn't As Awful As It Seemed" and well, it's about exactly what the title says it's about. There is more reason for optimism on the North Side than you'd think. 2013 was an awful season, but not as awful as it seemed.

http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1791802/jason_w_schaver.html

That link is my contributor profile link. This has links to all my articles. So if you enjoy my writing please be sure to add me as add me to your favorites or subscribe to my articles. Don't worry, it's free.

Anything else going on?

Kate and I have been hard at work on the new screenplay and it's coming along pretty well. We got sidetracked with life the past several months but have really rolled up our sleeves this past couple weeks and have the first 20 pages of the script done. I really like what we have so far. If we can keep up the same level of quality/humor from the first 20 pages I think we'll have something pretty special on our hands. I'd like for this to be about 100 pages long.  And would love to make a movie that is actually 90 minutes long for once. That's usually what I've aimed for, but they usually end up between 76-82 minutes long.

Anyway, since you were so good earlier reading my Yahoo! articles, I will leave you with this...

The first 7 pages of our new screenplay, I Don't Recall.

LOGLINE: After an accident, a mild mannered pushover fakes amnesia to avoid returning to his unappreciative family.

LOGLINE #2: A man in his early 30's, unhappy with his life, gets into an accident. Upon waking from a short coma he pretends to have amnesia in an attempt to live a different life.

(yeah, I posted both loglines b/c I'm not sure which one I like better)
 http://howa5gota9.angelfire.com/IDR_first_7_pages.txt

Thank you so much for reading, hope you like it!

Jason W. Schaver

Why The Flint Film Festival Blows...

Howdy All!

Long time no blog.  As you can tell by the heading I am not pleased with the Flint Film Festival. I debated long and hard about posting this, but in the end I just felt like sharing. I don't mean to ruffle any feathers, but I feel like if people do a bad job they need to have their feathers ruffled from time to time just to keep them hungry and honest.

And without further adieu, here's why the Flint Film Festival blows...

1. They never told us that our film, Wingmen Incorporated, got in. I found out just a couple days before the festival that we got in because on a whim I went to their website and saw we were screening on the Friday night time slot (7:30, which is a great time slot, too bad no one told us).  

On the Tuesday before the festival I emailed the director (Dave) and said "I see that we got in. I never received notification from you. I know it may be too late, but is there anything you need from me? Stills? Posters? Let me know and I'll get it to you ASAP."

So that brings us to #2...

2.  I emailed them and they ignored it. How do you ignore someone that got into the festival? I understand festivals are bombarded with emails from filmmakers that don't get in, but you have to acknowledge the filmmakers that DO GET IN!

Despite being ignored, I decided to keep my mouth shut just in case this was a mistake and I didn't want to rock the boat in case we won an award. I figured our chances were good since in every interview the festival gave they gushed about our film. It was always the first (and usually the only) feature film they talked about when doing interviews with the local newspapers and TV stations.

Here's some of the interviews...

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2013/10/flint_film_festival_to_showcas_1.html

Thomas said two films that have garnered the most phone calls, emails and Facebook messages for interested viewers are "Flint's Best Rock" and "Wingmen Incorporated."

"Wingmen Incorporated," directed by Jason Schaver, is about a jaded psychologist who forms a company to teach desperate men how to pick up women. "Flint's Best Rock," a 1988 film by Jim Baadeln, is about the history of WWCK 105 FM, "Flint's Best Rock," the top rock station in the country during the 1970s and most of the 1980s.

Here's one from the local ABC affiliate.  There is an article + a video of the local news. In the video, be sure to watch 0:58 to 1:15, which is where they show the clip of Wingmen Incorporated.

http://www.abc12.com/story/23649018/flint-film-festival-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary

There was another article, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it.

So, yeah, they talked about our film quite a bit leading up to the festival. So I figured despite them completely blowing off telling us we got in that I could easily forgive them if we won an award.

Well, we didn't win. The Rebound, a local film the festival directors did NOT talk about in any of their interviews, somehow won "Best Feature".  (go ahead and re-read the articles I posted, no mention of it anywhere)

Below is the trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS3rqOtmQbo

Now I'm not going to bash another person's film, but there was a reason why the festival used Wingmen Incorporated to lure people to the festival and not this film. So they clearly thought our film was better, yet somehow, The Rebound managed to win the award.

So that was kind of the last straw. I filed a complaint with the film festival submission website www.withoutabox.com and the festival itself and got my refund.  The festival director couldn't have been more rude or condescending.

