Jan
We recently held a private screening of King Me at the Capitol Theater here in Cleveland, Ohio. After over 2 years of work, it was both nerve wracking and a great relief to finally view the project with an audience for the first time. We...
Sep
Seamus McDonald is the newest member of the King Me team. He was created by our motion graphics guru, Ryan Hardy. Seamus makes a few very special appearances in the opening minutes of King Me. We were glad to meet him this week and are...
Aug
The fact that I forgot my login and password to this blog was a painful reminder that it has been way too long since we've posted any updates. Back in January we predicted that we'd be finished with editorial by April. We've obviously missed this...
Sorry for the gap in posts. Just a quick update: Principal photography for King Me is complete and editorial is in full swing. With that, we'd like to introduce you to Danielle Miller. Danielle is currently combing through our 350+ hours of footage and will serve...
Sep
We started the day shooting broll in various locations, including Bridgetown, with the plan that we'd be meeting Suki in the afternoon for some more face time. As the afternoon arrived it became clear that the day would not necessarily go as planned. Anyone who...
Today marks our very first news conference in conjunction with King Me. I'd like to say that I did a good job but Keith reminds me that I don't watch enough Sports Center to really master the technique. Something about not mentioning giving "110% on...
Sep
We're falling into a bit of a rhythm. We spent the morning at Grantley Adams school watching Suki pass on his knowledge to a bunch of eager kids. We spent the second half of the day interviewing Barbados Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy and Director of...
We arrived on Barbados late last night. We will be spending the week with the undisputed King of Go As You Please Checkers, Ron "Suki" King. In keeping with the time off year (hurricane season) Day 1 was wet but that didn't keep us from our...
Sep
We were pretty excited to wake up with some sunshine this morning. I was starting to worry. We spent the morning shooting some island broll before meeting up with Suki on the top of Cherry Tree Hill for a long chat. Sunscreen is no match...
We're heading home today. Yesterday was a pretty major production marathon. If you ever get a chance to attend a checker tournament I highly recommend the experience. We thank the folks of the American Checker Federation for their positive attitude and their willingness to help...