The Indie Film Showcase was awesome! There really was a lot of variety on display. From documentary to comedy to costume drama, 18 short films/trailers showed and all exhibited a lot of creativity in one area or another. In true Ghost Town Productions fashion, we finished burning the Dust to Dust DVD on the drive to the Fest, only to find out at a critical moment that our DVD didn't really work. Michael Williams, the organizer and MC of the showcase, took quick steps to postpone our film a few minutes and I was able to bring my laptop in and show it off of the laptop. Ugh! It would have been nice to sit back and relax and enjoy the show but technical difficulties kept me stressing until the last minute. BUT, it came off very well. The screen was a little dark and occasionally characters' faces looked like black blobs, but I think the fun factor showed through. I didn't realize how intense this film was! We were trying to make a comedy! What happened?!

From here, the plan is I finish work and sleep for a week straight at my home in Texas and then return to start the school semester at MSU. We're hoping to have an official Dust to Dust screening at the theater in Louisville, MS in 3 weeks but I have yet to make any calls on that. When we do, we will also release the online version of the movie. Yes, you will be able to view the whole movie for free online. However, we recommend that if you like it and would like to see it in its full glory and would like to support us at the same time, you purchase a DVD or a hi-res download of the film. I have yet to finalize prices for those but they will be reasonable. We're also mulling over plans for the third installment. We have a lot of ideas we're very excited about. We'll be sharing those and asking for feedback in the near future. Lots of big things are happening in The Blackest Dawn world, I hope you come along for the ride.

Hasta la vista,

Johnson T.


 

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