Year of the Fat Cow

A year has now passed since the web server swap began. We've now been using fatcow.com for the services, and everything has worked well so far. I've been trying hard to get the show back in gear, and have redesigned just about everything possible! See what's been updated after the jump.

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In A World Where...

No, this is not a trailer, but in a world where I can't use Adobe GoLive like I used to, I still managed to use Dreamweaver to begin site revisions on displaying sequential images.

In a much more code-friendly format, I renamed several elements of code, eliminated unnecessary portions, and layered elements in a style friendly to being centered regardless of frame size. The first success was with slides of Lipstick on a Pig? Actually... (2008), which can now be the basis for remaining page revisions. FYI...

100 Views in 4 Days

Wow... I am astounded. I don't know if the stars lined up all of a sudden, or it's in coordination with the end of an error (DADT), but in the four days that NOH8: Is It Real Now? has been posted on YouTube, it has already received 100 views. Holy shit!

Now, if it were a video that's already racked in 1000s of views, 100 in 4 days might not be so much. But, this came out of nowhere, starting with ZERO! "Astounded" is putting it mildly.

Speaking of new views, I've begun the restructuring of the look of the movie pages. They will resemble the main page, but with colors individualized for each film so that they can maintain a unique feel. Content to be updated soon, but we're entering final stages of the site redesign. Hang tight if pages are missing a thing or two over the next month.

New Vid!

The movie above was posted today on YouTube! Called NOH8: Is It Real Now?, it considers the current American status of gay marriage in 2011, as well as acceptance in general for the LGBT community. Edited by yours truly, for the thrill of it!

You may notice there's a new animated Thomas Productions logo at the start of it! Also, the extended credits referred to at the end will be posted on this site soon.

Ratings Upgrade

Another new site update comes to the Movie Ratings part of directorG.com! We're transitioning to using layers instead of frames. There's still the same basic setup, but now titles and links at top & bottom remain visible at all times, in a slightly translucent sort of way. More movies have been viewed recently, including Midnight in Paris, so the ranking database itself has definitely been updated, too!

YouTube Update

Haven't said much on this lately! We've had quite a huge YouTube following with some vids, with a few reaching big milestones in views! Can you guess which joined our 1000 views club?

1. Scenes from Being John Malkovich: 11,647
2. The Dog of Pompeii (Pt. 1): 9,520
3. The Dog of Pompeii (Pt. 2): 3,269
4. The King Who Rained: 2,136
5. Fort Ord: Doughboy Theater Footage: 2,090
6. The Last Kiss: 1,822
7. My Teachers Are Aliens: 1,633
8. Tons of Sugar Cereal Commercial: 1,232
9. Lipstick On A Pig? Actually...: 1,067
10. Man Facing Nervous Breakdowns: 1,033
11. Abrupt: 1,001