We’ve teased you enough with pictures, and now the final version of Jonathan’s short film Salesman vs. Salesman is released! Jonathan wrote, directed and filmed the short, with the help of assistant Allison. Alan, John and Phil star in this wonderful tale of 2 competing door to door salesmen. Be sure to comment to let us know what you think!!

The sequel has already been filmed, and we will announce when it’s released.

Edit - The sequel is done, and can be found here: http://whootah.com/archives/147

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The sequel for the first short film (that has yet to be released) has already been filmed and is in post production as we speak.  All the production pictures can be found here, and selected pictures are below:

Group Shot

John in his natural habitat

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If anyone’s interested, I have posted my pictures from this weekends trip to Nekocon 2006 anime convention.

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Good friend Jonathan Hawkins film studies has forced him to undertake a more true to life short than the little stuff we’ve been doing ourselves.  So, here comes the multiple thousands of dollars German made Arriflex 16 from Arri.  16mm film camera, some more info on the camera can be found here, I couldn’t find a really good page for this camera, as the camera is over 40 years old now.

I’d have to say the first step in making a film is to insert the film.  Jonathan and Alison both had a class on how to load the film and use the camera, however, it ended up taking almost 2 hours to get the camera to a working on position.

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Well, C3-2006 has come and gone and it proved to be one of the best!  The weather was perfect, the food was yummy and the attendees were awesomefied!  Thanks to everyone who put together the event (Scott, Max, etc.).  We have some pictures from the event posted at the link below… 

Pictures have been uploaded here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radialmonster/sets/72157594288732588/detail/

For those interested, C3 at Carowinds is tomorrow! And under much hype the whootah.com clan will be there nearly full force. If you’ve been reading up on your homework #1 #2 (t&j) like a good little clan member you’ll already know about the events taking place tomorrow. However, if you dont know, or are interested in the rumors, then here’s the scoop. Yes, the whootah clan and the Tommy and James Ghetto Ass Paradise will engage in some serious butt kicking and staring in the Paramount Theater at C3 Saturday. Carefully planned and orchestrated by Max Cannon, our two families will engage in a classic ‘Family Feud’ game.

Be sure you come and root for your favorite family (as long as it’s ours!). We expect there to be much and many whootah exclamations going on so dont keep the huge theater in silence! We need volunteers to video and take pictures also!!!

As highly interesting and fun it would be to have all computers know the wonder of whootah, I would like to take this opportunity to say that the whootah.com clan is NOT responsible for the backdoor.wootbot virus.
Thank You

Fellow whootah membesr Jonathan Hawkins and David Drake has just spend a gruesome 30 hour ride on the Screaming Eagle coaster at Six Flags St. Louis. Read the press release as stolen from the Rebel Yell here:

Six Flags St. Louis celebrated the 30th Birthday of the world-famous Screamingâ„¢ Eagle roller coaster with a 30-Hour Ride-A-Thon on Thursday and Friday, July 20 & 21. Members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts, who enjoy the John Allen designed wooden coaster, traveled cross-country to ride the three-quarter of a mile long wood coaster.
From the Southeast Region, veteran GASM marathon finisher David Drake (Hendersonville, NC) was joined by Jonathan Hawkins (Belmont, NC), Mike Kaiser (Chattanooga, TN) and Christopher Keyton (Ft. Oglethorpe, GA). They were among 20 riders willing to help with 30 hours of consecutive riding. Others came from California, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, Maryland, Louisiana, New York and St. Louis.

13 riders finished, including all from the Southeast, and each received a season pass for this year (for those that did not have one) and one for next year, a carrying bag, sunscreen, Eagle shirt, complete set of Six Flags maps in a case, a piece of Eagle Track, Eagle cup, and a badge signifying the event. Chris Keyton also won a grand prize drawing of $1,000.

Congratulations to all the participants, and hurrah to those that finished. If you’d be interested in participating in a similar event, see the next story about an opportunity in Texas.

Just returned sunday from a spontaneous trip to the beach over the weekend. Mountain plans got canceled, so we heded off Saturday to visit the NC Battleship Saturday, went out to eat, toured Wilmington, then Sunday went to the Acquarium at Fort Fisher, splashed in nature’s huge wave pool, then headed across the ferry to South Port, then back home.

Pictures here!!

But, after checking my email just now, I see that Theme Park Review has posted their annual video contest winners. I’m proud to announce that the whootah clan has placed higher than ever, as a runner up to to the first place! Ok, we’re one of 4 runner ups, then there’s the first place winner. Thats so you know there’s one thats really good, and 4 that are good but too good to be placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th and so on. Anyway, check out the full contest results here!

Well, the weather is obviously very volitile so it looks like we will have to cancel the trip.  Let’s look for an alternate idea…

Check out the discussion HERE!