Hello, friends.
This is an update! But there is nothing really to report, so I guess this is just my way of letting you know that some of us here are still alive and able to type. Barely.
The “super secret” project that Ryan wrote about awhile back is coming along, uh… slowly but surely. Ideas are whizzing about and “percolating” in the minds of the writers and some paramount developments are on the horizon. It’s very exciting in a tortoise sort of way. But hey, he won the race anyway, right?

Basically, this post is just to tell you to keep watching with tense anticipation for further developments. You won’t be disappointed.

 What can I say? Kurt Russell plus John Carpenter equals awesome.

 JVC recently announced a couple of new tantalizing cameras, the GY-HM100U and the GY-HM700.

 The HM100U is a 1/4″  3CCD handheld camcorder with integrated lens, while the HM700 big brother sports 1/3″ 3CCDs in a compact shoulder mount form factor with a nicely spec’d removable Canon lens. Which, by the way, is actually included with the purchase of the camera!

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 Panasonic sent out a wave of press releases yesterday (02/11/09) announcing new and eye-brow raising products to their line-up. As exciting as these additions are by themselves, they seem to be indicative of a modularity trend and ample-option mentality emerging in P-sonic’s marketing plans.

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 Whether it be for life sustaining planets, God particles (maybe there’s more than one!), the Ark of the Covenant, or a decent spot to bury a body, success in one’s sometimes unsavory endeavors usually begins with a course of action enslaved to the answer of a simple question:

 Where should I start looking?

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 I came across this Chinese phrase at this website here. I really like it, so I thought I’d share it with everyone. The English spelling is Yuan Ying Hui.

 It means – We meet together for film.

 Hey gang! Er, uh well, maybe not so much a gang as a few stragglers. But the best stragglers booze can buy, I might add!

 Anyway, I’m sure it’s well known we here at the Omega are into alternative forms of media distribution. Mostly this is because we have a snowballs chance in a supernova to distribute our work through traditional channels (i.e. your local cineplex).

 We’re also into it because it’s the way of…  Tha Futcha!

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 Mag as in print magazine, not ammo clip. At least in this instance.

 Lately, I’ve been coming across some really good articles in magazines like, Filmmaker, MovieMaker, and Indie Slate to name a few. It’s true print is “evolving” per se, but fortunately these magazines are either entirely free online or they publish a good portion of their articles for free on their website.

 Below are some of those articles I thought everyone might find informative/inspirational/FMIL. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the New World of Distribution

DIY Distribution: Indie Films and the Internet

My Adventure in Theatrical Self-Distribution, PART 1

My Adventure in Home Video, PART 2

To those who liked/disliked/ambivalent but non-the-less intrigued by Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, you may be curious to know what the business specifics (i.e. money) were on Whedon’s online experiment. Fortunately, Whedon decided to do an interview about the project with the Wharton School business journal at the University of Pennsylvania.

 Good read, so check it out.

 Stu Maschwitz posted on is blog Prolost, that The Orphanage will be closing their doors for an indeterminate amount of time.

 If you don’t know, The Orphanage was a feature visual effects, commercial production, and animation studio. They pretty much blazed the trail for digital intermediate work and visual effects in film for the past ten years. And, while beating us over the head with their logic and brilliance, pointed us in the right direction for the best possible future of digital cinema.

 The Orphanage also created Magic Bullet, software plug-ins Ryan and I have coveted ever since they were released. Seeing the DV work of The Orphanage gang all those years ago was very inspirational and we’ve been sold on the idea of digital filmmaking ever since. Somehow I get the feeling, all the high-end work The Orphanage pioneered was done to prepare Hollywood for the rising generation of digital filmmakers they helped spawn.

 So, hats off to The Orphanage! I can’t wait to see what you guys do next!

 Update: The Orphanage Animation Studio is a separate company, and as such, will not be ceasing operations. Woo-hoo!!