Winter Eternal Premiere Delayed Indefinitely

We are very dismayed to announce that Winter Eternal will not be finished in time to release for the premiere on the hoped date of December 29th, 2007. Final shots have been delayed for various reasons (read posts below to understand some of them), and it would be impossible to release a quality film in time.

We expect to premiere the film hopefully by February or March of 2008, but it is indefinite when the premiere will finally be realized.

We are very sad to bring this news to the forefront, but we are excited to finish and also bring about several other projects as well as reveal things in the near future...

The Silence of the Winter is astonishing...

Winter Eternal Premiere

The filming, which has been delayed perpetually since August, is nearly finished, and editing has been underway for several weeks and still continues. To give you a glimpse of where we're at, here is a small clip depicting the Xealot getting angry with his Minion. It obviously will be much more polished in the finished product, such as the voices at the beginning being removed and the Xealot's dream added in where the black sequence was, but we thought you might enjoy it as it is thus far.

The premiere has an unofficial date of December 29th, 2007, but, due to immature and unreliable humans (read the previous post below), the said date could very well be moved into early 2008.

A Public Tongue Lashing to Teen-Age Humans

We would like to un-thank all of the humans who have thus far perpetually postponed and degraded the filming of Winter Eternal. Because of teen-age humans who committed to being in the movie and then decided that other things (which came about later) were more important, we are two months behind schedule, and it will be a miracle if we make the premiere deadline of December 29th. We were nice and basically let them walk all over us since filming commenced, but now it's a little ridiculous seeing as how it was scheduled to end filming August 25th-- even with plenty of time to cancel and move shootings about so as to give people leeway so that we could adapt our schedules to theirs.

Forgive my degraded terminology in this next phrase, but I'm currently a little annoyed with most humans in general and for more reasons than just one: One person in particular, Mister Tim Brooks (playing The Capture Captain), has "busted his butt," as it were, to attend every filming date we've scheduled for him, and he is the one with most reason to back out on us. His commitment has been stellar. I call for a special applause for Tim, and I also call for a special Brooks fund that everyone in the United States should donate at least one dollar to for his continued and dedicated service.

If every man were like unto Tim Brooks, our world would be a very wonderful place, indeed. In a cinematographic sense, filming would have finished long ago, and we wouldn't have to continually adapt the script and degrade the film to accommodate these "teen-age-istic"traits that seem to infect almost half of our actors and 75% of the signed extras.

Must I remind you of Tim Brooks' (oh, what a genius) letter he wrote to each and every cast member? There was a list. I would like to quote it:

When you don't show up to their rehearsals (when you gave your word that you would), you are in essence saying to Jordan and Gus Gus,

• I don't care about this movie.
  
• I'd love to foul up your schedule.
  
• I lied when I said I'd participate.
  
• I lack the decency, maturity, respect, and brain power to notify you in advance when I know that I won't be able to make the shoot.
  
• I don't value my friendship with you.

Let's dissect this, shall we? A: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS MOVIE. This much is obvious, but guess what? I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PITIFUL, USELESS, TEEN-AGE EXCUSES. B: I'D LOVE TO FOUL UP YOUR SCHEDULE. I can only see one of our more dramatic and ridiculous cast members fouling up the schedule on purpose, but half of our cast members still have no problem ruining anywhere from five to ten other people's schedules, not to mention the overall filming schedule. C: I LIED WHEN I SAID I'D PARTICIPATE. Self-explanatory. When you don't show up, and when you don't even try to accomidate us, who have spent countless hours upon hours and unhealthy stress accomadating you, YOU ARE A LIAR. D: I LACK THE DECENCY, MATURITY, RESPECT, AND BRAIN POWER TO NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE WHEN I KNOW THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SHOOT. Countless times have we canceled the day before and even thirty minutes into the scheduled filming time because someone had "better" things to do and didn't notify us. E: I DON'T VALUE MY FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU. Oh, that's actually very good, because this action is mutual (meaning, for those of you with intelligence that is lacking, that I, too, value our friendship about as much as I value television-- which is, for those of you who cannot comprehend the fact that television is useless and mindless, equivalent to the value of a toilet-bowl full of excretions).

In short, though our cast members committed six months to a full year ago to be in this film, half of them are justifying their breaking of this covenant because other things came up. Of course, in their perspectives, these other things are important, but that's not the point. The point is this, and I will say it as if I am in a rage with spit flying in these actors' faces:

WHETHER YOU CARE ABOUT THE MOVIE OR NOT, YOU COMMITTED BEFORE ANY OF THIS CURRENT CRAP, AND IF YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS MATURE (WHICH YOU OBVIOUSLY AREN'T), THEN YOU WILL HONOR YOUR FIRST COMMITMENT OVER ANY OTHERS! TEEN-AGER! FACE-HEAD!

Controversy may arise from that statement-- and I can stifle any mutinous words one may utter by saying this so as to settle the controversy: As I have said, we have accommodated everyone's schedule multiple times and have not expected every single commitment you made after this to be put to the side, but you have put this commitment to the side too many times.

Angry, immature, and unwilling-to-admit-the-truth actors might say after reading this long anger-filled post, "Go to h&#!!" And I will reply to them, quoting the famous Brother Rose, "You obviously know the way. Would you please give me directions?"

So, to those of you who fouled up many things, a special un-thanks is in order. Un-thanks for degrading the film you committed to. Have a nice, wasted life.

Dear 100,000 West Jordan Residents…

It has come; At last: The article that has been anticipated much, to say the least. Wandering Star Productions has been featured in the West Jordan Journal—a newspaper delivered to over 30,000 homes and businesses: over 100,000 people (and counting.) There is not much for us to say except the following.

"Please forgive us our arrogance."

…and:

"However, we are cascading—or rather ascending rapidly and with much force—to the prestigious level of 'The Untouchable Ones'. We intend to make quality films despite the cynicism given us by our peers and alleged 'higher-ups.' We intend to show them what we're made of despite the roadblocks, destitutions, disappointments, and onlookers of society who have no ambition."

…and so the evidence rests. We incriminate ourselves, indeed, of quality workmanship and devotion by showing you this article. It is one of the major steps to what we plan for the future.

You can access this article by navigating your Internet browser towards the cyber land of WSP Download so that you can read Page 12 and Page 13. You can also view the whole journal by navigating to the West Jordan Journal website. Incidentally, the two pages that this article is on have various clues in various places for various secrets. We had no knowledge of the ironic publishing of these signs, but they certainly work towards our behalf, don't they? See if you can find them. I'd love to hear your guesses. :)

Not only have we been recognized in the West Jordan Journal, but we have also been bumped up from sixth or seventh on the list to number one under the search for "Wandering Star Productions" in the Google Search Engine. Try it. I dare you. You could even try Yahoo or… goodness. I'm so addicted to Google that I can't remember any other search engines. Not that they're any use to anyone because they're so horrid compared to Google, but, if Yahoo you have chosen as your default engine (this making you a very default person, indeed), you may certainly look us up there; Google, in the lack of a better phrase, rocks everyone else's socks.

I have just one disparagement with the article, pretentious as I may sound by saying it—or typing it, rather. The reporter—and one of West Jordan's finest, I grant you—referred to us as "kids." Grumble. I prefer to be disassociated with all "kids" and "teen-agers." I would like to be referred to as a "young adult" from this point forward, thank you. I, for one, stopped being a kid at about age twelve, and then I (thankfully) decided to be a young adult somewhere between ninth grade and now.

Enjoy your day. Nothing is going on—do something about it. Silence reigns—listen to it.

Filming VERY Underway- SOME People In Our World Are Quite Lame

 

We are glad to announce that filming of Winter Eternal is somewhat 75% complete—though we had expected to be 100% complete by now, we're making headway. The only reason we're not done yet is because of the kind of person who makes words flash across one's mind such as, "Obliterate," "Hamburger Grinder," "Psionic Storm," "Bludgeon," "Blatantly Destroy," "Internal-Organs-Becoming-External-Organs," and "Strangle." Mainly these words are brought about by a good 75% or so of the people who signed up to be extras, though there is often one person who comes to (or rather is absent from) most filmings who brings out these words and more in even the most non-PG-13-for-extensive-gore mind. Below is an email I sent to all extras. A similar email to main cast members will soon follow.

 

The Purge Button

Dear Book of Shadows "Cast Members,"

 

I would like to announce that filming for all extras is finished. The names of the few loyalists who actually attended will be etched into a golden statue, which said statue will be dropped on the heads of all those who had lame reasons not to come (this is figurative- no, we're not threatening the squishing of thirty-or-so high-school- and middle-school-age students… though I often have strange dreams about it… that's beside the point). The names of the Loyalists are as follows in no particular order. Those who didn't even sign up on the list get a little star by their names:

 

CAPTURE BRIGADE:

Matthew Shaw*

Kirstie Coon

Heather Sayre*

Aaron Murdoch

Melissa Maxfield

Erin Nelson*

Jeremy Bench*

 

STROLL PATROL:

Taylor Andersen

Rachel Campbell*

Saerra Fairbrother

Reggie Beales*

Paul Baker*

Kirstie Coon

Heather Sayre*

 

HOBOS WHO ATE THE SOUP:

Heather Watson

Kade Christlieb—AKA Jeffy-Jack

 

Three cheers for The Loyalists! Hip hip! Hurrah! Hip hip! Hurrah! Hip hip! Hurrah!

 

Now, I would like to speak to those who had a valid excuse for not showing up. Thank you for your efforts and your will to be in the movie. We will definitely keep you on our lists. There are few of you who have spoken to me about your valid excuses. Thank you, and I will be talking to you in the near and/or distant future. If you're one with a valid excuse, then the following paragraph should make you laugh and point your finger—possibly several fingers—at those that the said paragraph is talking to:

 

As for those of you with lame excuses, or those of you who never replied at all, there's a nifty mod I added into Microsoft Access—the program I keep all of the information about our extras in. This mod is called "The Purge Button." Let's just refer to it as a digital machete. I am glad to press it and watch the list of names quickly turn from fifty names to twenty names. If you never receive an email from us at Wandering Star Productions again, feel free to stub your toe on something. I think to make up for all of the trouble, you should stub several toes… perhaps a finger and your nose, as well. You are henceforth the one of many weak links that caused this movie to be not what the script called for. If you feel you have been Purged/Machete'd in error, please send your complaints to wsp.copyright@gmail.com. Our law associate, Ralph Davidson, who we so lovingly refer to as "Ralphie," will process you.

 

That's the last time I post sign-up sheets in middle schools and high schools. This could be counted as a survey… I can see it now—"MSNBC.com: Poll-Studies show that 75% of people between the ages of 14-18 are lame and immature and give the rest of teens a bad name." Sorry, guys, but the truth hurts sometimes. Let me get you a band-aid.

 

Love,

-Jordan Spencer Cunningham of the Wandering Star Productions Team

 

For heaven's sake, children, stop cumbering my intelligence and don't sign up for anything like this again! Don't beg to be in the movie and then not ever show up, either, you flake-heads! Slackers!

 

I would also like to include a most exquisite email written by the loquacious Mister Timothy Brooks (Capture Captain) to all Cast Members:

 

Dear Cast Members,

Jordan does not know that I'm doing this, but I felt that it needed to be said:

ARE YOU IN THIS MOVIE OR NOT?

Most of you  have not been showing up to the filming. As the only person in this movie (as far as I know) who has a wife and children, and who attends school full time, my time is very, very precious. I am frustrated when I sacrifice my personal plans to take my only free day, Saturday, to help Jordan out with his movie. It is hard to describe how frustrating it is to do this, only to arrive at the set and regularly see only one or two other people show up on time --- or at all. When YOU don't show up, it affects everybody else --- and the entire film schedule.

