Shooting Begins

Things have finally gotten under way here with our big Hollywood Production class. Our first day of shooting was today, and probably our longest. We shot close to half of the film, give or take a minute. It was a long busy day but it was a good time. I think everyone enjoyed themselves. We have high hopes for our production so execution is key.

We shoot the remainder of our office scenes tomorrow and our mall scenes next Saturday. That will be an early day but it will be the home stretch and I'm sure everyone will be excited. The mall has the best scenes and I think everyone is looking forward to it. If you want a more detailed look at our shoot, check out our production blog here:

Good Week

In "Small World After All News", Tera Teed (a fellow LAFSCer whose parents, I've discovered, own the bagel shop my dad has been going to daily for the better part of a decade) has her parents visiting today. Her mom said she saw my dad on Saturday(?) before they left. And while that is cool, it is nothing compared to my new discovery. My sound partner for my big HPW film attended my Aunt Mary's school. Not only that but he had her for a couple classes and as a speech coach. Very bizarre world.

We start filming this week for HPW so it's going to be busy time around here. I'll try to stay up to date on here as much as possible.

Recommendation of the Week:
Kind of a twist here but my recommendation is the U2 concert from Monday night. They streamed it live on Youtube from a capacity Rose Bowl and now have the entire concert up to load and watch. Top notch, surprisingly good quality. I loaded it and listen to it while I work on homework. If you missed it, I say check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4QLFVrZ-fw

Goin on Set

Just a quick update.

We start production for our big Hollywood Production Workshop film next weekend (shooting). We should be done casting and have our locations secured by the Monday at the latest. It's really exciting and I'll keep you updated on how that goes.

Busy weekend coming up, not a lot of rest coming for me. Prayers would be appreciated, lots of people here have been sick lately.

Later!

Word from the West

Hey loyal readers. I realized I haven't updated for a while so here you go. Apologies for my absence. In my defense, it's hard to come up with a good follow up to "I met Tony Hale".

Fall seems to be here in LA, finally. In the last week we have had our first overcast day, first rain and first "mostly cloudy" day since I've been here. Then again, it was also in the 90's on Friday and Saturday so maybe it's just a fluke. But today was probably my favorite weather I've experienced since coming here. This was the "mostly cloudy" day I was talking about. Usually in LA, if there are clouds, they are totally overcast and will burn off at some point (or they moved in on some clear blue skies). Today we had legitimate, distinguishable clouds with sun poking through in just less than a 50/50 split. The temp was cool but not cold and it felt awesome.

Heeeeeeeey brother....

That's right, it's everyone's favorite little brother "Buster", aka actor Tony Hale. He came and talked to us at the center about his acting career, his faith and his...shoes? Yea, it's a crazy town out here. Here's another picture from the night.


Tonight was a great night. I got off my internship a little early so I could make it to the newly opened Buffalo Wild Wings in downtown Burbank. It was packed full of Vikings and Packers fans and was quite a fun atmosphere to watch in, even if I was technically by myself in my adventure. Eating familiar food while watching my home team is very nice.

Things have been cool this week so we are getting the illusion of fall for now. It's nice but it should be back in the 80's next week. Oh well.

Until next time! Twins win the division tomorrow!

Don't Drink and Rage

Wow, what a crazy night. The people next door went off and were screaming profanities and threats for the better part of an hour. With our windows open (we didn't want to miss any of it) we could hear almost every word. Security got called at least 3 different times (possibly as many as 5, lost count). Only once by us (well twice but the second time they were already there). Great job to them by the way for doing nothing.

Then later someone tried to get into our room, thinking it was their apartment (possibly one of the same screamers). Very exciting. Triple locked doors = win!

In other news I finally got HIMYM season 4 and Kings on dvd today. What a wait that was, glad to finally have these two gems.

p.s. For those that don't know, HIMYM is "How I Met Your Mother". Not a show for everyone but I love it. I recommend giving it a try, but I also strongly recommend watching it from the beginning. They do a lot of running jokes, story telling tricks and just plain old character development that more or less requires watching from the beginning. So check it out if you haven't.

Science of Sound

Sorry for the delay, I've been expecting news and wanted to wait until I had some. I guess I'll just fill you in on where I'm at.

I had two interviews for internships last week. One didn't want me, but it's ok because I wasn't too interested in them either. The other one seemed interested but I haven't been able to get a hold of them for a couple days. Hopefully I can get in contact this week and nail that one down.

In other news, my sound design/mixing/editing is going well. We were assigned a 90 second clip from a major film that has had all the sound removed and have been tasked with adding sound to it (music, sound fx, etc.). I was assigned a clip from The Last of the Mohicans. We were given 2 weeks to finish the assignment but I really want to watch this movie now so I'm trying to get through it as fast as I can. Also it will make things easier when everyone else in my class is rushing to get theirs done next week. I have been intentionally not watching the actual scene because I want to do this on my own without any guide.

And for those that are not aware (probably everyone), The Last of the Mohicans won an Oscar for sound so that's slightly intimidating. I'll post up the finished product when I'm done so you all can see my handiwork.

Other than that I don't really have much else to say. I watched Favre work his magic yesterday. That was a wild ride. Can't wait for Monday night! What a circus that's going to be.