Thomas Productions News Blog

Also In The Works: Demo Reel!

2008-05-01T22:53:00.000-07:00

This blog's title says it all. Now's the best time to make it, fresh out of college! More about the reel upon completion.

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Upcoming Plans

2008-04-25T10:42:00.000-07:00

Some various items are in store for Thomas Productions: some for the site and some for its projects.

The layout of site buttons is intended to become tabs before long, and the site's image slideshows will continue making its numerical layouts to be like that of Photagrizzly Man's (with numbers displayed and the ability to disappear). Additionally, the Names Database should be updated as a layer for the main page.

Projects include the conclusion of a private wedding, as well as eventual entry of both At the Core and The Nightmare into various film festivals.

There are a few possible movies in mind to create soon as well, but they cannot be revealed just yet. Stay tuned!

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Doc Now Embedded

2008-04-18T15:32:00.000-07:00

Now, by viewing this site's page for Fat is Not a Four Letter Word, you can finally view the whole movie without linking elsewhere first! Last summer, the short documentary was posted at CurrentTV, but only the link was provided... Until now! Check it out!

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Academy Sets Dates

2008-04-17T15:30:00.000-07:00

For the purposes of next year's Oscars (and thus Garett's Newest Oscar Predictions), the following dates have been announced:

Thu., Jan. 22, 2009: Nominations announced
Sun., Feb. 22, 2009: 81st Academy Awards

There are 2 significant comments to make here. First, the nomination announcement occurs on a Thursday instead of a Tuesday, like usual; this is to get out of the way of any political occurrences regarding the entrance of the newly elected president.

The other comment regards the date of actual Oscars, as it is the earliest planned date for the event ever. I still prefer a March date, but that's just me...

Anyhoo, those dates will go atop this year's Oscar Predictions page.

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Pompeii is Live!

2008-04-14T00:42:00.001-07:00

For just under an hour, The Dog of Pompeii has been posted on YouTube in two parts (due to length issues), and is ready for you to view in its entirety both on our site and directly there (view part one and part two)!

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Bookmarking Movies!

2008-04-08T17:35:00.000-07:00

Now, Thomas Productions is testing out social bookmarking on actual movie pages with The King Who Rained! If it seems to be a success, we'll add it to all current and upcoming movie pages!

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Current and Upcoming

2008-03-29T15:31:00.000-07:00

Now, Thief is the third movie from Thomas Productions to be posted online at YouTube (all of which can still be viewed directly from our site). In the coming days, uploading all 17 minutes of The Dog of Pompeii to YouTube will be our next project.

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Facebook, Digg and More!

2008-03-26T20:43:00.000-07:00

Now with each blog post come several social bookmarking buttons to share what you've read with the world! With links ranging from Facebook to Digg to email capabilities, six buttons now await your call at every post. Give 'em a try!

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Latest from GPicturama

2008-03-21T12:35:00.000-07:00

Just like yesterday's posting, another part of this site is GPicturama, which is partially related through some of the pictures it shows, but then it's more of a personal portion of the site as well. Today's postings are from a trip to MacWorld Garett took with his girlfriend, Kory, back in January. Here are some sample pics:

See the rest from today's GPicturama post!

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Yay, Tilda

2008-03-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

Though it's more of a cousin to this site than a direct relation, mostly not being about movies of Thomas Productions, we still have a portion called Garett's Film Ratings. It includes everything from a full-blown list of films Garett has viewed (good and bad), his annual Oscar Predictions, a best-by-year list, and more.

This is a good time to mention this part of the site due to a recent updating that now includes two more great films, "Michael Clayton" (2007) and "The Last Emperor" (1987). This portion of the site is often updated without mention. Check it out!

Good Times at Geocities

2008-03-17T18:50:00.000-07:00

For the first time since transferring the site over to directorG.com from geocities.com many years ago, there are now images available to see for Whodunit, Island of Stumbaugh, Sonnet 12 and Peninsula Quiz Kids! A few samples are below:

More to come soon.

Share on Facebook?

2008-03-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

We're running a[nother] test on this site, this one dealing with Facebook. See if you can share this website with your friends on Facebook! If it works well enough, we'll "officialize" it.

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YouTube Era

2008-03-12T02:17:00.000-07:00

With the new movie posting online of My Teachers Are Aliens being a success, repeating that from Photagrizzly Man's posting, it is likely more video clips and short movies will similarly be posted soon. It is a great method to post movies without hosting the video files!

Tons of Sugar Pics

2008-03-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

Finally, some pics have been added from the very first project by Thomas Productions, a commercial parody for Tons of Sugar Cereal.

See the rest at the movie's official page! There also were some news pics added from My Teachers Are Aliens.

Check 'em out!

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The Site Wizard

2008-03-09T13:15:00.001-07:00

There have lately been some issues regarding our contact page, which was formerly powered by Bravenet Web Tools. As of today, it is powered by The Site Wizard, requires no pop up advertisements, and is controlled within the same window through layers. Another key addition within the site's major redesigning.

Frames From Nervous Breakdown

2008-03-08T14:12:00.000-08:00

Here are some newly added frames from Man Facing Nervous Breakdown, starring Hector Serrato and Vanessa Henry:

See the official page of the film for the remainder, plus storyboard images! Also working on adding the same for Gizdich Ranch's Tour of the Juicery. More to come!

Major Site Updating

2008-03-08T11:24:00.001-08:00

First off, this new blog thing is working out quite well for this site. I'm quite pleased with it.

Anyway, this site is in the process of receiving a major update to all of the movie pages. Instead of certain links (particularly the Names Database and More Movies links) opening up in a new window, they will be opening in another layer on the same page. This works better because many browsers tend to block pop-ups, thus also blocking these links. However, this problem is now solved!

It also is better because now because links within the Names Database can go directly to a movie's web page, instead of this complicated techie method of redirecting several times in order to make things work as it used to. In other words, it's simpler for the webmaster, too!

So, it should be quite normal to notice differences within pages over the next few days, as well as for the past week.

First New News Blog Post!

2008-03-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

As of today, Thomas Productions is starting a new exciting method of posting its news: in blog format!

All previous news entries will still be available in the old archive, but today's and beyond should be posted here in this blog. The first few entries will be trial, more or less, but after getting used to using this blog feature, I'm sure these entries can be posted quite often.

Onward ho with the blogs we go!