Poster Art designed by Shannon Hourigan
I am a maker of many things. I generally don’t like to sit still when the creative juices are evaporating into the air. I try, when I can, to seize the inspiration and run with it as if I’m protecting it from the Devil him/herself. One such incident occurred five years ago when I was waiting for the magic Finishing Funds Fairy to complete my horror movie, JOSHUA. I was simply existing with no money, no project but full of creative energy. That’s when I sparked a concept, picked up a camera and grabbed two actors. The result was an experimental love story called Sunday. Shot in just three days, we improvised scenerios in which a couple in love made a vow not to step  foot off their bed for twenty four hours. It became less a film and more a moment in the lives of two people at the height of their love for each other. Now I know that sounds ridiculously pretencious and oh-so avante-gaurde of me. Well that was not and is not the idea. I simply wanted to make something different. What’s the point of being an artist if you down wade into the deep-end without your water wings?
So we made this little moment of a movie. When it was finished I wasn’t really sure what to do with it. We didn’t have any money to submit to fests and the few distributors we showed it to were not impressed by its confines. After awhile I was moving on to bigger projects (Lo) and I sorta left my love story in box in the back of my closet. Occassionally I woke up screaming her name, but the nightmare passed and she was forgotten once again.
Five years later, the distributor for Lo is looking over this website and notices that I have more films that are untouched by the public. He asks for copies. I send him Sunday thinking, “Why the FUN not?” About a month later he gets back to me. “I want to distribute Sunday.” Well shit.
So here it is. The entire reason for this blog entry. I’m happily here to announce, that my 2nd feature film has distribution! You will be able to rent and purchase it on OCTOBER 12th of this year (2010)! Of course, you can still buy a copy from me personally before then, as we still have hundreds left we made back in the day when “self-distribution” was the way of the indie future! Just click the banner on the main page of this sight or go to the Sunday page.
Thanks to everyone who stays informed with my projects. It’s nice to have someone to talk to. I’m looking forward to getting Sunday out there as well as screening The Dead Inside all around the country next year! Things are really picking up.
Much Love
Travis
