Surprisingly, we managed to write three short scripts, have 3 short pre-productions meetings and borrow, beg and steal (well, only figuratively steal) ourselves enough equipment and actors to make the trilogy with a skeleton cast and crew of 5 core members and 1 additional sound person (thanks Mikhail!!!!) to shoot the scripts.

Diligent Work Paid Off!

After a grueling 24 hour period with only 4 hours for sleep (that’s 20 hours of solid production), we finished out three scripts and actually came through the entire debacle unscathed by technical glitches or any other major hurdles.

Catherine’s Incredible Recovery

On a side note, exactly one month prior to the day we filmed this (1/9), Catherine was still unconscious in the ICU. Take that, adversity!

Herpenis Production Stills:

(This is a working title for the slapstick herpes commercial)

BZD Production Crew

“Herpenis” Infomercial Comedy (written by Cat RNBMX Armbruster, with Patrick Sutherland)

Russian H1N1 PSA Production Stills:

“Russian H1N1 PSA” Still  (written by Patrick Sutherland, with Cat RNBMX Armbruster)

DogHouse Production Stills:

“DogHouse” Production Still (written by Brian Z. Danin)

I’m finally back …

After a bit of a hiatus, I’m finally back to writing on the blog. A big thanks to Drew in the mean time for keeping the site active. A bigger thanks to Drew for his last post and his well wishes.

BZD Films Updates

Now for some updates as to what is on up for BZD Films:

1. School! I am in my last two semesters for business school at Georgia Tech, which makes my life extremely busy and lacking of almost all free time. However, I am in some really great classes this semester. Let’s take a quick look at my current curriculum:
   • Organizational Behavior
   • Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity
   • Taxation of Business Entities
   • Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
   • Law and Ethics of Business

   PHEW! I got tired just writing that list out, but could I really turn down such an amazing list of learning? The clear and short answer is, “no”.

2. ZejMedia. I am still working for David Vyorst as a member of the ZejMedia team. We are developing social media strategy for companies along the eastern seaboard, as well as planning, shooting and editing documentaries.
3. INDIAbetes The INDIAbetes project is going quite well. We now have a fully fledged marketing plan and are working on developing a business plan. The next stage for us will be generating a large enough capital base so that we can go back to India and start on principle photography for the feature length documentary. Concurrently, we’re building a new, feature-rich website that will become the basis for our diabetes and obesity research community. At this point, we plan on turning the site from a static html site into a dynamic site using a Drupal framework. At the moment, I’m looking into hosting solutions and am thinking about going with MediaTemple, but any advice regarding frameworks (Drupal, Ruby, etc) or hosting would be much appreciated!
4. TechDrawl I have started doing some video editing with this company that highlights technical start-ups through the Southeast, from DC to Texas. Obviously, this is right my alley and I look forward to both writing for them as well as producing video spots about the latest and greatest in tech-based entrepreneurial start-ups.
5. Georgia Tech Cable Network Part time, I am managing a group of highly motivated and talented students at Georgia Tech. Our unit produces original content for our cable network that serves the GA Tech campus. Hopefully, we’ll be able to expand our reach using new media, the Internet and social media strategy. As we ramp up production, hopefully we’ll be seeing some interesting student productions on this website.

While this list is by no means exhaustive, it does highlight some of the exciting developments in the BZD Network. And as always, stay tuned in for more developments.

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This is how you sell a newspaper.

Conspiracy theories, anyone?

Nuthin’s Better

All I Do All Day Is Sit!

And now I can get a workout, and keep my mid section entertained and well mixed at the same time as work.

Balloons!

This reminds me of the Werner Herzog film, White Diamond
Enough Said.