Phantasm: A trick of the mind
Scene: a setting in a story

As a child, when I daydreamed of what I wanted to do in the future, I daydreamed of making movies. I did not want to be the actress or the director, I did not want to be a producer... I wanted to be the camera operator. I wanted to show others the world as I saw it, through my eyes.

My other dream? To create the intricate miniature scenes and special effects that brought the world of the film to life. To build miniature cities and castles and entire worlds that would bring other worlds to the movie viewer.

With heroes such as Ray Harryhausen and George Lucas, I daydreamed of making movies that would bring other worlds to life.

This website is my effort to finally realize that dream, perhaps on a smaller scale than I had once daydreamed of, but it is my hope to prove that smaller does not necessarily mean that it is not high quality.

After all, one of the reasons George Lucas is one of my heroes is the humble beginnings of Star Wars and Lucas's ability to pull everything together to create the movie.

If, like me, you have dreams of creating movies, then I welcome you to browse through my collected articles on no-budget to mega-budget movie making. From simple Podcasters to Hollywood blockbusters, I'll be gathering a little of everything for everyone and letting you, dear reader, sort out what works for your videography and movie making dreams.

Note: If you and your film group make any clips using information from Phantascene, and upload them to YouTube, let me know where and I will repost the videos to the appropriate article here with credit.