A-ha Moment #1

Last night, I found myself wallowing in a flurry of...well, worry. I was thinking, "What if the people are sooo over mumblecore and these DIY filmmakers by the time my movie hits the festival circuit?" Then I realized: If you're worried about that, then you've already forgotten why you want to make this movie in the first place.

And then I realized something else. From a more careerist angle, once this movie is done, I will have had a script produced. Something that my 20 year old self woul've loved to hear. Until I thought about that last night, I never looked at it that way.

I Make Short Shorts

I've decided to make a short film to get acquinted with the process of narrative filmmaking. I have an idea of where I want to set it, shoot it, and how long it's going to be. I still have to figure out what I want to write, however. Hopefully I'll be shooting it within the next six weeks.

Right now, I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to read another book, or try to figure out what I want the movie to be about, and/or write it.

Important Recent Videos

For the last couple of months, I've been vlogging while I've been waiting to figure out what my new blog is going to be about. Here are some videos I want you to look at.

This is the video resume I posted to see if anyone would hire me as a PA. I haven't had any offers yet, but I'm still accepting them. At some point, I'll start making cold calls and sending out resumes.

In this video I define my plan for the next movie I plan on making--the method I plan on using and anything else I have in mind so far. My plans for my next movie are subject to change at any time.

Here I reflect on the last year of my life, and where I plan to go in the future. It's not as good as I thought it would be, but I wanted it done in time for my birthday tomorrow.

Good To Be Back...again.

Around the end of April, I began to get the feeling that I wasn't going to be in my current situation for too much longer. I had just taken a trip back to my alma mater, and I began to feel a certain freedom I haven't felt in a long time. I felt that soon I'd be moving into a new phase in my life.

This blog will be devoted to that transition and some of the current projects I'm working on. The title of this blog is the tenative title of my next movie, but currently the movie idea is just a hub to house the stuff I'm talking about.

A new movie.. I don't know when I'll be shooting this or where I'll be shooting this, but I do know that this time, I want to make a narrative film. To know what kind of movie I want to make this time around, check out the "Similar Movies, Similar Directors" section of my blogroll.

My new Job. I've decided to start hunting for work as a PA (Production Assistant). Being a production assistant is in and of itself shitty work, but the job is a good opportunity to see what goes on when "big" movies are made.

Gadgets I want, and own. Lately, I've become a real sucker for film-related gadgets, and have even gone through the process of acquiring a few things on eBay. I would like to acquire more in the near future. On this blog, I plan on posting pictures of things I want to acquire and things I have acquired.

My book. I know what kind of book I want to write, but to say too much about it right now might spoil it.

Previously, I have used blogs as a means to document the process I am going through in hopes that I can publish a book that I hope would inspire others. It was a dream I had ever since I read Robert Rodriguez's Rebel Without A Crew at the end of ninth grade. But now, I'm kind of beyond that. Right now I am just happy to write stuff down.