It never fails that I manage to get us involved in way too many things all at once. We recently finished our latest short documentary “A Cheaper Way to Go” and have begun the promotion and film festival process. It’s a tedious and exciting time. On top of that we are auditioning hosts for a new television series pitch we are working on and finally we just made our annual trip to Atlanta for a screening of our feature documentary “Fans and Freaks The Culture of Comics and Conventions,” The film shows every year as part of the huge Dragon Con event. If you?¢‚Ǩ?°re unfamiliar Dragon Con let me explain:

Dragon Con is the largest multi-genre convention in the south. Imagine San Diego Comic Con with more late night debauchery and bare skin. There are tons of costumes including super heroes, monsters, and nearly naked chicks. There are panels from actors, directors, and others in the entertainment industry. There are all night parties, Klingon Karaoke, one of the best Rocky Horror shows out there, and metal bands. Sound like fun, well it is. I had one goal for this convention other than screening our film and that was to meet one of the greatest filmmakers ever and the true creator of the zombie subgenre, Mr. George Romero. He came to the convention to promote his films and basically shake hands with the fans. He did a great panel discussion on his films and then signed autographs. I was able to spend 15 minutes chatting film with him, getting an autograph, and even giving him a copy of my film and the horror novel I wrote last year. Nothing will of course come of it but it?¢‚Ǩ?°s a great memory.

While I was at the con I was asked to pick up an autograph for my good friend, now co-producers, and influences Jeff Krulik. Jeff recently worked out a new distribution deal for his classic short documentary “Heavy Metal Parking Lot”. It’ll be available everywhere shortly with bonus features and an additional “Parking Lot” short.

We finally gave in and set up a My Space page for our production company Captain Pixel Productions. I haven’t gotten into the whole My Space thing. Honestly I just don’t care about it. The whole thing is full of girls trying to get you to pay for their webcams. I dunno, call me old fashion but I still like my socializing in person. Now, with that said, I see potential for filmmakers to get the word out about their work through this site. Some filmmakers are even making their films available to fans on their sites. We may even do that at some point too. This is a great way to keep a short film alive. After the film festival there?¢‚Ǩ?°s not much more that can be done with a short film. So sites like My Space and You Tube offer a longer life for these films. We will work hard soon to put updates on our My Space page soon. Bookmark us here:

http://www.myspace.com/captainpixel