Saturday, September 26, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
keep your eyes peeled
I have been busy planning some cool things and you can expect new news coming in the next few days!
Monday, September 21, 2009
BE CAREFUL. I'M AN ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNY.
Scams I say...
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
some things I forgot about...
It's just about 9:00pm here in the City of Angels, which I am still waiting to see, and I am finally taking a break. I decided to browse though some of my recent photos and I realized that there are a ton of photos that I forgot to release from Locarno.
It's probably a good idea that I set up some kind of flikr account to begin posting these things or they're likely to become extinct in my mind's constant overflow of evolutionary ideas. The better, faster, stronger have a tendency to push out the old and it's always nice to step back and look at the big picture.
I would however, like to eventually have a website complete with video/photo section, but I know my web designer(hmm, LB) is swamped with work.
So, here are a few...each of which have a story.
Rainy Day in Locarno
Click it for larger version (makes for a good desktop wallpaper)
Neon Noir
My recent genre obsession.
The Entrance
A.K.A. The Doorway to Success
(sometimes referred to as the dojo...which I hate)
It's probably a good idea that I set up some kind of flikr account to begin posting these things or they're likely to become extinct in my mind's constant overflow of evolutionary ideas. The better, faster, stronger have a tendency to push out the old and it's always nice to step back and look at the big picture.
I would however, like to eventually have a website complete with video/photo section, but I know my web designer(hmm, LB) is swamped with work.
So, here are a few...each of which have a story.
Rainy Day in Locarno
Click it for larger version (makes for a good desktop wallpaper)
Neon Noir
My recent genre obsession.
The Entrance
A.K.A. The Doorway to Success
(sometimes referred to as the dojo...which I hate)
Monday, September 14, 2009
check it.
This is strangely tantalizing, the shot is really quiet beautiful.
Enjoy the ride...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQzQYFYfy8
Enjoy the ride...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQzQYFYfy8
Thursday, September 10, 2009
filligar
No Filligar isn't the name of that pet mouse you've always wanted, although that would be the perfect name. It is however a group of cool musicians I suggest ya'll to try your ears to. I've been hanging with these dudes for the past few days or so and had the opportunity to catch their show last night - Pretty good stuff.
If you like them, shoot them an e-mail, you might be surprised to find their willingness to respond to requests...maybe even play at your school.
Check 'em out - http://www.myspace.com/filligar
If you like them, shoot them an e-mail, you might be surprised to find their willingness to respond to requests...maybe even play at your school.
Check 'em out - http://www.myspace.com/filligar
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
what's the word?
The word is that this has been less of a daily tsp. and more of a monthly dosage. I'd like to say that I have been busy, but in reality I've just been writing, writing, writing.
So, from recent anonymous complaints, I'm going to do my best to keep this reeling with new and interesting things more often.
For example this... Pier Pictures
So, from recent anonymous complaints, I'm going to do my best to keep this reeling with new and interesting things more often.
For example this... Pier Pictures
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Los Angeles
Welcome back.
So I made it home, barely. But for the sake of it I am going to load some photos that you have had yet to see.
Let me know what you think.
So I made it home, barely. But for the sake of it I am going to load some photos that you have had yet to see.
Let me know what you think.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Day 5
Good morning,
It is the final day of my duration in Locarno. It has been a wonderfully eye opening experience that I know I will take with me into my future endeavors in filmmaking.
I still have not found that cable so I am sorry to say that I will not be posting any new photos. BUT, I do have interesting news.
So yesterday I was attending another section of Leopards of Tomorrow and I ran into Marc Webb, director of 500 Days of Summer. Although our conversation was brief, it was nice to finally talk to another American director and share the experience of having both our films attend such a renowned festival. Very few Americans are having films screened here, and based on the reception and feedback of our work, it seems to be a pretty amazing feat. Not to mention if you look through the festival's photo's, Peter and I are clearly the youngest filmmakers at the festival. Sweet.
Speak of the dude, Peter left this morning, and didn't even say goodbye! Probably because he knows this is not the end of the road by any means.
I have an interview today with an American magazine about our project. Not sure what to expect but I thought it would be interesting to explore regardless. Ill keep you updated.
Well that's it for now. I am currently on the bus on my way into the city. I want to thank all of you that have followed. Rest assure that this is not the last but the inception of experiences like this to come.
So I have a layover in NYC for 3 days before flying back to LA, not sure what ill do considering I have no where to stay.
Back on the grind tomorrow.
tsp.
It is the final day of my duration in Locarno. It has been a wonderfully eye opening experience that I know I will take with me into my future endeavors in filmmaking.
I still have not found that cable so I am sorry to say that I will not be posting any new photos. BUT, I do have interesting news.
