A long overdue update

It has been quite some time since my last post/update. Well, I come bearing gifts,- gifts in the form of an update. Unit 30 is 90% done! As you all know the only thing that was not completed was the composed music. This was no small task since the movie's length clocks in at around 22 minutes. Well, I am now pleased to announce that we have a rough cut of the music done! It sounds awesome and totally lends to the overall feel of the short: a campy fun mystery! We are just tweaking and changing a few things here and there and than the short will be done. It will be submitted to festivals next year, in the hopes of screening in 2010/2011. You should all be very pleased with your performances and I am excited for you to see the finished short!

The real Unit 30!?!

Below is a picture of the real Unit 30, yes, it really exists! The picture was taken from a website trying to sell the home. Click here to see the entire ad


Ok, so it's not the same type of star, but still.....Pretty creepy!

Wait, what was my line?

Below is the finished blooper reel for Unit 30. It's pretty funny, and yes, we all messed up. The important thing is that we were all able to laugh about our mistakes! Well, everyone except Ben laughed. Ben just said f*ck a lot. Feel free to add the video to your blogs or websites.


Unit 30 bloopers from Taryn McCollum on Vimeo.

The sound is done!.....Well, almost

The fixing/mixing of the sound, well, dialogue for Unit 30 is complete! All that's left is color correction and for the music to be composed. The short is so close to completion I can taste it! Well, I mean I could if short films could be tasted. I imagine Unit 30 would taste like coconut

A rough cut is done!!

A rough cut of Unit 30 is done! The short is now off to our sound guy for mixing and cleaning, after that, music for the short is composed. I imagine the film will be completely finished sometime around March/April. I will keep you updated with it's progress as things, well, progress!

animated title sequence

Below is the animated title sequence for Unit 30. The quality of the video is degraded because it is streaming online and it may "jitter" a little, but rest assured, the REAL sequence looks great and is very reminiscent of South Park. I am a few short days away from a rough cut. Stay tuned!


Unit 30 animated opening sequence from Taryn McCollum on Vimeo.

Unit 30 location!

Today we shot at the actual 'Unit 30' location! Well, not the actual Unit 30, because Unit 30 does not exist. Or does it? Regardless of whose sacrificing who, we had a great time and I'm excited to review the footage. Enjoy the photos, I posted quite a few! As always, thank you Hamilton Photography