Remember a long time ago when we posted Story Time with Ray and he taught you how to use the letters A & B? Well we did and you can see it HERE.
Well the promise of the remaining letters is being delivered now with the Wiggy Webs launch and you can see the newest video HERE!
Every Monday we’ll be releasing the next Story Time so make sure to be subscribed so you never miss an episode! And if you want any advice from Ray leave your questions in the comments!
See you soon!
Filed under new media, Story Time with Ray, Wiggy VonSchtick, wiggy webs
That’s right, starting today Wiggy Webs is LIVE!
Above is the first of a long string of new content that will be released every week!
The current schedule is as follows:
New shows will be added as we grow so don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel!
For now enjoy 3 Minutes with Curtis & Dean above and tell a friend!
I’m mad at myself.
I’ve let myself get overwhelmed as I attempt too many things all at the same time and because of that there are things that I’ve fallen horribly behind on.
To cover my ass I should mention that the things that are making my living right now have received the appropriate amount of attention – I do have my priorities in line.
I’m now over four months past when I thought I would have started releasing the Wiggy Webs shorts that still sit in the editing computer in the bay waiting to be cut. This really bothers me. I think we’ve got some really fun content locked up in that machine, but I just haven’t found the time to cut it. I’m purposely mentioning it here so that I can call myself out and raise the personal pressure to get these segments cut and done.
Rene and I also want to do a travel show. We have some ideas that get us really excited, but it will probably be mid to late summer before we’ll have a chance to do anything about it.
Don’t be afraid to constantly comment or question about when these things are going to get done. Nothing motivates like the constant barrage of inquisitive voices!
See you tomorrow!
Filed under shameless self promotion, Wiggy VonSchtick, wiggy webs
There’s a lot going on in my life right now, so much that it is hard to catch my breath and see exactly what is going on. It reminds me of a Lionel Richie interview when he talked about all the things that were going on in the 80’s. He said he didn’t really get to enjoy what he was doing because he was always spending his time either getting to an event to perform or running from a place he just performed at. The last six months or so have felt like that for me too, although I haven’t been singing “Dancing on the Ceiling” to crowds of tens of thousands of people. It’s wake up, rush, probably shoot, rush, teach, rush, sit, sleep. Not the most glamorous schedule in the world. Better than digging a ditch, but not glamorous.
Today we caught a break, though. Our interview for the documentary went very well and ended a few minutes early and I got some bonus “sit” time. I thought about what we’ve actually been doing and it occurred to me that, as much as I keep complaining that I’m not exercising my creativity, I’ve actually been experimenting with a few different ways of story telling and some of it might turn out pretty cool!
For the doc we’ve got three very different looks that we’re combining together:
And even though it feels like this is all getting tossed together by the seat of our pants I really think this doc is coming together.
The Wiggy Webs stuff, even though it is woefully stuck in edit hell, has me really excited! With the commentary pieces, satire and straight up schtick it’s the most exciting outlet that we haven’t taken full advantage of yet. I’m re-affirming my efforts to get that stuff up – seeing as how I’m four months behind. I’m ashamed of myself.
Cheerleaders Must Die! – A long time back & forth between turn around and production, but still Zeke is making great script alterations and there’s a wave of support growing under it and that’s awesome.
And, on the geek front, our D&D game is evolving for the better. My buddy Dean was added to the group about a year ago and since then he has challenged some of my ideas about how to play. I now feel like we are just building a fantasy story and I’m planning my participation to help contribute to that. I don’t feel like I can explain that very well here, but the important detail is that even this game is a version of storytelling and it is getting better as I work.
They say work breeds more work and I’m noticing it even if it isn’t directly involved in the kind of work that pays me I’m still getting paid in satisfaction.
Brain is turning to toothpaste so I’ll…
See you tomorrow!
We are BACK!
Sundance was amazing this year and incredibly busy! This is where I apologize for not keeping up with the daily blogging – but if you were paying attention to my Twitter Feed then you had a pretty good idea of what was going on. If not, here’s the brief rundown in bullet points:
I was also introduced to a new production tool called doddle. It’s a program and app that helps production run smoother – specifically when you need a call sheet. Check out the link above to see a demo, but I’ll be writing up about it more on the Wiggy Blog.
As far as what’s coming up in February – it’s all production and Wiggy Webs!