And let's not forget Jordan and Gus Gus. They have worked their tails off to accommodate all of us (me most of all). You can all tell by the detail in their scripts, schedules, e-mails, blogs, web sites, props, sound system, and movie making in general that they have worked hours and hours and hours to make these movies as perfect as possible. When you don't show up to their rehearsals (when you gave your word that you would), you are in essence saying to Jordan and Gus Gus,

• I don't care about this movie.
  
• I'd love to foul up your schedule.
  
• I lied when I said I'd participate.
  
• I lack the decency, maturity, respect, and brain power to notify you in advance when I know that I won't be able to make the shoot.
  
• I don't value my friendship with you.
  

So, once again, I say:

ARE YOU IN OR ARE YOU OUT?

This movie is going to be fantastic, and it's only one more precursor in Jordan and Gus Gus's impressive cinematographic career. How dare you diss on them like this??! And how foolish you will feel when, someday, they are accomplished, renowned movie makers, and people will see you in line at a Walmart and strike up a conversation with you, and the topic will inevitably drift to your past, and you will have to admit ashamedly that you once had the blessed fortune to be in a Cunningham/Klvacek Production and turned it down because you were too lame and/or lazy. HOW WILL YOU FEEL THEN?

Think about it.

Sincerely,
Tim Brooks

Winter Eternal Preview 3 Released

Look closely...

You can either see it at Google Video or you can download it from WSP download. (Look to the right of this page- there's a shortcut to most of our downloads.)

NOTE: I suggest you download it! At Google Video, the audio is out of sync. If you download it, it's much higher quality.

He comes...

7.13.07

Here's what we promised. If you can figure it out, it actually reveals mostly everything... IF you can figure it out... now, for a clue on how to do so: Search. Decay-13.

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Gur Krnybg gbbx abg whfg fabj.
Ortvaavat arne gur raq bs
Fvk, Ur pbzzraprq jvgu gjb zra
Xvyyrq bar, orpxbarq gur bgure,
Oebhtug gur gjryir gb gur fynhtugre.
Bs gur zvtugl Napvragf obea,
Terj gur cuntr hagvy gur zbea’
Gb punatr gur betnavfz
Gb synfu naq fuvar: Fha’f qrzvfr,
Fcernq gur Fvyrapr guebhtu gur fxvrf.
“Fvyrapr yvxr n pnapre tebjf,”
Jngpu sbe fvtaf bs oynpxrarq Ebfr.

Happy Fourth

As an Independence Day present, we present you with this to help you further appreciate your freedom and safety as opposed to all things to do with Silence and 13. This is the envelope that is seen on Winter Eternal (or will be seen, rather):

Speaking of Winter Eternal, summer filming officially began on June 27th, and is coming along. We hope to release a preview using new footage soon...

Coming Soon... or Later?

Yes, sooner or later, we'll have converted to PDF and uploaded The Agent of the Shadow Hierarchy Secret S-Files (Mission: Xealot Investigation) to our websites. It is a file we obtained very sneakily from the Shadow Hierarchy that explains the Xealot's schemes in Episode Five and Six, and conforms largely to our movies... think of it as a mini-guide to the Book of Shadows Five and Six. Until it is released, however, to more fully understand the plot, please read the script of our movie The Xealot and a post I posted some time ago to more fully explain some hard-to-understand things. The file is in the shape of and looks nearly like this file of less importance below. Don't ask. Those Secret Agents go through a lot to protect the Ways of the Shadow.

You can download this picture, too!

Click to see a bigger version.

Project Replay: Revealed Finally on Google Video!

I'm terribly sorry for all of the confunsion and kafuffle. However, all of the fascistness is over! Both videos are now successfully processed through Google Video and both download links are now operational. You can view them on the posts below. You can also download them from WSP Download.

