Thanks to our good friend Brit Horvat, this week over at yourhub.com they printed a silly little article I wrote about the production of Lowered Expectations and its conception. Through a magical and tortuous route, it eventually found its way to the cover of the yourhub section of both the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News this week. If you’d like to read it, I’m including the article below - or, for the purists amongst you, you can read it in its original setting here.

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We’re thrilled to announce that Episode 03 of Lowered Expectations is at long last complete!

We spent a loads of time in editing and post-production to get this one just right.
We hope you enjoy and would love to hear your feedback with our nifty comment form below the film. Thanks!
– Josh

WATCH the EPISODE HERE: Lowered Expectations Episode 03 - the Dream Analyst

Episode 03 features: Josh Shayne, Tyler Mark, Vanessa Barcus, Tasha Shayne, Janice Shayne and Vic Shayne. Cinematography by Jason Nettle. Music by Erik Desiderio.

Production Still from Episode 03 - the Dream Analyst

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Photos! A couple of weeks ago we wrapped production on Lowered Expectations Episode 03 - the Dream Analyst.
The shoot went swimmingly. I think we have a lot of great material and some really fun/funny performances from the cast. I’ve started cutting and it’s all coming together really well. There are also a few fun effects to watch out for (check out the last photo in the set for a sneak preview). Those are going to take a bit longer in post-production, though we’re hoping to pull everything together in the next couple of weeks for an early September release.

Episode 03 features: Josh Shayne, Tyler Mark, Vanessa Barcus, Tasha Shayne, Vic Shayne, and Janice Shayne. Cinematography by Jason Lange.

To whet your appetite as well as keep you sated for a a little bit, we’re putting up a few of the stills from the shoot for your perusal. Thanks for watching!

Vanessa Catches up on her Reading

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Editing on Lowered Expectations Episode 02 - Easter Island is complete!

This was a fast-paced production all the way down the line. Shot in 2 days and edited in a week and a half to meet our deadline, we’re going to need a bit of a rest over the weekend. But it was all worth it. We’re particularly happy with the level of production design in this episode - from colorful pie charts to complicated, cardboard Easter Island Head Costumes - engineered and constructed by Janice - we are continuing to push the boundaries of what you can produce on a zero budget.

WATCH the EPISODE HERE: Lowered Expectations Episode 02 - Easter Island

A quick synopsis: Living at home with his parents in Boulder, Colorado, Josh has to learn to adopt the local customs if he’s going to fit in with the natives.

Featuring: Josh Shayne, Tyler Mark, Brit Horvat, Janice Shayne, and Vic Shayne. Written by Josh Shayne & Vic Shayne. Directed/Edited by Josh Shayne. Cinematography by Jason Lange and Original Score by Erik Desiderio.

Like this episode? Please leave us a comment on the film page. We’ve worked hard on this one and would LOVE to hear what you think. Thanks!

PHOTO: Brit, Josh and Tyler on Pearl Street filming Episode 02

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Episode 02 is almost ready, but in the meantime check out these shorts! During the production of episode 02, we took some extra time to shoot a couple of Easter Island shorts using the amazing GIANT HEAD costumes created by Janice Shayne. They were really too amazing-looking to not put to good use, plus, in all this hot weather, they were rather shady.

WATCH the Easter Island Shorts HERE:

Easter Island 01 - Dr. Phil

Easter Island 02 - WWII

PHOTO: Tyler and Vic On Set of the Easter Island Shorts

D.P. Jason Lange Shooting some Shots on the Easter Island Set

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