oBsCuRe StUdIoS

So, we at Obscure Studios have been a little busy this last month, if you couldn't already tell from our frenzied Facebook updates and tempestuous tweets. We've been buried with work, literally. Somewhere in all this craziness, we have managed to unearth some of our best creative ideas.

You may have already heard, but we've submitted a short film to the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival. We're very excited to be making our big festival debut (fingers crossed) and we're very proud of the work we've put in on this one.

"Border Line" is a visual and musical puzzle, told in a non-linear fashion, that beautifully unravels as it reaches its climax. It is 7 minutes and 40 seconds you do not want to miss. We like to keep things local, so all of the locations in the film are within 30 minutes' drive of Flagstaff, the score was composed by an NAU graduate and the editing was all done in-house (literally, in my house).

We were rushed for time, so we pulled together fantastic actors and an intriguing script, threw it all in a blender and had a finished film in just 18 days! Talk about working under pressure.

And did we mention that we're excited?

In addition to that, we've beeb partnering with Theatrikos Theatre Company to film some of their plays. We're putting the finishing touches on the DVDs for their production of "Annie, Jr." as we speak.

Sometime in the near future, we are planning to sleep. Maybe.

It's a new year and that means it's time for New Year's resolutions. At Obscure Studios, our resolutions aren't to lose weight or cut back on cigars. No, we resolve to push the envelop this year and bring you cutting edge videos the likes of which you have never seen.

It all begins this month.

What do you get when you mix Flagstaff's thin mountain air, nerds, nudists, and puppets? Our new webseries, American Creepers. Stay tuned for more sneak peaks, but for now, enjoy this leaked image:

"aN oBsCuRe CaRoL" will be premiering here, on our website on Christmas Eve. While unfortunately I cannot reveal any details about the plot (other than the fact that you'll love it), I can share some leaked production stills and behind the scenes photos.

Enjoy and be sure to check back here on December 24th for our holiday debut!

MERRY CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH/KWANZAA/FESTIVUS!

'Tis the season to be watching Obscure Studios! Rest assured that your hunger will soon be satisfied. All of us at Obscure Studios are excited about our current projects. Think uyou can handle it? We'll see.

Coming up this joyous holiday season is Obscure Studios' first all-out holiday special. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus - we've got you covered. So, stay tuned for more information as we choose to leak it.

Secondly, we're pleased to announce that filming for our new sitcom, American Creepers, is about to get underway. Bathtubs, cuticles, puppet fetishes, gambling addictions, and roommate hijinks are all coming your way!

Keep checking back here for more updates and from our Obscure Studios family to yours, we wish you a very Happy Holiday Season!

Happy Halloween, my fellow oBsCuRiAnS!

You're really in for a treat (andmaybe a trick or two) in the next couple days - because Obscure Studioshas not one, but TWO Halloween-themed films ready for immediate release.

The first in our extravaganza of fright and mayhem is "Persona" - a psychological thriller about a murderer loose in a small mountain cabin. Who is the killer?

and then we are proud to present "The Fremont Tapes" - a documentary about a band of survivors of a deadly mutated virus and their struggles to survive.

We can't tell you anymore than that, but let me assure that our conclusion of the Month of Horror will quite literally knock your socks off. So, stay tuned here, on Facebook, and on our YouTube channel!

In Bismillah news, filming has begun and we hope to have the pilot episode out as soon as is humanly possible with our workloads. Keep checking back here for further updates!

Peace out!

Hello, our loyal fans! First off, a few apologies are in order. There have been a number of technical difficulties (see "The Camera's a Toaster!" below) that have utterly consumes, chewed, and swallowed all of our creative endeavors from the past couple months. Things like "Kayak Jousting" and "The Cold Dark Hand of Oblivion" that desperately need to see the light of day. But our camera simply refuses to give up the footage. We're working to fix the problem and ask for your continued patience.

Now, you may be wondering about the strange and mysterious symbol on the page above. It is, in fact, the title of our newest web series, written in Arabic calligraphy. Pretty cool, huh? The show is called "Bismillah" and it is a dark, gritty tale of life, death, politics, faith, technology, prejudice, and the torturous demise of human civilization in the not-so-distant future.

The script is written, the cast has been selected, costuming has begun, and set construction is about to commence. We're a little behind schedule, but we wanted to get it just right. You, our devoted fans, deserve nothing less. So, sit tight and we'll have some new entertainment for you soon!

Take it easy!

Attention, all you crazy Obscure Studios fans! All great things come to an end, and Reilly's Dorm is no exception. It has been a wicked cool ride and we are incredibly flattered (and downright surprised) by your enthusiasm for the series.

