And for my next act...

I had planned that my next review would be the super-spectacular Vegas spectacle EFX.

My plans for that review are quite epic, but I've decided to postpone it while the newest member of Team Somaturgy works out the kinks in her magic wand. Which is to say... I have a special effects person! We're spending a few hours every evening together now working together on some basic practice stuff so I can get a feel for what kind of effects I can realistically write into my script and expect the two of us to be able to edit it sometime before next Easter.

One of these days, very soon, I really ought to post an intro to my whole production team. Yes.

Anyhow, EFX is being postponed and instead my second review will be on Brent Spiner's Dreamland.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I still can't figure out how to use film clips I haven't filmed myself and I want to play with trains. *cough*

And before anyone says "Dreamland wasn't ever intended to be performed onstage! It's not a showtunes album!" ...it's a Broadway performer using songs as a vehicle to tell a story. It is therefor a musical. Also this is my show and I reserve the right to define "showtunes" however I dang well please. ;)

Helter & Skelter's Bubblegum Boogiedown Showtunes Show Episode 1: GOYA

2 weekends of filming (largely because I am busy and prone to disorganization during the week, and have only REALLY late nights to use to film anything)... 10 hours of editing... 20 minutes of finished film...

This... is episode 1.

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I do apologize for the abysmal sound quality that persists for most of the first 2/3 of my bits in the boiler room. I had no idea the camera mic was picking up that weird background noise (which I couldn't even hear), and I couldn't speak louder than I was because literally about 15 feet to my right, albeit on the other side of a wall, was a sleeping 3-year-old.

...yeah, there are a number of technical problems with this video. I do see a lot of them and consider them learning experiences which I will probably have figured out how to fix by the next episode. But hey, if you want to point out what I did wrong, please do. I don't see EVERYTHING. ;)


Coming soon:
~Episode 2... subject undetermined as of yet
~An interview with Helter and Skelter, conducted by her loveliness Mouse La Jabraille
~Skelter Goes Grocery Shopping (if any of this footage turns out to be usable, I haven't had a chance to even look yet)