We'll be BACK, baby

First and foremost I would like to greet everyone, friends, folks, the entire Crimson Kyroz team, our imaginary fanclub, survivors of Ondoy and my late beloved dog (may he rest in peace), I wish you all a Merry Christmas.

I seem to always start out a blog entry by saying something like "It's been a long time, guys", but this time, I really mean it. Alas, this website's been dead for 5 months, slowly fading away from existence. We all assumed it wouldn't be long before the memory of it would be nothing but a figment of our imagination. "What the heck happened?", one might be moved to ask. Well, considering you were in Philippines during the days of September 26 onwards, or at least are not a Matrix geek completely disconnected from the real world, I believe this is a question that need not be answered.

So for those who got my drift and for the poor clueless minority, let me show you what we've been doing for the past 5 months in this comprehensive non-fiction footage:
Super Ultra Shinkuu Kame Hame Hadouken vs. Hyper Repulsor Blast Turbo Maximum Impact Ver XIII

Yes, you've guessed it. We've been training long and hard to master the forces of nature and gain supercool abilities that would knock your grandma's socks off. Fireballs are very handy for self-defense and for impressing Twilight fanbabes. It is also something high school rejects enjoy doing on their free time. And guess what? You can download it in HD!

Hadouken Clash Final.avi Download

Okay, so maybe we should've been doing more than playing with glowing balls of fire. Well we would've. If it wasn't for the "incident". I remember back last year when we were shooting back at UP. Whenever there was a little drizzle or the slightest droplet of rain, Michael would say, "There's gonna be a FLOOD!!!" and in his sheer panic would urge us to go home and have a nappy nappy. Of course, no one actually believed him at the time. We all thought he was bluffing, but on the dawn of September 26, we learned that we were wrong.

Told ya so.

The calamity had damaged basically everything in the house and most of our equipment, including the entire studio set and some of our props (water level was 7ft high and we didn't have a second floor). The computer at home was also destroyed, every component of it. But there was a survivor. By some miraculous act of divine intervention, the hard disk with all the Glitched files in it... survived!

OH hells no.

Luckily, the HDcam was at the Sony service center at the time, coz if it wasn't, it'd be a goner too. True, it was a disastrous day, but as long as the Hard disk and Videocam are alive, that's all we'll need.

Forrealz?

Yes. For real. So why haven't we been shooting? Well, there is something I need to take care of first. Restoration. Infrastructure. At times like these it's important for me to set my priorities and set them well, and right now my primary goal is to help restore the house and the business back to the way it was. Because of this I regret to say that I cannot invest on the production of the movie for the meantime.

So what's the plan yo?

Well the plan yo, is we sit back, relax and we think about it.

Hells yeah!

On the other hand, the ideal plan would be for us to save up, focus on scriptwriting and storyboarding and prepare for our return to glory. How? Well, I was thinking I should get a job as a motion graphics artist to help me earn some extra income. That should help us boost productivity and recover the equipment we've lost. So to help me in this hunt, I compiled a demo reel showcasing some of the best work we've done over the years

Visual Effects Demo Reel 2009


Cool.

It sure is. So while waiting for Eddie to get back from Bahrain this February, I'm gonna do some editing and a little script improvement while I'm at it. Also, while on my jobhunting quest I came across a cool video made by one of the local pinoy Visual effects company (The ones who made the Cobra commercial). The effects were almost Hollywood quality cool but their concept seems to have been ripped from Protoype, Matrix, 300, and a touch of Ghost in the Shell. Looks like pinoys are improving in quality but when it comes to originality? Uh-uh. Still, I would love to get a job in there. Alright, you guys better check it out.

Roadrunner VFX Reel "Power Unleashed"


Looks like we're getting left behind, foo. Can we give up now?

No, and quit asking me crappy questions. That video serves as a challenge for us to do even better in our movie. Let's show these guys what we've got! It'll take more than a flood to stop us from finishing this production. We've lost a lot, but the real loss would be not finishing what we've started.

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything" -Tyler Durden