Press release and another short video.

ALA’s Office of Public Information came out with a nice press release about The Hollywood Librarian.

And I put up another video at Youtube, just for fun. Some production shots from what I now think of at the “early days.”

Yowsa.

OMG. So funny.

I fell OUT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ.

Very high on my giggle factor.

New film trailer is ready for viewing.

Comments welcome.

I Know What You Said Last Summer.

This is the audio version of the presentation I made at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans in June of 2006.

It was a hot, humid night in a devastated city, yet 800 librarians came out to the far reaches of the Ernest Morial Convention Center to view a sneak preview of The Hollywood Librarian.

It was one of the highlights of my life to date. I’ve posted the 13-minute piece in two parts for your listening pleasure.
Part 1

Part 2

Pressing on the press.

Wow…cool interview about the documentary in School Library Journal. I love the comment that a certain Fran Catlett posted in reply:

“I have never worn my hair in a ‘bun’ nor spectacles on my nose nor uttered the “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” sound. Yet, most librarians are labeled with this picture. I am so grateful for this documentary. I want to purchase a copy as soon as it is available for my School Board Members, Superintendent, Principal and the general public to see.”

Bravo, Fran!

Got an email from Leonard Kniffel, editor in chief at American Libraries, who will also be writing article(s) in advance of the premiere at Annual Conference.

More press mentions here. And here. Also here.

What’s in a name?

About the name changes for the documentary (4:24)

The original score.

The first studio session with composer Nestor Torres, at Winterstone Studios in Tallahassee, Florida on February 7, 2007. We are running the 90-minute rough cut (see on the big screen in the background as Nestor warms up) as we prepare to go through it with an ear to appropriate musical tone in the different scenes.

What a blast! To be at this stage of post-production is almost surreal to me. It’s also a little terrifying, possibly because I’ve always had what I call Completion Anxiety Disorder, or something along those lines.

It seems that when I’m in the early stage of a project, and into the middle, my choices are wide open. Since I don’t have to commit to any final outcome, I feel free and quite serene. When I get toward the end though, of anything, that’s when I start getting squirrely.

Now with this film, the biggest and most important work of my life to date, I am getting anxiety pangs like crazy. I console myself with the belief that this is an inescapable and imperative phase of the artistic process.

That belief is holding me together.

Anyway, don’t you love the sublime flute playing in the clip? Please comment.

Help Desk (P)revisited

This is a spot on scenario of the apparently timeless dynamic between a user of technology and the support technician.

A television commercial. For librarians.

Hey, folks. Check out the recruitment film I did for the Nebraska Library Commission. Listen to more about it at today’s AUDIO DIARY:

View the commercial at Youtube.

Audio Diary of the Filmmaker

Welcome to my first AUDIO DIARY. This is the first of many “verbal blogs” which, with the help of WordPress’s new nifty audio plugin, I will use to keep you updated on the progress of The Hollywood Librarian documentary. Please, please, please post your comments here. I can’t wait to hear from you! (Audio runs 2:30)