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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 2h

For years I've been trying to track down one of my favorite albums, a mix of folk, electronic, and minimalism. Google/ChatGPT were useless.

But, I just found them! Let me know if you know of them, or more about them. They're SO good, WAY beyond genre:
www.discogs.com/release/1041...

Meeker - Deep Pools of Light

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2004 CD release of "Deep Pools of Light" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 1d

As I prepare to work with a publisher, #writers have warned that editors work in Word, which I hate, because nothing does "Track Changes" like that.

My lawyer just sent me the contract for Libertas collaborators and, Pages now opens Word .docx files and can track changes.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 2d

That strange moment where the brilliant Akiva Goldsman and I feel almost exactly the same,

"I don’t want to find ourselves in a place where we are less creative because the standards of creativity have lowered to what it is the machine can do."

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The Writer Who Killed the Dog — and Lived to Tell the Tale

Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar-winning scribe behind ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ ‘I Am Legend’ and now ‘Strange New Worlds,’ looks back on his storied 30 years in the business.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! That's for that education. I knew there was a reason I just couldn't see.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 3d

I support this opinion.

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 3d

It looks beautiful and graceful, but doesn't seem to be making much forward progress.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 6d

😅

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 6d

So, when you're eating with chopsticks, make sure to NOT pass out. Or this could happen!

I showed two neighbors and they were VERY concerned.

Just kidding. It's more practical FX prep for Libertas.
#indiefilmmaking

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 7d

That's great advice.

But my first reaction always feels like. "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."

Excuse me while I recover...

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 7d

There are studies that demonstrate exactly that.
psychology.uchicago.edu/news/how-cit...

How a city is organized can create less-biased citizens | Department of Psychology

psychology.uchicago.edu

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 9d

I remember when I had a scratch on my face and told everyone I scraped a blemish off my face with the green side of the sponge and no one believed me.

Then, I said Memi and I got in a fight and people's doubts were mollified. So...

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 10d

#indiefilm
I'm officially in preproduction for Libertas. That means teaching myself bruise makeup.

Here's my first test.

I checked it with my neighbors, telling them my wife kicked me. They believed it.

Then I confessed.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 12d

I'm watching "Mr Scorsese" on Apple TV+, the section about "Taxi Driver" and I keep coming back to my essay Make The Red Flags about "Joker", which, IMO, is a remake of Taxi Driver where the people Bickle/Joker kills aren't detested.

pipelineartists.com/make-the-red...

Make the Red Flags

Damaged people are always going to twist any message to confirm whatever they already believe. But we have to recognize that those are twisted narratives.

pipelineartists.com

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 15d

I guess so. So much for my conspiracies about the algorithm is blocking me. Thanks for the worldview correction.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 15d

This post had 0 views, which strikes me as strange, so I'm reposting it.

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 16d

I don't yet have a practical FX makedup connnection in Orange County, but Libertas has some FX needs.

So I'm studying how to do it myself. Yeah, #Indiefilmmaking!

Which involves YouTube and the local Halloween store or Amazon:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4Y...

How to Make Fake Cuts with Scar Wax, Liquid Latex & Silicone | Halloween SFX Makeup Tutorial 🎃

YouTube video by theartge

www.youtube.com

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 16d

I don't yet have a practical FX makedup connnection in Orange County, but Libertas has some FX needs.

So I'm studying how to do it myself. Yeah, #Indiefilmmaking!

Which involves YouTube and the local Halloween store or Amazon:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4Y...

How to Make Fake Cuts with Scar Wax, Liquid Latex & Silicone | Halloween SFX Makeup Tutorial 🎃

YouTube video by theartge

www.youtube.com

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 17d

I love all of this. Thank you for sharing it!

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 17d

I don't know about the rest of it, but Maury Povich Boot Camp sounds pretty interesting. I'd watch that show.

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 18d

I really want to buy
Radiohead's Kid A
&
Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

But, all my extra money goes towards making Libertas. Here's what that looks like for props:

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 19d

From what I hear, it was actually to keep the same crew on for the 2nd half of Cast Away... weird motive, but great results!

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 19d

I don't agree with your review of Zemecjis, but what is intriguing to me is that this movie was made during the break for Tom Hanks to lose weight for castaway.
The fact that Zemeckis made this incredible movie in such a situation always blows my mind.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 21d

Queued up. Thanks for the rec!

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 21d

They're all so good and are amazing people that I will definitely be working with all 4 of the actresses I've interviewed today and yesterday, but for Libertas, I have to choose 1. And it's a tough choice! It's more about shades of amazing.

Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 22d

I had the first audition with a potential lead actress for Libertas. She's amazing. I can go home. And there's still 3 more (narrowed down from 107 submissions).

As each collaborator signs on, I feel potential energy accelerating what this short could be.

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Jon Schiefer @brandxjon.bsky.social · 23d

I thought it might be my anti-fascist social posts... but in reviewing my website, I think it's this:
DeathRowBookClub.com

Death Row Book Club — TheBXi.com

DeathRowBookClub.com

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