As if I hadn’t loaded my plate down with enough already, I’m currently editing a short film that my good friend, NYC alum Mike Koehler, co-directed this past April. Entitled “The Sheol Express,” it’s a hyper-stylized look at one man’s journey into the unknown aboard a fantastical railway car. Think Agatha Christie’s “The Orient Express” meets Hayao Miyazai’s “Spirited Away.” Mike and his co-director, Ryan Patch, along with their dedicated crew, did a bang-up job of bringing this world to life.

Shot on the new RED camera, “Sheol” looks fantastic. I’m currently in the deep dark pit of logging all of the footage (there are 267 individual clips that need to be labeled and categorized), wishing I had an assistant editor I could saddle the task with, but soon enough I’ll get to the actual business of editing, which is the fun stuff.

And how am I fitting this in? Well, in the mornings I’m working on my screenplay (I need to give this project an operating name), and in the evenings I’m working on “Sheol.” I also try to play videogames from time to time (nothing beats a good zombie vs. human match in Left 4 Dead). And spend time with my family. They like that.

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