Short film and Promising leads

I haven't had a whole lot to do lately, as there hasn't been any work in a while, so I was surfing the web again and came across another one of the projects I worked on. It is a short film called "John the Angry Mover". I was a Production Assistant for one of the days when they went back and shot some pick up shots. I am supposed to get an IMDb credit for doing it, so we will see if that happens. You can see a preview of the film here: http://www.myspace.com/johntheangrymover. It's pretty funny.

Even though the work isn't really coming fast right now, I am working hard at trying to find some gigs. I probably called 20 production companies today. Most of them told me to call back later as they were not getting the crews together yet. Some of them had already started filming and others just didn't answer. But there was one who did answer and who was getting the crews together. And that's all I needed, just one. The movie is called "Flying Lessons".

But there was one problem. When I talked to the guy, he said they were filming in Santa Barbara, CA. This is kind of a problem, because if I moved to California I would be staying with my step-family in Los Angeles (West Hollywood to be exact) and those two cities are a little ways away. I am pretty determined to get some work, so I told the guy if I found a place to stay out there, I would give him a call back. But Santa Barbara? How am I going to find anywhere to stay out there?

Eventually I told my Step-dad, Skip, the story. He got kinda excited and proceeded to inform me that I have a great uncle who lives out there. He said that Uncle George would probably be really happy to have me stay with him. I got back on the phone and tried to call the Flying Lessons guy again, but he didn't answer. I left him a voice mail and I'm gonna try him again tomorrow. This could end up being the beginning of something great...

Skip also told me he had been talking to Susan (our producer friend) about me, and that she is going to try and get me some work too. It would be really awesome if she did.

I just wish there was more that I could do to get things going. I guess you just have to be Persistent and Patient and Proactive. Follow your Promising leads. And if that doesn't work, Plead to God. And mind your Ps and Qs. And take care of any other "P" words that might be out there too.*





*Sorry, that was kinda dumb...

Paul Wall Video

I had a random idea to look if the any of the projects I help work on had made it on the internet and I stumbled across this one. This is the Paul Wall music video that I spent an afternoon helping on.

My contribution was on the shots where he is on the streets of Houston rapping into the camera. I was holding a reflecting white board that was bouncing a fill light onto Paul's face. I am squatting just to the left of Paul, just off screen. This is also the gig where I sat for about an hour watching a steady cam sit in a box on the streets of Houston. I was super excited to see it in action and was pretty let down that we didn't use it. But no, I will not hold a grudge...

I think it turned out pretty good as I'm pretty sure it was low budget. They couldn't even pay me, so it had to be low budget, right?

Check it: