here are a few headshots of some of the actresses that came in to audition for jen. i was looking for a girl next door sort of look, but beyond that, i didn’t really have any preconceived notions as far as appearance goes.
i’m in the thick of pre-production on my short film, you will meet a sexy stranger.
this isn’t quite a movie poster, but it’s the cover photo for my movie’s facebook page.
CO-PRODUCER
i found a great co-producer to help me make my movie, leila ciszewski. she has experience as a producer, director, AD, and is also a photographer. www.leilacphotography.com
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
after looking through over a hundred reels, i found my DP! matt valentine worked as DP and camera operator on parks and rec, the office, dollhouse, and entourage, along with a bunch of other work including shorts, features, docs, and unscripted tv shows. he’s very experienced and very talented, and i’m thrilled to be working with him! here are some screenshots you might recognize:
i’m really excited to have started preproduction on my 6th short film! i was too busy last year because of the workload from the nick fellowship, but now i’m not working and so i wanted to make good use of this time.
title:
you will meet a sexy stranger
logline:
a comedy about a guy, a girl, and a psychic.
here are the nuts and bolts:
CAST
i want to work with SAG actors, so i have to become a SAG signatory. there’s a lot of paperwork involved, but working with SAG gives me a much bigger pool of talent to draw from.
luckily, i already have an actor for my movie, tw leshner. he’s been in a bunch of commercials, including this one for tmobile (i will keep him right side up in my movie.)
2011 was an interesting year. i finished up the nick fellowship, which was an amazing experience. i learned a lot, met great people, and wrote a bunch of solid scripts. as great as the experience was, it didn’t lead to a job, so the end of the year after the fellowship was rather depressing. i’m hoping 2012 leads to some sort of breakthrough.
here were my top 3 goals for 2011:
so out of my 3 goals, i accomplished 1.5. not so great.
i like to make lists and track my progress with things. here’s what i’ve done in the first 6 months of the year. i’m only counting things that i finished, because starting something and not finishing it isn’t an accomplishment.
if i wasn’t in the nick fellowship, i probably would have written 1 spec in the same amount of time.
here were my top 3 goals for 2011:
i like to make lists and i always have goals. i write them down and track my progress regularly. here were my top 3 goals for 2010:
the people at the duke city shootout posted all of the films on their site. http://www.dukecityshootout.org/ it's a little dark so turn up the brightness. i should be getting the…
i returned from the duke city shootout. i'm completely exhausted, but it was an amazing experience. i met so many great people and learned a lot. i'll try to recount…
i attended the mandatory orientation for all of the crew in the duke city shootout. they went over the history of the shootout, set etiquette, and safety. this is the…
i flew into albuquerque, new mexico, and was kindly picked up by my 2nd 2nd AD. we went straight to marcia, my producer’s, house. i met her and my 1st AD, then walked down the street to the location where we’re going to shoot the first night. there i met my DP, and the production designer and his crew as they were dressing the set. i had seen photos and videos of the location but it was nice to finally step foot inside and walk around the space. the DP and i figured out how to do the blocking upstairs, and discussed with the production designer how to make some changes to make the blocking work better.