Here's a few snipets of his emails...

"Well they (withoutabox) forwarded me your nasty letter..."

First off, it wasn't a "nasty" letter. It was a letter of complaint. I told him about how I didn't appreciate not being notified of being selected or them ignoring my initial email.  I also asked how a film that they gushed about in every interview could lose to a film that they never mentioned at all in any of their interviews and that if I knew they were just going to give awards to their friends* I wouldn't have wasted my time submitting to them in the first place and would like a refund.

*Now I'm not sure if they are actually friends, but it was a local film. I called them "friends" to get my point across to them that from an outsider's perspective this looks really really really fucking shadey.

Here's an excerpt from another email...

I personally liked your film, and it was strong as far as the competition. Our scoring as far as the placement is by scored in certain criteria, and is just by number and not emotion or whether we like it or not. I hope you understand.

That being said, I saw nothing from The Rebound trailer that made me think it was a far superior film. In fact, I'd take our film over it any day of the week. He still never answered my question how a film that he used so valiantly to promote his festival could lose to a film that he didn't feel was good enough to even mention to the press? If it was so great, why didn't he talk about it more? Or at all even?

In well over 2,000 submissions we have never been asked for a refund.

I'm not sure if I buy that. If so, how unlucky am I?  Seriously, that's like a 0.05% chance of fucking up, and they fucked up the one time I deal with them.

 I'm sorry that things worked out the way they did or the way that you perceive they did...

This pissed me off. I didn't "perceive" any of this. This is what really happened in real life. There's no lack of communication or crossed signals or not being on the same page or whatever cliché you want to use. They really didn't contact me and they really didn't respond to my initial email and they really did award a local film "Best Feature" despite the fact that they really did never talk about the film at all in their promotional interviews.

....but kicking up all of this dust isn't doing any good.

Worked out okay for me. I got my f*cking refund.  (well, most of it, my submission fee was $25 and they sent me a check for $20. So they shorted me $5, but honestly, as incompetent as this festival is I will consider that a VICTORY!)

Anyway, I hope I don't come off as too pissy. Part of these blogs are to vent and get things off your chest and this has been in my mind for the past week or so.  If you are a filmmaker I would definitely recommend skipping this festival. I have been treated better by festivals that rejected me than this one, and they loved our movie. I can't imagine how they treat people who's movies they don't like.

Jason W. Schaver

Long Time No Blog! (lots to catch up on)

Where to start?

1.  Wingmen Incorporated played its very first festival on April 6th out in Cedar Rapids, IA. It won the Silver Eddy in the Best Feature Pro-Am Category. To be eligible for this we needed to have someone associated with the state of Iowa (I was born in Clinton, IA) and to not make over 50% of our income as filmmakers.  Since it is way less than 50% we were eligible for Pro-Am status.  The screening went really well and people seemed to really enjoy the film. I was approached several times throughout the night because people recognized me from the film. It was pretty cool.  People in Iowa are so kind.  Not at all like those fucks in Delaware.*

*never been to Delaware, I'm just assuming this based on how boring it must be to live there.

2.  My lovely girlfriend Kate moved in with me.  On Easter Sunday I borrowed my dad's truck and headed out to Chicago to pick up a truckload of her stuff.  We got it loaded up with no problem. Some Asians almost took my dad's mirror off, but they swerved at the last second b/c not only are they good at math they are good swervers. Anyway, it's been going really well. It's nice having someone here. She's a great girl and I am really lucky.

3.  Updated the website, so feel free to check out the new layout.  I just think it flows better.  Be sure to check out our new promotion:  Buy The Truth About Average Guys AND Wingmen Incorporated for $19.99 and we'll throw in a FREE copy of S.O.L.  3 DVD's loaded with bonus material for less than twenty bucks?  Yep, it's real!

http://mopedjones.com/home.cfm


4.  The podcast is still going strong. Check that out as well. We look forward to having more guests as we feel those segments have gone really well. We have a lot of fun making the podcast and the feedback so far has been great. People seem to be enjoying it.  It's really cool watching this thing grow. Hopefully it continues.

http://mopedjones.com/drunkenpodcast.cfm


5. I have some other stuff, but I'm not really sure I'm ready to go public with it yet. I want to calm down and make sure I handle it properly. It involves my career path. Some slimey things have continued to happen and I will now be doing more projects on my own. I'm not naming any names, but for those of you that know me and my work you can probably guess who I am referring too. I may give more details in future blogs/podcasts/ect... but for time being this is all the info I am comfortable giving. I do have a list of all the slimey stuff though, and I'll probably share it at some point. Probably in blog form. We'll see.

