http://tjparsons.com/news/feed/rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:29:08 -0600 en-us http://tjparsons.com/media/images/logo.png http://tjparsons.com/news/rss http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/176 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/176 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:28:08 -0600 How to get rid of all those misc . chords and increase workflow and save you from damaging equip you can only buy once ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/174 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/174 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:29:29 -0600 Put your money where your mouth is TJ, You showed us your make-up case now show us results. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/173 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/173 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:33:25 -0600 Failure is a badge of honor:It means you risked failure- Been waiting my life to hear Charlie Kaufman say what he thinks ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/166 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/166 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:19:49 -0600 Summing up NEW YEARS: New Traditions, New Friends, Goals and Forecasts From TJPARSONS.com.com ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/165 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/165 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:16:42 -0600 Media shapes your Reality,no matter if you think it does or not:It's fact.Just a matter of by how much. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/164 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/164 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:54:58 -0600 I can't help but to think,all the Earthlike planets being discovered,which will have people that will take me home? ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/150 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/150 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:48:40 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/147 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/147 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:14:59 -0500 TJPARSONS explores practical applications of motion tracking and simulates a Zombie bite. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/160 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/160 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:54:48 -0500 Learn how to make Masks and Prosthetics "the Uddershiet Films way". Limited only by your own imagination. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/159 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/159 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:07:37 -0500 TJPARSONS pulls out his personal supplies and comments on the effects of a "PC" Halloween on Independent Filmmakers. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/157 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/157 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:24:18 -0500 An October contest for Filmmakers to make $10,000. Use this prize to make your next Movie! ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/156 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/156 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:05:00 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/151 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/151 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:42:02 -0500 TJPARSONS explores a unique 3D experience and reveals a little about his past aspirations ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/154 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/154 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:17:15 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/152 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/152 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:08:35 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/148 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/148 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:12:02 -0500 TJPARSONS remarks on understanding basics of your camera, composition, and practical applications of color correction ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/149 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/149 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:44:07 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/146 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/146 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:53:41 -0500 Some Love it!! And some just don't get it.Here is a T-shirt created by request.Head scratch and WTF look not included. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/145 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/145 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:46:21 -0500 TJPARSONS Fights mouse and or Squirrel damage and turns a negative into a revelation ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/143 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/143 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:12:05 -0500 TJPARSONS shares some of his favorite references and learning tools for Film Production ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/141 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/141 Sat, 28 May 2011 01:54:24 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/69 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/69 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:51:05 -0500 After April Incident; TJParsons lost; now found; made special appearance at Wedding for beloved Actor ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/139 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/139 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:51:56 -0500 Courageous mother copes with son's Autism gracefully while spreading awareness for National Autism Month and beyond ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/134 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/134 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:16:32 -0500 TJParsons and Matt Chellini join forces to commemorate a teacher and friend with music and visual poem ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/70 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/70 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:09:34 -0500 Micro-mentary made about TJPARSONS by Wilbur Farsee; irony is the name: " I'm not all there " ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/66 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/66 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:30:56 -0500 TJParsons shows how to spin disappointment into compliments ; squeezes Youtube from the bottom up just like toothpaste. ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/109 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/109 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:53:28 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/67 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/67 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:42:25 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/122 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/122 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:01:30 -0600 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/68 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/68 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:44:29 -0500 AMC and ABC networks limit audiences by denying streaming services - loose money due to consumer choice ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/114 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/114 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:01:33 -0600 Dream wish list, Ghost of Blue-Ray and Media's future ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/113 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/113 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:25:08 -0600 TJPARSONS and GETROSPECT CREATOR take in "Everything is Fine" and then meet autuer and author Crispin Hellion Glover ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/112 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/112 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:37:11 -0600 TJParsons Interviews Charles Portney who is known for among other things his production work on Lord of the Rings ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/110 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/110 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:17:50 -0500 TJParsons and TJPARSONS.COM is proud to present to you an inaugural new and Improved "THE TEN" . ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/108 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/108 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:43:58 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/104 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/104 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:59:15 -0500 Happy Halloween 2010, reality show with dark mistress, movie camp and special effects for pennies plus chromadepth 3D ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/89 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/89 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:01:14 -0500 TJPARSONS explores the reasons why he might have not been asked to be a guest star on "The Simpsons" ..yet again ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/52 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/52 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:54:58 -0500 Starting back on some low level editing lately for some clients its really been way way too long- but I'm liking things picking up again where I left off. It takes a lot of patience,not just the process of editing itself, its because its not like riding a bike, as programs constantly update, evolve, and take on new features and discard old ones.  