An Open Letter to all the Peeps

Wouldn't it be great if films could be made with a minimum of effort, and sausages cooked in under a minute? I'm a vegetarian, so I can't vouch for the meat products, but as a filmmaker I can say a few things about resources. More correctly: people, since they are our major resource and deciding factor. Over the years, Plotcebo has worked with many unique and wonderful people who gave it their all-out, and sadly not all projects had a happy ending. This page exists for those people, a combination thank-you and apology for everyone who's ever given us a chance.

The point of Plotcebo's quest is to have fun, to keep ourselves entertained. Some people cruise the loop, or do drugs; we happen to make films. The problem is that creating a movie, even a short one, requires more than the enthusiasm that spawns the project. Friends are the greatest thing in the world and have come to our rescue more times than we are justified to have been saved. What more, we are indebt to more than just our existing friends, but to the new friends we forge in the process. Hail to all of you, baby!

Sadly, even when working with some of the best of friends, things go awry. Stupidity from myself is often central to our frustration in addition to many unforeseen events. Tempers flare, projects flounder. In moments like that, it's easy to forget that the people you are working with are your friends, not paid professionals. The reason they are there in the first place is due to the bonds of friendship. Although I am not excepted from losing my cool at times, I encourage everyone in similar positions to cherish your friends. Love them, treat them like the great commodity that they are. When the day is through, no matter how well or how awfully the shot went, as long as you have friends there to relish the moment is all that matters.

Often the burden of creating films is much greater than everyone expected, and friends are lost. Plotcebo has had our share of those moments and believe most of them have never really been apologized to. Although the credits at the end of the film are intended to thank everyone involved, there is no section entitled 'Sorry'. Even with credits, not enough people are thanked personally. In fact, the two groups often overlap. So please, read this as either an apology or a thank-you, or both. None of you have been forgotten.

--Thaddeus