http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog Home Page for Lots of Stuff Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:27:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi Everybody, The second half of 2008 was spent: Completing Kid Wars 9 and the entire trilogy!  You can see the trilogy at http://www.wrgardner.com/film/KidWars, but the final episode will only be viewable after the premier on December 23rd. Schlepping 3 kids to soccer games, soccer practices, baseball batting cages, baseball games, sax lessons, and band ... http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=33 Hi Everybody, The first half of 2008 was spent: Completing Kid Wars 8!  It's too big for web distribution, so let me know if you want to receive a DVD of Kid Wars 7, Kid Wars 8, and a trailer of Kid Wars 9 (to be completed by the end of the year, ... http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=32 This Fall I'll be focusing on creating the sequel to Kid Wars.  This one will have a lot more special effects (both hand crafted and computer generated).  I hope to complete shooting it this Fall and have it edited sometime in 2008.  More info to come. Bill http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=31 The Railheads new CD, Roots, is now available online at CD Baby, ITunes, and in various other formats.   Find more information about it and our other CDs and our gigs at: http://www.TheRailheads.com Bill http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=30 My UCSD site no longer exists, so you can find the Chromatic Aberration correction filter for VirtualDub at the following link: http://www.wrgardner.com/CaCorrect.vdf and more information on it at the following link: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=61274 Bill   http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=29 What's happening this summer: 1. Helping Vikram shoot and edit the pilots for The India Street video blog. 2. Shooting Kid Wars 8? 3. Finishing up mixing and mastering the acoustic album, "Roots", by The Railheads. 4. Editing a personal photo montage for my grandmother's 90th birthday. 5. Finishing the third and final edit of Bad Luck ... http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=28 I've recently completed two short films which are now available online. "The Remote = Control" is my entry for the DV Challenge #8 film competition.  The film won second place.  We had 2 weeks to complete a film using the theme "Television."  You can see the result at the following link. http://www.wrgardner.com/film/RemoteControl "Kid ... http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=27 Jason Gordon, star of Love Bites and Sun Burns, passed away in February at the all-too-young age of 44.  We'll miss him.  To see some of his work, check out the following links: http://www.wrgardner.com/film/LoveBites http://www.wrgardner.com/film/SunBurns Bill   http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=26 Stuff going on in March, 2007: 1. Shooting and editing "Kid Wars", the Star Wars related short film with Alex and a few of his friends.  Expect it for release in April. 2. Prepping for The DV Challenge #8 in late April.  Send me an email if you're interested in participating. 3. Prepping ... http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=25 1. Starting some research for a new, long script.  2. Planning on filming a short film for Alex and his friends based on a Star Wars light saber battle. 3. Helped out Brian Bradshaw and friends with their short production of "With This Ring...". Bill http://wrgardner.netfirms.com/nfblog/?p=24