M dot Strange's blog

2007 while working on We Are The Strange TEN YEARS AGO Ten years ago I released a crazy little movie I made mostly on my own- it had sets made out of old socks and Elmer's glue- it had characters made out of torn latex gloves or crumpled paper- the main characters head was a doll head I found in the gutter in my neighborhood- I never went to school for film or animation- I was just some unknown savage making films and animation any way I could- I knew my creations were far from perfect but they were sincere- and that sincerity is what helped me go on and create two more films- + many other works- One of the things I'm most proud of in regard to my films and We Are The Strange specifically as it was the only one that made a "splash" in the world of film- "Indie" filmmaking in the U.S. is a rich kids game- its the rich kids that can afford to go to some fancy film school- its the rich kids who through their familial connections get into film festiv

Hello there- I'm back to this old blog with its annoying layout as I grew tired of what little exposure I had to social networking sites- the only one of "those things" I was using was Twitter- - I logged out of it the other day never to return so I'm back here- I've been playing around with Akasha and MaidSafe as blogging/social platforms though- they are very promising and I look forward to using them more- I was using Discord for a little while as well but just like those social networking sites I felt it taking my focus away so I stopped using it as well- I just finished the third music video I've done for my wife- you can see it here I made the video in 3 days using Unity and some stuff from the Unity asset store- if you want to make your own here are the assets I used Animal Adventure Pack  Toon Foxy Girl Simple Military Low Poly Landscapes So the video took 3 days and had a budget of $80- that's the cost of the assets- I'm u