Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #15

CARGO3120Entry 15 – Juggling Life and Passion Part II

by Daymond C. Roman

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)

So, last week I said that I would delve a bit deeper into the tasks we all face while making our dreams come true. And, I can’t think of a better way to do that than to start from the beginning.

You see, for this New Year, I decided to reprioritize my life by figuring out what’s important to me and shredding away anything that wasn’t. And, that process lead me to four areas of major importance: health, family, work, and passion. Now, it’s worth mentioning that I am a man of faith and believe that these four areas alone could never provide personal fulfillment. However, I believe that through God’s grace I can be successful in all of these areas to a degree that I will be personally fulfilled. read article

Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #14

CARGO3120Entry 14 – Juggling Life and Passion

by Daymond C. Roman

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)

Well, we’re back at it again. A New Year, with a renewed passion for Cargo 3120! So obviously we at Team Cargo took a nice break over the holiday season. And let me tell you, it was a break much needed, as each of us were able to recharge our batteries for all the tasks needed for this New Year!

Over the past few months, Aaron and I have discussed the various skills we’ve had to learn in order to get to this point. However, we have not gone over the various juggling acts we’ve had to perform in order to make Cargo 3120 happen. read article

Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #13

CARGO3120Entry 13 – The Ins and Outs of the Animatic Short

by Daymond C. Roman

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)

As I stressed last week, having a strong online presence is important. However, we didn’t want to limit ourselves to a website and social media. Meaning, backstory, concept art, and personnel bios are great, but we also wanted to provide our audience with actual content. But what? A one shot comic? A collection of character and location sketches with captions? A trailer/teaser of some sort? In the end, we decided to merge all of those ideas into one, an Animatic Short.

Last year, I took an audio production class at El Paso Community College. For our final project, we had to produce and audio program on any subject we chose. Naturally, I wanted to make a Cargo 3120 audio show! Aaron was just as excited about the prospect of (at least) hearing the world that we were working so hard on. read article

Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #12

CARGO3120Entry 12 – How Important is Social Media?
by Daymond C. Roman

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)

So, as Aaron worked on our website I was in charge of social media. Now, I’m not one of those frequent “facebookers”, “tweeters”, or “instagramers”. At least, I wasn’t at the time; but in order to develop any type of audience these days, social media is a must.

I mean, it’s not like it used to be; back in the day, marketing campaigns were all about purchasing TV/radio spots and/or some sort of printed publication. And that was it, because that’s where everyone’s eyeballs were. Today, even if you have those marketing vehicles, the everyday consumer expects you to have a strong online presence, because that’s where the eyeballs are now. And I’m not just talking about a website either. read article

Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #9

CARGO3120Entry 9 The Pains of Cutting…

by Aaron Walker Sr.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)

During the advanced class we ran into a serious problem that would take a considerable amount of time to fix. During the class I was told by my instructor words that no writer wants said of their hard work. So he tells me that all the while we had been working on this there was a nagging problem that he couldn’t quite put his finger on. Then he tells me that he figured it out, but I wouldn’t like what comes next.

Without going into the gritty details, he said that he didn’t care about the main character or his story. The worst part? Correcting the problem would involve a major rewrite. We had to rebuild the main character from what I had on paper, to the powerful lead that I had in my mind, because what you have in your head must resonate on paper. read article