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October 25, 2009 – Relaunch or Reboot?

Administrator — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:07:21 +0000

Ok, while things have been down lately, I’ve been working on a new site. Things are going really well and I hope to relaunch the site soon, or is that reboot? I can’t keep track of what the current “Hollywood” lingo for this would be. Anywho – the site is really ready for public consumption and I’ll be getting it online soon. Hopefully it will be sleeker and easier to navigate.

Stay tuned…

March 13, 2009 – It’s been too long

Administrator — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:24:28 +0000

Yeah, so I’ve neglected the blog. The whole site has been neglected actually. Rest assured I haven’t been sitting around not thinking about it. In fact, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. In the background I’ve been trying out options for a new site design, something just a little slicker, and finally got the blog migrated over from the awful mess Yahoo gave me on Y360. More changes are coming as soon as I find more time.
Speaking of time, I’ve spent mine working away on a new project. It’s coming, I promise. Pre-production is wrapping on the first in a series of short parodies that I hope to get posted in the coming months. I also just came up with a new short which should be some fun to shoot and posted probably before I get those other films done (yeah, it’s an easy one). Stay with me folks, I’ve got good stuff on the horizon!

Stay tuned…

April 17, 2008 – Copyright

Administrator — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:37:00 +0000

Just a quick note before I get into the heart of this post. I’ve started pulling down videos from my old account. I’ve made them private so I don’t loose the number of hits they had or the original date uploaded, but I figured why duplicate? I want to drive more traffic to my new channel so I’m basically stealing my own hits. Which takes us to this…

I just happened to do a search for one of my own videos and came across a second posting of it. While imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery, just up and reposting is not. Now, I really appreciate that someone liked my movies enough to go and repost them, and I give them alot of credit for plugging my website and my channel, but I just don’t get enough hits to be able to afford someone siphoning off a few hundred here or there. Sure, sure, I don’t make these for money so it’s not like it’s really hurting me, except that I would hope that I can grow my movies and productions to the point where someday someone would pay me for this or get partnered and spreading out hits over a ton of different channels and users doesn’t help me. I don’t hold this person in any ill-will for reposting, and I’m sure I’ll have to tackle this again some day, but I do put a ton of work into each and every single one of my movies and all I can get from them is credit for what I’ve done, so I’m going to hold on to that. They’re free, they can be added to favorites and embedded in pages and I think that’s enough. I just draw the line at having someone else’s username attached to them.

April 14, 2008 – Entropy

Administrator — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:37:00 +0000

Well, Doomed is on a short hiatus. I have to catch up with a few things and then I’ll dive back in with a ton of new episodes, and by a ton I mean 4. Ok, actually more than 4. But until then there’s Entropy. Entropy is a short film I volunteered my voice for. It’s a cool little noir film out of New Zealand done by a film student down there. I saw his posting on one of the film boards I check out and gave it a shot.

You can check it out here: Entropy

March 10, 2008 – Housekeeping! You want pillow fluffed?

Administrator — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Ok, so that title didn’t make that much sense, but I’ve got a bit of housekeeping to do so here it is:

My two ketchup commercials have been resubmitted for the second version of the Heinz contest, Heinz Take 2. I’m not betting for any better an outcome but I did get a nifty mini Heinz bottle with my name on it so it could be worse.

As mentioned Doomed is live. The teaser and episode #0 are up with the first standard episode to go up this week. It’s entitled “Citizen Doom” and will probably be ready mid-week if I don’t get caught up with all the other things I need to get done.

Also, Carb Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Spud and the Amazing Spider-Spud have now been added to the database at FanFilms.net. I don’t know what kind of traffic that site drives, but it’s great to have the films mentioned somewhere else and hopefully more people will see them. I’ll be adding the Doomed videos as soon as I have a few more up.

That’s all for now but watch for more updates and new and be sure to subscribe to my youtube channel so you can see all my newest videos as they are released.

Stay tuned…

January 16, 2008 – A New Year…

Administrator — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:29:00 +0000

A new year and I’m on myspace.

Well, I’ve been on myspace for a little while now, but I just haven’t had enough time to do a proper update. Things are moving forward slowly, but the wheels are still turning. Doomed is coming, I promise! Until then, enjoy the other movies and hang in there. While you wait for a new video, why don’t you swing past myspace.com/mtsfilms and add me as a friend. You could check out some videos while you’re there too!

August 13, 2007 – Audition

Administrator — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:27:00 +0000

On Sunday I had the chance to audition for the guys at Blame Society Productions. Who’s that? Well, they’re the folks who put together a little internet hit called Chad Vader. They were looking for local talent for some of their upcoming productions. Very cool people and it was fun just to give it a shot. Maybe something will come of that and if not, well, you’ll still be seeing updates and new films from MTSFilms.com anyway.

Stay tuned…

August 1, 2007 – New Month, New Site

Administrator — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:25:00 +0000

Well, ok, the site’s not 100% all new, but it was redesigned. It incorporates the old site’s elements but we pretty well rebuilt it from the code on up. The only thing that didn’t change at all is this blog.

In other news, the first cut of the Heinz commercial is done. It needs some polishing and the music is being created, but it will definately be up soon. Also, the first of my props for the new series arrived. I’m waiting for one more item and there’s a piece of costuming that I’ll need and then you should be seeing the first of many short videos.

Stay tuned…

June 7, 2007 – New Site and Youtube Channel

Administrator — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:25:00 +0000

On the main page I’ve mentioned a new site under construction, nearly since the day the site went live. Well, it’s not a drastic overhaul, but the new site is coming very soon.

On a similar note, my new YouTube channel has gone live. I was a bit short sighted when I signed up and since I can’t change the user name, I just signed up for a new channel. Now you can see the releases from MTSFilms in a brand new spot.

MTSFilms on YouTube

Please stay tuned to see the new projects as we release them.

Happy Easter

Administrator — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:21:00 +0000

For those who celebrate, have a great weekend.