This is the rough cut made for the producer to showcase the footage from the first day of filming for the mock Mission Impossible inspired library version involving a disastrous virus designed by group of rogue catalogers to crash SIRSI and re-catalog everything—every last book, movie and learning kit—in the Library of Congress system and send the library back to the dark days of the card catalog system.
Today was the first day of filming for a mock movie trailer for a script by Lessa Keller-Kenton involving a disastrous code designed by group of rogue catalogers to crash SIRSI and re-catalog everything—every last book, movie and learning kit—in the Library of Congress system. Think Mission Impossible with librarians.
The first day of filming was great. As cinematographer, I came up with a few extra unplanned awesome shots. Oh, yeah! We spent about two hours filming in the library for possibly about a minute of footage. At some point this week, Lessa will get footage of a spy movie style rope drop-in and next Sunday we’ll finish filming at another library.
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Last night, I posted the two cover designs I created for A Collection Before the Crash on Facebook for my friends to judge. I took 48 pictures on Sunday afternoon for the cover and these two were my favorite. The second cover (the one on the right with the larger flower) currently has the most likes from my friends.
As for the back cover, that will depend on the front. This is the work in progress text I have right now:
“Follow the normal lives of several people on the Green Planet as they deal with vengeful actors, a stalking scarecrow, illusions gone awry, kidnapping robots, a disappearing moon, scavengers in space, and a psychotic vampire detective – all while ignorant to the gods schemes.”
Getting so close to releasing it…
A Collection Before the Crash, the collection of intertwining short stories following characters from The Crashing of Heaven and Hell, has been sent to an editor.
YAY!
A Collection Before the Crash follows the normal lives of several people on the Green Planet as they deal with vengeful actors, stalking scarecrows, illusions gone awry, kidnapping robots, a disappearing moon, scavengers in space, a psychotic vampire detective, and scheming plans from the gods.
The book will be available as a free eBook to promote my upcoming novel, The Crashing of Heaven and Hell. There will also be a paperback version for purchase.
For the record, this is how I usually feel:
