MSU's Site

Hey, apparently Frank and I made an article on the MSU website. Check it out:

http://tism.msu.edu/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=894

Postponement

Sorry for the delay, but due to certain unforeseen problems, the short film I promised a little while ago will have to be postponed until next week. Stay tuned.

A Dilly Dally Dillema: Here or the Valley?

It appears that every time I feel that I've sided with a particular decision, some new variable pops up and makes my choice a little more complicated. I received a call back from Forest Post this early afternoon and they are interested in meeting with me and possibly discussing career opportunities. Truth be told, they were the most promising looking company that I had initially contacted in Michigan and I was pretty eager to hear back from them.

Now this is all well and good, but I've just contacted Craig Murray Productions out in Los Angeles (Burbank, actually), which is my other top option company. Here are a list of pros and cons for what can go down:

Forest Post
Pros:
-I stay in Michigan with my family and a number of friends
-Cost of living is a lot less
-I maintain access to use of the Michigan Film Incentive

Cons:
-Not as much chance to meet big names and get into feature length production
-Probably not as high pay
-Not as big name a company

Craig Murray Productions
Pros:
-Big name company
-I get to work with movie trailers
-I'll be around a lot of big time producers

Cons:
-High cost of living
-Unsure of living situation
-Will not live anywhere close to family/friends

Those aren't all the factors, but they are some that weigh heavily as far as my decision making is concerned.

In other news, the production completion date for "Nekkid" has been postponed by a week. I'm none to pleased with it, but what can you do.

Also, Fogo is looking for work near Burbank and Marina Del Rey.

Success Outside State

Well Slam O'Clock has finally received some good news outside of Michigan State University. Our film, "Goth-Am City," was accepted in the Mitten Movie Project. It will be shown on June 3rd. It's taking place in Royal Oak, so if you're bored and around, feel free to come. Unfortunately, "El Seedo Darko" and "Brief" didn't make the cut, but I'll take one out of three.

Unless something pretty drastic happens, it look I'll be moving to Los Angeles within the next couple weeks. I have to finish filming "Nekkid" and I have to attend the film festival noted above, but other than that, I need to start working. Still trying to find someone to live with, although Fogo has made himself available. We'll see how everything plays out.

I promise, sometime this week, I'll have another short produced for your viewing pleasure.

Lying Naked on the Floor

The other day was my first filming experience being naked and having physical contact with people. I had to spoon with my female co-star while nude and do several takes of slightly longer shots. The director, Frank, told me I did a relatively good job of keeping my garbage from being on camera. The projected end date for filming is May 31st; I don't know when the projected date for post production completion is.

I'm trying to find someone to move out to LA with me, but I'm meeting with a lot of difficulty. No one appears to want to move there this year, or at least until August. Vanessa kind of backed out because she's filming another movie that's taking an awful long time to complete. Does anybody want to risk the trip with me?

Day 2

Today was day 2 of my shooting for "Nekkid." I actually only shot one scene, though. The shoot for tomorrow got canceled. This was my first scene being shot in the nude with other people in the shot. It came out pretty well, no cop scares this time.

This is just a pretty cool picture, so I decided to put it up.

Shouldn't've Left You

We had our first day of filming for "Nekkid" yesterday. Although I developed a cold halfway through the day, which I'm dealing with at the moment, it went pretty decently. A lot of my garbage was shown and I received my fair share of rug burns from crashing onto the carpet. We had planned on shooting one of the outside scenes, but by the time we were ready to do so, it was 5:00pm and we were next to the police station and a fairly busy street. We opted to save that filming for early in the morning on Saturday so as I wouldn't be getting arrested. I have to say, the script is alright and all, but it became increasingly clear, while shooting, that most of the dialogue (monologue for me, actually) should really be unspoken. However, our executive producer, who is also the writer, wishes not to budge from the script at all so I follow his commands.