Arggghhhhh!!!!

Apparently Monstercops.com is down. Mainly because some of Devhub's servers are down. And it looks like it may be down for the weekend.

Meanwhile, please enjoy our FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/monstercops 

And our YOUTUBE PAGE: http://www.youtube.com/user/monstercops 

And if you'd like to purchase a DVD of THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL you can go here:
https://www.createspace.com/224915

Twists in the Plot

Due to several factors including a two week delay because of my crashed computer, Monster Cops is on hold.  Of course it is. Go back and read previous blogs and you will see a familiar pattern.  We are, after all, doing this with no money. But of course, it is not the end.  Inching my way through editing the footage that we do have, right now it is kind of a struggle to get everyone scheduled as well as work around my own schedule. That two weeks without my desktop didn't help anything at all.

But we are indeed still plotting, prodding, preparing. Pretty sure one of those words doesn't belong.

We're still working on new episodes, and working on that ever so elusive DVD compilation of Monster Cops Series 1. It's just going to take some time.  But if you are just dying to see some of the other cool stuff I and the rest of the Cops are working on, then by all means head on over to my blog
http://onespartan.blogspot.com/

There you will also find more detailed explanations as to what the heck is going on, why we are delayed, and why I've fallen in love with a piece of equipment called the Canon T2i.

Thank you so much to those of you who have messaged me with concern for Monster Cops. I promise there will be more of us to be seen. Hopefully sooner than later.

- Patrick

Latest Production Pics

Here are a few freeze frames from our shoot at our office location. Wanna see more, than LIKE our Facebook Page. You can check out many more photos and video there.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monster-Cops/205664850330

 

 Danielle Motley is GREENLY

From left to right. Jenny, Sterling, Julie, and Ron. A scene where agents dicuss what a Chimera Demon is.

Brandon, Darin, and Richard looking over intel before a monster hunt.

Kimberly Parker is Janet, the Press and Communications Specialist.

April Crum is KATE RAND, Vampire Killing expert. Here she displays killing techniques on JONES.

April Crum, Richard Gaither, and Sarah Vroom.

In the situation room, everyone watches the action.

April Crum is KATE RAND.

Quick Update for July

July is a busy month for me anyhow, seems to be the Birthday month, not only for myself, but alot of people. On top of all that I do have alot of video work, projects and ads to finish up, and of course, Monster Cops.

Working on editing an episode right now. Getting ready to start shooting another one. We'll have a good amount of content for the DVD coming up this Fall, and yes, as some have asked, there is already one planned screening for 3 episodes in North Carolina. More on all that later.

Just know we're hard at work, and of course, we are still fundraising. So here comes the obligatory Fund Raising Widget.



Special Thanks to Marcellus Suber for making a $50 pledge. THANK YOU SIR!!!!!

Please make a pledge to secure your DVD, become a Monster Cop, Get a T-shirt, and or become a producer. And PLEASE Spread The Word!

- Patrick

New Round Of Fundraising

New fundraising page. New cycle. NEW PERKS! Make a pledge, help us out, and get great perks like DVD's, Credits in the episodes and on IMDB, personalized short films, T-shirts, and now you can be a part of the series. You have the opportunity to become an Officer, a Monster, or a Victim, and have your picture used in an episode.

So what are you doing? Help out an independent web series and make a pledge now!

You should totally help us!

The Wheel In The Sky

Yup, it keeps turnin. Right off the bat, gotta say, we need your pledges.

Working to put things together for the first round of festival submissions and we could use your support. Make a pledge, get a credit in episodes, on IMDB, get T-shirts, DVD's, and possibly more. This is a great way to make sure you get your DVD copy of Monster Cops Series 1.

Currently doing re-writes on the next few episodes. Getting things ready to start shooting, hopefully soon. But how soon we get started really depends on our funding situation. So we shall see what transpires in the next few weeks. In the meantime, there is plenty to prepare for. As I said, doing re-writes, our make up artist is prepping, I'm trying to schedule some second unit shoots.

