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On Lenses

And now, lenses.

In the video above, I've taken the Sony ZV-E1 and thrown three different lenses on it - the included bog standard kit lens, a vintage Nikon still lens, and a cutting-edge modern Chinese lens, using a different lens for each restaurant we visited. The takeaway? Didn't have any - the food was delicious (badum tsssh). The lens takeaway? These all seem capable of producing nice, beautiful images with pleasing, non-distracting lens characteristics.

I can sum up my view...

Writing NAIL HOUSE

Enjoy a look into the writing process of Nail House with Will and Matt. This is July's monthly video doc update, so it's a slightly meatier entry. As you may note, this session took place back in January so it's a little bit of a look back in time but the guys are tackling the second half of that working draft in the coming weeks. Drop your writing comments/observations/questions here or in the Discord!

Pre-Production Updates

Friendly neighborhood Patreon producer Cherish, again. We figured that it's time for another round of updates on some of the shenanigans around here, of which there have been many. Since the launch of the Patreon, Nail House movement has been ROBUST. Here we go:

• LOCATION - Remember that warehouse search we mentioned? Well, the hunt for Nail House HQ is getting tantalizingly close to an end. We've narrowed it down to a couple of spots and fingers crossed, we'll be able to show yo...

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Meeting with Yung - The Train Car Sequence

Hey Folks. We're trying a little something here, by putting up a raw, but edited down version of two meetings we had with Yung Lee, our Action Designer.

Please let us know in the comments if this is interesting. While it's unrealistic, maybe even undesirable to share every meeting, or uncut versions of meetings, we think being able to "sit in" at least a little bit might be an informative part of the filmmaking process. And if people think it is informative and interesting, then we wi...

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE - Watch Party and Q&A

We'll be watching live and looking at both the YouTube Chat as well as the Discord Chat for our Q&A afterwards!

Let's Talk Budget

Matt here! So... money. We gotta talk about it. Movies need it. This movie needs it. And it takes a greater amount of money to make films than most other art forms. In many ways, it takes an uncomfortable amount of money to make these silly little moving pictures. Does society really benefit from $200 million (MILLION) dollars to put some superheroes on the screen? That’s for you to answer, I guess. Regardless, movies are as much a business as it is an art. Understanding the c...

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE - Online Watch Party + Q&A - July 12 @ 6PM PST

Hey folks!

Join us for an online watch party and Q&A session for our film WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE this Friday, July 12th at 6pm PST.

We'll be streaming the film off YouTube and taking questions via Discord afterwards (We'll also be recording the Q&A in case you can't make it). We'll post a link to the stream on Patreon on Friday. Movie runtime is 1 hr 50 minutes.

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Freddie Starts Fight Training

Freddie starts on the long road to gettin' gud

Thoughts on the Cinematic Image

Hey folks - Freddie here. This Patreon affords me the opportunity to pour myself a tall glass of iced tea and just straight up pontificate upon my cinematic thoughts, which is very exciting (as usually these thoughts are reserved for long-winded conversations with Matt). I hope this will provide elucidating insight into the thinking behind our creative choices.

An early consideration when thinking about a film of any length is, "What is the look?" This can start out fairly...

Welcome, and a Preview of Upcoming Attractions

Hey folks!

RJ Patreon Producer Cherish, here! Some of you may recognize me from my days as the RocketJump Film School creative producer and I'm stoked to be back in the metaphorical saddle. I wanted to jump in and extend a warm welcome to the burgeoning community of film lovers and curious cats that we’re gathering under this cool little corner of the internet. It’s a wild yet incredibly exciting time to be traversing the indie film landscape and we’re happy you’re here with us....

Nailhouse Script(s)

Here is the complete script for Nailhouse. We have no idea what the consequences are of posting the script to the movie before we have even begun filming it. Probably gonna get a lot of unsolicited opinions and notes, which all writers LOVE! (Legally, let it be known: We are ignoring all your unsolicited opinions and notes.)

But, in order to really follow and understand all the machinations behind the scenes it is probably best to know the film. However, if you want to avo...

The Eye Incident

Like a murderous troll hiding under a bridge, few things terrify a writer more on their journey towards completing their script then writer's block. There are as many ways (and in fact many books written about how) to overcome Writer's Block. There is no one answer. Bang your head against the wall until you force yourself to write the next word, write a story circle, play a TTRPG, roll some story dice, watch influential movies, go outside and reconnect with your friends and family in an effor...

The Origins of NAILHOUSE

We promised an unprecedented, as-it-actually-happens, behind the scenes look at Nailhouse from the beginning. However, the film has been in kinda pre-production for years now! So this video will bring you up to speed about everything that has happened since the very first synapses sparked with the idea that would eventually become "Nailhouse".