California to New York Documentary

Although production has slowed for my film projects due to the tax season. A new project about my exile from California to
New York is in its first stages of editing.

The documentary will be my most vulnerable and open project to date. It will accompany the series of podcasts labeled
The Ham Palace: The Lost Tapes. They are available now
on Podbean.

It will reveal one man's quest for a new beginning in life.

Various ideas are also being considered for a series of short films which will eventually lead up to a full fledged feature film.

Muscleheads Live: Expendables 2 Afterparty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppg5XBvYKtI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

New Podcasts And More!

A series of podcasts have been produced. Check out The Ham Palace on this blog or check it out at hambo.podbean.com

Also in the works is a true to form live action Muscleheads skit. That's right, Lightning's own Chris Calderon will be posting a new episode of the YouTube hit very soon. The skit will be Chris himself playing all three characters in the show. After that, expect to see a series of small shorts directly from the studio.

Temporary Measures

Lightning is on temporary hiatus due to various other projects, a of couple scripts are being reviewed and considered for possible shorts. Once a script has been agreed on I'm going to begin production and start casting local actors. I've been experimenting with the computer programs that make video look like 8 millimeter film (fascinating) and have been experimenting with different lighting techniques with a collaborator.

Setting Up Shop

Lightning has now been relocated to Albany, NY. Now in collaboration with RMS Promotions. The release of several short films are eminent. Although, the production of Shooting Rocks has stalled, storyboards are still planned for the proposed film shoot. For posts featuring my latest storyboards will be posted on this site as well as an Movin' Slow.

Storyboards Pushed Back

Production on Shooting Rocks has been pushed back to February. Teh, like I didn't see this coming. Production is delayed due to moving to a new city or state to regroup.

In the meantime, stay tuned for a possible new Ham Palace episode noting my current struggles.

Shooting Rocks - Storyboards

Storyboards will be developed soon for Shooting Rocks witch will begin production in 2012. Several shorts will follow. One of the films will deal with a character seen in Shooting Rocks. Another could deal with dating and flirting.

These short films will follow a trial marketing campaign in a fast post-production marketing campaign.

The plan is to challenge Lightning to live up to its name and produce the films, make promotional material (poster, dvd case, etc...), market (submit to multiple film festivals and online screening) in rapid succession in a period of 6 months to a year.

Stay tuned for developments after Christmas 2011