The Other Side, an online production.

The Other Side, the movie what I scored, is now online for your viewing pleasure. It's about 26 minutes long. The premiere at BYU had a bigger turnout than I thought. Maybe 70 people or so. They all really supported the cast and crew of the film and I thought it was neat how much recognition the film got, made with no budget to speak of, using only people's free hours to produce. I think it ultimately took about a year. I also didn't know I was being paid for it, so it accidentally represents my first paying job as a film composer! I watch it now, and I already hear things I wish I did differently. And that's kind of a good sign to me, because I remember as I was writing it how much I loved it. Now, not so much. Nonetheless, it was sure fun.

Here's the link.

Read Me.

Hello everyone. It's sure been awhile. It appears as though just a few of us (myself not deservedly included) are left in the blogging scene. I'm going to try and keep up better though. I have recently celebrated the completion of a new film score, The Other Side, of which I'm sure most of you are aware. However, NOW there's a trailer that you can watch! You can find it on my website or by clicking here. If you clicked "here", then HA! You've been tricked into going to my website anyway. That's okay though, because there are a few more songs I've written and posted for your listening pleasure. But I've been having some trouble with the widget that plays them lately, so if you experience problems that's why. Anyway, the premiere for the movie is this weekend and I'm pretty excited. It's going to be in a bona fide theater at BYU. It has been the most fun I've had with music so far and I'm excited to keep doing it.

I think that's all for now. Video links trump long blog posts anyway. I guess there's also the fact I have nothing left to say. Except that I'm still looking for a job, but who cares?

A Bunny New Website

So I was digging through old pictures on my phone, and I found a picture from almost a year ago which was the result of one of Gregan's blog posts which ended with a link to a game in which you're a bunny and hop on lots of bells. I forgot how obsessed I was with it until I stumbled across this picture, which features my high score. And I completely forgot to brag about it!

That's right... over 124 TRILLION.

Also, I've re-beautified my website. It now features a fully functional navigation bar, although it still looks rather plain and choppy. I hope you enjoy it irregardless.

http://www.keaton-anderson.com/

Alright, already.

Well, normally I follow Jaron on blog posts, but he is waiting on an internet connection to be set up in his apartment, apparently. Either that or he's lying and doesn't dare. So I figured I'd just go ahead and go, since it's been months for me as well. I kind of wanted to wait for some more development in my life to happen first, but what the hay. Lately I've been working on a short film. The longest short film I've ever been involved in, actually. It's about 30 minutes long and it will be finished pretty soon. Micah was contacted by this film student at BYU, but didn't have time to score his film, so he recommended me. Which was really great of him. So he contacted me and he is pleased so far with what I've come up with.

Also, about two months ago, I bought www.keaton-anderson.com. I wanted to wait until I came up with a design that I actually liked before making it live... (see lame design below) or at least before telling people about it, but I really don't know when I'll ever have it completely done. For instance, it has only had a home page since I built it two months ago. So you can go ahead and look at it by clicking here if you want. And you want. I guess the idea was to have a place to load my music to show to interested filmmakers. It's still a work in progress that will probably be that way for years to come, but there you have it.

First digital portrait.

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Second digital illustration. Done with Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator.

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My first digital portrait. 10 points to the first person that can guess who it is, plus the joy of making me feel like I actually drew someone somewhat accurately. Devon, Alicia, and mother can't guess. (unless they say something krAAAAzy like Splinter from ninja turtles.)

Done with photoshop CS4.

it's t"eye"me for an update!

Well, I've waited and waited for something interesting to surface so I could write about it, but I guess I'm just going to give an update instead, because nothing is really coming to mind.

For those of you who don't know, I have been on academic probation due to my lousy GPA, which was due to me dropping out of school, which was due to my immense lack of self-motivation.

And it's been great! I've had lots and lots of time to think about what I want to do and lots and lots of time to earn money. So then mother tells me that because I'm not a student, I don't qualify for health insurance anymore, which matters. I hear.

So I'm going back to UVU. They sent me an e-mail that tells me exactly how I can lift my academic probation, and boy, what an ordeal! I have to go to a "student success" class to prove that I'm not mentally handicapped, which lasts for a WHOLE HOUR! And that's it.

So after that I can register for classes again, and I think I'll be taking the following classes for fun:

• Screenplay 101

• Digital Painting

• Music Recording

• Introduction to Film

• Jujitsu (why not?)

And as non-productive as my last semester was, I must say I'm actually excited for this one. So excited that I even painted my first digital drawing (see below) with the help of a very useful youtube video.

Also, about an hour ago, I was heading to the bathroom, because I had to go number two really badly, and saw that the light was on. (it's only a one-person bathroom, with a ladies bathroom directly across.) So I knocked. And after a few seconds this guy in a suit walked out of the ladies restroom and straightened his tie and gave me this creepy smile.

Instructions.

Jaron miiiiiiiight be blind.

Step 1. Copy the following HTML code.

background-image: url(http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/howe/gandalf.jpg);
background-attachment:fixed;

Step 2. Go to your blog.
Step 3. Click on the Customize tab, and go to "Layout".
Step 4. Click "Edit HTML".
Step 5. Scroll down until you find the word "body" followed by "Background:(and there will likely be some numbers or symbols here.)"
Step 6. Start Highlighting right after "body" and stop after "Background:(and there will likely be some numbers or symbols here.)"

That changes the format so you're able to upload a picture from the web. Please note, the string of code you just copied and pasted is the picture I'M using. That is, Gandalf. To add your own picture you just open the file on the web. (google images is the quickest way, and make sure you always click on "see full sized-image" at the top of the browser. Then you just copy the URL and replace my picture with that new URL. (everything in between the parentheses, starting with http.

Also note, the picture has to be pretty large to work. Mine is 1422px × 976px. You can check the dimensions by right-clicking on the picture and clicking "properties". If it's smaller than roughly 1000 x 800, it will tile on your blog. (meaning repeat itself to fill the empty spaces, which looks kind of stupid.) Well I think that's it. Good luck.