So yesterday I was attending another section of Leopards of Tomorrow and I ran into Marc Webb, director of 500 Days of Summer. Although our conversation was brief, it was nice to finally talk to another American director and share the experience of having both our films attend such a renowned festival. Very few Americans are having films screened here, and based on the reception and feedback of our work, it seems to be a pretty amazing feat. Not to mention if you look through the festival's photo's, Peter and I are clearly the youngest filmmakers at the festival. Sweet.
Speak of the dude, Peter left this morning, and didn't even say goodbye! Probably because he knows this is not the end of the road by any means.
I have an interview today with an American magazine about our project. Not sure what to expect but I thought it would be interesting to explore regardless. Ill keep you updated.
Well that's it for now. I am currently on the bus on my way into the city. I want to thank all of you that have followed. Rest assure that this is not the last but the inception of experiences like this to come.
So I have a layover in NYC for 3 days before flying back to LA, not sure what ill do considering I have no where to stay.
Back on the grind tomorrow.
tsp.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Day 4
Hey there, so I haven't been able to find a cable quite yet so I'm attempting to make this work through my blackberry. If it doesn't work bare with me.
So our film screened for a second time yesterday but we missed it. The shuttles coming in and out of the city are tough to connect with considering everyone here speaks every language but English. Not a problem because we did catch the rest of the films and they were just as good as they had been the day before.
Here is a view of the mountains outside the theatre.
Rain!
So last night, here we are enjoying another night of food and wine out on the Piazza Grande. We're just getting ready to see Cassevetes' My Sister's Keeper in its European Premiere starring Cameron Diaz and that little girl from little miss sunshine when it starts to downpour. I don't mean just rain either. Chunks of hail begin falling from the sky. People were sprinting, throwing their in every direction chairs. Luckily, my Italian isn't too bad and I was able to reserve a table under a canopy about an hour earlier. We had just finished eating when this happened and then just sat and watched the chaos unfold.
So our film screened for a second time yesterday but we missed it. The shuttles coming in and out of the city are tough to connect with considering everyone here speaks every language but English. Not a problem because we did catch the rest of the films and they were just as good as they had been the day before.
Here is a view of the mountains outside the theatre.
Rain!
So last night, here we are enjoying another night of food and wine out on the Piazza Grande. We're just getting ready to see Cassevetes' My Sister's Keeper in its European Premiere starring Cameron Diaz and that little girl from little miss sunshine when it starts to downpour. I don't mean just rain either. Chunks of hail begin falling from the sky. People were sprinting, throwing their in every direction chairs. Luckily, my Italian isn't too bad and I was able to reserve a table under a canopy about an hour earlier. We had just finished eating when this happened and then just sat and watched the chaos unfold.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Day 3
Hello Hello.
Alright good stuff. Yesterday was filled with tons of action. I can only report one photo this morning because I can't seem to find a cable to hook up my camera to my computer. Josh left this morning at 5 am after heading off to bed at 4 taking the cable I had been using with him. I feel like I haven't slept in days.
Anyway, to start, the first screening of "mixtape" went very well. It was nice to see that our preparations paid off. It was in sync, the subtitles looked great and the digital projection on the big screen was absolutely incredible.
We then went for a nice relaxing sit on the grande piazza to watch a feature screening in which we ended up sitting there all night. Drinking, eating and watching films. It was a excellent time to just relax and enjoy the benefits that the film has so graciously brought us.
Here is a photo of us with some of the other competitors.
Well that's it for now. I am hoping to find a cable to get some of this other stuff up here. Keep checkin' back.
tsp.
Alright good stuff. Yesterday was filled with tons of action. I can only report one photo this morning because I can't seem to find a cable to hook up my camera to my computer. Josh left this morning at 5 am after heading off to bed at 4 taking the cable I had been using with him. I feel like I haven't slept in days.
Anyway, to start, the first screening of "mixtape" went very well. It was nice to see that our preparations paid off. It was in sync, the subtitles looked great and the digital projection on the big screen was absolutely incredible.
We then went for a nice relaxing sit on the grande piazza to watch a feature screening in which we ended up sitting there all night. Drinking, eating and watching films. It was a excellent time to just relax and enjoy the benefits that the film has so graciously brought us.
Here is a photo of us with some of the other competitors.
Well that's it for now. I am hoping to find a cable to get some of this other stuff up here. Keep checkin' back.
tsp.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Day 2
It's been a long two days...
I left Los Angeles at 7:50 am on Aug. 4th and traveled to Altanta then Milan to Locarno. Today is now the 6th which means I have lost about a day and a half, sleeping just about 4 hours because I was either writing or looking out the window. Not to mention when I arrived there was much to explore and I could not waste another second.
So here is the Main Venue. Last night, I was lucky enough to catch Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer here in its European premiere.
Today is a great day. Weather fine, great people, speaking of which I ran into my buddy Josh from Ithaca College. He was sitting by himself in the main venue writing in his notebook. He's been staying in northern Switzerland for the summer and decided he was going to try and catch some good flicks. I'll try and get some of the photos up that hes been taking while out here - great stuff.
