2013 – A Year In Review For Blight Productions

• January:
  • Produced Kickstarter video for “A FOOL’S IDEA” fundraising campaign.
• February:
  • Launched “A FOOL’S IDEA” Kickstarter.
  • Launched “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interviews (podcast): Mila Von Chobiak, Zero Boy, Jango Edwards.
  • Produced first 4 “A FOOL’S IDEA” trailers.
  • Edited & posted episodes 1 – 3 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • Mila Von Chobiak
    • Zero Boy
    • Jango Edwards
• March:
  • Promoted “A FOOL’S IDEA” at SXSW.
  • Posted 10 more “A FOOL’S IDEA” trailers.
  • Produced and posted first episode of “A FOOL’S IDEA – PRESENTS” featuring Chase Culp.
  • Kickstarter failed.
  • Continued podcast.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interviews (podcast): Rich Potter, John Towsen, Tom Greder, Four Clowns, ClownMa Del’Arte, Ten West, Gabriela Muñoz, Joshua Zehner, Dandy Danno, John Gilkey,, Stefano Iaboni, Glen Heroy, Steven Copeland.
  • Recorded the performance of “The Beautiful Laugh by the Four Clowns.
  • Edited & posted episodes 4 – 10 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • Four Clowns
    • Tom Greder
    • John Towsen
    • Rich Potter
    • ClownMa Del’Arte
    • Joshua Zehner
    • Gabriela Muñoz
• April:
  • Won an EMMY for producing/editing “STUDY WITH THE BEST” for CUNY TV.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interviews (podcast): Aaron De Casmaker, Mike Funt, Eric Davis.
  • Road trip to San Francisco.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interview (podcast): Derick Gilday.
  • Road trip to Portland.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interviews (video): Summer Shapiro, Kevin Brooking, Avner the Eccentric, Sisyphus Farms, Wanderlust Circus, Thomas Schroyer, The Belini Twins, Button Wagon, David Lichtenstein.
  • Travel back to San Francisco.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interview (video): Kenny the Clown.
  • Traveled back to L.A..
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interviews (video) cast and crew of “The Day They Hung the Elephant”.
  • Edited & posted episodes 11 – 13 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • John Gilkey
    • Dandy Danno
    • Glen Heroy
• May:
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interviews (podcast): Pippo Crotti, David Bridel, Reggie Watts, Jessie Buck, Doug Jones.
  • Posted “A FOOL’S IDEA” trailer #11.
  • Collaborated with Eric Davis on a series of Vine videos called “#UnearthingTheBastard”.
  • Produced “DARK(Movie)” Promotional Interview (video): Joe Dante.
  • Edited & posted episodes 14 – 15 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • Stefano Iaboni
    • Steven Copeland
• June:
  • Road trip to Berkley, Ca..
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interview (video): Faeble Kievman.
  • Collaborated with Faeble on a series of Vine videos called “#FAFAsUniverse”.
  • Collaborated on a series of Vine videos with Deanna Flysher called “#KapinskiDarkness”.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interview (podcast): Dianna Flysher.
  • Posted “A FOOL’S IDEA” trailer #12.
  • Edited & posted episodes 16 – 17 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • Pippo Crotti
    • Ten West
  • Recorded & edited the performance of “Me Rich You Learn” by the Four Clowns.
• July:
  • Posted “A FOOL’S IDEA” trailer #13.
  • Edited & posted episodes 18 – 20 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • Aaron De Casmaker
    • Mike Funt
    • Eric Davis
  • Edited 3 behind-the-scenes featurettes for the feature film “GUT”.
• August:
  • Edited & posted episodes 21 – 22 of  “A FOOL’S IDEA – THE PODCAST”.
    • David Bridel
    • Reggie Watts
  • Recorded 2 performances by the Red Bastard.
  • Produced & edited an interview featuring Elias and edited an interview featuring Alexandera Breckenridge for the DARK movie Kickstarter campaign.
• September:
  • Edited & posted new 2013 Documenting Creativity demo reel.
  • Launched Patreon fundraising campaign.
  • Edited & posted episode 01 season 02 of “A FOOL’S IDEA” – “WHO AM I?”.
  • Edited & posted episode 02 season 01 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – PRESENTS” featuring Summer Shapiro.
  • Edited promotional trailer for “Sublimity” by the Four Clowns.
• October:
  • Edited & posted episode 02 season 02 of “A FOOL’S IDEA” – “WHAT’S YOUR ORIGIN STORY? (PART 01)”.
  • Edited & posted our original short movie, “The Documentation of a Horrible Event (The End is Nigh!)”.
  • Edited & posted episode 03 season 01 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – PRESENTS” featuring David Lichtenstein.
  • Edited & posted episode 03 season 02 of “A FOOL’S IDEA” – “WHAT’S YOUR ORIGIN STORY? (PART 02)”.
• November:
  • Edited & posted episode 04 season 01 of “A FOOL’S IDEA – PRESENTS” featuring Thomas Schroyer.
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interview (video): Aitor Basauri (from Spy Monkey).
  • Edited & posted episode 04 season 02 of “A FOOL’S IDEA” – “WHY DID YOU BECOME A CLOWN? (PART 01)”.
  • Edited 2 demo reels for the Four Clowns.
• December:
  • Produced “A FOOL’S IDEA” Interview (video): Ron Lynch.
  • Partnered with Pasadena Arts Council for fiscal sponsorship.
  • Recorded the performance of “Somewhere Like Earth” by the Four Clowns.
  • Recorded improvised bass guitar for the new “Tongue Muzzle” album.

See you in 2014!

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