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Bad Sound

I just sent out a link to everyone for one of my how-to videos on filmmaking. This one highlights the importance of good sound.

Dana

Come January I'm going to send out an inquiry to this actress to see if she'd like to return for a film. As with the rest of the world, Covid worries are up in Chicago. I had the one actress this m...

Holiday

If it's your holiday, have a good Christmas. If not, enjoy the day nonetheless.

Year End

I spent the morning shooting some more "How to" filmmaking videos. These are short ones that focus on: costuming, set dec, lighting, casting. I'll air at least one more before years end.

I'll...

Nightmares

A missing file is when Final Cut simply loses the image integrity and you no longer can see the image. You an relink it if you have the original footage. Every filmmaker's nightmare. Well, this jus...

Fandom

Looking ahead I'm thinking of casting this actress in another of my shorts. Amongst my supporters I have a couple of people who are huge fans of hers. Can't say I blame them.

By the way, this...

New Light

A late night Amazon delivery gave me a new LED bi-color light I ordered! You'll see it in use in my upcoming projects.

Happy Thanksgiving!

If it's your holiday, please enjoy the day. If not, enjoy it anyway.

Movie-of-the-Month!

The movie of the month for December will be "Self Tape". I'll take a pause for January, and resume movies of the month in February.

"Self Tape" tells the story of an actress who, after record...

Problem Solved!

And just like that, my Vimeo problem is solved. Videos are being posted again!

Postings

I'm having a little vimeo problems, which is preventing me for the time being from posting new videos. They are looking into it.

More Props

I've got even more boxes of props, including this fish-mash which includes props from "Next Time You'll Know Me", "The Breach" and "The Other Side Of The Window" to name a few.

Memories

Anyone remember what film this was from?

I was cleaning up some props, and apparently I never throw anything away.

Reviews

The actors have been shown "Self Tape" and so far they all seem to love it.

So now I'm organizing in preparation to move on to another film. More on this later (a fancy way of saying I'm stru...

Final Edit

Just did the final edit on "Self Tape" and I'm sending it off for the actors to view.

Screener

Normally I let the actors see the completed film before anyone else. However this time around I was racing to upload the film for November 1st and didn't put a screener up for the actors! So they f...

Happy Halloween - And This is Your Last Day...

This is your last day to make changes to your level of support. I don't have movies-of-the-month every month (seems like I do) but there will be one for November, "American Martyr". The film comes ...

Self Tape

"Self Tape" is chugging along across my editing screen. I sent out the teaser for the actor's approval yesterday and they all seem to love it (though I misspelled an actor's name). You should see t...

November Movie of the Month!

Well, I've finally decided on a film for November. And it will be my latest film, "American Martyr".  Why I picked it has more to do with the fact that I tend to fall in love most with whateve...

Clarity

I should have some idea on what film will be the new movie of the week either tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. Ironically I'm working on so many films at the moment I don't have time to really g...

(Working Title)

On Sunday I shot with this Korean-born actress for the first time - and she was terrific. The film still doesn't have a title, or more accurately has about 3 titles which I need to choose between. ...

Yesterday

This happened yesterday. The shoot for "Self Tape" concluded, and Greta, the new actress, was terrific.

You'll see it somewhere down the line...

NEXT MONTH

You might have noticed I haven't definitively stated what film will be next month's movie of the month. There WILL be a movie of the month, I just haven't decided which one it will be. As you can s...

What Is This?

In addition to my films and some occasional theatre work, I do audio description for the visually impaired. Audio description is exactly as it sounds - I'm hired to go to events, and just like a si...

Correspondence

I'm working on a new script which, like "The Darkest Part of the City" has as its primary focus, a viaduct. Chicago is rife with them, a holdover from when we were "hog butcher to the world". This ...

Self Tape

Roberto will be returning (making this his third film with me) for the upcoming "Self Tape" film. He's a fun guy, really nice and easy going. One of my favorite new actors to work with. So "Self Ta...

Autumn

A little early morning shooting today with Autumn, possibly one of the loveliest women I've ever worked with. She's in a supporting role on "Self Tape" which is still under construction.

Shooting

A good early morning shoot. I'll see if I can post a photo later.

Greta

So this young lady, Greta, has accepted the lead as Juliette in my upcoming film "Self Tape". She'll be costarring with an alum of my films, Roberto Francesco.

Interesting little film. As sho...

More to think about

And another consideration...this actress is auditioning for a supporting role in this film I've been casting for, "Self Tape". I'm pretty sure I'll offer it to her.

I've made an offer to one ...