Autobots, roll out!

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment
www.mopedjones.com

Podcast Episode 2 + other stuff

Dear Whomever is bored enough to read this,

The latest Moped Jones Drunken Podcast is up.

http://mopedjonesentertainment.bandzoogle.com/podcastblog.cfm

Click that, scroll down to you see the player, then click on episode two. In the latest episode we discuss a wide variety of topics including: Evan's big date that he may or may not have, using kids to pick up women at the mall, me almost getting killed this week, song & movie recommendations by Jason, Evan, and Kate.

While I have you here, I would love for you to click the picture below and rate Wingmen Incorporated on IMDB.



DVD front cover of my new film Wingmen Incorporated.



The reason I am politely asking you to rate the film is because we recently went from a 9.6 to a 3.6 because of one heavily weighted vote.  According to the IMDB stats, the vote came from an 18-29 year old female and I think I have a pretty good idea of who it came from.  It has been years since I've seen this girl, and she should have no reason to have any animosity towards me as I was not the one that lied or cheated.  I'm almost positive it's her because I have had several repeat visits on the website from her current town.  It's not enough to convict her, lol, but I am confident that it's her. 

We have made up some ground as we are up to 4.0 on IMDB, but don't let that terrorizer win!  Please click the picture above and rate the film how you see fit.

And lastly, head on over to www.wingmenincorporated.com and buy a download of the film for $2.99 and watch it tonight!  Or buy a DVD loaded with bonus material for $11.99 and wait for it! 

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Moped Jones Drunken Podcast: Episode 1 + pic

Dear Whomever is bored enough to read this,

http://mopedjonesentertainment.bandzoogle.com/podcastblog.cfm

Click the link and hit play. You can just play it or download it for free.  In the podcast we discuss the following...

Scott Weiland
how Evan's kids may or may not be amazing
a crazy girl I used to sleep with
Evan's upcoming date
Jason & Evan each recommend a song (and play it)
Jason & Evan each recommend a movie (and don't play it, just discuss it)
A very entertaining phone call from Evan's sister
love making tips for Evan

Feel free to email us any questions to info@mopedjones.com and we will try to answer them on the next podcast.

Also, please go to www.wingmenincorporated.com and pick up a DVD or download of my brand new film Wingmen Incorporated.  Downloads of the movie are $2.99 (film only) and/or buy a DVD of the film that is loaded with bonus material.


This is the DVD front and back cover.  Pretty slick, was designed by our buddy Kyle Clark.

Thank you for caring, I truly am humbled by all the kind words about the new film. And to those of you yet to check it out, give it a chance. I promise you'll like it.

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Wingmen Incorporated this Friday! + new logo pic!

Dear Whomever Is Bored Enough To Read This,

Big week coming up. First off, we'll be launching a short trailer & website for our film Wingmen Incorporated on Friday, March 1st.   DVD's and Downloads will be available for purchase.  Downloads (film only) will be $2.99 and DVD's with bonus material will be $11.99 (plus shipping).


This is our new logo. Pretty sweet!

Wingmen Incorporated: Bonus Material
Sober Commentary with Ken Gayton & Bethany Carol
Drunken Commentary with Jason Schaver & Friends
7+ minutes of bloopers
8+ minutes of outtakes
Deleted Scenes

We're hoping that people who are on the fence about buying a DVD will buy a download of the film and then hopefully fall in love with it & want to buy a DVD that is loaded with bonus material.  Downloads of our first two films (The Truth About Average Guys & S.O.L.) will also be available for $2.99.  So hopefully fans of the new film will want to go and check out our earlier work.  DVDs of the first two films will be available on the website as well.

We'll also be releasing a longer trailer on March 15th.  Just felt that two was the way to go.  The first trailer will be about a minute forty-five.  And the long trailer will be about 3 minutes.

What else?

Will be starting a weekly podcast with my buddy Evan Atherton and my girlfriend Kate. It's called The Moped Jones Drunken Podcast. We'll try to put those out every Friday.  Topics will include:  random crap, song and movie recommendations by myself, Evan, and Kate, and news about Moped Jones' upcoming projects and screenings.  The podcast is unrated, and is put on by immature people, so somehow that means you have to be "mature" to listen to it.  There will be more info on all that fun stuff on the Moped Jones website (www.mopedjones.com) once it goes live this Friday.

