The Terminator searched for Sarah Connor’s address in a phonebook. Somehow he didn’t have a photo of her nor knew what she looked like. A mistake like this would not pass today, but did this bother anyone in 1984? I…
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Blog of Eric Jacobus – Known for playing Stryker in Mortal Kombat Legacy, and the films Contour and Death Grip
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The T-800 Terminator Was Programmed In 1984
Tagged with: alcor, culture, immortality, singularity, skynet, terminator
Posted in Action Genre, Journal
Posted in Action Genre, Journal
Choreography as a muscle
Yesterday I shot the first fight scene I’ve done since finishing Death Grip. It’s a videogame parody where I play a Karate man taking on two other players played by fellow Stunt People and Death Grip actors Shaun Finney and Yun…
Tagged with: action films, choreography, fight scene, filmmaking, muscle, production, shooting short films, video game
Posted in Choreography, Journal
Posted in Choreography, Journal
Small Fish and a Promise
The latest series of events in Stunt People history have made it painfully obvious to me that you have to be a huge player to get any momentum in the entertainment world. Materials – Getting a printing company to make…
Tagged with: action, Film, genre, industry
Posted in Action Genre, Action Kickback, Journal, Marketing, Uncategorized
Posted in Action Genre, Action Kickback, Journal, Marketing, Uncategorized
Death Grip Authoring Complete – Special Update on Special Features
This weekend I spent about 48 hours finishing up the Death Grip behind-the-scenes featurette The Life of Death Grip, which clocked in at 75 minutes. I also finished authoring the DVD and the Blu Ray masters and shipped them off…
Tagged with: action, authoring, behind the scenes, blu ray, death grip, dvd, jj perry, johnny yong bosch, making of, martial arts, mastering, special features
Posted in Death Grip, Distribution, Journal, Screenings
Posted in Death Grip, Distribution, Journal, Screenings
Some More Death Grip Behind the Scenes Videos – Plus an Update
Color: 98% – Finish on Friday. Sound: 95% – Finish next week. Music: Done. Behind the scenes featurette: 40%. Finish by June 13th. This is taking the bulk of my time right now. DVD and BD authoring: 10% (art only).…
Tagged with: authoring, behind the scenes, blu ray, contour, death grip, dvd, journal, making of, pop up video, the agent, vh1
Posted in Death Grip, Journal, Post-Production, Video
Posted in Death Grip, Journal, Post-Production, Video
An Action Filmmaker in Italy – Part of the Cannes 2012 Trip
Tuesday, May 22 – Our time in Italy was short but sweet, punctuated with our sound designer Matteo and a stunt team called D-Unit. We went into the fashion capital of Milano, where we went to the only coffee place…
Tagged with: apple, cannes, death grip, duomo, film festival, france, independent, italy, marche du film, milan, tourism, vacation
Posted in Cannes, Death Grip, Distribution, Editorial, Journal
Posted in Cannes, Death Grip, Distribution, Editorial, Journal
An Action Filmmaker in … Seborga?
Sunday May 20. An early start today was necessary to catch the 7:45 am train to bordighera, which would lead us to our final destination of Seborga, the independent principality that was celebrating its second anniversary of the election of…
Tagged with: autonomous, fellini, italian cinema, italy, monarchy, principato di seborga, seasteading, seborga
Posted in Action Genre, Indie, Journal, Pre-Production
Posted in Action Genre, Indie, Journal, Pre-Production
An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 4
Day 4 – Saturday May 19 Today was much more relaxed. I slept in until 7:10am for a change and spent the first two hours writing. Rebecca and I ate some of the fine, bagged 2€ madelines from the supermarket…
Tagged with: asia, cannes, indonesia, kung fu, martial arts, ong bak, thailand, the raid, tom yum goong, tony jaa, tyg
Posted in Cannes, Editorial, Indonesia, Journal, Korea, Production, Thailand, United States
Posted in Cannes, Editorial, Indonesia, Journal, Korea, Production, Thailand, United States
An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 3
Day 3 – Friday, May 18. Got to the producer’s workshop late. The speakers were two producers, one of whom, Katriel Schory, manages an Israeli film fund that finances 3-5 films per year at about $500,000 each. The discussion was…
Tagged with: angus finney, cannes film market, coproduction, diana elbaum, film fest, katriel schory, marche du film
Posted in Cannes, Editorial, Journal, United States
Posted in Cannes, Editorial, Journal, United States
An Action Filmmaker In Cannes – Day 1
We left on Tuesday morning at 4am for the Oakland airport, driven by a man named Kabir, who took special interest in my having worked on a Bollywood film, Love Aaj Kaal, and he loved action films in general. Turns…
