Jon Bonnell, CEO of Infinite Spectrum Productions, was just named Film Maker of the Month for January 2010. Please watch the interview here:
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
2010 Demo Reel for Infinite Spectrum Productions
Just released our new demo reel today. Its just a small sampling of what we've been upto over the last year. Enjoy, we did.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Mantecoza
Mantecoza, our new webseries, launches in December with some preliminary episodes. Mantecoza is the brain child of Susan Kaff.
Check it out at here. Follow along with blogger Vince Sardo as he talks about his adventures in discovering the land of Mantecoza.
...stalking Felicia Day.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Sincerely, John Hughes
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I thought of writing a tribute to the man that defined an entire generation with his films but I couldn't do any better than Alison Byrne Fields did.
Take the time to read it.
Thanks Alison for sharing this special part of your life with all of us.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Etiquette lesson
Just a little etiquette lesson. It was good advice given to me and so I am going to pass it on. Please take note people that have been bugging me for free advice, services, et al, lately:
Do something for someone before asking for something.
I wish someone had told me this before I made some mistakes early on. I might have burned a few bridges with my over zealousness and desire to know more.
It's really simple. Actually, I was originally told to do THREE things for someone before asking. Those can be little things. Bring them a cup of coffee. Pass on a article that you think they might find useful. Heck, throw them a compliment. Compliments go A LONG way.
It's not like you have to buy them, but for god's sake. You're asking them for advice on how you should do something, who you should contact, what you should do to further your career. Offer something FIRST.
We're all busy people, and by that I mean EVERYONE on the entire planet. We all have tasks, goals, jobs, deadlines, et al. So anytime you ask someone for something you are interrupting their flow.
Some forums are made for that. I run a monthly screenwriters group. I get asked business and career advice from the start of that meeting until its over and I love to share with those people at that venue. Its my job; my task; my goal; and my pleasure at that particular time.
But if you are going to do a drive by on me via email or on the street or where ever respect me enough to at least offer to buy me a Grande Mocha Frappachino (I don't do coffee in the summer time heat of Arizona). I may turn you down on the offer, but I'll respect that you took the time and made the offer and most likely help you out.
But, under no circumstance, ask for help/advice but refuse to share any details and keep it all hush-hush, super-duper, top secret. That just flat out turns me off. You want a budget or help with your budget? Then tell me what the project is. Get over yourself. There are no incredibly unique ideas, only incredibly unique execution on those ideas.
And definitely DON'T ask me for an introduction without giving details. I won't do that to anyone and I don't expect anyone to do that with me. You want me to turn over someone I have a direct relationship with, then I want details. I'm not turning over a contact with even a c-list actor if your super secret project is another take on porn and I'm not taking that risk unless I know what the project is and if they might be interested (hey, some c-listers might do porn if its discreet, Cinemax, soft-porn).
Come on people, its really simple. It's been around for centuries: Do Unto Others...
Do something for someone before asking for something.
I wish someone had told me this before I made some mistakes early on. I might have burned a few bridges with my over zealousness and desire to know more.
It's really simple. Actually, I was originally told to do THREE things for someone before asking. Those can be little things. Bring them a cup of coffee. Pass on a article that you think they might find useful. Heck, throw them a compliment. Compliments go A LONG way.
It's not like you have to buy them, but for god's sake. You're asking them for advice on how you should do something, who you should contact, what you should do to further your career. Offer something FIRST.
We're all busy people, and by that I mean EVERYONE on the entire planet. We all have tasks, goals, jobs, deadlines, et al. So anytime you ask someone for something you are interrupting their flow.
Some forums are made for that. I run a monthly screenwriters group. I get asked business and career advice from the start of that meeting until its over and I love to share with those people at that venue. Its my job; my task; my goal; and my pleasure at that particular time.
But if you are going to do a drive by on me via email or on the street or where ever respect me enough to at least offer to buy me a Grande Mocha Frappachino (I don't do coffee in the summer time heat of Arizona). I may turn you down on the offer, but I'll respect that you took the time and made the offer and most likely help you out.
But, under no circumstance, ask for help/advice but refuse to share any details and keep it all hush-hush, super-duper, top secret. That just flat out turns me off. You want a budget or help with your budget? Then tell me what the project is. Get over yourself. There are no incredibly unique ideas, only incredibly unique execution on those ideas.
And definitely DON'T ask me for an introduction without giving details. I won't do that to anyone and I don't expect anyone to do that with me. You want me to turn over someone I have a direct relationship with, then I want details. I'm not turning over a contact with even a c-list actor if your super secret project is another take on porn and I'm not taking that risk unless I know what the project is and if they might be interested (hey, some c-listers might do porn if its discreet, Cinemax, soft-porn).
Come on people, its really simple. It's been around for centuries: Do Unto Others...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The Abducted hits 118!
For what it's worth, THE ABDUCTED (formerly MATCH.DEAD) has hit 118 on the IMDB film rankings. This outranks quite a few films released this summer from the studios.
It all started last Friday, the 3rd of July, when nearly 20 alerts from Google came roaring into our mailbox here at Infinite Spectrum Productions. These were emails packed with people talking about the film. We weren't aware of the release even happening that weekend.
We had to wait out the 4th of July weekend to see what was happening and get a hold of people. By Monday, three days later, when the IMDB rankings came out we had shot up to 118. Our YouTube trailer had also gotten about 20,000 views.
And a quick look at our site logs shows something interesting. We had an increase in site traffic this week of more than 5000%. While the release of the film occured overseas, more than 50% of that increase in traffic came from the United States. Yes, overseas reviews result in domestic demand for the film.
So you'd think a U.S. distributor would want to snap this baby up. More than 50% of the people that want to watch this film worldwide are in the United States... and it hasn't even released in the U.S. yet.
Anyone out there listening?
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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