VERY sorry for the inconveniece. Next time we'll have them up on Google Video earlier in due time for processing.

"Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know." And thus it comes. Silence.

PROJECT 13: TO BE REVEALED

You can view the embedded video below. If it doesn't work, please try viewing it on Google Video directly.

PROJECT REPLAY: REVEALED

You can view the embedded video below. If it doesn't work, please try viewing it from Google Video directly.

The Swords Have Arrived! Plus--- more!

A VERY special thanks to Knighthawk Armoury for the use of their fine swords. We needed some swords for our upcoming production, Winter Eternal, and they couldn't be the real ones we already have (as we only had two of them and we didn't trust ourselves not to kill each other!). We did a quick search on our beloved Google and found www.latex-weaponry.com (Knighthawk Armoury). We asked, and we received! These are very high quality latex-foam swords used in many LARP combat circles. It's like a game. In fact, that's usually what they're used for. They make fine "toys" for your older children (DON'T use them like a bat!) and are very safe. I suggest you check out the website and see their wide array of fine swords and accessories!

ALSO:

Hooray for West Jordan Arts! Being on the quiet side of things, we've secured a place to film "The Winter Compound," as we like to call it. More details later.

New Downloads Site

From now on, all downloads will be able to be found at http://wspdownload.googlepages.com I will no longer announce any art gallery updates (there was one just barely- you can download the update at the site above) and other lesser important downloads here. You can download desktop backgrounds, videos, documents, and more there! It is currently under construction, but will soon be in top shape.

Never attempt to eat a whole bag of popcorn by yourself.

Winter Eternal Preview 2 Released

Here is the second preview ro Winter Eternal. All of the clips you will see are clues, so think deeply...

The audio is a little off and the video isn't as high as quality because it's streaming from Google Video, so you can download the Windows Media Video, also.
Enjoy!
-Kupa

If the imbedded video doesn't play, you can watch it directly from Google Video.

BOS Art Galery Up and Running

Since going to the art gallery online is basically pointless when you can download it and see it anytime, we've discontinued the online gallery. You can download the art gallery and any updates here.

DVD 5 Discontinued

We have aquired some new technology and are hereafter discontinuing distributing copies of The Xealot. Those last few who have ordered copies will receive them promptly. We will re-render the DVD under this new technology and begin redistributing The Xealot in due time, but the material cost is expected to be anywhere from twenty-five to seventy-five cents more. The DVD will basically be the same except for a few minor changes under this technology.

Thank you for your support to the Cause of the Shadow!

Be excited for Episode Six. It is coming.
x-iii=7
x+iii=13
As Gus Gus' sig says: "The Book of Shadows: Winter Eternal. The number... It resonates like a gun shot... The Count of Perfection. May it speculated."

Disclaimer!

Yes! Many people are confused to the point that they think that we sell the Book of Shadows- Episode Five: The Xealot DVD content. This is FALSE! We give it away, as it is illegal to sell it! The $1.45 paid to us is merely for the materials that accompany the content that is on the DVD. In reality, it's kind of like you're going to the store and buying your burnable DVD, case, and cover, and then we put the movie on the DVD for you. We receive no personal benefit from the money paid for the DVD- in fact, we still lose moneys, as we haven't taken into account the label put on the DVD, and sales tax paid for the materials. All donations paid to The Cause of the Shadow are put towards non-profit movie production and distribution and other non-profit needs. Any future films from Wandering Star Productions that are legal to sell, which won't be many, will be sold and all proceeds from these films go directly to the fund and are not in the slightest paid to any individuals within the production company, and are only paid to other companies/individuals apart from Wandering Star Productions to purchase materials and other production needs. Any merchandise made and legaly sold also falls under this rule.

Thank you!