Any more news?

Oh yeah, will be doing a short film this June entitled No Regrets. The film is uncharted territory for me as I've never made a short film or a drama before. While comedy is my bread and butter, I am very anxious to start this new project to see if I've got the chops to pull it off. The first part of the story is based off something that happened to me, and the ending is something that could happen to me as a result of it (I'm hoping it doesn't b/c it doesn't end well for my character!)

Hope all is well with everyone!  I am so ready for spring.  We got dumped on last Friday and we're getting dumped on right now.  Hopefully this is the last significant snow storm of the winter and we get start seeing 50 & 60 degree temps very soon!

Can't wait for Friday!  I think people are really going to enjoy my new film. Very proud of what we accomplished despite our limited budget.

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Haven't Blogged For While....

Dear Whomever Is Bored Enough To Read This,

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!  Oops, I mean Big Game Sunday since we're not allowed to say Super Bowl because of the Nazi's over at the No Fun League.  God, my sports teams suck right now.  The Cubs are rebuilding b/c of a century of losing. The Bears started 7-1 and didn't make the playoffs. The Illini suck at football and are in the middle of another 2nd half collapse in basketball.  What do I have to look forward to from a sports standpoint?   I wish I liked NASCAR or tennis or something stupid like that.

So it's been a while since my last post.  Felt like writing something, even if it wasn't very interesting. 

Wrote another scene for my new screenplay. So now I'm up to 7 pages.  Only 83 more to go! So far so good.  All kidding aside, I think this thing could be one of the best things I've ever written.



Yup, that's their logo!

Been working on the Wingmen Incorporated website. I'm really impressed with the website that we're doing the site through. It's mainly for bands, but people with films use it as well.  A lot of cool features, plus the sites look pretty sharp. I will be doing a Moped Jones website through them as well once I start that back up.  These sites even have a feature that allows you to do a podcast.  I'll be doing one for Moped Jones with my friend Evan.  So that should be fun.  And if it sucks we can always quit.  Anyway if you are a musician or filmmaker looking for a cheap way to have a professional looking website, I definitely recommend them.

 Also, will be getting a final cut of Wingmen Incorporated here within the next day or so.  I have to burn 3 copies of it to send out to some critics. We're hoping to have some nice quotes to put on our DVD cover and in the trailer. I need to also burn a copy to send to the Cedar Rapids Film Festival. They have to have it by the 8th so I need to get that out ASAP. My first film, The Truth About Average Guys, won Best Feature there in 2011. I will admit, I've been to many film festivals and have seen a lot of really bad indie films, but Cedar Rapids had some very entertaining films there in 2011.

So everything is still launching on March 1st. 

Website
Trailer
DVD's to sell
Downloads to sell

My buddy Kyle is working hard on getting the DVD artwork done.  Still a lot to do, but we should have it done in just the nick of time.  I have never been this optimistic about any of the film projects I've done and cannot wait to see/hear people's reactions to this film. I just have this feeling that it's going to take off and open a lot of doors for me.

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Big Announcement (Wingmen Incorporated) + pictures!

Dear Whomever Is Bored Enough To Read This,


Giving our pitch in 2011

I am very pleased to announce that Wingmen Incorporated has been accepted into the 2013 Film-Com Financing & Distribution Market's New Project Expo! It takes place in Nashville, TN in mid April.   This will be our 2nd time at the event.  In 2011 we were selected to pitch The Truth About Average Guys & S.O.L.

So what is Film-Com you ask?  (just fucking ask it so I don't feel like a jackass).  I'm glad you asked!  It's a film and distribution market that puts filmmakers in direct contact with studio execs we wouldn't normally have access to. 



Partied on the top floor!

Past attendees include....Michael Uslan - Executive Producer of the Batman movies (yes, all the Batman movies, including the recent Dark Knight trilogy). Virgin (they did the movie Limitless, we actually met with them for about a half hour last time we were down there),  FOX has some TV & Film people down there, as does CBS.  Many more.  Seems to be growing every year.



See?  Party, top floor. You can trust me.

Our pitch (in 2011) went really well, and we had a blast partying with all the industry folk.  One guy from FOX even said to us "You guys have 'it'.  I have no idea why you aren't working on the 3rd floor at Paramount right now."   (that was nice of him to say, but it's not like you can go up to the front gate at Paramount and say "Some guy from FOX said we had 'it', can you please let us in and show us to our offices on the 3rd floor?")



