preproduction: week 5 casting
the producer set up the auditions for 6/10 sunday 9am to 5pm. we rented a space at studio-stage in hollywood. i was lucky enough to have 5 people help me:…
preproduction: week 4 review
this was a busy week! – i had a casting notice on nowcasting, and the producer also put up notices on breakdown express and LA casting. there were thousands of…
watch MARTIAL ARTSY on atomfilms
martial artsy is online! it’s the short film that i spend last summer working on. check it out. http://www.atomfilms.com/film/martial_artsy.jsp
preproduction: week 3 review
– the rep at SAG called me back about the internet agreement. he said i basically just need to get the actors to sign it and that’s it. SAG just…
preproduction: week 2 review
– my office said i can shoot my film there over the weekend. i’m very excited because that was one of my biggest concerns for this film. they haven’t signed…
preproduction: week 1 review
i’m starting my next movie! i’m feeling a mixture the panic and doubt (why am i going to put myself through this again), and also excitement (yay i get to…
idea set, preproduction begins
this weekend, my goal was to choose one of two ideas i had for my next short. after thinking about it some more and and reviewing the feedback i got…
my day at the newport beach fest
so i went down to the newport beach film festival on 4/21. i got there at 10am to see a panel of screenwriting. there were 5 writers there, including Steve…
outputting final cut to digibeta
i needed to get my film on digibeta for the exhibition copy of the newport beach film festival. i called one place and it would have cost about $200 –…
notes from lecture on writing and directing
i went to an excellent lecture last night. the film independent’s director series – From Script to Screen: On Writing and Directing. the panel consisted of: John August (writer of…