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A few years ago, when my website was titled “Lilredhead Productions”, I started recapping the events of my productions at the close of each year.  I felt this allowed me to reflect back while giving viewers a chance to catch up on anything they may have missed.  Given this year was busier than most, I [...]

It has recently been brought to my attention that a group of individuals are in the process of trying to restore and archive as many 3D Movie Maker movies as possible.  This really doesn’t relate to my work in particular, but I thought it was worth noting since Microsoft’s 3D Movie Maker had a huge impact on [...]

Over the past couple of months it seems that concerns have grown that I have stopped producing free tutorials and moved onto creating lessons strictly for profit.  These types of comments popped up quite a bit with the recent release of my new Introduction to Flash Basics promo.  Well, I can assure you, I’m still [...]

Over four years ago I was editing video on a pretty antiquated PC (running Windows XP).  To be honest I really don’t remember the specs, but they weren’t stellar and editing was a slow process.  I was using Pinnacle Studio and a piece of software called ALAMDV 2 to do most of my editing.  While [...]

William Cragle, known to his friends as Billy, passed away January 20th, 2008.  This article is being written not only because Billy was once involved in numerous Lilredhead Studios’ movies but his death has impacted many people, including myself. William Cragle was born October 23, 1985 in Anchorage, AK, the son of James and Blanche [...]

2007 has come and gone and that means it’s time for another “A Look Back” article!  Last year when I did these articles, Lilredhead Studios was still an animation only site and therefore only animation stuff was covered.  Now with the recent merger, this article will focus on animation and live action works from 2007. [...]

Recently, with our entire post-2001 movie collection hitting the Internet, many inquiries have started to pour in as to why certain movies were unfinished or sequels weren’t produced.  So, for the next few weeks I will present articles based on unfinished or uncertain projects.  Lilredhead Studios has seen a lot of successful movie launches.  However, [...]

After three and a half years of co-running the DSU Filmmakers, I have decided to step down from my position and focus my full attention on Lilredhead Studios. Here is the e-mail I sent out to all the members incase if you were not on the mailing list: DSU Filmmakers, Due to our busy schedules, [...]

Recently with our entire post-2001 movie collection hitting the Internet, many inquiries have started to pour in as to why certain movies were unfinished or sequels weren’t produced.  So, for the next few weeks I will present articles based on unfinished or uncertain projects.  Lilredhead Studios has seen a lot of successful movie launches.  However, [...]

Recently with our entire post-2001 movie collection hitting the Internet, many inquiries have started to pour in as to why certain movies were unfinished or sequels weren’t produced.  So, for the next few weeks I will present articles based on unfinished or uncertain projects.  Lilredhead Studios has seen a lot of successful movie launches.  However, [...]

With the recent addition of our entire post-2001 movie collection hitting the Internet, many inquiries have started to pour in as to why certain movies were unfinished or sequels weren’t produced.  So, for the next few weeks I will present an article based on a certain unfinished or uncertain project.  Lilredhead Studios has seen a [...]

Just recently Josh and I were interviewed by the Dickinson Press. The article is in this Sunday’s (January 14th) paper. And it’s on the front page no less! If you can’t grab a copy, the article has been posted on the Dickinson Press website, which can be found by clicking here.