Writer's Block

alright so what the vague previous post was referring to is a short film by the name of Writer's Block. the film is a collaboration between myself and my cousin Rob Kohler.

the details:
apple is hosting a contest, which we entered, to create a 3min short film in 24 hours.
here's their info about it:

On Saturday, October 13 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time), we’ll post a top-secret list of elements — special props, dialogue, settings — you get the idea. Choose any three to include in your movie. Then all you and your team have to do is write, cast, shoot, edit, score, and upload your 3-minute masterpiece within 24 hours. No problem, right?

the monday before contest day is when i found out about the contest and from there rob and i texted back and forth for awhile figuring out what resources we had available to use for creating this film.
rob then came up with a idea and script, and from there we worked out as many details as we could so the contest day would go smoothly. we even made up a band.

so the 13th came and from the moment that list arrived we were going, 23.5 hrs later we had the finished film submitted.
originally they said the videos would be online on the 19th, but due to the mass of entries they received it took them till tonight to get it working.
now for the rest of apples details:

Once the films are in, your friends, family, and adoring fans will be able to watch them online and rate their favorites. The 25 entries with the highest rating on November 9 at 12:00 a.m. EST will be screened by industry professionals, including Barry Sonnenfeld, James Mangold, and Nora Ephron.

If your film is the biggest hit with either the public or the pros, each member of your team will receive a MacBook Pro, Final Cut Studio 2, Logic Studio, and Shake so you can get started on that first sequel. How’s that for a Hollywood ending?

so as you can tell, for us to win, we're going to need allot of votes.
here's how you can help:
first- go enjoy watching the film.
second- rate it (you do have to log in to do this, but don't worry the sign up is relatively painless) and you can also comment on it if you'd like, we'd love the feedback.
third- send emails, write blogs, post it online anywhere you can, tell everyone you know about it, ask them to vote.

the more votes we get, the better chance we have of winning, which will give us what we need to make many more films, we already have ideas rolling around for more shorts and eventually feature length films.

now it's my pleasure to present to you... Writer's Block

PS. the apple site runs rather slowly, i'm guessing it's cause of the large amount of entries in this contest. so be patient, the pages do load, eventually.