The gang is back for the second episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Listen in as they return from the cliff hanger from the first episode.
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Jonathan talks about the haters while Ashley talks about being drugged.
Sometimes you just have to wonder what drives you. What makes you strive for the things you want and what prevents you from going after them? Why is it that sometimes you work so hard that you push everything to the side to make you goals and then other times you push your goals to the side to do something as basic as watching tv? My willpower seems to shift on a dime and I need to find a way to control it, not be a slave to its whim.
I know for well that the hottest fires burn out just as fast as they start, every relationship I've had thus far has burned hot and fast. How do I keep the fire just as bright, just as hot but keep it from burning out? These are the questions I find myself asking more and more the older I get. In order to build Blueroof Production up to the extent that I know it can reach I have to keep working. I have to put everything on the back burner and hit the desk as often as I can for as long as I can. Now that I am in the final weeks of my friends film and the first couple weeks of my own I am starting to see just how hard it is to get everything done but I will not let that stop me. So today me and Ashley interviewed a few different actors. We have finally finalized the cast, which is great seeing as we started filming last week. Our new actors will be great additions to our already great cast. Today was the first time for this film that we have auditioned people that we didn't already know. It was a really interesting experience. One of the actors is a comedian and was bouncing off of the walls. I can already tell he will bring a lot of energy and fun to set.
This Friday will be some of the most important scenes and one of our new actors first day. I'm really excited and beyond nervous for it. I have to admit that I am a little disappointed that I won't get a chance to play Will. I have been planning on playing the role for about 3 years now and to be this close to filming Will's first scene and have it be someone else instead of me playing the part. I know that it's what's best for the film but the actor in me is a little jealous. My good friend Lawrence from The Uncanny Fans, Astonishing Flashbacks and Sunnydale Live will take over for me in the role. I know that he can do an amazing job. I just wish I was having the chance to act again. I never really thought of myself as an actor but the more I get the chance to act and even worse when I'm not given the chance to act, the more I learn that I really do enjoy it. As much as I love being behind the scenes I love being in front of the camera just as much. I think a big part of it has to do with the fact that I'm a big ham and love getting attention. I was getting the attention today during the read through. The two new actors both kept telling me how much they loved my script. It really made me feel good to hear people tell me how much they like my work. I worked really hard on the script so hearing someone tell me they enjoy it and that it's really good makes me feel like everything I do is worth it. It helps me feel like I am on the right path and should continue to move forward. The gang talk all about the new Batman and how they miss Bruce Wayne.
So producing a film is a lot harder than I ever dreamed it could be. Not having a budget makes it that much harder. We have all of our outdoor locations locked down but the cabin is proving to be a lot more trouble than I could have ever dreamed. We need it for four days. Hopefully we can get one for not too much and have everything shot on time.
Not only is finding locations proving harder than I thought but the ever shifting cast is being a real nightmare as well. I guess this is what indie film making is all about. We have two new actors coming in to the film and I can only hope they get along with everyone else on set. Avoiding drama is always the number one goal. Because of this I wanted to keep my crew small. Now that has backfired as well. One of my crew didn't turn on the mic while recording our first scene and so now I have to take over running crew as well to make sure everything comes out correctly. Meaning I can't star in it like I was supposed to. We have one day down and nine more to go and more problems than I ever would have dreamed. Yet for some reason I'm still hopeful and optimistic. Everything is going to work out! Just wait and see! So I've been trying to figure out my schedule and I'm seeing a flaw in my ambition. I've started so many projects, a lot of which involves other people. The problem is these people are involved in many of my different projects so the time we have available to do everything. We are on set two to three days a week and we have four podcasts. I need more time in the day to get everything done. As it is last week I had just enough time to do everything and it was a short film day to start us off. Even still when the recorder messed up during Astonishing Flashbacks we had to now skip this week.