DVD Material Shortage

A notice to those who anticipate their own copy of Episode Five:

Since we are a poor, non-profit organization, we have come to the conclusion that our DVD content will remain free (as it would be illegal to sell them, since we have used music made by others. It IS legal to copy them for free, though, since our cause is considered an educational cause), but the materials we can no longer provide for free. If you have your own DVD case or DVD, you can give those to us to lighten the cost, but it isn’t much. The materials, including case, DVD, and cover, comes to a total of $1.45 per copy. It is now required that you either give us the materials or you give us the moneys so we can buy the materials for you and your copy of Episode Five.

Further donations are generously accepted!

DVD Released- but General Public Must Await

The Episode Five- The Xealot DVD was officially released on Thursday, January 18th, 2007. The three copies donated to the Brooks auction "went like hotcakes". It was said that one of them went for over 200 Pride Cards (the currency of the realm). The general public, however, must wait at least a week for their copies to be ready, as a little mishap with the printing of the covers came about. They are expected for arrival by Wednesday, January 24th, and those who had their own materials or paid Wandering Star to purchase the materials for them are expected to receive their copies by the following day. Those without materials could wait up to three or four days.

The DVD cover and inside labels are as follows:

The Xealot DVD label:

The second DVD only included in the two-disc DVD cases is simply text and no image, so I will put the text here it correct colors and font. It is only a fake disc to be replaced when Project Replay is officially released. Those who do not have the two-disc set will be able to receive Project Replay as well. There will just be two different cases, is all.

PLACE PROJECT REPLAY HERE

COMING SOON

www.wanderingstarproductions.co.nr

www.wanderingstarproductions.blogspot.com

x+3i=13

x-3i=7

Once received, search and ye shall find, but search dilligently. Search within the find and ye shall find.

The Xealot DVD To Be Released This Week!

Hooray and yay and all other words used to describe excitement and joy! The BOS Episode Five- The Xealot DVD will be released Thursday of this week (1.18.07). It will be unveiled at Mr. Brook's royal auction during first period (approxomately 8:00 AM). The DVDs include the featured motion picture, over eight minutes of blooper-reel fun, Preview 4 and Preview 5, The Letterbox Short, and the pièce de résistance , the Episode Six preview- which unveils clues and the title to Episode Six! You may also want to search the DVD thoroughly- for several things are hidden that may make you verklempt. Be wary- though you may search and find, another is hidden within the hidden.

The three DVDs that will be sold at Brook's auction will have a space for another disc. "Place Project Replay Here" and something else it says on the false disc that is in the second slot. You can't take it with you.

Comments Allowed

A quick note- comments are now allowed on posts so that you may leave your feelings of joy and happiness here. Thank you.

Confusion and Disarray

Yes, yes, the plot of Episode Five turned out to be a little hard to understand. That is why we are working on Project Replay to help you understand the plot of Five and the upcoming Six much better. In the meantime, however, I will fill in some confusing points of Episode Five to help you further enjoy our productions. You can also read the Official Episode Manuscript to better understand the fundamentals of what makes Shadows tick.

Hobo was once apart of the Shadow Council- or Council of Shadows- but he was dismembered because he forgot to visit the Central Library in time. This is why there is a familiarity between Hobo and the Hobo Chairwoman (and why she agrees to let him back onto the Council as a Knight of the Shadow).

The Lord of Shadows was bad in Episode Four, but he repented of his ways by Episode Five. The rest of the Shadow world besides Hobo thinks that he died and are trying to elect a new Lord of Shadows, which is why The Lord of Shadows is wearing a disguise and calls himself The Gnome of Happiness while in the presence of the Hobo Councilwomen.

When the Lord of Shadows is breaking crayons in Episode Five, he and Hobo are making campaign posters so that The Lord of Shadows will become the next Lord of Shadows again, making it so that The Xealot can't be (even though he eventually does become the Lord of Shadows through lies and deceit).

The Lord of Shadows kills himself after he is captured and brought before The Xealot. The Xealot gave The Lord of Shadow's body Pure Puppet Extract so that he could control it to tell the Hobo Council that he was forfieting the political race to the Xealot (which is how the Xealot became the Lord of Shadows).