Stay tuned for a Video Blog, as many of you seem to like it when we do those. Glad you're having fun with those. Please, please, please, help spread the word about our fundraising, click on the IndieGoGo widget and pass it around. While your at it, click on our links to the right and subscribe, follow, like us on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.

The more followers, subscribers, and YouTube views we can get in, the better.

And if you haven't yet, make some time to watch our latest episode, Monsters Vs. Cops.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT IN HD OVER AT VIMEO.

We're back online

Yes this is a random photo of one of our lovely Vampires, Cat D. Cat currently plays Scarlet the Vampire in our most recent episode Monsters Vs. Cops. Please check it out.

Servers are back up. Hoping that everyone is able to reach Monstercops.com

We're getting down to it now. And we need more pledges. So please do what you can to spread the word, and if you can, please, PLEASE, make a pledge. You can pledge as low as $1. JUST $1!!!!

Sorry. Didn't mean to yell.



As I've stated before, we'll be going ahead with a new episode soon. But only if we get the funding in can we, for sure, do more than 1 episode (3 more, possibly 4, which would make a total of 5 or 6). And if we get the funding then we can definitely setup digital downloads, and of course the special edition DVD Series 1 of Monster Cops.

We'll continue to pump out as much Monster Cops content as we can. Our ultimate goal is to provide those digital downloads, put out DVD's, and at the sametime create an equal amount of free content for you to see on the website, for as long as we can, and as long as people like it.

If we can reach our goal of $4,000 then it's all good. If we do not reach that goal in the next 15 days, then the pledges go away, and we'll resign ourselves to producing what we can when we can, which means 2 year hiatus between episodes.

Thank you so much to those who have pledged so far. And thank you to all those who've messaged us, tweeted us, emailed us, your messages of support for our series. Gotten alot of really great feedback from everyone about the newest episode Monsters Vs. Cops. So glad you guys like the ending, I was rather proud of it.

The next episode is the Vampire episode. Alot of Vampire vs. Military action. Can't wait to get started, and I hope we'll have the funding soon to really nail that episode, and make that one as great as it can be.

We hope to have some screenings coming up at different fests and venues and we'll be sure to let you guys know when those come up.

If you're interested in being a Vampire or auditioning for the next episode and you can make it out to the Winston Salem, NC area, feel free to message me through the contact form. http://www.monstercops.com/contact

Thanks again to all our supporters. If we can raise this money, I will sleep with all of you (not really).

- Patrick A. Prejusa

Apparently

Our servers are down. So Monstercops.com is not available.

If you're just dying for some Monster Cops content then feel free to:


Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Or like us on FACEBOOK.

Pledge to our Kickstarter page, and help us raise some money.


And if you haven't seen the latest episode, Monsters Vs. Cops.
Watch it right here:

Let's Make It Happen

We've been hard at work trying to raise that money. 18 days left on Kickstarter and we really need more pledges.



If you can, make a pledge. You can pledge as low as $1. If you can't then please tell a friend. Heck tell all your friends.

Here are the last few Vlogs we've put out:

Monster Cops makes a love connection.






Chris, Brandon, (and even Patrick) dance for your pledges.






Danielle joins in and pleads for your money.






Here's a clip from the last Episode "Monsters Vs. Cops"






If we raise the money then we'll be working on at least 3 episodes this summer. If we don't raise it, we'll do what we've always done and make the best with what little we've got. We'll be producing at least one more episode this Summer, whether we get the money or not.

Next episode is Monster Cops: Dead By Dawn. It's the Vampire episode, and I really can't wait to get started on it.

A couple people have messaged me and asked what the long term goal for Monster Cops is and do we always plan on putting our stuff online for free.

