BRAND NEW!!!

Shots from the pilot episode "Don't Walk... RUN!!!"

Cap and Blinkie exit the SkyLighter, walking forward in the light...

I can't tell you WHERE they are, or WHAT'S happening, but

 you're gonna love this first episode!!!

>> BUT WAIT...

                         here's one more scene...

HINT: Suddenly, a ____-_____ bursts through the ground!

(Sorry. Can't tell you what it is. Any guesses???)  cptflashlight@gmail.com

Keep praying as we keep working on this 3-4 minute animatic that will be posted on the website, early 2012.

>>>Rod and Parker...

Here's Parker Ott, drawing rough sketches for a 4 -5 minute animatic.

The pictures are from the proposed pilot episode, "Don't Walk... RUN!" It features the villain STOP-LIGHT, and his minions, the Don't Walks.

Here's a great sketch of Blinkie, thrown into action!

Parker keeps drawing and drawing! And sipping Dr. Pepper.

Over 150 pictures so far, each one numbered by Act and sketch.

Wow, that's a lotta pictures! Parker will re-draw them for the final animatic, which can be used to pitch the show to people who can help it become an animated series.

Keep praying... that one day soon, it will be "Time to Shine!"

WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE!!!
Right now, this is the first scene of the pilot episode. (The red arrow shows that the SkyLighter is zooming toward the camera.) Where are they going? And why? Can't tell you that... not yet...

STORY BOARD BY PARKER OTT

OK, I could NOT come up with a story idea for the new show pilot.

I tried and I tried. :0(

>AND THERE'S THE PROBLEM.

I was trying too hard.

And, I was working by myself.

So, 2 things changed.

1. I asked PARKER to work with me.

(WOW! We prayed, and together we got lots of ideas!)  and

2. We wrote the story in PICTURES. Not words.

(And now, the pilot story has taken off!)

that would be

ZOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Found out that's how Walt Disney did it. Had to see pictures first.

And then he said, "Let's develop this story."

Big Grin.

BIG GOD!

Check back for exclusive sneak-peeks of the story as it develops!

rOd

Concept Art: Stop-Light

Concept Art: Stop-Light

Concept Art: Stop-Light

Concept Art: Stop-Light

Concept Art: Stop-Light

Sketch By: Parker Ott

Sketch By: Parker Ott

Sketch By: Parker Ott

Sketch By: Parker Ott

Sketch By: Parker Ott

SLAMMING 
INTO
WRITER'S
BLOCK!


OUCH! OK, so like I'm the guy who's written over 200 Captain FlashLight radio episodes, right? (Actually it's true.) :o) And now I can't come up with EVEN ONE idea for an 11 minute animated episode. BUMMER. I've been here before, though. The problem is, I'm trying to write this ultra-funny, super-cool, perfect-in-every-way story...
            INSTEAD OF:
   Just having fun with the characters.
      Or drawing pictures I'd like to see in the story.
      Or, best: letting the characters tell the story.
      Most times I just hit record and let Cap take over.
      Time to do that again. Yeah. Yeah...
It's like the Lord is saying:  DUDE. Let Me handle this... 
And I say, "OK. It's Yours anyway, Lord."
            THEN I START PLAYING:
    OK. Maybe it should have Louie Dah Lampshade in it. 

    Yeah. And if Louie's in it, then you gotta have:

    Yeah, so she can say:

AUNT CHANDELIERA: Louis, Louis! I can smell your breath from across the street!

LOUIE DAH LAMPSHADE: I think you're smelling bus exhaust.

AUNT CHANDELIERA: Louis. Did you brush your teeth this morning???

LOUIE DAH LAMPSHADE: Can't really do that with this lampshade on my head, now can I?

    And stuff like that... Hey I'm having fun!

        Maybe there's a story hiding around in here. 

        SO MAYBE:

             WRITING IS NOT WORK...

         IT'S JUST PLAYING WITH WORDS.

    OK. Well, I've got the munchies. Dude! It's almost 12 noon!

    You're not supposed to talk with your mouth full... so ttyl. 

                    Keep Shining,

                         rOd

SNEAK PEEK: New Filament City Logo!

Special thanks to Parker Ott for working with me through many revisions, (the drawings above are only a few of them!) and arriving at such a galaxy-rockin', darkness-bashin', cartoony-cool logo! Look closely and you'll see that the filament wire inside the light bulb is shaped like a heart--Parker's idea--which is great: it's like the light of God's LOVE shining through us. I'm so grateful for our new logo, as we work toward our goal:

Shining God's Light

into the World of Mass Media

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