After receiving my Cinema degree, it quickly became apparent that I needed to work to survive. No time was allowed to work on the projects I wanted to work on. There was laundry to do, errands to run, jobs to work… absolutely no time to even begin the beginnings of Read more…
The narration sessions for the film proved to be much more work than expected. Of course, I put way more on my plate than I should have… but I knew I wanted to get as much material as possible to work with. We were on a tight schedule and had Read more…
Have you ever noticed that? When one claims they are not crazy, society automatically assumes that person must be a raging lunatic. Sometimes it seems as if one has to defend their sanity instead of prove their point. In the courts, it’s as if one tries to defend their “insanity” Read more…
Perhaps the most notorious story to come out of the Peoria State Hospital is the story of a man known as, Manual Bookbinder, who was later nicknamed, “Old Book”. When Book first came to the asylum in 1902, he was a mute and was said to have worked in a Read more…
The cemeteries are the ones similar to the movies… but these are not as they seem and even more original than one could ever imagine. Endless rows of stone, listing a faded number assigned to that of the forgotten and unloved. The stones change from era to vanishing era. Some Read more…
Out of the dozens of reasons I decided to make this film, the Bowen building is one of them. The City of Bartonville has fought owner, Richard Weiss, from saving the building for years. Abandoned, there it has sat decaying for over 40 years; numerous individuals interested in restoring and Read more…
A simple notion easier said than done. Production is impossible without Pre-Production. Naturally, beginning this documentary, I found difficulty in settling on a solid starting point. “There’s so much to research, so much to say,” I would tell myself. Many wonder why one would come to the decision to make Read more…
When making any film, you’re bound to Murphy’s Law. What can go wrong, will go wrong. This applies even more so when making a documentary during late autumn in central Illinois. Most likely, the weather would be horrid. Shooting completely on location, one must gear up for the worst. When seeking Read more…