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Production wrapped on Old Abbot’s feature length Documentary this past weekend at the EVO Championship Series World Finals. Centering on competitive fighting game players Izzy Lee and Robert Elizondo. The film now goes into level 3 Hyper Combo mode Post-Production.
Special Thanks to everyone who spoke and lived in front of the lens, and those who made it happen on the other side of the lens these past seven months. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.
Shinku Hadoken!Cuncti Adsint Meritaeque Expectent Praemia Palmae
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Today the Old Abbot team boards a flight to Las Vegas for the 2011 EVO Championship Series at the Rio to wrap up production on our documentary about competitive fighting game players. More updates and projects in the pipeline as always. A title and other info is on the way all too soon. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned. Hadouken!Ars [Est] Celare Artem
Happy 235th Birthday to America. The grandest of experiments and endeavors.
Major announcements about the competitive fighting game documentary are on the way soon! Check the clock, or spend the night at the arcade during the wait. More updates and projects in the pipeline as always. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.E Pluribus Unum
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Production for our documentary about competitive fighting game players Izzy Lee, Robert Elizondo, and the rest of Team SodiuMN headed to Chicago for the Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament VII: Resurrection this past Memorial Day Weekend. Some of the best players from America were on hand such as Frankie Gomez, Adam Heart, Ricky Ortiz, Alex Valle, and Justin Wong. Next stop the EVO World Finals at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas this July. Our saga continues.
Also coming together this Summer will be the YRU-Up Reunion(s) set to air live this Fall on BEC-TV. The show started on 1991 with host and creator Andrew Starks. I was on the show from 1999 to 2001, and now with it being 2011, the show turns twenty years old. We've got some big dreams, and bigger plans.
Roger James Schroeder my Father and friend passed away on May 18th. I'd like to dedicate these dreams, and this life to him. Love and thank you's Old Man, keep on watching. More updates and projects in the pipeline as always. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.Et Lux In Tenebris Lucet
This trio of Documentaries was played at the Seventh Annual Fundraising Luncheon for Can Do Canines Assistance Dogs. This year’s theme was A Ripple in the Pond. The goal of the vignettes was to tell the story of a Can Do Canine named Cher, who has not only helped and improved her partner Collin’s life, but many different people’s lives that she has come in contact with.
Part One of Three.
Part Two of Three.
Part Three of Three.
Special Thanks to Producers MarySue Krueger and Carrie Maloney. Janet Cobus, Shelly Hiemer, Alan Peters, Thomas Rehbein, Allison Schildknecht, and everyone at Can Do Canines for their support. Videographer Mark Falstad for lending me his Canon 5D mkII, giving me a hands-on education shooting video with a DSLR for the first time. Verne Champion, Janelle Dixon, Mona Elder, Leslie Flowers, Connie Roehrich, Mary Sears, Collin Shaughnessy for sharing the time and stories. More updates and projects in the pipeline as always. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.Nulla Tenaci Invia Est Via
Filmed in a couple studios at MCAD last Spring for Hip-Hop artist Muja Messiah by Director Amalia Nicholson, Director of Photography Brandon Boulay, Assistant Director Adam Hutchinson, Andrea Bias, Timmer O'Phelan, myself, and several other great folks. Play. Liberate. Enjoi.
Special Thanks to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Muja Messiah, Brandon Boulay for bringing me on board, and everyone who made the shoot and video turn out so buttery smooth. More updates and projects in the pipeline as always. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.Terminat Hora Diem; Terminat Auctor Opus.
Spring has sprung, and so have things here at Old Abbot. Like a Cherry Blossom that begins as a seed and germinates into flower. Our story of competitive fighting game players Robert Elizondo and Izzy Lee has matured from a story of a passionate pass time into a tales of one's passion for life no matter the obstacle or outcome of the match.
With Izzy Lee's Tournament Win at Combo Breaker over Adam 'Ketis' Heart the Editor-in-Chief of SRK in the Grand Finals of Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Only after losing to Ketis earlier in the Semi-Finals, and coming back from the losers bracket to reset the match, and take the Championship in the end. It looks like Izzy's and Rob's stories will continue onto the Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament VII: Resurrection in Chicago this May which is an EVO 2k11 qualifier. With practice, skill, and the warrior's way onto the EVO World Championships 2011 in Las Vegas this July.
Production has wrapped on the Can Do Canines vignette Documentaries for their Seventh Annual Fundraising Luncheon this May. This years theme is A Ripple in the Pond and the shorts will focus on an Assistance Dog named Cher, and how she has changed so many peoples lives beyond that of her Owner. Post-Production phase, begin!
Production on Antwone Adams has been put on pause for the time being, with the competitive fighting game Documentary that has blossomed and grown into something much larger. A full-length feature Film with some ole luck of the Irish. Pre-Production is still very much in motion with scripts being penned and tweaked for season one and beyond. Antwone's stories will come true sooner than later.
On my most recent viewed list I've re-watched the Shogun Assassin aka the Lone Wolf and Cub saga including the rare volume seven titled Lone Wolf and Cub: A Handful of Sand and made in 1993. Also, Grandma's Boy, Radio Flyer, and 3 Ninjas, which "crosses Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Home Alone" says the Boston Globe. More updates and projects in the pipeline as always. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.Crescat Scientia Vita Excolatur