I've had to reteach myself quite a few things, and learn some new things. I'm starting with small projects and working my way back up again. I've found a lot of material (bursting at the seams), both new and old that I have been adding to the site and other projects  with a relentless nature...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/51 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/51 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:39 -0600 No mouse, no keyboard, no pen, no touch screen. No tangible input devices of any kind. Just an electronic ear - more simply known as a decent off the shelf headset microphone. Believe it; its here, and has been for quite some time. It may be lurking in your current OPERATING SYSTEM and you may not even know it. Right now, I am sitting in my chair, talking to you via an amazing invention called voice recognition. Part of my new year's schedule was finding time (it ended up taking approximately 20-30 min) to teach my voice recognition software so that I can be a little more productive in the coming year...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/50 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/50 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:36:04 -0600      Many years ago,  fifteen to estimate to the best of my ability, there was this weirdo that worked at a rapidly going out business grocery store in Woodstock, Virginia. Between customers he would advance a foot or so of  blank register tape, write down notes, observations or draw designs for ideas. After work he would drive home, open up a shoe box and throw the ideas inside (fuel a project another day). Eventually he came to pull out every tape that he wrote upon  and proceeded to organize the cryptic data according to subject...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/61 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/61 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:29 -0600 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/49 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/49 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:41:14 -0500 The Maiden Voyage of the "10 List" gets sails full of "Cult Musicals for Beginners" ... ]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/60 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/60 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:59:18 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/59 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/59 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:10:37 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/48 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/48 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:40:21 -0500 I am really happy to have recently purchased Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium. Just the smell of pulling it out of the box got me excited. I thought that I could resist installing it at least until  I created the new studio computer, however It was like looking at a very tempting beautiful stranger from across the room , there was a high degree of animal magnetism , and in the end I finally gave in. Then I began to digitally  finger paint (see image), and noticed how smooth and instinctual the controls were. My heart began to beat fast and I knew I was in love...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/46 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/46 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:39:14 -0500 The first time I met him, I  was talking to him at  USC and he said: "...when  I make a film, or a cartoon I look at this world like I'm from another place, another planet..or even a child ..everything is brand new..fresh..most things seem strange to me anyway, the world is so odd when you really think about It . It helps.." INT: Hi I'm Cecil B. Demille. TJPARSONS:(laughs) Yeah right, and I'm T. J. Parsons. INT: A sense of humor I like that TJPARSONS: I do what I can. INT: Who is Matt Chellini? TJPARSONS: He is a good friend that I have that lives in Virginia...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/45 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/45 Sat, 23 May 2009 23:38:16 -0500 One of the great things about redefining a work space, filing and organizing is the things you find while doing so. One of the hard lessons of being professional and maintaining a professional work environment is labeling: Label very specifically and date to nearest possible day. One other hard lesson to learn and practice consistently is make a back-up copy and a back-up copy of the backup copy. We take too much for granted the integrity of these little discs that hold information, common knowledge will have you believe that the data on such mediums are safe for at least 300+ years however in practical applications in a production and archiving environment this is found not to be the case...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/44 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/44 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:37:37 -0500 It's been way too long since I have provided any news or blogs. Originally the grand launch of this site was supposed to be in mid-march. However, with all the opportunity and hard work that has been involved, I figured anything that is worth doing is worth doing right. The ideas and concepts are growing daily as well as the content. I have decidedly taken a new direction that is to say that I plan setting my sights on providing resources that are a compilation of test projects and teaching tools that I collected in college studying production,  and new resources congealed together in one place that I can remember were hard for me to find when I needed them , young, struggling to do projects the right way...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/55 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/55 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:14:06 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/56 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/56 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:43:55 -0500 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/43 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/43 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:36:36 -0500 OCTOBER 6, 13, 20, 27 at 2pm at the Strasburg Theater is going to be a lot of fun. REVENGE OF A MONKEY'S UNCLE will be playing all these days opening for MIR's live performance of their score to Lon Chaney's 1925 silent film: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. This is a fantastic opportunity to catch not only one of the most imaginative, critically acclaimed interpretations of the silent film in recent years, but also to catch REVENGE OF A MONKEYS UNCLE on four separate days on the big screen once again. I'd like to give Starship Ed and Will O'Donovan (MIR) special thanks for giving me an opportunity to show this well received and heavily discussed short film for 4 special encore OCTOBER screenings...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/42 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/42 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:35:58 -0500 Since my move up here it has been difficult to find enthusiasm for art. I'd like to make public a personal thank you to "Starship" Ed Kyle and the enthusiasm that he has brought forth to a project that I thought may never see the light of day (TRAVELER). Starship Ed Kyle is a graphic artist from VCU that has had his hands in may projects over the years. His love and enthusiasm for art has breathed new life in projects that needed a defibrillator. I believe in him, and I no doubt understand that he believes in me. Currently I am in the process helping Ed produce on DVD a forthcoming "live" interpretation of the famous Lon Chaney version of the silent movie Phantom of the Opera...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/41 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/41 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:35:06 -0500 Indie Grits kicked ass! I handed out 20 multicolored monkeys to the first patrons standing waiting in line . Standing room only. Sold out crowd. I was hidden deep in the middle with 3 buckets of beer. When "Uddershiet Films Presents" popped on the screen there was a round of noisy applause and cheers that filled me with pride and surprise. The applause did not stop there. Two more times I tell you during the film! It was one of the most joy-filled flattering receptions one could ever hope to get as a film maker. I make films for an audience and the audience seemed to open up their heart to a hyper-violent monkey and his taste for blood and bananas...
]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/40 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/40 Tue, 01 May 2007 23:34:12 -0500 On Friday June 1st at 10:55 pm Revenge of a Monkey's Uncle will be screened at the Inaugural Indie-Grits Film Festival. I encourage all friends and fans to attend. I'm sure it will be a blast, and I'd love to see you all there. I'll have some copies on DVD available, plus I'll see what other goodies I can dig up. I hope to see you there, Note: This film best if viewed in a dark room with a Ouija board and gummy bears. Click on the map below for directions: and as always thanks for stopping by, tjparsons
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]]> http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/33 http://tjparsons.com/news/index/item/id/33 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:27:53 -0600 I'm watching Frank Zappa's movie Baby Snakes . While the style and subjects involved in this DVD are not for everyone, I feel he was very influential. A lot of bands and artists couldn't do things they do today if  Frank Zappa hadn't blazed the path. If you are a lover of  "technically solid" music, art, animation, comedy, and life I highly recommend it. I wish I would have realized his impact sooner. There is a lot more to Zappa than what people's first impression of him was or is. thanks for stopping by, tjparsons
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