Nothing like a family musical slaughter to get your day going! Here is my latest construction paper creation. Enjoy!
Much love
Travis
The Hot Air Balloon Murders
November 16th, 2009
Jack, Forever
October 30th, 2009I couldn’t resist. I had to make one more Halloween themed Receptionist episode. This one explores the fictional origins of how the Jack-O-Lantern may have come to be. Enjoy, and happy Halloween to everyone!
Much love
Travis
The Dead Inside
October 28th, 2009With my feature film LO finishing its run on the festival circuit and heading to DVD in 2010, it only makes sense to make another damn movie! I’ve done a horror film, JOSHUA. I’ve experimented with a love story in SUNDAY. Then I squished the two genres together with my latest, LO. Looking back over my filmography, I see no reason not to continue the trend and try something completely different! I am here to officially announce pre-production status on my next feature film, The Dead Inside. A ghost possession musical.
The Dead Inside is a story that explores the dark side of inspiration. Wes and Fi are lovers whose creative muses have all but vanished from their lives. When Fi begins to show signs of schizophrenia, Wes does everything in his power to help her get better…that is until Fi’s true affliction decides to introduce itself to both Wes and the world. Fighting against her possession, they rediscover inspiration in the grimmest corners of their situation. Their muse has returned, killing Fi from the inside and haunting Wes with each passing breath.
The film will contain ten musical numbers composed by the brilliant Joel Van Vliet, and will star Sarah Lassez (Mad Cow Girl, Lo) and Dustin Fasching (Onsie, The Break Dance Kid). Shannon Hourigan (Bartokular, Black String Theory) is our all powerful cinematographer. Principle photography begins in late November.
So…here we go again! I’ll keep everyone posted on the progress. This is going to be one hell of a bad ass flick!
Much love
Travis
Demons invade Austin, Texas!
October 20th, 2009Greetings demonic friends, family and fans!
My feature demon love story, LO, is now an official selection of the Austin Film Festival! I am very excited because not only is this a great festival to be a part of, but I have never been top Austin. If you’re from the area, then please come out and support the film. It’ll be screening two nights at the Alamo Draft House, so you can have yourself a libation while enjoying awesome indie cinema. I’ll be in attendance to answer all your demon related questions! Details below:
LO
Saturday, October 24th at 10:30P.M.
Monday, October 26th at 10:00P.M.
Alamo Draft House – Lake Creek
13729 Research Blvd, Austin, Tx 78750 – 512-219-5408
Purchase tickets HERE!
Hope to see you there!
Much love
Travis
Stupid Vampire
October 19th, 2009I’m finally back with a new episode of The Receptionist! This week you are getting a gothically delicious Halloween treat! I got pretty involved with the sets and camera with this one, so it took me a little longer than usual. Hope you enjoy. Tis the season to be spooky!
Much love
Travis
Birthday Munchies
October 8th, 2009
I wanted to write a little blog about my good friend Aaron Gaffey not only because it’s his birthday today, but also to celebrate the man himself. I first met this “creepy teddy bear” (I just quoted myself having never actually said that term before) when he auditioned for my horror film, JOSHUA, back in 2003. We were really backed up and made him wait in the courtyard for hours. Then we called him back twice, put him through Hell. He got the part and we’ve been working together ever since. After JOSHUA, he took on a number of roles both on and off camera. He even helped produce my film Lo and built an entire light grid for the production. In honor of his birthday I present to you one of my favorite pieces from his acting catalogue of doom! Enjoy Aaron Gaffey as BARTOKULAR!
Bartokular: Stoned
Happy birthday and much love
Travis
Chief Garden Hose and Officer Hot Dog Stand
October 6th, 2009While thinking up new ideas for Receptionist shorts I realized I’d never done a panel to panel comic strip style. This seemed odd as my use of paper seems perfectly geared for just that type of experimentation. Thus the hilariously inanimate object world of police justice was born. Originally I thought this was going ot be a quick and easy one to make…but damn I was wrong. I had to hang the characters from the ceiling along with their speech bubbles, all the while lining them up with me in the shot. No easy task. In the end I am happy with how it turned out visually. Sure I could just use photoshop and make my life easy…but that would defeat the entire world and tone of The Receptionist. I hope you will enjoy, and if you haven’t already, SUBSCRIBE to the series HERE!
Much love
Travis
Lo wins the Audience Choice Award at Shriekfest!
October 5th, 2009
This blog is a very big thank you to all who came out to support my weird and wild vision! We had a full house and beat out many other bigger films to take the Audience Choice Award! It was an absolute joy screening for everyone and the vibe in the theater was kinetic. I got to meet some cool new filmmakers as well as reconnect with some old friends I hadn’t seen in ages. With Hollywood fully conquered, we’re packing Lo’s bags and heading to Austin, Texas for the Austin Film Festival! I can only hope it screens half as well as it did in Los Angeles.
Much love
Travis
An Orgy of Demons
October 2nd, 2009Making an independent film is a lot like having a baby. The act of creating it is incredibly enjoyable, then you carry it around with you for a much longer period of time. With each month it develops more fully, until finally one day you squeeze it out and show it to everyone. Tonight my baby is born and I will be premiering it in the town in which I moved to in order to do exactly what I’m doing. Make movies. So it’s very exciting to screen here for all my friends, co-workers and industry professionals. It has made me look back almost three years ago when we all got together and had one kick ass orgy to create our baby Lo. Here’s a look at some photos from the set. We had a blast making it and these pictures remind me why. Good friends, good art.
