My life is hectic. I haven't updated because my life is hectic. 

This is a problem. 

This is what I am working on now:

1. I am working on Zombies [?]. Process has slowed to a near stand-still.
2. I am working on a decent quality short with my core production team from down the road at Tompkins-Cortland Community College.
3. I have directing scenes to direct for a class here at Ithaca called: Advanced Cinema Production - Directing.
4. I have other school work.
5. I work for Fuse. :)

Roughly translated? My life is crazy. 

On the positive side, I dressed up as a ghost to combat global warming. 

More later,

-Matt

Let me first apologize for my disgusting absence from my very own blog. Let me explain exactly what happened: 

1. I came down with a terrible viral infection [nothing that made me into a zombie...yet]
2. I was bed-ridden for a week
3. I had to get caught up on all the missed school work and notes
4. There are only 24 hours in a day

Because of the above reasons, my blogging capabilities fell to a dismal 0 posts per week. 

Let me say now, I am back in action. The twitter is up, the blog is up, things are still happened. Here are some points:

• Most department heads are hired
• Location search has begun
• Script is locked
• Dates are set

I'd say that's pretty good progress. I'll fill you in on what exactly is going down tomorrow. 

Back from the dead,

-Matt

Sorry for the delay in posting a blog. Let me explain, I have a good reason. 

Zombies [?] is coming along in the development phase. We haven't yet officially picked up the script, and signed the paperwork, but the development process is coming a long quite well. We haven't picked up the script for the following reasons:

• We have no idea what we are going to do with it yet
• We haven't figured out what changes need to be made [if any]
• We don't know how to pull it off

An pulling it off is the primary concern in any project. With Zombies [?], the dialogue is great. Maybe a bit blocky, but great. It's the visual realm that is lacking some. But that is the brilliant part about interpreting other people's work. We are filling in the blanks with shots that will add to the story both comedically and visually. 

And that process is taking some time. We want to recreate the iconic scenes of the major zombie pieces done in cinema. If you have suggestions, post them. I'll take them into consideration. An example: 

• A mall; seen in Dawn of the Dead

Please say you know of Dawn of the Dead. In case you don't - I've embedded the Dawn of the Dead trailer, enjoy.

That's the kind of stuff I am looking for.

Why am I asking you for the iconic scenes/moments/locations from zombie movies? You are soon to find out. 

 Actually, I don't have anything to say today. So I posted a picture of this cute panda. Because everyone likes pandas. 

Coverage.

This is a concept you [as the up-and-coming filmmaker] will have to learn and love. If you aren't and up-and-coming filmmaker, then don't worry about loving coverage, just enjoy my words as I explain to you what coverage is. 

Coverage is the "grading" of a script. It's not unlike High School or College. This is what coverage is:

• A one to two page paper talking about the scipt
• Gives the story synopsis
• Talks a little about the good parts of the script
• Talks a whole lot about the bad parts of a script
• Recommends the script or doesn't

Now the big question. Have I run coverage on Zombies [?] 

Nope. I just thought you should know what coverage is. 

But I am going to have my production team do something very similar to coverage. Just rather than writing it out, I'll ask them. Coverage is essentially asking someone's opinion on a script and having them write it down on paper [following strict guidelines and composed with utmost professionalism]. I want to know:

• What works
• What doesn't
• What needs to be changed
• How we can shoot it
• Who we should cast

This, my friends, is the beginning of my development process. Asking people for opinions. 

What do I do when those opinions come it? I'll tell you...

Tomorrow.

[In the mean time]