Life of Kyle Prohaska

After yesterday, I went to bed praying about a lot which shouldn’t be much of a surprise given the last few blog posts LOL.  I went to bed hoping for a much better day today.  When I woke up I found some nice emails sitting in my inbox.  I had gotten some endorsement responses for the film.  Some really great folks have gotten my emails and responded, I’m very pleased with the results thus far.  If we didn’t have this online screening room for media/press people, I’m not sure where we’d be.  It’s allowed anyone instance access to the film.  If your a filmmaker, I suggest you figure something like this out.  When the church screenings start coming together, I’ll be giving out passwords to Pastors to view the film.  They’ll have 24 hours to view the film, maybe 48 hours then it’ll expire to stop any massive bootlegging from occurring.

Also the Lord brought a solution to my financial woes, ten fold so Praise God for that.  It’s going to make things much easier until the film comes out.  I really needed this to come along.  I can’t tell you what but it’s a huge boost for me.  I feel like I can concentrate so much more on just doing the jobs I have instead of spending time trying to setup a net for myself if they fell through or if payments came in late.  What a load off…glad to see things are going to be OK.  While June will have me finishing up the film itself, July/August will have me doing a lot of business and promotional related things that take just as much work and prayer.  The church screening packages especially will be the big project during that time so they can be setup, as well as a premiere being planned.  Who pays for it and if it’s me (which it probably will be), where is that money going to come from?  How many church screening packages should I have on-hand before they’re available?  What needs to be designed, ordered, etc. and what about capital for that?  How do I ship stuff from my house in bulk?  What’s the best way to setup an online store on the Praise Pictures website for all of this?  Just a few of the wonderfully complicated questions that need answering Yippie!

Sometime soon I’ll write a very personal post I think.  Today Jason while everyone was over (spent the day with friends and with Denise), he dug through these big binders my mom packed with all my old drawings, beginning storyboards for things, special writing assignments from school, etc.  One of them was called “the future me” or something like that.  It featured a speech of a kind on what I wanted to set out and do in life, and how I was going to get there.  It’s incredible how accurate it is, and how early I was determined to make a feature film.  This paper was from 7th grade…crazy.  Making a film has been something embedded in the core of me for so long, just waiting to get out.  Standing Firm while almost 4 years in the making has been in the making since I was a kid.  All them creative juices waiting to bubble to the surface.  I look forward to sharing that with all of you.  It gave me a lot of perspective on just how hard I’ve worked (by God’s Grace) and where He has brought me since my days as a kid when all these dreams started.  Praise God…He’s so good lol.

I look forward to having some quotes and more thoughts from people regarding Standing Firm and what they have to say about it.  The reviews so far have ranged from OK to good and some great.  I’m fully aware of the faults of my film, thankfully.  It’s no Schindler’s List, but it’s no Scary Movie 6 either…thank goodness.  Most of the positive comments seem to center around the message of the film, the look of it (which really makes me happy), and the surprising acting despite the resources we had.  Regardless of faults I think the Lord really helped us make something special and surprising.  The message will shine through as well (I hope!).  For those that have learned the lessons within, it might be a run around the block, but I hope for those that need to hear what the film says…it’ll be something lasting that they can remember.

I can’t wait to share with you further details as we get closer to release.  Where the film will be released on DVD, what others have to say about it, and how you can help us share it! Thanks to all who continue to pray…there is plenty to do.

Hands to the plow…