Throwing Knives

Every wondered how to throw a throwing knife?  It's rather difficult, but the guy in the video below has found am easy way to get around it.  Check it out at the video here.  The throwing knife is properly balanced in order for anyone to throw a knife, the key is in how you throw it.  Of course there are ways around a proper way of throwing it, one instance is the kind of knife.
The knife below is what I call the cheating mans throwing knife,being that you'll stick it just about everytime its thrown, but its pretty bad ass.

How To Make Fire With Two Sticks.

They say its difficult to make fire with just two sticks, but its actually easier than it looks.  Check out the video on youtube here.

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More Metal Work

I've recently been creating different flowers out of spare metal I have laying around.  Most of the creations, that you can see below, were created from 55 gallon drum scrap and thick rods to create what you see.  What do you think?  The ones you see below were created for a customer.  If you would like a flower, any flower you want, send me an e-mail at livingstonoden@gmail.com.  You can see my photography at Livingstonoden.com or like my facebook page at:  https://www.facebook.com/LivingstonOdenPhotography

The Oden Opinion

Alright kids.  I'm back on YouTube and looking for subscribers.  You guys interested?  I sure as heck would be if I were you.  Check me out at my channel link here.  I just posted a YouTube video on there today as well.  You can check that out here.

Solitude: Creature Design

Solitude, a feature film that I have discussed before on this blog, is still in pre-production.  Starting July 9th, we will start principle photography on the film.  Our goal is to get half of this film in the can by mid August, then finishing the rest of it in January due to wanting winter surroundings in the scenes.  A creature is being created for this horror feature, created by Livingston Oden and being brought to life by our head in special effects, Darla Edin.  Below are a few conceptual designs of the creature.  Each drawing is what will be seen on film this summer, only showing part of the creature to give you a taste of whats to come at the end of the film.  Tell us what to think by commenting and check out our website for the film at: Solitudefeaturefilm.com.  You can also visit out facebook page by clicking here for updates.

If you would like to contribute to our film in some way, they is a donate page where you can give a few dollars to make this film a proud member of the horror genre.

Check Out The Solitude Feature Film Site.

Hey gang.  Been a little bit since I've been on here but been busy with life in general.  We just created a new and improved website for the film we will be filming over the summer.  If you would like to check it out please go to:  www.solitudefeaturefilm.com. 

We're also taking donations through PayPal if you would like to donate a few bucks to help us make this movie bigger and better.  You can find that page for donating by clicking here  We're cutting the movie in half, filming the first part of it this summer and the rest of it over the winter.  We believe it will make the film better in the long run.  Check out the site and stay tuned for more updates.

Independent Film Needs A Budget

Taylor Olson, a friend of mine and I, Livingston Oden, are developing a film called Solitude.  Solitude is a tribute to horror films of the last 75 years.  Most of the story takes place in present day but we follow the story of a family across a 75 year period, all taking place on a piece of property outside the town of Solitude.  On this property, an evil presence terrorizes the family and the people of the town.  The main character, James, soon finds out about the property after his mother passes.  He reads diaries, journals, police reports, rummages through drawings and photos.  Everything he learns from these items tell a story.  Each story is a short film based on an event that took place on the property and will look as if it were filmed in the time frame.  All of these stories will flow together to make a feature film.

We're currently in pre production, but we need help in order to get a budget.  We launched an Indiegogo campaign a day ago, which is in need of some attention.  The Indiegogo campaign link is at the bottom of this article.  We, the filmmakers, are far from popular when it comes to the mainstream.  Lately we've seen campaigns from popular actors and directors launch a kickstarter in order to gain funding for their pet project.  Most recently was the Kickstarter campaign for the feature film Veronica Mars, a popular television series that went off the air a few years ago.  Within a day the campaign reached its goal of two million dollars, and still had 29 days to go to gain much more funding.  This is all possible due to the fact that they have fans and an audience to give them this opportunity.  We don't have millions of fans.  What we do have is the dream to create something that we think many would love, something thats different than what most see in the theater today. 

Taylor Olson and I both graduated from film school a year and a half ago and both of us have had a hard road to travel to get work.  Like most people in this country, we have struggled to climb the latter of the industry we're most passionate about.  The issue we have in reaching the top are the obstacles that have been placed in front of us, but that's not stopping us in reaching the goals we'd like to achieve.  What we're asking is a little help.  I believe that we can reach the budget and beyond if we can get the word out on our project.  If we can get the chance, we know we won't let you guys down in making a project that would make us and everyone involved proud to be a part of.  You can see more information on our project at either our website for the film here, or you can visit our facebook page here.

Here's our Indiegogo campaign:  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solitude-feature-film/x/3132990