Hello from the MovieStuff crew in sunny Utopia, Texas!

Well, we did it! We finally surpassed the 3000 unit sales mark in early 2009!
( Click HERE to see if there's a MovieStuff unit near you! )

Let's meet the gang!


-Sugar-
(yes, that's her real name)

This is most likely the voice you'll hear when you call. Sugar greets new customers, keeps track of records
(something I am horrible at) and does our bookkeeping and office management.Sugar makes sure that orders
stay on schedule and that I return your phone calls in a timely manner. But most importanly, I get to call
another woman "sugar" without my wife getting mad at me.


-Tabby-

Tabby is the home-movie queen. She assists my wife, Annette, with all the transfers
of your 8mm and 16mm film. Tabby is responsible for organizing, cleaning and color correction of
all incoming film transfer orders, as well as duplication and editing. Her background in photography
serves her well in this very important function. The number of times she has been to DisneyLand
vicariously via other people's 8mm home movies probably qualifies her as a Disney tour guide.
We'll get her a pair of mouse ears for Christmas.


-Annette-

Not only is Annette, hands down, the best wife any man could ever hope for, she's also a damned
fine photographer to boot. (Her commercial work can be seen here.) As such, Annette brings a
professional eye for color and an artist's attention for detail to every foot of film she transfers.
Whether you are a contemporary independent film maker trying to create that magnus opus, or just
wanting to get those old home movies archived before the emulsion falls off, Annette will be there to
see that your footage is handled with care.


-Josh-

Josh is our head tool-pusher (isn't that a macho-sounding title?). Anyway, Josh has been
personally trained by me and now handles 90% of the mechanicals on every unit we ship out.
He has a sharp eye and is one of the few remaining people in this rather arcane business
that seems to understand how film projectors actually work. He also knows the importance of
precision and patience when creating a device that is destined to handle thousands of feet of
irreplacable home movies. To date, I haven't had to beat him yet so I guess he's doing a fine job.


-Jennifer-

Jennifer receives incoming raw chassis, parts and equipment, as well as incoming repairs.
She breaks down the raw chassis into components for use in the construction process and
handles all shipping and receiving. In many ways, Jennifer is like a pair of bookends,
handling all incoming and outgoing equipment. She is the first person to handle the raw
materials that make up your unit and the last person to handle that unit before it goes out
the door. So if anything gets lost or doesn't arrive like it's supposed to, don't ask me.
It's Jennifer's fault.

-Daniel-

No, he doesn't talk with a German accent and his name isn't "Ludwick", though he is our
resident mad scientist and all around Jack-of-all-Trades. Dan is the man that takes my ideas
(and quite a few of his own) and manifests them into something tangible and (hopefully) useful.
Every Sniper unit passes through his hands on its way to me for final QC and testing. His knowledge of
micro-electronics and digital design dwarfs anything I have ever assimilated (I'm an analog guy, myself).
I know that I can hand off a project to Daniel and it will get done on time and with the
same degree of precision that I would expect from myself. Having known Daniel for over 20+ years,
we're like an old married couple and argue endlessly about the virtues of transistors versus relays,
stepping motors versus gearmotors, and why he's totally convinced that the Linux OS will one
day establish a New World Order. I think he's wrong. I'm also fairly sure he'll never read this.


-Leslie-

Leslie started with us part time about 3 years ago and never left. She originally was doing Jennifer's job
but, after everything moved to Utopia, Leslie made a career change and is now the number-one soldering
queen in the gulf coast area, assisting Daniel with getting out the endless volume of circuit boards as well
as making sure that shipments from our now tiny Houston office stay on schedule. I tried my best to get
Leslie and Daniel to move out here but, apparently, they're city kids and there's too much fresh
air and not enough noise in Utopia to suit them.

A word from Roger and Annette

(photo by Remi Evans, age 8)

When you order something from MovieStuff, you should know that there is no back stock. Each unit
is produced on demand and it will be hand crafted and not stamped out in a factory by an uncaring
worker that doesn't know your name. Likewise, your film transfers are handled with the same care and
attention to detail. As such, we take great pride in putting quality over speed, which means that the
time estimates we give for delivery are only that: estimates. We try to be as accurate as we
can and will always deliver a quality product but sometimes there are unexpected problems with suppliers or
outsourced materials that we have no control over. We could counter these issues by simply raising my
prices to cover the additional overhead of back stock or even more employees but that would negate the
whole purpose of what we are trying to offer. I am an independent producer, much like you, working on
a budget to create a tool for others that also work on a budget. In the end, know that we are like you;
independent producers that know what an independent producer and business person is looking for.
We will try not to disappoint you.

Our best,
Roger and Annette Evans
 

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