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In honor of the 10th episode of The Time Closet, we made this week’s Behind The Scenes piece free for everyone (the Bonus Features subscribers got something pretty cool in place of it). It’s an example of stuff that subscribers get week-to-week (though this particular one is a little more “puff piece” than I usually prefer).
Anyways, enjoy. And be sure to check out all the episodes of The Time Closet. We’ve still got 6 left.
Quint: Now, I’ve heard a story that I wanted to run by you. I have no idea if it’s true, but an effects friend of mine told me about a special screening of E.T. for Ronald Reagan. Have you heard this story?
Steven Spielberg: I was there!
Quint: The story I heard is that when Reagan saw it he started talking about how close to reality it was and he was quickly ushered out of the room. Is that true?
Steven Spielberg: No, he wasn’t ushered out of the room. He was the President of the United States! Nobody could usher Ronald Reagan out of the room! It was in the White House screening room and Reagan got up to thank me for bringing the film to show the President, the First Lady and all of their guests, which included Sandra Day O’Connor in her first week of as a Justice of the Supreme Court, and it included some astronauts… I think Neil Armstrong was there, I’m not 100% certain, but it was an amazing, amazing evening.
He just stood up and he looked around the room, almost like he was doing a headcount, and he said, “I wanted to thank you for bringing E.T. to the White House. We really enjoyed your movie,” and then he looked around the room and said, “And there are a number of people in this room who know that everything on that screen is absolutely true.”
And he said it without smiling! But he said that and everybody laughed, by the way. The whole room laughed because he presented it like a joke, but he wasn’t smiling as he said it.
If this interview was 7 hours long, I swear I’d still watch every frame of it with glee.
”There are certain things directors feel & dream that I don’t like to interfere with. If their intuition says move in a certain direction, I want to let them go that way & not discuss it. Things made conscious become stale & self imitating pretty quickly. When you’re working intuitively, the ideas tend to stay fresh all the time.
Episode 4, we’re serious. And this week, we have a few other surprises for you and all your technologies. So keep your eyes open for tweets and/or robots that look like Haley Joel Osment.
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Holy crap! It’s Episode 3 of The Time Closet!
And if you’re subscribed to our Bonus Feature Subscription Pack, this Wednesday you’ll receive the Behind The Scenes companion piece featuring onset conversations with the cast. You’ll also get the Things You Can’t Know podcast featuring writer/director Seth Worley, actor/composer Ben Worley, and Executive Producer Darrel Girardier.
If you like this week’s episode, share it on every website ever created.
Good morning everyone. Here’s Episode 2 of The Time Closet.
And if you’re subscribed to our Bonus Feature Subscription Pack, this Wednesday you’ll receive the Behind The Scenes companion piece which features a closer look at the practical effects (done in-camera without computers) in this episode. You’ll also get the Things You Can’t Know podcast featuring writer/director Seth Worley, actor/writer Tyler Torti, director of photography/producer Jeff Venable, and hosted by MeLissa Gavarrette.
And today is your last day to enter to win the copy of Magic Bullet Suite from Red Giant Software that we’re giving away to one lucky Bonus Features Subscriber.
If you like this week’s episode, share it on every website on the entire internet. And while you’re at it, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Because we’re needy.
Episode 1 of The Time Closet.
And if you’re subscribed to the Bonus Feature Subscription Pack, you’ll get this week’s Behind The Scenes companion piece (including a tutorial on cloning friends) and Things You Can’t Know podcast (featuring me, Tyler, Jeff, and hosted by MeLissa), plus you’re entered to win a copy of Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Suite. If you’re not signed up for the Bonus Features, You can still sign up by April 9th to be eligible for Magic Bullet.
Hope you all enjoy. I know for some of you it’s been a long wait. The next 15 weeks should be really fun.
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that a few years ago we made a feature film called The Time Closet, based on a short film of mine with the same name. It was screened once at Western Kentucky University and then was never seen or heard from again.
Until now.
Starting Monday, April 4th, we’ll be releasing The Time Closet as a 16-part web series at TheTimeCloset.com. A new episode will post every Monday, viewable for absolutely free.
In addition to the episodes, we’re also offering as Behind The Scenes Subscription Package, featuring exclusive Making-Of Featurettes, Outtakes, Visual Effects Tutorials, and a Cast/Crew Podcast available only through this subscription. It’s all for only $3.99 a month and delivers the bonus content straight to your email every week.
And there’s also a store! With sweet crap like this shirt designed by Micah Lanier.
So yeah. In the words of the veteran time traveler Eric Bana, “the wait is over.”
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