Life of Kyle Prohaska

Replace that coffee with Mt. Dew...and you have me

The bulletin inserts for the Screening Kits showed up today, all 10,000 of them.  It’s funny how that sounds like an enormous amount, yet they all fit into 4 tiny boxes.  They weighed a ton of course, but still with four tiny boxes I was surprised.  I think I’ve finally sorted out my shipping issues today too.  I found the area on USPS.com to print out a shipping label even if I’m not using their boxes.  I can’t as I found out today.  I ordered 100 or so of their Medium Flat Rate boxes only to find out they aren’t big enough.  They would’ve been, but when I received the hard copy proof of my 18×24 Posters today (for the screening kits, ordering 1000) I realized they were actually higher quality than I thought and can’t be folded into fours.  All other church screening packages have them folded, but they’re made of a lower quality paper, these things are 100lb weight paper, and they feel more like thick plastic.  Really awesome quality…they’ll last forever.  So if you buy a church screening, know you’re getting some awesome quality stuff!  Like I would provide anything less!

Anyways because of this folding problem, I need bigger boxes since they’ll be rolled.  I found them online at ULINE.com but they’re sorta expensive compared to USPS’s free boxes.  I only ordered 25 of them, and I’ll order more when I need them.  I also got some bubble-wrapped envelopes for the DVD cases to go in if someone bought a license only.  I’ve decided not to make the licenses printed out, they’re just going to cost more money.  I MIGHT print them myself on higher quality paper, but if the cost is too high, it’s a no for me.  Just getting the screenings ready to go has cost a lot and I haven’t sold enough of them yet to cover my costs.  I gotta say I’m a little disappointed I haven’t gotten more signups by now, but I’m glad just to have the ones I do.  Hopefully more will come after the release and a few more beforehand.  Not sure why the response was so bad, but that’s ok.  Gotta spend money to make it I guess…and Lord knows I’ve done my fair share of that on this film, more than I care to tell you.

I have two website/marketing jobs up in the air right now that would be a great financial boost for me right now.  I hope I get them!  If they both go through I’ll be doing online marketing/website upkeep/designing for 4 films on a monthly basis.  I’m in the position where I need to buy a net-book or two just to keep things moving.  That would mean I have 4 computers running at once to keep it all going.  Lately I’ve also been working on the Bible Study Guide for STANDING FIRM.  I’ve never written anything like this but it’s coming out pretty good.  I’ll have many people read it don’t worry, I take this stuff pretty seriously.  I mailed STANDING FIRM this morning as well to enter it into the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival.  That’s exciting stuff for me  Here’s an article I wrote about my experience there in 2009. I’m incredibly excited to go again, it was one of the greatest weeks of my life last time.  I’m so alone up here in NY in regards to film that I’m starved to be around others who love the arts.  It’s like being let out of jail or something.  I had a blast, and if STANDING FIRM gets in this year…I’ll be a busy guy while I’m there.  Here’s hopin!

There’s also a super secret possible job coming my way that would change my life forever.  I know that’s a heavy thing to say but I really mean it.  The things it could bring my way are insane for a kid (yes a kid, I’m not oblivious) my age.  I’ll wait till I see something tangible to really say a word about it beyond that but I’m excited to see what could happen. Another cool thing today is I noticed my personal Twitter account passed 5000 followers. That’s insane! I’m in a town of less than 1200 for pete’s sake LOL.  The movie’s Twitter account is around 8000 or so, and climbing.  It seems like they both climb over 1000 a month, really awesome!  Who knows where either could be in a years time.

Just last Fall I was flat broke without a single prospect for almost 2 months, I had moved over 8000 miles from NY to CA, then CA to NY, then NY to TN, then TN to NY…STANDING FIRM looked like it was never going to get finished, then things started to pick-up, work started showing, the film began new awareness among some great folks, and things have progressed since then.  I’m now up to my ears in emails and phone calls, work is going well, I’m moving into a new apartment (signed the lease and taking it in tomorrow…moving in Oct 5th), and my first feature film comes out in less than 30 days.  Is this real?  I hope so LOL!  God gets the Glory for all of this.  I’m just incredibly excited to see what new doors he opens in the next year for me to serve him in this industry and Glorify him with whatever he has me doing.  It’s an amazing privilege.  I have nothing to offer, except what he gave me to give back in worship.  What a humbling thought.  Kyle…OUT.