This weekend was a total wash. I did obsoletely nothing. It was kind of refreshing. All I did catch up on sleep, hang out with the wife and squeezed in some editing on The Keith script. On Friday, I came up with an idea for a new story. It’s about a top secret government organization that hunts down monsters. I didn’t get very far with it. All I manged to do was stare at the blinking cursor. So I went back to the Keith script. Now that I have a bit more free time I want to get the Keith script solidified by the end of the month. I would like to get the movie cased and so I can start filming in the fall. By this time I should all my equipment gathered up. I’m in the process of buying Scott Greenberg’s track dolly as well as an extra mic and a jib arm from Kevin Sloan. I’m hoping to have a second camera by then as well. I really want to start shooting with 2 cameras. I think this will make for better takes, better consistency and less time to shoot. If not I’m going to see if I can borrow Sloan’s camera.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Again, it has been a while since my last post. To much shit has been going on. With the Crosshairs screening over and my project at work coming to a close things are beginning to calm down. You may have noticed that the Crosshairs trailer has been yanked. Well that is kind of a long story and I’m not going to get into it. But for the most part, it’s really fucking stupid. The premiere went well but there was a lot of technical issues with the movie. I ran out of time and didn’t get a chance to screen it before hand to catch them. Despite the film still being very rough everyone had a good time. That’s what counts in my book. Matthew knows how to put on a good show. When I finally have a movie premiere I want that man running it.
Matthew has pulled me off Cup of Joe so I can complete the Crosshairs edit. A very wise thing to do. When you spread yourself thing everything begins to suffer. So I will be hitting the editing hard over the next few months. When I’m done the edit should be very rock solid.
I decided to enroll myself in a 2 day course at SAC to become a certified Production Assistant. Two days $60 bucks not bad for getting a cert. Plus my name will be registered Texas Production Directory. So maybe I can get some real paying gigs even if it is as a lowly PA. Some real training couldn’t hurt. Like how not to make an ass out of yourself on set. A skill everyone needs.