We’re getting into the filming part of our documentary and that is VERY exciting, but as far as things you can watch you’ll have to check out Wiggy Webs! Feb. 7th will launch the first of the new programs on our channel so I hope you’ll check that out.
See you tomorrow!
Filed under business, making movies, sundance '11, Wiggy VonSchtick, wiggy webs
I can safely call myself a producer now. For a long time I believe I was an actor who was producing, but now my time is definitely spent more in a producer role than as an actor. There are pros and cons to this, most I don’t really want to go into right now, but the biggest change that I’ve noticed, especially the last couple days, is that I don’t have the time to solve the creative problems that have been popping up.
I guess “problems” is the wrong word, they’re more like “issues.” Things with CMD!, the documentary, the other development projects and Wiggy Webs are really starting to push forward, but as things ramp up the time that I feel comfortable dedicating to the creative side keeps shrinking. There’s just too much business to do. I find myself excited when I have to go to the store because it means I don’t have to review another invoice or re-do a budget. Don’t get me wrong, people pray for my problems but I miss the days of sitting in front of this computer and just making up stories whether good or bad.
I think that, once a few of the current projects get far enough along I’ll be able to dedicate myself to the creative more, but in the mean time I’ll be negotiating with myself about when I’m going to pull out a CMD! re-write and review a new script or two.
These are such first world problems. I suddenly feel very guilty even writing about it.
See you tomorrow! Warts and all!
Filed under business, cheerleaders must die, doctor who, projects, Wiggy VonSchtick, wiggy webs
Had a bit of a change in plans, which is never bad as far as I’m concerned.
Unless it is bad, then it’s very upsetting.
But today was not upsetting, it was exciting! Since my morning was suddenly free I visited my friend Dean’s house where he was hosting a brunch which consisted of crepes, both sweet and savory, and roasted potatoes and coffee and mimosas.
I’m not a very big fan of mimosas, but the coffee was very good, as was the food and so was the company! Had the extra bonus of seeing a filmmaker friend of mine unexpectedly! We were able to talk shop and swap some contacts, always nice to do. And I got my haircut.
But the highlight of my day that wasn’t connecting with good friends was when I got a picture text from my director Zeke:
Apparently the Wiggy logo is making the rounds!
See you tomorrow!
Filed under business, food, friends, making movies, project 365 2010, Wiggy VonSchtick
Sometimes you just need a day to get things back on track. Today was that kind of day for me. After school I went back home to wait for Rene to get back from her show, it was a good few hours. In that time I listed the tasks that need to be done this week, reviewed a bunch of crap and discovered that even though I was catching up on my reading, I was now woefully behind again. Now I’ve got a nice long list of shit to do, so I’ll take care of that this week.
Oh, and in reference to “things to do” one of those things is to plug Wiggy Webs the new YouTube channel for Wiggy VonSchtick! Go to the Wiggy Blog to check it out. The plan is to shoot and edit more content this week, but the way my plans have been going it might get pushed to next week.
When Rene did get home we visited our with our friend Emily at her going away party:
This is Emily with Rene and me. Brian photo-bombed us.
Then we went home and went to bed.
Well, some of us went to bed a bit early:
(That’s a bonus picture!)
See you tomorrow!
Filed under business, friends, project 365 2010, rene, shameless self promotion, Wiggy VonSchtick
Today was a good day!
I like it when the week starts off with progress and today progress was made! I started a new plan today to help get stuff on the old plan moving a little bit quicker. Really a lot of this will be talked about in the Wiggy VonSchtick Blog later in the week, but it was nice to be motivated.
On a completely unrelated note, Frankie’s cousin, Roxy the mini-poodle, is staying with us. She really loves Frankie and has been following him around all week. She’s started to fall into his routine which includes being with him as he looks out the window – which is today’s picture:
I wish I could say more, but it will ruin the surprise!
See you tomorrow!
Filed under business, Frankie, making movies, project 365 2010, Wiggy VonSchtick
What good is a blog if you can’t help your friends? Well, actually I’m sure there’s lots of good a blog can do but this post in particular is nuthin’ but links to my stuff and my friend’s stuff.
If your stuff isn’t on here and you want it to be then post it in the comments.
Yay for shameless self-promotion!!!
Curtis Plugs:
Filed under 7k, general, Improv Shmimprov, music video, shameless self promotion, video, videos, Wiggy VonSchtick
