From The Top Turnbuckle Films - ftttfilms@gmail.com

The Kickstarter for our next short film, "Blood Guilt" is live. Have a look and please spread the word. No one needs to break the bank to make this happen but if we build our budget in small chunks (in 30 days or less) then we can make another film and test ourselves as filmmakers in several new ways. Instead of repeating myself, go check out the page and learn all you need to know. More questions? just ask at ftttfilms@gmail.com http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ftttfilms/blood-guilt-a-short-western-film

It's pretty easy to forget where certain ideas or aspects of a story came from or when they came into being during the course of writing. Especially if that writing is over a long period of time and especially if it's for a movie. But I do get asked where the ideas come from? Both the short films I've made and the feature length scripts I've written get to the point where they begin to feel like something that just happened and I'm just finding the best, most important bits to put on paper so that the story can be told in the most compelling way possible.  Happens every time. But where do the ideas come from? How about I answer a different question and hope it satisfies: What were the original ideas and where did those come from? Answering that is a little easier. The germ. The seed of an idea is what you start with. From that you cook and build and write and test and toss and love and hate and punch and kick and hug and doze off until whatever ends up on sc

Mr. Ray Bradbury passed on today. His effect on me as a writer was and will always be immense. I'm not going to try and say anything better than people all over Twitter are saying already.  So, instead, a little tribute. Ray, from "Dirge" was named after Ray Bradbury, just as Rod was named after the late Rod Serling. I thank them both for all that they did in the name of creativity and storytelling. And I thank my Dad, Kenneth Kirk for introducing me to both of them.

Big thanks to Muldoon and Ain't It Cool for digging on Dirge enough to run it on their Saturday shorts column. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56174 If you're new to our site, we're From The Top Turnbuckle Films. We're like a band but not. New short is going into production in August. Be looking for a Kickstarter for it soon. It will be a short western called "Blood Guilt." Our goal is to just keep making good shorts in between life and day jobs and the such. Hope you enjoy our Texas flavored brand of community based filmmaking. Adios Aaron Kirk