Ambition is a good thing. It helps drive us to doing more. To turning our dreams into a reality but some times you over reach and have to readjust. That is what is happening here. I won't stop any of the projects. I will just find a way to make them all work together. It might kill me in the process but I'm determined to do everything I set into motion. What's up Blueroof Nation? Yesterday was a fun day on set. Not on my set but I was back on Larry's set. We have been off for a while due to the 4th of July but it was good to be back. I don't know what it is about being on set and setting things up that just makes me feel so alive. It reminds me of being back at Traders Village when I was supervisor. I was always running around problem solving everything and making sure that everything went smoothly and came out correctly and that is what being on set is like. If you have never been on a set, keep in mind these are indie sets, real sets might be different but these sets everyone does everything. You have to be able to see what's wrong and correct it on the spot. There is no time to walk away and figure it out because you are dealing with so many different people and their schedules.
I would be lying if I didn't admit that part of my love of it is the power. Somehow on every set I work on I end up in a position of authority and I do love to make the choices and be the one making things happen. Maybe that is just who I am as a person. If you get to know me in real life I am really easy going and my philosophy has always been live and let live. I don't try to force my opinions on other people, well unless you dare to insult Joss Whedon or Kevin Smith or you support Disney Wars. Give us Legends! But mostly I don't throw my weight around. Although don't try to convert me, because while I don't talk about my faith and I am by no means a hardcore Catholic I am one and I'm getting tired of everyone trying to teach me A) about how other religions are better or B) that there is no God. Not to be an ass but I use to study religion a lot and probably know more about it than the people who don't shut the hell up. My point about this rant is if you attack me and my faith that is the only time I will bring religion up in a conversation. But you don't attack me and I could care less what you believe or how you go about your beliefs. But for some reason when I'm working, on set or at a job I tend to take leadership positions. That side of me just comes out. Well Best Buy not withstanding. There I went out of my way not to be a leader type and maybe that is why that job was such hell for me. That or those people are just assholes. Never go to the best buy off of 183 in Irving Texas. This blog has gone sideways. Sorry about that but what I'm trying to say is if you have never been on set you should try to make it. At least once. It is a great experience. Now don't get me wrong, a lot of the time you will just be setting there watching the same thing over and over again. Unless you are acting, directing or working on the camera you spend more than half the time doing nothing. But when you are working you are WORKING! Even a year ago I never wanted to be running the camera, I knew how to I just thought it was boring but more and more I'm falling in love with operating it. I still don't know cameras. If you ask me what kind I use I'll look at you blankly but I've figured out lenses and I'm getting better and better and creating cool shots. I'm ready to get back to filming Trapped in the Woods! And I'm beyond excited for you guys to watch it! Ironic that I said I wouldn't put out another super early morning blog again and I do it the very next day. I guess that's life. I just want to get this all down before I forget it all. So today was the first day of filming for trapped in the woods. We are already past where we stopped all those years ago so yay us!
I know what everyone is asking, how did it go? Well we started the day off recording two podcasts. The first was Uncanny fans that will come out Tuesday and it was great. The second was Astonishing Flashbacks but before we finished recording the episode for tales from the crypt bordello of blood my adobe audition that we were recording on crashed and we lost the whole episode. So now we might have to skip this weeks episode, as painful as that is. I'm trying really hard not to skip episodes anymore but this was out of my control. After that set back I went to set ready to film at 6 like we were suppose to but I forgot that our producer got called into work so she could pick up one of our props. One of my friends was going to get it but he got called away and said he would be right back. It was about 4 or 5 hours before we saw him again. On top of that my camera kept dying due to the batteries that I had for it so we had to wait an hour before my other friend could bring his camera. This was already a day of hardship since one of our key actors couldn't be there and we had to shoot around her. Today was suppose to be the simplest day of filming and turned into an uphill battle that we almost didn't survive. To top it off I don't think our sound guy turned on the mic so we don't have good sound for most of what we shot. Lucky the camera got sound and we can always ADR but come on! It shouldn't be this hard! At least the footage came out good and my actors came with talent. Day two should be Monday I believe. Let's see how that goes. |
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