Production News
March 2009 - Update
'The Penitent Sweater' trailer is now online. The 'trailer' is actually old school style as we chose to preview a scene from the movie instead of mashing lots of highlights together. This method won't give away too much of the plot but is hopefully intriguing enough to attract people to the movie.

'Rednecks' is moving into another phase as the robots and other CGI elements have been successfully modeled, skinned and textured. Now we begin compositing. There is truly light at the end of this long tunnel. Bill H and Marc Stowe have done a great job with the models.

'topher Evans has a super-creative mind. He has these exceptional ideas for movies that are twisted yet accessible. An amazing talent. He has presented another crazy idea which the guys have been working on. We hope to bring 'Ethereal Tones' to life as a short film this spring. Stay tuned for news about this new 'topher concept.

Jan 2009 - Update
GP has been on hiatus for sometime now. Basically, the hiatus is due to personal reasons but a resolution to these issues is at hand.

2009 brings a new era for GP as I seek to collaborate with other like minded individuals to create and produce music videos, short films, features and other media. Finding these individuals is always tough but if you are reading this, maybe you or someone you know is interested in working together. There are but a few pre-requisites: Professionalism, dedication and skills. If you are ready to work hard to make magic with HD video, drop me a line.

2009 is shaping up to be our biggest year ever with some fine short scripts having made their way to us and a plethora of music video ideas to shoot for some pretty amazing musical acts. Contrary to our past dedication to narrative film making, we are expanding our scope to include more short, non-narrative forms of video art. Exciting stuff indeed!

Some of you maybe wondering what happened to 'The Flight of The Shiners'. Well, in a phrase, 'lack of resources'. :) Basically, we shot the video and began the process of building the 60ft tall robot in CGI. This has proven to be a very difficult thing to do when you understand that none of us at GP had any real experience producing a CGI robot but were up to the challenge anyway. Bill has worked tirelessly, nearly everyday for more than a year to make sure that 'Shiners' is completed and sees the light of day. But Bill is just one guy and to make a 60ft robot believeable on screen takes quite a bit of work. Usually this type of work is performed by teams of professional CGI artists working in shifts but since we have a CGI department of 1 it has taken a much longer time than initially conceived. However, Bill assures me (and all of the fine folks who dedicated their time and talents to producing the live-action portion) that 'Shiners' will be completed eventually. No, Bill hasn't given a date but if he does, I'll update you all here. The robot though has really taken shape. Just so you all know we ain't fibbin', a test render is below.

You may also notice that 'Zebulon Pike's Night of Wretching' is not mentioned on this site. It will be... the trailer is in production now and will be released by spring 2009. Watch the newsletter for the announcement.

-Mark Duncan

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