Often Awesome The Series site can be found here.

Just finished up the Dickens Band Promotional video. A big thanks goes out to my partner in crime, Andy Coon for his help shooting this. More thanks go out to Jay Ellington (Motion design), Joe Furgeson (for providing the venue), Steve Graham (for the amazing audio recording), Frank Pyrtle and the gang at Sam Hill Entertainment. As you can tell from the video, the Dickens Band is one of the best at what they do. I strongly encourage you to hire them for your wedding, corporate event or any party. You will not be disappointed. You can find them online here. Sam Hill Entertainment can be found online here.

New blog post can be found here.

Yesterday (January 23rd) we had the pleasure of shooting a music video for up and coming country star Jessica Ridley. She was an absolute blast to work with. You can check her out online here. The song we shot for the video is Hit and Run and it’s available on her site. Thanks to my amazing crew: Andy Coon, Matthew Sumner, Mike Beane, Rick Burnett and Micah Moore. We had an awesome cast for the video including: Christina Cupo, Ryan Downing (lead singer of Jonas Sees In Color), Franny Civitano, Alena Koch, Billy Roberts and some great extras. Just a great day of shooting. Thanks to Kim at The Garage in Winston Salem for allowing us to film there and to the Cooks for allowing us to use their very beautiful house.. A big thanks goes out to Ricky at Fused Management for bringing me this project. I hope to work more with Fused in the future. We shot the entire video with the Canon 7D. Now it’s on to editing.
- Blake

Here some screen captures from the raw footage:

New blog post about episode two can be found here.

Originally I didn’t even know how to approach Tim about doing a web series on his battle with ALS. I had talked to a mutual friend of ours and he seemed to think Tim might be into doing it. As filmmakers, Andy and I are always looking for interesting stories to tell and Tim’s story certainly qualifies as interesting, actually amazing. When we first talked to Tim, he made it very clear that he wanted to leave behind a legacy and saw this as a very good opportunity to do so. So Tim was willing and we had the capability but I started to wonder what I had gotten myself into. First of all, he’s a friend and it’s going to be tough watching the battle he has ahead of him much less be filming said battle. Second, I can’t even watch Extreme Home Makeover without crying and now Andy and I have to shoot and edit some very heavy content. Last, I was really stressed out about doing this story justice. I think Tim’s story is probably one of the most important things we’ll ever do and I just want to be able to get it right. Having completed the first episode, I feel like we did a pretty good job (hopefully our audience will as well).

We’d like to thank Tim and Kaylan for the opportunity to work on this project. It has truly been inspiring to see the strength and the courage that they both have as they face these uncertain times in their lives. To know Tim is to love him. It’s no coincidence that Tim has an army of friends willing to help him through all this. He’s obviously done something right in his life. As amazing as Tim is, I’ll have to say that I’m very much in awe of Kaylan. Her love for Tim, her willingness to face these difficult times with him and her unselfish devotion to him really blows me away. I’m not sure you can say Tim’s lucky but he certainly hit the jackpot when he met Kaylan.

It is our hope that people will watch this series and have a new appreciation for the important things in life. Love, good friends and compassion for one another. It is our honor and privilege to be working on this series and not only is it Tim’s legacy, it is now our legacy as well.

Thanks so much for joining us on this adventure!

Andy Coon
Blake Faucette

For those wishing to donate to research on ALS, please visit here.

Wicked Jones “Supernatural Flesh” Music Video shot and chopped by Blake Faucette featuring Andy Coon and Lyndsey Bass from Dogs Of Chinatown.

Here’s the original video that Andy Coon and myself shot a little over a year ago and Andy recently went back and shot the how to video. Check them out and ENJOY! Happy Holidays!