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Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was full of activity. My friend Travis from Hollywood, CA cameout for a visit. We spent some time working on a video that we were hired toshoot, it’s a very basic video but we did have to spend a few hours out in the sun. Diane, Travis, and I also spent some time working on ideas for the script of my filmproject. We outlined a basic story and I’ll be using it as a starting pointfor the script.Other than that we just spent time hanging out, taking some pictures, and enjoyingphoenix. We at brunch at the Biltmore, had coffee at the Coffee Plantation,watched a bunch of movies and had fun. I’ll post pictures for everyone to seesoon.

Posted by admin Posted in: Film Project, Random Stuff No Comments » June 2004

What’s going on?

If you’ve noticed that my blog entries are getting fewer and fewer it’s because I’vebeen busier and busier. Here are a few things that have happened in the pastcouple of weeks:

Cecil’s daughter Brandy was married! I was able to go to the wedding and shootsome video for her. It was a great experience.
My friend Jacqueline is finally back home after spending months in Philidelphia filmingHack. Diane, Dana, and I were able to meet her for a quick lunch and catch up. John is out of town right now, but we plan on seeing him again too.
I’m still working on my short film. My script ideas are coming together. I’m just beginning to work on the first draft and suspect it’s going to take a whileto get it all finished. This could become a big time burner.
Desiree and Jim got married! My good friend Desiree was married a coupleof weeks ago. It was a wonderful wedding and it was a blast to be a partof it. Once again I was able to shoot some video and am working on her DVD.
Sean and Jamie got married! Yeay! This happened last weekend. Theywere married at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens. Diane and I really hadfun at this wedding. I really enjoyed hearing “Peanuts” being played as Seanand Jamie walked out as a new couple.

I’ve also been shooting a lot with my camera, working on my yard (I have new plantsin my front yard), and trying to keep up with a busy schedule at work.So now you know the latest scoop. Tell me what’s up with you!

Posted by admin Posted in: Events, Film Project No Comments » April 2004

Screenplay tempate for Word 2003

I looked all around and couldn’t find any screenwriting templates for Word 2003. So created a very simple one. Nothing fancy, just slugline, descriptive text,character name, etc formatting. Margins, page numbers, and fonts are also included. You can download it here, let me know if you make any improvements. I’ll repostthe file when I make any changes.Screenplay.dot(21.5 KB)[Updated]So I decided to go ahead and create the scene that’s in the screenplay template. Here it is:screenplay-movie.wmv(1014.71 KB)And for those of you who don’t care about downloading the template, here’s the scene:

INT. DAY - OFFICE

MARK looks at his COMPUTER and scratches his head. Hetypes a few words on his KEYBOARD. Heclicks his mouse very fast, repeatedly, furiously.

MARK

(shouting)

Stupid computer! Whatthe…? Didn’t anyone create a help filefor this stupid screenplay template?

Mark rubs his head in frustration.

FADE TO BLACK

The end.

Posted by admin Posted in: Film Project No Comments » January 2004

Red Tie is born

My short film is underway. No filming has taken place yet, and it won’t begin for months, but I’ve begun theprocess of creating my short film. I’m currently working on several script ideas. Once I have a strong candidate I’ll run with it. Right now all the work is ingetting things all set up. I’m following the advice of a great book that Dianebought me, it’s called The GuerillaFilm Makers Movie Blueprint. It lays out all of the steps needed to successfullyfinance, write, film, edit, and distribute a film. It’s a lot of work! But it’s going to be a lot of fun.

I’ve decided on a productioncompany name: Red Tie. It doesn’t really mean anything. When I was a teenagerI ended up at a very ritzy black tie dinner because my older sister’s date couldn’tattend. It was a last minute thing and I ended up wearing a dress shirt witha red tie and no jacket. I stuck out like a sore thumb. But the older,and richer, folks seemed to think it was interesting. So during dinner I toldthem I was going to start a company called “Red Tie”. Then we all tried imaginewhat this fictitious company would do. Now, years later, I’m using the nameas my production company. Not that I actually have a production company, I justneed something groovy to show at the beginning of the movie and I think Dreamworks willget mad if I use their fishing kid.

I’ve begun to amass somegreat online resources. A couple to note:

I’ll add these to my linkspage soon.