Throwin' a Wild Pitch for IFC

I'm currently sitting in the Frigidaire comfort of Austin Bergstrom, checking email and taking a long sip off the top of some iced English Breakfast. A somewhat obvious statement, but Texas is hot. We have hot summers in NYC, but while the heat/humidity index can be overbearing, Texas heat is nearly deadly - melt to the asphalt-deadly. A quick jaunt from AC'ed-car to AC'ed office can be a life/death decision depending on the distance - seriously. Ok, enough about that - but still, its hot here.

Thankfully, my reasons for being here were more than enough to offset the crazy heat. I was deep in the heart of Buda working with Rooster Teeth (the guys behind the insanely popular Red Vs.Blue Machinima series) on a spin-off of sorts to the Strangerhood called Wild Pitch - a series of Machinima shorts produced for the Independent Film Channel. I believe this is a first - the first Machinima episodes commissioned for broadcast. It's been a real blast working with the guys on this project. We've been collaborating on various parts - Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum have an obvious eye and ear for funny, and each of these shorts show it off well. While helping to produce the shorts, I've been contributing my production skills where needed - which also has been a lot of fun.

We're still in production, but I head back to NYC now, having a good portion of the production either completed or already underway.We don't have a definitive date for when the first of these shorts is set to appear on IFC/the Strangerhood site, but as soon as we do (which should be soon), I'll blog an update.

Hope y'all are enjoyin' yer holiday....