PRAXIS:the state of indie film to come

On The Set of PRAXIS.

So it’s the first week of february of 2009, and for the past couple of months, PRAXIS has been in the ‘hurry up and wait’ mode, also known as the purgatory of distribution.  we are still currently waiting to hear back from a pretty major distributor about US broadcast rights, which is an awesome place to be.  but at the same time, not hearing or knowing is kind of a pain in the ass.  it’s sort of like the same state that PRAXIS was in for the six months after it was completed before it got into it’s first film festival.  not knowing can be a real drag, and it’s tough to wait and see when you want to do something proactive.  tho, fortunately, we’ve gone ahead and worked on the DVD distribution end of things, and set those wheels in motion.

i’ve finally submitted the film and all the appropriate materials to make the film available on amazon and netflix.  now it’s just going to take them some time on their end to process and post the film.  of course, there is a possibility that the film could get rejected because of some of the content of the film.  yes, censorship still exists even in this day and age.  if this happens, the film will not be available on amazon, tho their distro deal is the least benificial to indies, as in, they take the biggest cut.  anyhoo, the process has been set in motion, so the film will soon be available on DVD for sale, rent, and Direct Download.  One more thing that i’d like to get going is to make the soundtrack available for sale, and also on itunes.  I’ll prolly get that stuff going in the next week or so.  once everything is up and running, i’ll have one more plug to let know everyone that it’s up and running.  i’ll also have to re-vamp the website to reflect this too.  in a way, it’s the last really push for the film.

fortunately, i’ve recently picked up more independent and commercial work, which is great because it’s challenging me creatively, and also it the kind of work i really enjoy doing.  i hope that a portion of this work will help fund the next project.  speaking of which, it seems like the ‘next’ project is two completely different things in two completely different directions.  one is a branching out into developing a pilot for series, which is something that i’ve always wanted to do, and is a huge difference than producing feature films.  series depend more on character development, and things have to be completely open ended, while movies basically have to wrap things up by the end of it.  other than developing the series, there’s still a part of me that wants to do another feature:  the difference this time is to try to something that is even more independent than PRAXIS, and i hope to try to complete the majority of principle photography by the end of the year.  as ‘conventional’ as the series is supposed to be, this new film is supposed to fill my need to be more experimental – to take some of the elements of PRAXIS that worked, and develop them even further.  either way, i’d like to find a way to be able to produce more films and speed up the process a little bit.

so, there’s a fair bit of stuff going on, but it’s all good, and i’m looking forward to seeing how all of these new projects develop and grow.