The Xealot founded all of the soup kitchens around the world, thus he had control over him, and therefore he also put this Pure Puppet Extract into the Soup, making the Soup dangerous since anyone who ate it would be brought under the Xealot's direct power when the Xealot decided to initiate the Soup.

Father Rupert first had on a disguise as a woman so that he wouldn't be captured. However, when he took off his disguise after Hobo came back from the library with the Book of Relics (AKA The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World), he was eaten by a bush that was a part of The Capture Brigade.

The Book that Hobo retreived from the library contained the wherabouts to several important relics, which are:
1. The Key- a key that unlocks the power of relic # 3.
2. The Sharp and Pointy Object of Shadows- actually a hunk of metal that must be taken to a certain blacksmith and forged into a sword. The Sword of Shadows.
3. A Secret Weapon of No Name That Anyone Knows Of- the weapon that the Xealot used to destroy the planet Cameroon and also the weapon he intends to use to destroy the planet known as The Wandering Star. This is located in the Hobo Heaven Ruins under the city of West Jordan (which is why, among other reasons, the Xealot raised the city from the ground).
There were and are more relics.

The Wandering Star is the home planet where all hobos, vagabonds, and urchins came from. Also the home of the Shadow Hierarchy, the Shadow Hagiocracy, and the Lord of Shadow's Throne. The Xealot intends to destroy it because if he does, he will become the Lord of Shadows for all eternity and no one will be able to cast him down. ( See the Hobo's Policy rules 20 and 21.)

The Planet Cameroon is a distant hobo colony, but does not contain any important artifacts except that The Lord of Shadows' summer home was there, the Xealot grew up there, and that it happened to be the planet in perfect location to destroy so that the peices of the planet will strike the Earth where West Jordan once was, causing a Shadow Split (click the Hobo's Policy link above and read rules 20 and 21).

There may be more points of interest added to this later, so stay tuned for updates!

Research On WEAPONRY

We need some kind of clear (almost invisible?), plastic cover for steel blades (swords). We will be researching this ourselves, as I am sure these exist, but people who are much more advanced in this area could be of help. Hint. Hint.

EXTRAS! EXTRAS! HEAR ALL ABOUT IT!

I thought I'd start here- since it is our own site, after all. Episode Five called for a generous amount of extras, but we didn't get them (or we didn't get enough of them. Thank you to those who came even though we couldn't use you). Episode Six will call for an ENORMOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP LOAD of extras! It would be nice to have around 100, but I think that hope is a little too high. We'll take as many as we can get- as long as it's just not ten. It would be nice if the word could be spread- perhaps those of you in drama classes could suck up to your teachers to see if they can find us a bally big bus-load of extras. I might just email them myself. One catch: being in the Book of Shadows means that you get no pay or incentives except that your name goes on the credits that are played to thousands of people across the world (our newest shipment area is California), and they joy of seeing yourself on the screen. So... make sure whoever you tell knows this.

Perhaps 100 is a lot to ask for, but I just watched The Return of the King and I was inspired greatly for a Dies Irae in the upcoming episode.

New Photo Gallery

Hooray and yay and all other words used to express joy! Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 technology, we careened ourselves out of the stone age of manual photo galleries and built us up one heck of an interactive photo gallery containing over 140 pre, during, post, and advertising pictures from The Book of Shadows! At the moment we have no place to host the photo gallery as our hosting service can be lame about such things. We will, however, have it up for your enjoyment soon!

Episode Five Fixes

There were a few unneeded and mostly unwanted "things to fix" in The Xealot. This is a list of the most bothersome or important things and our fixes for them so that your Episode Six can be a most magical and mystical experience:

-Hobo's Hands Often Found His Face
He has promised to stop picking

-Subject Matter Was Hard To Understand
The new script is 18 pages long (so far) and repettitively makes points known in various ways so that no one will be confused whether he be intelligent or intellectually void.