The hotel we stayed at.

All in all it's a great opportunity for Wingmen Incorporated to go down there and hopefully sell the movie or get some sort of distribution deal where we don't have to sell our souls (and get nothing in return).  Or find someone that can get us on Netflix Instant Watch.  The Truth About Average Guys was on Netflix Instant Watch for 1 year  (3/9/10 through 3/9/11) and we were rated nearly 30,000 times.  So I don't know how many people watched it, just that about 30k watched it and rated the film (2.4 out of 5 star scale, most people loved it or thought it was the worst movie ever made, they were both right!)  I think if Wingmen Incorporated were on there it would have no trouble finding an audience.

2nd floor balcony of the hotel.

So things are about to get crazy.  Submitting to our first two festivals very soon (they take place in April). Releasing everything  on March 1st (website, trailer, film).  And going to Nashville in mid-April to meet with some studio execs.  Right out of the gate we have the opportunity for something big to happen. Would be nice if something in my life were finally easy.  I don't want to sound like a whiner, b/c I know my life hasn't been as bad as some people's, but there seems to be a lot of things that happen to me where I'm left thinking "Well, that was unnecessary" Or "Does that happen to everyone or just me?"

Ready for easy!

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Wingmen Incorporated Website + other stuff

Dear Whoever Is Bored Enough To Read This,

Here's where we stand at the moment.  Ken is putting the finishing touches on the final cut of the movie.  Still trying to finalize the music before we submit to our first two film festivals (LA Comedy Festival, and Cedar Rapids).   Both festivals are in April, so time is ticking on submitting.  I have until February 8th to submit to Cedar Rapids.  Not sure what the deadline is for LA Comedy, but Ken has that one covered since it's in his neck of the woods. 

While he's been chugging away on the final cut, I have been working on the Wingmen Incorporated website.  A few weeks ago I stumbled upon this site called Bandzoogle.com. It's a website design & hosting site that is mainly for bands, but some independent filmmakers use it as well.  I really love how easy it is to use as well as how professional it looks. I also love all the little extra features they let you have.  They let you have a mailing list signup & give you free newsletter templates.  So there may be a Wingmen Incorporated newsletter (if we feel like it & there is a demand for it). 

Another feature I really like is the ability to do a podcast.  I've always wanted to do one (well not always, b/c in 1985 I didn't want to do one mainly b/c they didn't exist yet, but always as in ever since 2011 when I was a guest on a local podcast called AudioRod).  So that is definitely something I would be interested in doing.  Would need to buy some equipment to do that, but I'm fine with that.  Bandzoogle also keeps track of your website stats so we can know how many visitors we have as well as what city, state, and country they are from.   There will also be a forum on the site where people can discuss the films or ask us any questions they may have about low/no budget filmmaking. 

We'll also be working on the trailer in the not too distant future, as well as getting some screeners out to a few critics so hopefully we'll have some glowing reviews and some pretty sweet quotes to put in the trailer & on the DVD cover.

Can't wait for March 1st!  I think this little indie comedy is going to open a lot of doors for us.

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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New Plan Stan...(with video clip)

Dear Whomever Is Bored Enough To Read This,

Well, after talking it over with my partner, we've decided that we're going to release our upcoming film, Wingmen Incorporated, a little earlier.  We feel it's in our best interest to have our film out there well before the bigger budgeted film with a similar title. We were planning on sometime in May, however, now it's looking like March 1st (if all goes well).  And it should go well. So yeah, March 1st, 2013 we will (most likely) be launching the following....

The Wingmen Incorporated Trailer
The Wingmen Incorporated Website
Selling Downloads of the movie for $2.99 (film only)
Selling DVD's of the film with extras for $10.99

The Website will also include DVD's and Downloads of our 2nd film, S.O.L.. I don't have the pricing info on the S.O.L. stuff yet.

Our debut film, the multi-award winning comedy, The Truth About Average Guys, will become available on DVD and Download on March 10th, 2013.  The reason for that is that is when our distribution deal is up, and trust me when I say "WE HAVE NO FUCKING INTENTION OF RESIGNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"   You may have noticed the CAPS.  And the swear word.  And the 17 exclamation points (don't count them, it ruins the joke).   We weren't big fans of what our deal ended up being (no money for us, but a lot of money for people that weren't us).  That was the exact opposite of how we were hoping it would go.  Anyway, the full rights to the film come back to us on March 10th, 2013.  Which is why there is a short delay in that being available on our website.  But from March 1-9th  people will be able to enjoy Wingmen Incorporated and S.O.L.  And if they don't think we're awful after that, they can check out our debut film and see how much better we've gotten. 

