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Image of the Mind Studios
Image of the Mind Studios / The Alpha & Omega Society
PO Box 655, New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938
since 1977
June  2008
Announcements
Please review the Mission Statement at the bottom of this page.
The IMS BLOG is the place for the most current dialogue.  These pages now serve more for project summary information, however, pages specific to ongoing projects continue to be updated.
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Horizons Newsletter
links are sometimes arbitrary, but at least it's an adventure
Theatrical      Cinematic   Photographic   Exhibition   Design  Art Department  Management  
The Mobile Workshop:
 built to pull my 35'
1944 Star house trailer,

 can be made  available
for hauling sets  & other such stuff...
The Mobile Studio:   we have a collection of 12 RV's  which we anticipate upgrading & modifing into a remote studio facility for location shoots.  These will be available for rent to independent producers. They are currently in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Southampton Days Events
A proposal for a Colonial Encampment, a period stage production,
 a parade float, etc, are being developed for inclusion in the 4th of July festivities.
 But the newest project and most important project is;
are the principle theatrical projects of IMS.  Information is posted here
to encourage participation.  Your comments are welcome
and if you see a place for yourself do not hesitate to speak up.
Priority page being developed-   IMS Product Division
One of numerous Christmas items...
which includes a collection of designs based on this concept.
The Studio Compound:
 The Southampton property...  
was nixed for a few reasons, but we still need to locate another facility
 to serve as the Headquarters for
 The Alpha & Omega Society
&  
The Theatrical Development Centre.

IMS ANIMATIONS  &  SANDALA RECORDING STUDIOS
 I hope to be able to provide a layout of the
The Farm & The Artist's Retreat.
Check out the BLOG for further discussion on Facilities.
Working on slavaging a 40 ton paddlewheel boat
an expected documentary film
1844 Pencil Drawing for sale
minimum bid $2,500
Hayrides - for nearly ten years I participated in seasonal hayrides in the fall.  I discontinued my involvement because they all were centered around Halloween and there were many issues of negativity and darkness involved in that.  I am now developing a hayride scenario which is not centered on Halloween and has excellent franchise possibilities.  One hayride operation which I was involved in grossed 500K (plus ancillaries) over the two months it ran.  This one could easily do better.  Negotiations are in progress to prepare an 80 acre farm and the equipment.  Major players are being sought.
The Technical Arena
 designs, prototypes, manufacturing
In Brief: The VairRod Project  is, in part, a  television series about the creation of a kit car based on the Corvair. The first VairRod is my (highly modified) ' 66 convertable, bought in 1970, and will be a reproduction of that design as a high-end limited production custom offering.   The second offering will be the VairRod Speedster. A "classic" open car speedster offered as a kit or turn-key. It is being designed & constructed using all 1962 Corvair components and body pannels.  The car will be shortened & narrowed, chopped & channeled.  Unlike the original Corvair the VairRod Speedster  will be constructed on a chassis and be configured to accomodate it's modification into a Hybrid Electric, with hopes of including the future use of fuel cells or possibly some other powerplant.
VairRod Industries, LTD   is the anticipated organization in formation to produce and managent the product line of The VairRod & the VairRod Speedster. Check out the Corvair pages for further dialogue on this subject.  AG
* ON HOLD UNTIL PROPER FACILITIES CAN BE ACQUIRED *  because of a surge in theatre production activities and other work in refining the studio production resources,  implementing this project must wait until a suitable shop w/ a storage yard are acquired.
The Procenium Arch
Theatre projects that are ready for the boards

"The Gnomes of New Hope"
a new musical for the stage
                 (now it is permited)
This painting will be the production poster.
Production News-  The goal now is for the script to be published on CD for general distribution.
This is quite a task, as the technical elements will need to be separated out from the character text. At one time I thought it was necessary to include as much information as possible, so that my vision could be implemented if I expire before I can manifest it. Well, that is a good idea, but I integrated it into the script.  That still works, but only as a production script, not a reading volume.  So I need to work to break the script down.  Also because I want to change the presentation to include more abstract design elements.  More on that later.

The opportunity for using the Mitchell Performing Arts Centre extends into August, but after that the space is booked. I think that a developmental production should occur during the summer, at which time we will video-tape the effort.  I don't see it happening this year, mainly because I'm involved in a production of "Much Ado About Nothing", but if I locate an associate producer that might be possible.

 In any event, the call for the pre-production meeting will have to wait until the CD is finished. I've gotten good response at the suggestion for a meeting, but I've concluded that as much foundational material for that meeting will need to be posted here before we proceed.


The title link will also take you to The Production Approach Summary of the play.
It is also a link to more information about Swedenborg
Cinema projects of epic proportions
"Grael" a medieval romance, in the days after King Arthur
This film has many years of research and writing invested.  I've discussed it's production with Paramount, Warner Bros (and a few producers associated with them) ,Thorn EMI and a few others.   Pieces of this film were stolen, so I wanted a development deal. For those of you who know about the releases, you can understand why I refused to give them the release or my material without a deal.  Well no deal.  Fine. Goodbye.  So this will need to be produced by Image of the Mind Studios and whoever wants to partner up with me on it.

I have it in my mind to publish the script and the storyboards as a stand alone story presentation. My work to upgrade the studio capabilities with animation are coming into focus.  Recent work with PowerPoint is leading me in that direction for furthering this project.  I believe that I can post that presentation on the web and if so, I will try to post some of the storyboards as a slide show.
Animation is most certianly a tool in bringing this piece to fruition, but there have been discussions about shooting portions of  the live action narrative film in and around Bucks County.  The forest scenes can easily be shot here and the interiors can be also be shot here if we set up for it.  The wide exteriors requiring castle backdrops will need to be elsewhere, which we can worry about later, so long as our properties & costumes are secured.  Since I do have a costume supplier who is local, I ought to discuss his supplying this film. I really don't think I'll move forward with any property intensive scenes because of my space limitations. I hate to start shooting with the equipment I currently have, because it's really only semi-pro grade, which is fine for documentaries, but not something of this nature. I may be able to do some tests and produce sample materials, but that's about all.  Nothing more until I have my own  Aaton.
Mission Statement
From Concept, to Form, And Beyond
Image of the Mind Studios is about development of raw ideas into viable concepts, building the foundational elements, and supporting the work of bringing that concept into reality.

A spark of an idea moves forward to become a concept and is gradually refined.  As this happens, the concept begins to take shape and it's form becomes defined.  As this definition expands, the parameters of the concept becomes clear and the form takes on an intellectual & practical identity. It is the creation of this identity that allows a concept to move forward into manifestation.

Manifestation into reality progresses thru various degrees. It is the form that allows a concept to be fully manifest into ultimates and so, it is the definition of the form, and the  
influx of the Modus Operendi into the form, which initiates and sustains the mainfestation into the ultimates, and thus into the usefulness, fullfillmenent and vialbility of an idea.

From Concept, to Form, and Beyond

 The projects presented here are a few of the concepts that have taken form.  They represent a substantial expenditure of energy, but they by no means represent the full scope of what Image of the Mind Studios has developed or is involved in.

These web pages are about presenting concepts that are in the process of becoming fulfilled.  
The scope and power of what the mind can achieve is unlimited,
 the manifestation of what the mind conceives
is limited only by the resources available for implementation.
 Those resources are contingent upon Balance, the Balance of the form...

"A Question of Balance" The Moody Blues

 

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