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     This fall brought on the third annual collegiate esports tournament at my workplace.  This event was created because I had hit a ceiling in what I could do with the pool of people and resources I had collected in the workplace and yet I still wanted to grow.  Our first event in 2024 was originally supposed to invite just a few representatives from 10-15 universities to my workplace to play a rotating set of games.  I’ve never been the deepest gamer and this would be something I’d be up for as a player; however those dedicated to esports have a game and that is what they play.        The original pitch was almost disrespectful looking back at it and I am glad that I was convinced to just do a 2 team tournament between 2 local universities.  This also coincided with the new esports area at a local university being opened up and  being a great showcase for my company’s products.  The event went well, we expanded to ...

I had been told about the GRFF 1 minute film competition and this is the first year I remembered to sign up in advance.  I did not plan on making it a huge thing and just filming something with my kids.  Emerson has been flighty in the past about participation and wanted to quit midway through.  She committed to participating this year and I trusted her.   ​I wrote a quick story about people moving from Chicago to Grand Rapids to escape danger and the twist at the end being that they are the danger.  This story would be tough to edit down to a minute and it didn’t fit well with the assigned elements.  The assigned elements were a forest, bubbles and the word “tarnish.”  After thinking about it I rewrote it and we read through it a few times at my computer.  I think this made her feel better about participation. Emerson doesn’t like the sound of her voice but I think it is a general confidence issue.   The new story is about walking ...

Delighted to announce “Unleashed” has won best screenplay and best overall film in the micro category for the 2026 Grand Rapids Film Festival and what a joy it is to share the win with our daughter and dog!   Film with intro and acceptance available here:

FWF Pictures presents a Sci-Fi/Fantasy film for Kazoo 48 2026: RAT TAIL TALES   5/2/2026 Update: Comic Book version located here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VbDry2cdbuFvjvHb0funzifoAyVuSAUi/view?usp=sharing In an alternate world, every person has a rat tail choice to change their own fate.  These are the stories of how those fates intertwine. LINE OF DIALOGUE: “No wonder mine has never worked” CHARACTER: Someone who has unbelievably good luck LOCATION: Car Interior PROP: Scissors It is that time of year again, I actually had 2 cool ideas the back of my head before genre's were assigned but neither made sense with the assigned elements.  We have done Sci Fi before but it has always been 1 special thing on top of today's world instead of a bunch of lore and junk.  This one at the behest of Jason had the lore and junk, and for the most part it worked out.   Here is an AI assisted backstory that is not in the final film:  And it came to pass th...

As an art project and challenge to myself I converted 3 of my short films about my son into a coffee table/comic style book.   Enjoy, there may be more to come! Download (300 MB)

 New gaming channel, most of this stuff will be outside of your normal FWF Pictures stream.   THANK YOU  FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

 For the past 2 years my son Graydon has created a character and backstory for Naughty Ladybug.  The lore is so intense that it has become a lens that he views and processes the world through. After the 300th Naughty Ladybug story we sat down and sketched out what a movie would look like. I present to you:  Naughty Ladybug #1 Danger Marks the Spot https://youtu.be/d0ZeQVIEojo?si=pBoyZ8_3-j8T16wG