In the coming week, we will be releasing the final blogs in the saga that is the life of an underachieving college student named Reilly. All of your questions will be answered, secrets will be revealed, and the school year that refuses to end even in mid-July will come to its inevitable conclusion!

You can keep up with the final blogs on our Facebook group, on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/obscurestudios, and on our website - http://www.obscurestudios.net! On our website, you can also find our discussion forums, photo albums, short films, and exclusive behind the scenes content! Not to mention that you can buy our t-shirts to help pay for future Obscure Studios productions.

The final blogs of Reilly's Dorm. You ain't seen nothin' yet.

I would have loved to come on here and give everyone some juicy-licious news about one of the latest projects the obscurity has been working on, but unfortunately for us all the stupid camera has decided to be a dirty dirty monkey and hoard the footage all to its lonesome.

Picture it now! Kayak-jousting! A monumental production that left the actors injured, fatigued, and hungry, if not a little more than suggestive, that never took flight all because a camera decided not to apply to that convenient store clerk position and spent the rest of its miserable life as a slacker in its parents' basement.

You dirty dirty whoopknacker of a cinemator!

Perhaps, one day far from now, the camera will die a horrible death (or at least get a little roughed up in a dark alley) and the top secret "lost" footage will finally be revealed, but until then, you'll all just have to sit there at your computer with your toweled robe and bag of potato chips and wonder:

"What the frak was on that Lost Footage??!!!!!!!"

Hey there everyone!

Just thought I'd clarify some points about the last blog. I guess you could say that I have a short atten- so anyway, I guess that most of you missed the purpose of the last blog, so this is my

Redundancy Blog!!!

So to recap....

The second sentence of the post was perhaps my "thesis" of the blog. Within its confines contained the essence of the seasoning of my madness. Now I forget exactly what that was...

Moving on.

Last night oBsCuRe ViPs went to see the new remake of an old classic: STAR TREK!!

Yes, indeed. We saw it, and I must say it certainly whetted our appetite for various new genres that we will be taking a crack at in the near future.

Scifi, horror, drama, and more... 

Though certainly made popular through the comedy of Reilly's Dorm, 

oBsCuRe StUdIoS' crew is cornucopic with pulsating talent. 

Soon to come are a plethora of summer blockbuster hits!

Keep tuned for more updates and sneak peeks.

My apples peel themselves!

Oh thanks you almighty and venerable Xenu! Finals are nearly over for many of us which, for oBsCuRe StUdIoS, means that we have way more free time on our hands. Yay for those who follow the obscurity like cocaine!

So, just to kick things off, I'll tell you all what this means. Finals are the time of the semester when students become irate, cranky, lazy, and altogether unpleasant. Some people deal with their overwhelming stress and anxiety by brooding secretly in a dark corner listening to Creed, or some crap like that. Anything emo will do. However, though this group of deadly doom-sayers is definitely diabolical, they are few and far to find, being they spend every ounce of free time sleeping or walking from class to class plugged into an iPod with their head facing the ground. I would like to issue a warning to avoid groups of these people conglomerating together, as the storm clouds that gather above their heads could result in fairly severe lightning strikes, or at least finding a dead hamster in your backpack with a poorly written, and obviously forged, suicide note. Moving on.

These back-bent creatures also have cravings for mozzarella tuna, iced milk, and other combinations of foods. Pizza will taste good dunked in soda, and the attitude that junk food also "ages like fine wine" seems to be popular. No wonder dorms are cesspools of diseases...

This is uncomfortable. Let's move on.

The time of finals brings out sides of people previously described with words like "timid", "sane", and "who are we talking about again?" Normal human beings suddenly become irate, cranky, and altogether unpleasant. Be warned of extremely severe mood swings induced by even the slightest mention of anything educationally related, when not in an educational/institutional setting.

Having set forward these points, I come to a rather bold conclusion. There is a condition far more deadly than the swine flu spreading the country, and I am afraid that, if left unchecked, it could leave most of the country severely pissed off, and that's just lame.

Are you ready? You might want to take a seat. It's a condition I have termed "PMS", or "Procrastination Make-up Syndrome". It results from putting off all the books your professors have asked you to read over the course of the semester until the week before the final exam, which your professor has indicated is comprehensive and will contain 50% of its content from assigned readings, which you have neglected to do so you could "recharge your batteries from that crazy night of partying". Approximately a week or so before finals, PMS kicks in with ostensible symptoms, notably those listed above.

If you suspect that you, or someone you know, has contracted PMS, isolate that person and try to placate their wrath until the proper authorities arrive.

For more information, you should contact www.pms.org.

I hope you all become aware of this epidemic sweeping the nation, and you all take some time to enjoy the fine weather!

Peace out!