We're in the process of finalizing what songs are in the movie.  Been having a lot of trouble finding music for this one.  Found several songs on shockwave.com.  So that got us started off really well.  But as for finding songs from bands, that's been really difficult to find songs that we can use that fit our scenes.  We need 2-3 more songs from bands that would be featured in the film (meaning, they aren't background noise, but actually heavily featured in the scenes). 

Now that we are moving everything up several months, that also means we'll be starting the film festival submission process several months earlier as well.  We were going plan our entire strategy around Sundance 2014, but now we are not.  The first two festivals we'll be submitting to are the LA Comedy Festival and the Cedar Rapids Film Festival.  Both festivals are in April.  If we got into both that would be a very good start to the film festival circuit. 

Been getting a lot of reads from all over the world.  Very cool.  Not sure how you are all finding me, but I'm glad I've kept your attention for 8 blogs.  I can't wait for you all to see the new film.

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Started New Screenplay + Wingmen Incorporated News!

Dear Whomever is Bored Enough to Read This,

As of 1/1/13 I have officially started a new screenplay.  It's been a long time since I started a new one.  I co-wrote Wingmen Incorporated but that story wasn't my idea.  In 2009 I did start a comedy called Welcome To The Family, but that beginning ended up being used in Wingmen Incorporated. So that one never got finished (and probably won't be).   I may take some of those scenes and put them in my newest screenplay, which is tentatively called I Don't Recall.

I'm not sure how much of the plot I should give away, but the script involves my character getting into an accident and faking amnesia.  When my girlfriend (Kate) moves out here in the spring we'll get crankin' on the script. In the meantime I just wanted to start writing a few scenes here and there so we wouldn't have to start from scratch once she gets here.  I'm really anxious to see where the story takes us.  It has the potential to be very funny. I've let a few people read the scene I've written and the responses have been all very positive.  I like where it's heading.

In other news, Ken and I recently found out that there is a film coming out (with a much larger budget) called Wingman INC.  While it's not exactly the same title as Wingmen Incorporated, it's still a little too close for comfort.  We have no intention of changing our title. So we are discussing our best plan of action.  The last thing we want is to miss out on some film festivals because they don't want to accept two films with similar titles.  Their film does have some "name" talent (I put "name" in quotes because while some of their actors have done well known film and TV projects, they weren't the stars and aren't really all that well known) but that will still help them get into film festivals b/c festivals get huge boners for "name" talent.  So we may cut a few corners so we can get it out there sooner.  Nothing major.  The main thing is we may not wait until 2014 to start film festival run.  May start submitting to festivals immediately and hopefully start getting into some later in the spring/summer of 2013. To do this we may have to skip some "minor post production stuff" (that most non-filmmakers won't really notice or care about) in order to get it out there several months sooner. 

So our festival run may start this summer as opposed to next January.  This is actually what I wanted to do in the first place even before the film with the much bigger budget and similar title got on our "radar".  I just didn't want to push everything back for Sundance.  Don't get me wrong!  It would make my LIFE to get accepted.  I just didn't like our odds and didn't feel the time spent waiting would be worth it (meaning, I didn't think we'd get in.  Don't get me wrong again.... I think  Wingmen Incorporated is worthy of getting into Sundance, I just don't trust their selection process enough to warrant pushing everything back several months to save our "premier status" for them.)

If we decide quickly on what we're doing it's possible our festival run could start in April at the Cedar Rapids Film Festival.  My first film, The Truth About Average Guys, won best Pro-Am Feature there in 2011. Their early bird deadline is January 25th.  Their late deadline is February 8th.  So it's possible that could start our festival run.  Since I was born in Iowa that makes us eligible to submit as filmmakers need an "Iowa Connection".

So at the moment, I'm not sure if Wingmen Incorporated (not to be confused with Wingman INC) will be released in May like previously discussed or much sooner.  After Ken and I discuss this more we'll decide on the proper course of action. I think we both are leaning towards putting it out sooner, but we'll see!

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Wingmen Incorporated: Making Progress!

Dear Whomever Is Bored Enough To Read This,

On Saturday night I received a rough copy of Wingmen Incorporated from my partner Ken Gayton. He recently moved to LA and has been busy putting together a rough cut of the film.  This is the first time I've seen the entire film (just a hair under 82 minutes, however, there's some credits still missing, and BUT we've trimmed a little fat here and there, so those two things might cancel each other out).