The plan is to continue to make as much content that we can and put the majority of it online. If we put out a DVD, I'd definitely want to have content that you would only see on the DVD. So if we produced a total of 8 episodes, I'd probably put 5 of them online, with the full line up available on DVD or for Digital Download. But I'd want to continue to create as many Minisodes/Webisodes as we can, and continue to make those available for free.

I want to be able to provide as much free content as possible, make enough money off of it to create bigger and better content, and at the sametime provide content you can purchase and own yourself. All the while raising money for charities. If you come to the website, I want you to be able to have alot of content to consume. If you want to purchase a DVD or Digital Download, then I want you to have something unique and special for your money.

I'm always looking into to new ways to get our content out, and I've been studying as many new (and old) business models and distribution strategies as I can.

However we can, we'll continue to make Monster Cops and get it out to you anyway possible.

Well, as long as you like it, which judging by alot of the comments and messages, you do. So thank you.

- Patrick

Shine A Light

Some very exciting things happening. Getting alot of new followers, subscribers, and messages from folks who are just discovering MC, and loving it. Our YouTube Views have collectively surpassed 115,000 views. And Fundraising has a nice start.

By todays count our Kickstarter page reads:
7 BACKERS
$325 PLEDGED out of $4000
27 DAYS TO GO

THANK YOU SO MUCH to those who have already pledged. IT MEANS ALOT!!!!



Great start. I'm getting more and more confident about this with each pledge. Going to continue to try to spread the word, make more Video Blogs like this recent one:


PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Contribute! You can pledge as low as $1. And if we don't meet our target goal, then your pledge disappears and you don't get charged.

Do what you can to spread the word. And help us out by not only pledging, but subscribe to our Facebook and Youtube Channel.

MONSTER COPS FACEBOOK PAGE

MONSTER COPS ON YOUTUBE

Happy Halloween

Ok, a bit early, but for us everyday is Halloween.

There are delays. Next episode won't be available til Nov. Hope to have many more videos before the end of this year. We are working at it as I post this.

But lemme also take this time to plug two of my other projects.

Bobby's Closet is a feature film with a budget of about 60,000. Here's a video blog explaining the movie.



Check the official site at http://www.bobbysclosetmovie.com/ Looks like we'll start shooting in later spring.

Also working on right now, a gothic action version of Red Riding Hood, called REDD.
Working on casting, costumes, and fx right now. Just finished the score. Here's a sample.



Please help us out and tell everyone you know about these projects, and of course tell everyone about Monster Cops.

Busy

Thanks to everyone who have emailed and or messaged me about Monster Cops. We are still currently on hold. I've had some commercial work to do as well as other video projects to work on. Right now I'm prepping for possibly TWO feature films that we'll be working on in the next few months, and I promise, somewhere in there we'll pump out some Monster Cops stuff. Planning to finish the episode entitled MONSTERS Vs. COPS of which we posted the cold open for already. And there is potential to do a couple of webisodes, possibly 3.

Someone asked what is the difference between episodes and webisodes. Webisodes are short between 3 to 10 minutes. Episodes are longer between 15 to 24 minutes.

Several of you have asked what movies I am working on and is one of them a Monster Cops movie. Currently I am putting together the resources and the financing for a feature film I wrote titled BOBBY'S CLOSET. It is a Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy and it is NOT Monster Cops related.

The second feature film is one I am currently writing and is NOT Monster Cops either, but is somewhat related to Monster Cops and is part of that universe.

For more info on all that keep an eye on my blog over at my site http://patrickprejusa.com

We are casting for both. A full cast list will be posted everywhere soon. If you're interested in parts for either feature or Monster Cops, feel free to email me pumpkinking13 @ msn . com

Monster Cops will return with new videos before Halloween.

Thank you all for the support, it is very much appreciated.

