Friday, April 06, 2001

DAY 3(And 2): Day 3 of the shoot was incredibly long. We filmed from 6ish to about 2:30am. The actors decided to get drunk this time, and fun was had by all. The good thing about the alcohol intake was that the actors loosened up and acted a little bit more natural. Right now i got about half of the masterpiece done and it will hopefully be done on Sunday night. Day 2 was good, but nothing interesting happened, i.e no debauchery to talk about. Today, I'm taking the day off and enjoy myself by doing nothing. I bought a nice "western" style shirt today at a thrift store. It looks good. I plan on wearing it tomorrow night so I can look stylish and extra indie cool when I see the Promise Ring. I'm sure all "the kids" will love it.

So I have yet to mention that I saw the Alkaline Trio on Sunday. Twice. That marks the 13th and 14th time that I've seen them. They rock. I don't care what anyone says about them. They're my favorite(not counting the Popes...and the Clash. I guess it's a 3 way tie). The new album is the bomb diggity. If anyone ever reads this take my advice and buy the new album. It is so incredibly good. I think it's their best one. At least their best full length. I opened up the school newspaper today( The Badger Herald) and there was this huge picture of the Trio which only brought a smile to my face and made this rainy and gloomy day a little bit sunnier. The guy who wrote the article(Steve, who is in my production class) gave it high praise, which is nice.

Till Sunday, when hopefully I'll be able to tell about my finished filming and when I will discuss editing strategies. The sleepy air is starting to hit me.
Cheers

Wednesday, April 04, 2001

DAY ONE: day one of the shoot was great. We started a little after midnight and stopped are 3:45 am. The general consensus is that everyone on the shoot had great time. The two main actors proceeded to get ridiculously high before, during, and after the shoot which provided the crew with endless laughter. The director(me) found all of this highly amusing too. The scene that we were shooting involved the two actors smoking a joint, but most of the time they found themselves smoking rolled up tobacco which made everything even funnier cause the barely smoke cigarettes let alone unfiltered ones so after about 40 takes of the same scene they were complaining about the horrible taste in there mouths. What can you do? More stories tomorrow.
Cheers

Tuesday, April 03, 2001

Promises are made to be broken. Just wanted to let everyone, i mean everyone, know that I start shooting my movie, "Gone Tomorrow" at midnight tonight. Awesome. I think I am almost ready, but i am very tired. Very tired. I haven't eaten all day, but now my friends I think I will treat myself to something nice.
Cheers