With each change that gets made I get more and more excited about how good this little $5000 (fan funded) film can be. I have never been this optimistic about any of my film projects.  People are going to love this movie.  I can just feel it.

We've started selecting some music to go in the film. There's going to be a lot of songs in this movie.  Our characters spend a lot of time in local bars, so there's many scenes that will need music playing in the background.  Plus, since it's a movie, there will be places that need scored.

Here's a couple pieces of music that we've already agreed on...

"The Best Product On The Market" - Chris Hodges - Very upbeat instrumental.  I really liked this instrumental.  Pitched it to Ken, but couldn't think of a place for it.  Ken found the perfect place.  But I can't tell you. =)  (if you clicked the link play the "full length version".)

"Up and Go" - Tempero - This one is more rockin'.  Pitched it to Ken, thought it would be good for the DVD main menu.  He also found a spot for it in the film that I think fits perfectly.  (I think we'll be using the "60 second version", so if you click the link, play that one)

Anyway, just wanted to give you all a taste of what we're doing.  So far we've agreed on about 5 songs. We'll probably need another dozen or so. Lots of places for music in this film.  Also been trimming some fat in some of the scenes to help the movie flow better.  It's amazing how cutting one line can completely change a scene. 

Still a lot of work to be done, but we are making some really nice progress.

We'll have a video for you soon, I was  hoping to have it today for you, but it didn't happen.  Should have it on New Year's.  I promise it's worth the wait! It's an actual edited clip from the film (not bloopers or outtakes like we've been posting) I was practically in tears the first time I saw it from laughing so much.  Can't wait to show it to you all!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all!

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Wingmen Incorporated: Here's The Plan!

Dear Whomever is Bored Enough to Read This,

Here's our plan...

We will be releasing the Wingmen Incorporated website, trailer, $1.99 downloads of the film (film only), and DVD's with loads of extras, all on the same day. We're going to hit everyone with everything we've got from Day 1.  The reason our downloads will be so cheap is because we're hoping that people will take a chance on downloading the film, love it, and want to buy the DVD with all the extras.  We will be doing our "drunken commentary" again.  As well as loads of outtakes & bloopers.  We had A LOT of fun on set.  There was a lot of improv, bloopers, and outtakes.  Not sure what else will be on the DVD's.  Definitely will have the trailers to our first two films (The Truth About Average Guys & S.O.L.)

Another part of the reason we want to do this all at once is because we feel that if we come out with a trailer too soon people may forget about us.  We want to be available to people the second they see our trailer.  We don't want them to have to remember us 2 months later. 

We're hoping to do this in April or May (at the latest).

Once the film is done, we'll be submitting to film festivals all over the country.  Starting with Sundance.  We've gotten some advice as to when the best time to submit to a festival is.  Lots of little things you can do to increase  your chances of getting in.  The odds will still be stacked against us in regards to getting into Sundance.  After all, they receive over 10,000 submissions a year and only screen about 200 films. Half of which are shorts.  So we'll see how it goes. 

But all is not lost if we don't get into Sundance 2014.  Sure, that would make things a heck of a lot easier, but we are not failures if we don't get in.  We will be submitting to a lot of local and regional festivals.  I've got the Midwest covered.  Ken has LA & the west coast covered.  We're researching festivals on Withoutabox.com (a film festival search site) right now.  Looking for anything with a comedy category or great networking opportunities.

One of the festivals I'm most excited about is the Phoenix Film Festival.  It's a pretty big festival that S.O.L. almost got into.  They sent us the nicest rejection letter we've ever received.  They said they really liked the film but it didn't fit with the rest of the program.  They invited us to resubmit the film FOR FREE at the early bird deadline to the following year's festival.  I took that as they wanted us to be first in line so they could program films around us.  Instead of trying to cram us in with films that are nothing like ours.   Of course we forgot to resubmit S.O.L.  Oops.  But we will be sending them Wingmen Incorporated at the early bird deadline in 2013 for the 2014 festival.  I like our chances.

Here's a few other festivals that we're looking forward to in 2014...

