tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post2294900229814893715..comments2014-01-07T21:19:07.366-08:00Comments on EXTREME INDIE BLOG: FILMMAKING: Getting a StartOKLAHOMA WARDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388705060394671969noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-39300823406025970172010-04-17T21:12:00.999-07:002010-04-17T21:12:00.999-07:00Glad you enjoyed it. I'd love to see pics of y...Glad you enjoyed it. I'd love to see pics of your 71.1001Hobbieshttp://www.1001hobbies.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-5112965199785015332010-04-17T20:58:21.919-07:002010-04-17T20:58:21.919-07:00Wow, thanks for that ride. Gives me some encourag...Wow, thanks for that ride. Gives me some encouragement to get out and give my 71 some attention!!! Thanks! = )Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-58696905740540021362010-04-17T00:37:34.309-07:002010-04-17T00:37:34.309-07:00Thanks Maria. Originally it was a 6 cylinder car. ...Thanks Maria. Originally it was a 6 cylinder car. Other than the body, I completely rebuilt that car with an all new suspension, new chrome, replaced the rear axle with a prepped 8" axle, built the 331 stroker engine, designed and machined custom parts for the engine and billet aluminum speaker grills for the rear parcel shelf, installed the headliner, customized the engine compartment....basically everything. It goes as good as it looks, if not better.<br /><br />Wanna go to a cruise in the car? Here's a video taking the car to a cruise and bringing you along with us.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ5udlb7vBM<br /><br />If you don't want to go for the ride, or see all the great cars at the cruise and just want to see the Mustang, go to 3:48 minutes in the video and get the walk around. However, besides checking out other cars we also see people stopping by the Mustang to check out the engine compartment and comment. At the end of Part 2 is a priceless scene where a young woman likes the car and makes a "hubba hubba" kinda dance in front of it, then her boyfriend points out the camera that caught her act!1001Hobbieshttp://www.1001hobbies.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-58189650872579662192010-04-16T18:16:57.188-07:002010-04-16T18:16:57.188-07:00Sweet car!Sweet car!Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-56475119303925755182010-04-16T11:12:56.098-07:002010-04-16T11:12:56.098-07:00Thanks a lot Nikki.
Not having much money early ...Thanks a lot Nikki. <br /><br />Not having much money early on in life taught me how to maximize what I did have. McGuyver would be jealous. <br /><br />The Mad Max Interceptor was my dream car but I figured it was specially made for the movie from scratch and thus I would not be able to have one. Only 24 years later I learned it was built from a production car. Two months after that I put a deposit down for a company to find me one in Australia. That dream is now coming true. It's in my garage. Luckily I was getting a lot of overtime then. :P<br /><br />My filmmaking dreams will come true too, one way or another. You two are a big help in that just by being available and open. Thanks for that.1001Hobbieshttp://www.1001hobbies.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-40886217980230647342010-04-16T11:00:51.800-07:002010-04-16T11:00:51.800-07:00Steve - just reading this inspires me! It just goe...Steve - just reading this inspires me! It just goes to show that if you really want something and are passionate about it - you aren't going to make excuses about why it can't be done - instead - you are going to get it done no matter what it takes! You are the type of person that is a dream to work with. Best of luck with making your short film - I look forward to seeing it, and I really hope you get into a film festival!Nicole Alonsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352046403437529179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-33755028035382323082010-04-16T07:50:57.504-07:002010-04-16T07:50:57.504-07:00Ok, put my name at the end. I wanted to mention th...Ok, put my name at the end. I wanted to mention that because anyone else reading this now would say "Hey, but he did put his name on it....." ;-)<br /><br />Steve1001Hobbieshttp://www.1001hobbies.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-50463334410343953012010-04-16T07:06:01.014-07:002010-04-16T07:06:01.014-07:00Oh, I see it is absent here. On the original blog ...Oh, I see it is absent here. On the original blog page it notes "Posted by Steve Olander." I didn't know that info would not be at the bottom of the whole post. Yes, Steve Olander. I wrestled at one point with going with "Steven", as in Spielberg (as my friends used to call me) but it kinda sounds like it runs into my last name when said altogether. Stevenolander; doesn't ring right.<br /><br />At age 13, after seeing Star Wars (1977), that was it. It's what I wanted to do. At 16 and 17 I was making silent Super 8 mm movies. We built miniatures and did kit bashing to come up with new spaceships and such. Ever since then I have always researched filmmaking, special effects (mechanical), and every other aspect of filmmaking. I've learned as much as I could through my life, on my own, honing my interest and getting prepared for when life allowed the time to indulge in this. <br /><br />I married at almost 21 and I am almost 46 (holy crap) now. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary next week as a matter of fact, rare in this day. We had kids right away too, so I was doing the responsible husband/father thing, working for a regular and steady income, as possible as that has been over this time. <br /><br />After 18 years of marriage we are finally able to get our toys; her a 1966 Mustang, me an Australian Ford XB Falcon to rebuild as a Mad Max Interceptor. After a couple years of owning the Aussie car I came up with a novel idea about the movie car, and if it had existed in real life. That got me writing a screenplay about that and thus the begining of my screenwriting. I did make contact with George Miller's company (one of the Mad Max creators) and was told they do not take unsolicited material nor are they looking to do a movie about the Interceptor car. I am still shopping it around and may end up making it myself if it is not picked up (in the years to come). I am also writing it as a novel.<br /><br />My love for cars has spawned another story. That one is in rewrite. When it is finished I will be looking for an Agent. By that time I will have the finished short and 2 screenplays available. That way when I get the question "What else have you got?" I will have something. <br /><br />That's another blog though. ;)<br /><br />The MASTER PLAN:<br /><br />1.Use this short film to get noticed.<br /><br />2. Sell first script, made into movie, to get my name out there.<br /><br />3. Sell second script off of success of first, made into movie, get legitamized.<br /><br />4. Sell third script and have enough money to make my own movies.<br /><br /><br /><br />Yeah, the pipe dream of many to be sure, but it's how one achieves things, to dream. The scripts to be sold aren't necessarily the ones I have written now. I have more stories already and each script is more well written than the last. I would love to see this second script made into a movie though. It hasn't been done before. Then again, neither has my first story.<br /><br /><br />Steve1001Hobbieshttp://www.1001hobbies.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-72099873106089242912010-04-15T20:32:59.197-07:002010-04-15T20:32:59.197-07:00Oh - and you may next time put your name somewhere...Oh - and you may next time put your name somewhere for people who don't know your name my friend lol ;-)OKLAHOMA WARDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388705060394671969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204877038956107512.post-24544369348792662942010-04-15T20:27:12.272-07:002010-04-15T20:27:12.272-07:00GREAT read Steve!!! Looking forward to following y...GREAT read Steve!!! Looking forward to following your career as you push along. It's encouraging to see and read about others as they pursue their dream. So many people I meet talk about doing something - and then state the reasons why they don't - which usually comes down to money and time - and the only thing I say to them is this - if it's something you really want to do - you'll find a way. That's how I've done it. That's how you are doing it. Looking forward to your pics on the car and any info on the filming of the Max movies and how it influenced ya - you have a fascinating life - nice to be able to read about it here. Glad you're on board my filmmaker friend. I mean that.OKLAHOMA WARDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388705060394671969noreply@blogger.com