Anyway so today is the official world premiere of MIXTAPE. We are the opening film in the competition this afternoon, which I am still not sure is a good or bad thing. But regardless, we've made it...we're here and its showing in front of about 1,000 people - really great stuff.
So before I head out for the day, I will leave you with a view from my room...enjoy and keep checking back.
tsp.
I left Los Angeles at 7:50 am on Aug. 4th and traveled to Altanta then Milan to Locarno. Today is now the 6th which means I have lost about a day and a half, sleeping just about 4 hours because I was either writing or looking out the window. Not to mention when I arrived there was much to explore and I could not waste another second.
So here is the Main Venue. Last night, I was lucky enough to catch Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer here in its European premiere.
Today is a great day. Weather fine, great people, speaking of which I ran into my buddy Josh from Ithaca College. He was sitting by himself in the main venue writing in his notebook. He's been staying in northern Switzerland for the summer and decided he was going to try and catch some good flicks. I'll try and get some of the photos up that hes been taking while out here - great stuff.
Anyway so today is the official world premiere of MIXTAPE. We are the opening film in the competition this afternoon, which I am still not sure is a good or bad thing. But regardless, we've made it...we're here and its showing in front of about 1,000 people - really great stuff.
So before I head out for the day, I will leave you with a view from my room...enjoy and keep checking back.
tsp.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Locarno International Film Festival
Mixtape is an official selection of Locarno International Film Festival. This is the only short from the U.S. participating in the festival's Leopards of Tomorrow competition - a category dedicated to young filmmakers who have yet to make their first feature film.
The film's world premiere is in Locarno, Switzerland on August 6th, 2009.
We'll be there so keep checking here for information, photos and the latest on our status.
Thanks and peace.
tsp.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
SANTA MAN
Alright, so get this...
Out of thousands of submissions, Pier Pictures has been selected as 1 out of 100 to continue into the next round. From this 100, 10 finalists will be selected to produce another film for a $30,000!
That's a 10% chance of winning.
Here's the deal:
We NEED your help...its the only way we can do it. You, the public, hold the potential for us to move forward. The film is pretty good so just check it out.
If you take the time to vote and don't enjoy it, tell me. I promise I will give you back the time you spent voting.
Why Not?
Many of you are saying to yourselves "Why? I don't have time!"
So I've constructed a list of some other things you could give up ONCE to give us a hand.
1) Deleting your mail
2) Stalking on Facebook
3) IMing your sister
4) Youtube
5) Painting in Paint
6) Stealing music off Limewire
7) Huloo
HOW TO VOTE!
STEP 1) Each viewer (“Reviewer”) must “join” the Doorpost Film Project website by creating a free account at...
http://www.thedoorpost.com/pierpictures/
...it takes about 1 min.
STEP 2) Each Reviewer is required to watch FIVE films in order to vote for SANTA MAN.
STEP 3) Each Reviewer will place a vote in seven (7) categories for each film, and will be required to write a unique comment for each film.
STEP 4) The Reviewer will be required to vote on all 5 films.
Once votes are cast, the Voting Queue will refresh with 5 different films for the Reviewer to continue if they wish.
PLEASE NOTE!!!: If the Reviewer does not complete the voting process on all of the 5 films in their queue, none of their votes for that block will be counted.
Out of thousands of submissions, Pier Pictures has been selected as 1 out of 100 to continue into the next round. From this 100, 10 finalists will be selected to produce another film for a $30,000!
That's a 10% chance of winning.
Here's the deal:
We NEED your help...its the only way we can do it. You, the public, hold the potential for us to move forward. The film is pretty good so just check it out.
If you take the time to vote and don't enjoy it, tell me. I promise I will give you back the time you spent voting.
Why Not?
Many of you are saying to yourselves "Why? I don't have time!"
So I've constructed a list of some other things you could give up ONCE to give us a hand.
1) Deleting your mail
2) Stalking on Facebook
3) IMing your sister
4) Youtube
5) Painting in Paint
6) Stealing music off Limewire
7) Huloo
HOW TO VOTE!
STEP 1) Each viewer (“Reviewer”) must “join” the Doorpost Film Project website by creating a free account at...
http://www.thedoorpost.com/pierpictures/
...it takes about 1 min.
STEP 2) Each Reviewer is required to watch FIVE films in order to vote for SANTA MAN.
STEP 3) Each Reviewer will place a vote in seven (7) categories for each film, and will be required to write a unique comment for each film.
STEP 4) The Reviewer will be required to vote on all 5 films.
Once votes are cast, the Voting Queue will refresh with 5 different films for the Reviewer to continue if they wish.
PLEASE NOTE!!!: If the Reviewer does not complete the voting process on all of the 5 films in their queue, none of their votes for that block will be counted.
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