Trail Dance Film Festival (Duncan, OK):  This was the very first film festival that we submitted to back in the fall of 2008.  It was also the very first festival that we got accepted into.  And the first festival that The Truth About Average Guys won an award at (actually, at the January 2009 festival we took home 3 awards: "Best Comedy", "Best Actress", and "Best of Festival")  In January of 2011 our 2nd film, S.O.L., took home the "Viewer's Choice" award.  So been there twice & have won 4 awards.  If Wingmen Incorporated is fortunate enough to get accepted, we hope to add to that total in January of 2014.


East Lansing Film Festival (East Lansing, MI):  This was the 2nd festival we ever got into.  They paid for our hotel room while we were there, so we kinda figured that we had won something.  We did.  We won "Best Feature".  We will be submitting to the November 2014 festival.  (could have been ready for the November 2013 festival, however, we are saving our "World Premier" for Sundance, so that's pushing everything back some.


Cedar Rapids Film Festival (Cedar Rapids, IA):  Since I was born in Iowa (Clinton), we are eligible to submit to this festival.  In 2011 we won "Best Feature" for our film The Truth About Average Guys.  We will be submitting to the April 2014 festival.  As I recall, there were some very entertaining films at this festival.  And since it's only 90 minutes from me, I won't go broke trying to get there.

There's tons more, but for the life of me I can't remember them right now. 

I will also be putting on a fundraising screening on in Clinton, IA in April or May to help pay for film festival submissions & film festival travel expenses.  Ken will be putting on a screening in Chicago for the cast/crew/family/friends/public some time before that.

Anyway, that's the plan going forward!  Feel free to check out Wingmen Incorporated's IMDB page by clicking here.  There's all sorts of trivia, movie connections, and cast info on the page. 

Was going to start my Christmas shopping today, but we're in the middle of a blizzard right now.  Oh well, maybe tomorrow. 

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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Wingmen Incorporated: Bringing You up to Speed!

Dear Whomever is Bored Enough to Read This,

I've had several people asking me how post production for my upcoming feature, Wingmen Incorporated, is going.  So I thought I would make take a moment and bring everyone up to speed.

This is straight from the horse's mouth: Wingmen Incorporated co-writer, co-director, co-star and editor Ken Gayton (some of it is also from my mouth as well). This is basically a combination of Ken's thoughts as well as my own.  But since I'm telling the story I'll change some of the "I's" to he's" when referring to Ken.

After all the sound files are renamed, we'll need to sync all the sound files.  Which Ken has been doing already. After the clips are labeled and sync'd .  Then he'll send me a DVD of the movie.  We can tweak it and fine tune it.  Once it's at a picture lock then we can send off the film to get sound corrected.

While that's happening we can decide on music.  Where it needs to go and what parts need it.  We'll need to decide which parts need songs (from bands) and which parts just need scored (just music). Can use Shockwave.com again as they have an entire library of great music to use that is very affordable.  Also, since we've been contacted by several musicians that score films, it might be a good idea to check some of them out as well. 

We also need to find someone to do special effects in the movie.  The bullet shots are the main thing. Ken is going to try and learn how to do that on his own, but it's pretty tricky.  Although he thinks he may have found some good videos though so hopefully he'll be able to do it.

Once the sound correction is all done which entails evening the levels, putting filters on scenes, sound effects, etc.  We'll know what scenes need to have ADR. Then we'll have to do ADR. Ken will fly back to Chicago for a week to do that and schedule it with whoever needs to come in.  We're going to do it differently than we've done it in the past. We're going to do it on site and not in a studio because in a studio it feels too forced and sounds unrealistic. Which I totally agree with. I've done ADR before and it felt like a total waste.  It was hard to replicate the performance 6 month later in a studio.  (for those of you that don't know, ADR means "Automated Dialogue Replacement" and/or "Additional Dialogue Recording".  Basically means the dialogue from the original recording on set wasn't quite good enough and we need to go into a studio and re-record the dialogue. There is a clip of the scene playing on the monitor.  You can hear the audio from the scene in your headphones and you have to try to say the line EXACTLY how you did it on set.  Same tone, same performance.  It sucks.  I hate doing ADR.)

Once the ADR is done, we put in the music that we decided upon. and we'll set up a screening for the cast, crew, family, etc.  Not sure how that's going to work because Ken will have just been out in Chicago and it would be very expensive to have him come out here twice in a short period of time.  But we'll figure something out.

So we don't know for sure if we'll be done by April 1st as some of this is out of our control, like sound correction for example.  However, it should be no later than May.  It will still be in time to submit to the Sundance Early Bird Deadline, which is the goal.

Hope this brings you all up to speed!

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment

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