Hello again!

As we are nearing the completion of The Heron, I thought it would be fun to show you a few more behind-the-scenes pictures of the production from all the way back in mid-November. These were all taken by the kind and generous Art Gingert--not only the owner of one of our two main locations, but a lifelong professional photographer and nature lover. He opened his home to us and shared many amazing facts about the very landscape we were shooting in. Thanks Art!

Enjoy,

Josh D.

Josh DeaneMarch 15, 2018the heron, photography, behind the scenes, behind-the-scenes, horrorComment

Article About The Heron in the Cornwall Chronicle!

During the last two days of our shoot in West Cornwall, CT for The Heron, we were joined by Don Heiny, a gracious man and lifelong photojournalist who spent the majority of his career working for Time magazine.

While hanging out on set and allowing us to use his old VEHICLE for the picture car, he took a lot of pictures of the cast and crew, as well as wrote a touching article about the production for the local newspaper.

You can find the article HERE.

As for the photos, Don allowed me to share them on my website, so I have included them in this post. Thanks, Don!

Enjoy!

Josh Deane

Josh DeaneJanuary 28, 2018Comment

2018 Goals

It's the end-of-year roundup! That magical moment when I hold myself to the only kind of standard that matters: my own. Before I share my goals for this year (2018), how well did I do on the basis of my own concept of success?

My goals for last year were as follows:

1. Finish editing last year's large project.
2. Get a literary agent for the projects I wrote last year.
3. Read 25 extra curricular books.
4. Watch 365 movies between January 1st 2017 and January 1st 2018.
<Rules: They can be features-substantial shorts-seasons of TV-or limited series>
5. Direct 3 major film or theatre projects.
6. Production design 3 projects.
7. Act in a project that is not my own.
8. Finish the two feature length scripts that I have been working on.
9. Start a third feature length script.
10. Write 52 blog posts about media that has had a profound effect on me.
11. Release the album I made last year.
12. Write and record a new album.

Before I truly dig in, I want to say that this year did not go in any direction I thought it would. This was a year of profound change in many ways--both physically and mentally. Although the goals I have expressed would have been to nice to complete--it is much more important for me to take life as it comes. My goals may change as the year progresses, but the end result is hopefully the same: to be the best version of myself.

1. Finish editing last year's large project.
2. Get a literary agent for the projects I wrote last year.

Goals 1&2 were not even begun. Things quickly shifted as the semester begun last winter, and my time for external goals--especially such time consuming ones--came to a screeching halt. Although I continued editing the piece of writing that I reference in 2, I did not begin the process of trying to publish it.

3. Read 25 extra curricular books. Completed! My final total was 26.

4. Watch 365 movies between January 1st 2017 and January 1st 2018.
<Rules: They can be features-substantial shorts-seasons of TV-or limited series>

Not complete--but my final total was 316. Pretty good, considering how insanely busy I was for most of the year.

5. Direct 3 major film or theatre projects. I consider this one completed, although I began my first one last year. The other two should be completed by May.

6. Production design 3 projects. Completed! Although I changed this to also include working as a Prop Master. I actually worked as production designer or Prop Master on 4 projects.

7. Act in a project that is not my own. Completed!

8. Finish the two feature length scripts that I have been working on.
9. Start a third feature length script.

Because the nature of this year, I did not have any time to truly begin working on these goals until December. I was able to get great starts on both of them though (which technically completes my 9th goal).

10. Write 52 blog posts about media that has had a profound effect on me.

Haha, yeah. I knew this was a long shot when I wrote it down, but I did it anyway because I am insane. Definitely did not do this. I'm not even sure if it's something I truly want to do.

11. Release the album I made last year. I did not complete this, although it is ready to release whenever I get the go ahead. Hopefully there will be more about this later.

12. Write and record a new album. I have this one half done.

Now time to set a roadmap for the year ahead.

My Goals for 2018:

1. Watch 365 Movies, Short films, or seasons of television.
2. Read 25 books.
3. Complete editing on The Heron and Sickly.
4. Complete the three scripts that I have in different stages of development.
5. Release my finished album, Cacaya: Soundtrack to the Film
6. Record a new album and release it.
7. Direct one new short.
8. Begin major preproduction on my first feature.
9. Create "production packages" for all three of the scripts I'm completing.
10. Begin steps towards publishing the book I've been working on for the last few years.

This year I've decided to focus my goals to finishing things that I have already begun. Although there are a few other things I may have in the works, I won't add them to my goals for the year.

Josh DeaneJanuary 2, 2018Comment

End of Year Favorites

Happy New Year! In advance of my usual New Years' Resolutions post, I thought I would share my favorite pieces of media that I interacted with this year. The things I list did not necessarily come out this year--just new(ish) media that truly had an effect on me.