- Patrick

Ghostbustin 911

Ghostbustin 911 is very much similar in tone to Monster Cops. A camera crew follows a Ghostbusters group around as they do their Ghostbustin thang. Monster Cops makes a cameo appearance in their second episode. Yay for Cross Promotion. Check the episode below and check out their official site here: http://iceparkcity.com

Monsters Vs. Cops COLD OPEN (Rough Cut)

This is the cold open for the next Monster Cops Episode titled MONSTERS Vs. COPS. It's about 5 minutes and is a rough cut, missing some shots, also parts of it will be reshot. The complete episode will be about 20 minutes long.



For more please check out http://monstercops.com

MC Vlog Zombie Day May 16th

The great Zombie shoot we had on May 16th and all it's gory glory. http://monstercops.com

Pics From Zombie Day The 16th

Just a select few pics from the great Zombie Shoot we had last Saturday at Northwoods Stable.

 

  

  

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Special thanks to Angela, Dina, and William for the pics.

Vlog to come.

ZOMBIE DAY, GO!!!!!

It's all a go. If you're planning to head out to be a zombie this Saturday, then we will see you there. If you're in the Winston Salem, NC area, and you want to come out to be a zombie for a Monster Cops episode, then check out THIS PAGE and we'll see you there too.

Zombie Day Rain

Looks like rain this Saturday. Would love to shoot through it. But if we can't figure out how to keep everyone dry, then it's a no go. We'll see what happens in the next few days.

Something Amazing

Inching my way towards a complete episode. The last one (Shadow Company) I really loved, but I need more horror. More Monsters, more Cops, and definitely an AHA moment. To borrow a phrase from Oprah. The AHA moment which I also call the Two Cathedral's moment. Two Cathedral's is the name of one of my favorite West Wing episodes. The end of that episode was very much an AHA moment, or more like a WOW moment.

That's what I want in this episode. I do indeed want to continue to make episodes and webisodes, and we will, even for no money. But I want this to be a final example of what I'm aiming for. I want this episode to really hit a home run. And what is that home run exactly? You should be wowed by what is accomplished with such a low (no) budget. And when the end titles hit you should say to yourself "Wow, that was amazing."

The deal with no budget means you are at the mercy of everyone's schedule as well as every part of life that you can't solve with a bit of money. If we had a budget, of course, we could pay everyone and buy things we need, as opposed to wonder about people's schedules and rig something together. Don't get me wrong, it's a blast to create from nothing, I do love it. But the thrill of doing something from nothing does at times collide with the storytelling process. I know what I want story wise, but I can't just make it happen with no money. I have to take a look at what I've got, can get, or might get, and write around it. Which means the end of this episode may not be exactly what I envisioned.

It's a compromise I've written about before. Writing around what you've got. Yes we are a talented group. Yes we can make alot happen. But we are still at the mercy of how reality evolves your creation. Alot of it is planned, but much of it is planned improvisation. Which often does alter that Wow moment. But you do your best and forget the rest.

Stress is a part of the problem. I've had to explain to someone recently, who didn't fully understand this process. They ask, Why was it so hard? Why couldn't I just get it done? Like all of creation, it takes time. I envy the sculptor who has only a rock and a chisel, or even clay and their hands. As a no budget moviemaker it's way more than that. I'm not just the director and writer, two jobs that require full attention. Besides that I have to be the production manager, the fx supervisor, the casting director, the editor, the mixer, the costumer, the caterer, the transportation, the prop builder, the composer, the marketer, the pr, the light designer, web master, PA, AD, DP, DOA, SOS, NWA and the list goes on. All of it with no money, and on a limited schedule.

I do indeed have people who help me. Thankfully every once in a while I will have someone else who can worry about the make up, squibs, fx. Everyone on set is always willing to help carry something, hold something, move something. You know who you are and I thank you. And as much of a big help that is, there are still many hats on my head. It's stressful, it's insane, and it'll make you wanna pull your hair out, have you seen my head?

So why do I do it. Because I believe in that WOW moment. I believe I can hit that home run. I believe I can make more than one person say "Wow, that was amazing." And in the end that's all I really want, just to show you something amazing.

We need more amazing in the world.

- Patrick