I've yet to make any serious progress on the ISCSI SAN other than purchasing the chassis, and the short form doc that I've mentioned in earlier thoughts has been pushed off the stack one too many times in the past few weeks. I hope to return to both soon.
Most of what has been getting in the way is preparation for something called Real Screen, a marketplace of sorts for producers and TV executives who produce/distribute documentary based or "reality TV". I may have previously gone on the record as someone who personally loathes most of the reality TV offerings out there, though I'm not above admitting that a few guilty pleasures do exist in the genre. I now have 7 or 8 projects prepped or previously prepped that will be pitched with my partners who will be in attendance with yet another that I'm planning on shooting over the coming weekend.
The other thing that I've been toying around with are some interesting marketing pieces for Eldarion. I can't or won't say what they are, but one will likely be released soon, and I have to say I'm quite proud of it. It's more than a commercial in the traditional sense. It's more of a corporate piece that doesn't really feel like a corporate piece. I've been referring to it as a "micro doc" or micro documentary, under two minutes in length but has the feeling of a documentary. It's well paced and IMHO, tells its little story quite well.
I feel with all the short form stuff that I do, my story telling skills are tested more than they would be on a longer form piece. You learn very quickly to cut the nonsense, and get to the heart of the story. Being a part of Eldarion, I'm really loving the opportunity to produce some quality stuff that tells the world a bit about our story, and I'm hoping to do a lot more of it in the coming months.
I do plan to get back to my other projects… Soon.