-There Were Too Many Text Explanations
Some things just would have been too drab to add to our action-packed movie, so we explained them with text instead. We did this quite a bit last episode, but Episode Six script so far has no text explanations!

-Often the Voices Were Hard To Hear and Understand
We had one mic and it was on the camera. The filming of Episode Six, however, will have three: two boom or hidden microphones and the one on the camera. Actors WILL speak louder this episode and with our new top-of-the-line editing technology, we will equalize the voices so that they are all at an audible and understandable volume.

-The Picture Quality Was... Not the Best
You absolutely must understand that as a poor, non-profit company, we cannot afford the best of recording equipment. Our camera was a $150 non-digital 8MM analog camera. It would be nice to have the $1000 camera from TV Specialists in Salt Lake (which isn't even near top-of-the-line recording equipment), but this is only in our dreams. However, to make the picture quality better, we have researched all possible solutions and have come to these conclusions: with Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 (our new top-of-the-line editing software), we will no longer render each scene through a lesser quality program and then through Adobe. This time, it will go straight through Adobe and then into a WMV file to play at the premiere this coming November or December. It will then go straight through Adobe again to the DVD instead of rendering the already rendered file and encoding it to DVD, which depletes the picture quality. Also, we have boosted our video-capture software to optimum performance. We also will take more time in editing to adjust contrast, hue, and saturation for a more professional look. If that made any sense, you must be a computer geek. Congratulations! Perhaps we'll hire you onto our team! In English, the picture quality will still not be like you'd see in the theatres (as we don't have $50,000 cameras), but it will be much less pixily (pixily-- derived from the word pixil. Pixily meaning: looking like the original Super Mario) and higher quality than last time. I must say that I am quite saddened that the DVD's quality is even lesser than what you get when you watch the actual WMV file with Windows Media Player, but that movie went through initial rendering for each scene, final rendering for the finished WMV file, and then hours of encoding to burn it to DVD, so it is not the best of quality.

-Etcetera! There are detailed things we could go over for hours, but if you've read this far, you'll read no further. Technical stuff, anyhow. Plus we might hurt peelings.

Project 13

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Project Six

The Book of Shadows- Episode Six: TITLE CENSORED. As you must have read on our home website, we have filmed a preview and bites and nibbles of a scene. We have constructed many twists and turns into the concept of Episode Six. You will be highly surprised. Also, if you look closely (speculate, you might say) at The Xealot DVD (scheduled for release January 18th, 2007), you perhaps might see something worth speculating about. Ooh la la.

Project Replay

The second disc... what can it mean?

Project Da Vinci Doll

Project Da Vinci Doll (aka Episode Five DVD) is about 50% done. The burning of the master disc was completed at appoxomitely 12:00 PM on January 1st, 2007. Burning of further discs will commence in due time. We've still to design and print the DVD cover and labels.

Though our funds are considerably higher than when we made the DVD for Episode Four, we still do not have sufficient funds to get everyone a DVD, case, label, and cover. We would ask that, if possible, and if you would like a DVD, that you supply the DVD. If you happen to have a mother-lode of DVD cases, it would be nice if you supplied your own or even donated some to us (as we only have 15 at the moment). We will supply the cover and label, obviously, and the DVD and case for those who do not have any to spare.

Three copies are planned to be sent to Mr. Brooks' quarterly auction-- one for each ninth grade class-- though, if we find we have an abundance of supplies, we will send more.

The DVD, made this time with Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 instead of Arcsoft Showbiz DVD, is our best yet and holds valuable information that only the most clever can decypher.

Some cases are capable of holding two discs... what can it mean?

A Nother BOSIC

What is a BOSIC? I suppose it could be an acronym for Book of Shadows Info Center. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Here, I, Kupa, will write whatever I darn well please-- mostly pertaining to Wandering Star Productions and more specifically The Book of Shadows, our biggest hit. So. Buenas tardes, mi hombres.