Posted in PODCASTS, tagged Gooding on April 10, 2010| 7 Comments »
GOODING is in the middle of his 50 State Tour, and when he’s in Wichita he stays at my house. So, Adam and I woke him up to join in on the fun… enjoy!
And, don’t forget to go to: www.goodingmusic.com – and download their awesome new album “The Return” for free!
Posted in PODCASTS, tagged Art Brut, Gooding on January 30, 2010| 7 Comments »
These are just gettin’ weirder and weirder…
Posted in preproduction, tagged Canon 1D Mark IV, Gooding, Lonny Quattlebaum, Wichita Kansas on January 26, 2010| 1 Comment »
Lonny Quattlebaum (L Bomb) and I decided to walk around on a cold night in Wichita and test the low light capabilities of the Canon 1D Mark IV. Just trying to get a feel for how far we could “push” this camera.
The film starts clean and then I started to play with Magic Bullet’s color correction. I showed how clean the footage can look, and how rough it can look. I’m very happy with what we got…
Music: “Leonard and the Snake Lake” by GOODING
Posted in PODCASTS, tagged AC/DC, Art Brut, David Lynch, Gooding, Gooding's The Return CD, KISS, Podcast on December 19, 2009| 1 Comment »
This is Adam Friend and I’s (Wade Hampton) first podcast for ArtBrutFilm.
We ended up talking mostly about me possibly directing a music video/short film for GOODING’s song “No One Gets Out Alive”.
Which is available for free download (along with the whole new album “The Return”) at his website: www.goodingmusic.com/music
I’ll just apologize in advance for our podcast…
Posted in preproduction, screenplay, thoughts, tagged Gooding, Stickman Six, Wade Hampton on December 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Yes, my therapist has read my script and he tells me that 36 of the pages have “corrections” on them… I think he said that, maybe he means that he has story suggestions? I don’t know, I haven’t picked up the pages yet.
I did speak to my dear friend Noel (Stickman Six), who had just finished reading the script and seemed to really love it… until the ending. He felt that it was a little too “after school special-ish”. He thought I had a particular scene at the end that stopped the “flow” of the film by explaining too much. I argued that it might be needed but I could very well get away with letting the audience “read” what they wanted into the film. I did comment that Noel is a huge Jim Jarmusch fan and that he likes things vague and somewhat abstract… I love Jarmusch, but this film might need a few things explained for the average viewer….
Then on Christmas day, good ol’ Goobie (Gooding) called and told me the script was perfect. So, I told him that I needed to hang up and call Noel, and tell him to go f**k himself (that’s a joke BTW, even though I did say that). Anyway, Goobie thought the ending was very necessary, and that he wasn’t a very big fan of films that leave things very vague. And he totally got what I was trying to do with this film by making it very “in your face” with rock and roll and some slow motion shots, etc. So, that made me feel like maybe my first gut instinct was right?
Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Noel and TOTALLY respect his opinion… AND he has amazing taste in film and art…. but, I think he is afraid I will take a decent story and “cheesy” it up. But, i think once it’s “shot”, I think he’ll get it. It’ll be fine.
I hope? (cue ominous music)
-wade.
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