I needed a whiteboard upon which to scrawl my brilliant ideas. But, before purchasing a new one, I trawled the local thrift stores and Behold! $1.98 at the Quality Thrift Store. Before it became the pristine blank canvas you see in the picture (also: my adorable daughter, desperately reaching for the markers), it was covered [...]
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Project Echo
That’s what I’ve decided to use as an operating title for my film. Now, I can refer to it as “Project Echo” instead of the more generic and abstract “My Screenplay” or “My Film” or “My Movie Thing I’m Making.” And, as with many ideas, the inspiration came from somebody else.
One of the friends I [...]
In my spare time…
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” [...]
Schedule, Schedule, Schedule
In order to stay on schedule and have a film in production by the time I’m 30 (April 15th, 2010), I’ll need to begin pre-production about 4 months out. In order to begin pre-production, I’ll need a finished script. And in order to have a finished script, I’ll need a first draft (that college degree [...]
“The Box”
Claiming I’ll have a feature film in production in a year’s time is audacious. I realize that. But goals and tight deadlines are important for me (it’s the only way this will ever happen). And I’d like to think I have the necessary skills/talents to actually pull it off. That assumption is also audacious, but [...]
At the brink of 30
Today is my birthday. I’m 29. And I feel old.
Objectively speaking, 29 is not very old. I know that. But I’m a year away from 30, and that fact brings with it some sobering thoughts: what have I done with my life? What have I accomplished? What happened to all the big dreams I had [...]
