Filmmaking 101 Part 5 – Casting & Crew & Catering, Oh My!

Story Boards

Filmmaking 101 is a series of articles I’m writing for Life As A Human. Please check out the full article over there. Once upon a time I decided that it would be a really swell idea to write a series of articles on the making of my first short film. As you can see from the months [...]

Filmmaking 101 – The Pre-Production Dance Of Insanity

Comedy-and-Tragedy

Filmmaking 101 is a series of articles I’m writing for Life As A Human. Please check out the full article over there. I haven’t written a new blog post in so long because nothing has happened. Or nothing good, anyway. Why write a post describing all the false starts and retracted promises that have been plaguing Curtains? It [...]

Filmmaking 101 Part 3 – A Lesson In Passion and Partnerships

Open source film making with Todd Harris

Filmmaking 101 is a series of articles I’m writing for Life As A Human. Please check out the full article over there. In my last article I mentioned that I wrote the short film version of Curtains for an application to a film program. That program is called Film 5, and is put on through AFCOOP, a film co-operative in [...]

Filmmaking 101 Part 2 — The Script

The-Blend-2-Cover

Filmmaking 101 is a series of articles I’m writing for Life As A Human. Please check out the full article over there. Creating something — whether it be art, music, literature, a new company, a product that you want to sell on the interweb to make your million — happens in two distinct phases. In the first you, and [...]

Filmmaking 101 (Part 1) – So You Wanna Make a Movie

Rusty Projector

Filmmaking 101 is a series of articles I’m writing for Life As A Human. Please check out the full article over there. I’m making a movie. That’s something I never thought I’d say! Who am I to make a movie? Who do I think I am? I never attended film school. I don’t know anyone [...]

Show Me The Money!

Circus 1890

So, how classy is this? I don’t update my blog FOREVER (read: five months, which is forever in internet years). Then, when I finally sit down to form a post, the first thing I do is ask for money. Super, duper, trouper classy. I know it. Don’t think of it as me asking for money. [...]

PEI Bootcamp: My Humble Abode

Aloha Tourist Home 1

Hey Internet! So, did I mention that I’m in PEI for a week? I was accepted into the PEI Screenwriters Bootcamp. Huzzah! Emerging screenwriters (IE: people with little to no experience) submit ideas for movies. If you’re selected, you join a five day intensive workshop to learn how to turn the idea into a first [...]

The Balloon & The Ceiling Fan

Hiding Balloon

Remember the story of the Valentine’s Day balloons? A story that started 105 days ago (thereabouts — I find calendar math difficult) with 75 balloons decorating our bedroom? And then they just. Wouldn’t. Die. You may remember that over a month ago, one of the remaining babies tried to kill me in my sleep. Don’t [...]

Inside Boring. Outside Good.

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I sat in the living room, watching TV and checking my email. Clearly I was bored. Something outside caught my attention. Just there, through the crack in the curtains. Just there. Do you see it? Look closer. Ah! There it is! Nature. Better than any reality TV programming.

Heed This Warning, Evil Balloons!

Death Of Balloon 1

You may remember that Corey and I had recently acquired new roommates. (See Why I Have One Thousand Balloons As Roommates.) My original estimate of 1,000 was a little high. Apparently it was 75. As you’ll recall, these balloons took up residency on February 14th, 2012. Around two and a half months ago. They all [...]