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?

Star Quest Trailer Released

The trailer for Star Quest is now out. Check it out.

Upcoming Projects

Well, we'll be shooting some scenes in the next week from various projects. Our crew on these scenes is phenomenal and I can't wait to get started. We're already prepping and looking forward to the first weekend of May.

On that same note, Star Quest is off to the distributor next week. It's good to put another film behind us and be crewing up for the next project.

So, here we are, at the cusp of the next step in Infinite Spectrum Productions. We're trying to take that next step up the ladder to success. Great meetings with new team members are yielding some great possibilities.

New films in development. Two television programs as well. Oh, and another music video coming up in a month as well.

My Innocence Begins Today - Wrapped

We just finished shooting the video for Alex Arndt's My Innocence Begins Today. This video is about Alex's awakening into the vegan experience. In an effort to both show respect for the choice and give the cast and crew a little insight into the lifestyle, we went vegan for three days.

There are two things I'd like to say about this:

1) The food, provided by Chef Jason Wyrick of Devil Spice and Vegan Culinary Experience, was incredible. Full of flavor and more than enough to fill anyone up. Complements about the food continued all weekend long. Thanks Jason! Anyone that says Vegan's don't know how to eat hasn't done it right.

2) It's damn hard. Going out to eat is nigh on impossible unless you just want to eat a house salad. It's an adventure of ordering a meal off the menu but removing all the items that you can't eat. Now I'm known for taking a while to make up my mind when looking at a menu, but this weekend it was nigh on impossible. Even the "vegetarian" dishes aren't really. Luckily Alex and Kay set a really good example and we tried our best to follow their lead.

I think all of us on the cast and crew came away with a better understanding of the song and lifestyle choice.

Take a listen at Alex's site.

Star Quest Wrapped!

Star Quest: the Odyssey is wrapped. Well, technically we wrapped Sunday. Hope you enjoy the poster. There is great production value in this one, folks. Great team... and we did it for FAR TOO LITTLE MONEY. Let's not make this a trend. We're trying to make a living at this, not a hobby.

On that note we've got two music videos coming in the next month. Both will be directed by our own Kevin R. Phipps. He's a creative visionary and real pro. We're teaming up with two different DP's for these as well. Next month looks to be as busy as last.

Then it's on to... well, its a secret... for now.

Way behind...

I'm way behind, eh? With all the social media networks and communications stuff, you'd think it would be easier to keep up, but it just makes more things. Did I tweet today? Did I update my status on Facebook? MySpace? Plaxo? et al. Too much to do and too little time.

We started actually FILMING Star Quest yesterday. Great performances all the way around. Great sets. Great G&E team. Great everybody. We were a well organized and oiled machine that, yes, had a few bumps, but got 12 pages done in under 12 hours.

This team is great and I'm looking forward to working with them further. Stay tuned and you might get to see some pictures from the set..

New Annoucements in the New Year

Well, we're heading into the New Year so here are a few annoucements of two upcoming projects:

Music Video for Alex Arndt "My Innocence Begins Today". This is a powerful song about animal rights and personal awakenings. Check it out on his MySpace page.

STARQUEST: ODYSSEY: This feature film is a space opera set in our own universe after an interstellar war and the first tenuous mission between former warring worlds. Distribution has already been determined. Look for a release early this summer.

Here's the teaser:


..and still more things to come so savor the anticipation, because we don't want to jinx them.