Chaointe at Indieclub

Eric has set up a screening of Chaointe thru indieclub for tonight here in Seattle. I will not be in attendance as I'm still under the weather. If you are interested in attending I will update this blogthroughout the day with times and locations.

Beers and Steering

So Grandpa had a couple of sandwiches in a can hooked up his oxygen tank and drove up some winding roads. Cliffs on the Right and left. Tropical Rain and muddy roads. I love the guy every bush rock bird and vendor has a story and he tells them so well. We went to the northern tip today and were soaked . I did some swimming, reading and visited two caves. Tomorrow we head to the south end of the beach. If anyone ever makes it out here there are a lot of chickens trees and half naked women everywhere. Wierdly enough for as straight as I am I really notice how many chickens there are rather then the non existant bikinies everywhere. We did check out a guava farm and had drinks. I took some wonderful shots that maybe useable for Sans Vie. Tomorrow I think I will buy a place out here to live. Its very different in priorities and pace.

Gonzo's Paradise

I'm writing from the island of Kauai. We were greated by my grandparents in traditional Hawaiian style and the went to see some of the sites. Last night we had some chinese food shared magic tricks and finally I went upstairs to the condo. After setteling in I walked down the beach. I dont know if I would ever get tired of listening to the waves hear and smelling the flowers in the air. When I arrived back at the condo I fell asleep listening to fade into you. That is a good song. Oh gonzo's paradise there are chickens and roosters everywhere. Apparently a hurrican blew in one year and all of the chickens and roosters that were on farms were scattered all over the island and now they just roam around. These are not washington Blah chickens these are really colorful ones. This morning I went for a run down the beach and even though I like working out I only went about a mile because I had to stop and watch the surf for a bit.

yearning, churning and burning

Several copies of Merlot and Chaointe have been burned. I went down to get a copy of my CD mixed and it was not finished so the engineer is going to do a lot of mixing for free. I met with the enchanting and talented Jinny. Her personality and art are a rare treat. She has some of her art on her myspace profile check it out. I may be in Seattle this Friday distributing some Chaointe DVD’s before I head out to Kauai. In other news I found out Richard Temple is actually the same Richard Temple that was the score coordinator for the Exorcism of Emily Rose. I’m very thankful for the level of friends and contacts I have made. Last night while listening to Chaointe’s music again I was just blown away. Blown Away! The music is beautiful. I was planning this investor party for February. I think that instead I need to focus more on my location and props. I will just find the money. The party is a good idea but I can fund the project and I don’t want to exhaust myself early in the game with an experimentation that may reap no benefits other then experience. So next step purchase everything starting with my location. It’s a good Idea to pay for things way ahead of time. Dez and I will head down to the OK Hotel check it out and I will pay for the month of rent. Then the countdown is set.

From the present looking to the past and onward to the future.

In 2005 I set out to complete the writing of my feature script Man of Wonder and write direct and produce 3 shorts. My blog here and on the other site are filled to the rafters with details on how all of it went down. To sum up everything was accomplished but the last short. I'm working on that short right now.

In 2006 I plan to complete my 3rd and final short and rock the film festival circuit. Complete my Psychological Drama, Eloise and produce a one act play. Towards the end of the year I may go down to sleep country USA and start looking for a bed that I can jump into with a literary agent.

There were many personal and professional strides made in 2005. Im already seeing the fruit of my labor and Im excited the 5 year plan is looking like a 3 year one now. Some of you have asked and yes I know about 90f the people in my network and no Dane Cook is not one of them, he is just a silly bitch and I'm a devoted fanboy. Everyone else knows everyone I know is Damn cool. Especially you.

Another lesson learned

I learn something new on every shoot. On this one I learned that I need to definitely go with the safe planned shot. After that I have to take the camera and just experiment. I always get a bit tense and want to keep things moving. In my mind I don’t want to give the impression that I don’t have control of the shoot or that I don’t have everything planned out. Taking the camera and experimenting to me is a loss of control but its where I find shots that I would never dream of. We were able to get amazing shots, later that night though I was playing with objects and lighting and realized I need to do the same thing on a shoot. Just say screw the schedule and the storyboards. I mean get the storyboard shot but then say OK we played safe now its time to find something outside of what I was thinking when I originally envisioned it. Explore the scene. I’m excited that I’m getting to a point where I feel comfortable doing this. I wont talk anymore about the shots we got because you just have to see them. They are great!!! One shot of Seattle I know could sell as a print. Its great.

Sans Vie more

After shooting the beach we went down to Desiree's house. She has this spot on commencement bay that is suppose to take your breath away. They have an inhaler stand their for people passing out. At any rate the tide was high and we couldn’t get to the spot. we still were able to get some wonderful shots of Paige(Sahra Maya) at the beach contemplating life. Back at Desiree's house we started staging a shot for the DVD art. Sahra was going to do some painting and I wanted to get a couple of stills. I was able to give some direction on what the character was thinking but Desiree really came in to give some great direction and coaching on how she paints. Sahra picked up on it quick and we were able to get some wonderful shots.After the shoot we had lasagna and wine with Mark. Mark is a great guy. He was telling me some great stories. I don tknow if you can tell by my writing but I'm beat once again. Anyway, later on I interviewed Desiree about her artwork. I am a sucker for good art. If you get a chance to check out Desiree or Jinny's art they are both extremely talented. The day ended with a drive home and me planning my next move.

Sans Vie Day 1 Freeway and Beach

I was up until 2:30 talking to Jinny then 3am talking to Sadie. Finally I went to sleep and was greeted at 6am by my bastard friend the alarm clock. I grabbed my shot list and ran out the door. Mark and I met at Safeco field. I did spend about 10 minutes waiting for a ghost train. It was weird the bells were ringing the lights were flashing but no train. When I got there I knew the shot I wanted and Mark scouted out another shot that was very nice. I will end up using both for sure. The one of the building we got!!!! The one I have wanted if you are new to reading this blog lets just say I obsess just a tiny bit and this building has been freaking me out but we got it. I through in one guy walking down the side of the building(me) this looks freaking awesome save one minor detail. Because I was walking and not watching I didn’t notice my shirt was untucked so it was unusable there are some cools ones where I’m running back though. None of the shots can you tell its me I’m not into the whole cameo thing. After we shot the building we went up to the Amazon building on Beacon hill. We took shots of the freeway from 4 different spots and angles. This was better then I could have hoped. It was perfect!!!!! I’m more then super jazzed. There are freeway ramps everywhere and we got the lone car on a just empty interstate its nice. Its 11 now and my grammar and story telling sucks so I will tell more tomorrow and possibly post a picture.