John Oak Dalton

 This post first appeared, in a slightly different form, in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. My new film SMART HOUSE has hit streaming platforms; I will suggest catching it right here �...

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 June's been a wild ride, and it's only half over.Me and my SMART HOUSE producer Henrique Couto went to Chicago to screen the movie for the first time, in director Joe Swanberg's secret VHS stor...

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This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  Heading to Dayton Saturday to put the final touches on SMART HOUSE, which needs to be done because we already have a screeni...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2023/04/suds-and-soda.html

  Slowly chugging through post on SMART HOUSE for a end-of-March deadline.  Got a picture lock in and sent to the composer, with the color timing, sound mix, and some effects to put in.  ...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2023/03/like-dylan-in-movies.html

This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  I hope all of my readers enjoyed their holidays.  My holiday filmmaking season ended strong, landing legendary b-movie actr...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2023/01/this-post-first-appeared-in-my-e.html

This post first appeared, in a slightly different form, in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. Had a brisk 42-page three-day weekend to wrap SMART HOUSE, including a 27-page shooting day.  ...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-head-is-stuck-on-something-precious.html

This post first appeared, in a slightly different form, in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  I was a little worried about jumping back into the director's chair after over two years out,...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-hole-in-sock-of.html

This post appeared, in a slightly different form, first in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  Although principal photography on my new feature SMART HOUSE really starts on Saturday, I ...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/12/tora-tora-taxi.html

This blog post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  We just fit in one more (snowy) camping weekend this season before girding up for shooting my next movie, a thriller ca...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/11/in-middle-of-street.html

This blog post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  It's Halloween season, but I've fallen behind on all the spooky movies and spent a couple of pretty fall weekends campi...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/10/this-blog-post-first-appeared-in-my-e.html

This blog post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. This week was my birthday.  I took it off, which is a luxury when I can do it.  Since I turned 50 I have always taken a...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/09/ill-never-see-your-smilin-face-or-touch.html

This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.  A long time ago I took a handwritten script from John Polonia called PSYCHO CLOWN and over a three day weekend typed it up/r...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/08/just-like-one-in-our-backyard.html

This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. It's funny when my day job and my side hustle overlap. I get asked to be on a lot of searches because I have a good eye for t...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-bats-have-left-bell-tower.html

This post first appeared in my newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. Easter has come and gone, always a busy season for me.  It's when I get on social media and interact with all of the people wa...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2022/05/im-on-wavelength-far-from-home.html

In another bad year, I had a good reading year, with a lot of great choices below.  Here are my Top Ten books, in a year where I passed by goal of 50 and hit 64.   Enjoy! RAZORBLADE TEARS  ...

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Happy Halloween, all. If you haven't picked a movie for tonight, you can find several I have worked on, on various platforms, for free. THE GIRL IN THE CRAWLSPACE (writer/director): https://tubi...

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This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. I was as surprised as anyone when my new film SCARECROW COUNTY hung on for four straight weeks in the Amazon Hot New Releases ...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2021/08/talking-in-our-bed-for-week.html

This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. My second film SCARECROW COUNTY hit DVD on Tuesday, and as I have always done when something I wrote or directed comes out, dr...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2021/07/blackbird-in-barn.html

 This post first appeared in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. Timehop showed me this image just the other day; that brief, shining moment when I had four movies I'd written in Family Vid...

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 Timehop and Facebook Memories are showing me production photos of both THE GIRL IN THE CRAWLSPACE and SCARECROW COUNTY, which I shot in the same week one year apart in 2018 and 2019 (which happ...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2021/03/somebody-holds-key.html

This blog post originally appeared, in a slightly different form, in my e-newsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP.   It was a year ago today that my debut feature THE GIRL IN THE CRAWLSPACE hit WalM...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2021/02/crossroads-seem-to-come-and-go.html

 Passed my goal of reading 50 books in 2020 and topped out at 66 in a strange year.  Here are my favorites, if you are looking for a new read. The Black Jersey  by Jorge Zepeda Patterson T...

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This post first appeared in my eNewsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. I hope my e-newsletter finds you all well.  It's been a long while, but that goes without saying.  I don't have anything to a...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2021/03/but-instead-it-just-kept-on-raining.html

This post first appeared in my eNewsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. It seems quaint now, but a week ago I was really debating about canceling the first weekend of shooting for my new movie HIS WI...

http://johnoakdalton.blogspot.com/2020/03/well-when-this-train-ends-ill-try-again.html

 This post first appeared in my secret eNewsletter I WAS BIGFOOT'S SHEMP. The last time I sent a newsletter was the morning my movie THE GIRL IN THE CRAWLSPACE streeted on DVD.  I genuinely ...

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