Blade Media Productions

Here are some still images from our first day of shooting.  Great job on the camera Kevin!

We had our first day of shooting in the field, December 5th, 2009.  Here is a snap shot of some of our actors in their gear.

We are getting close to our first shooting date and lots of things have been happening in preparation. Here is a short prototype of a sniper pov shot. Check it out!

From our last production

Detailed work on storyboards has begun for Exit Strategy.  We use blender to create our storyboards because we like the way that a 3D program allows us to visualize and move the camera around and see things from different angles, even before we are on set.

Here is a sample of one of our early trial renders in Blender.

Kevin (Director of Photography) has been busy finding some of our practical effects and props.

Jason (Producer in charge of wardrobe/research) and Stephen (Director) went location scouting today.  Here are some pictures from the location we will be using.

We’ve finalized on a title for the script. Our working title has just been “Ambush,” but that was never intended to be the actual title. Today, from here on out, its going to be called “Exit Strategy.”

We have begun the process of developing a new short film project.  For a long time both Kevin and I have wanted to do an ‘action flick.’  Through a number of circumstances, the time seemed right, and the right people came along to help make this project possible.

We have completed a final draft of the script.  Not to say that it won’t change some, but its getting pretty solid.  We’ve now begun the process of finding cast members, as well as trying to come up with the complicated wardrobe that a military action movie requires.  We’ve also begun to prototype some of the special effects that will be used in this film.  Hopefully we’ll have some test footage of those to post soon.

Welcome to our new domain home on the internet.  This is the new  production website for Kevin Strahm and Stephen Ballast and all of their joint media ventures.

We are currently working on a short film called ‘Exit Strategy’ and will be posting tons of stuff about it soon!