I have to brag a little bit. I'll make this quick ( Read more... )

I thought about joining one. No, seriously, I did. Those who knew me in high school remember that, for whatever reason, I never wanted to do what everyone else thought was great, even going to Jason's Deli for lunch. The penchant for going against the grain went so far in college that I almost went conservative for a while, being suffocated by ( Read more... )

Move in went well, it's cool to see how each of the roommates fill each empty space with their own personality. For example, Jared and Pat's room has a massive subwoofer, tube lighting and a strobe light. Nick's has foreign edition posters of extremely mainstream, recent movies all over his walls and door, and a surround sound system hooked up to a ( Read more... )

You get up at 5:30 to go work on a movie. All day you sweat and burn and act like a bureaucratic ass for a movie. Your parents remark they feel like you're using them as a hotel for the summer, not unlike your senior year of high school but with far less debauchery because you're too busy working on a movie. You get off at 9 pm from working on a ( Read more... )

...but the story of my first (failed) feature-length film is kind of interesting. At least it wasn't my fault, though that's an odd justification. I kind of want to write about it at some point. It's pretty "Lost in La Mancha ( Read more... )

Put a pair of method actors, some relatively inexperienced filmmakers and some real tough text inside a 95 degree crumbling blue cabin surrounded by blinding lights at 2 am and I guess you're asking for this. During take 20 or so of the scene, the lead actress breaks character and yells at the lead actor that she didn't feel intimidated by him and ( Read more... )

We're 2k into the film and there's no turning back. Sundance megalomania abounds while I wonder if I'll want my freshman summer back. I'm worried there are people I'll really want to see that I'm not going to. Every time I turn down an invitation to just hang out I get depressed. I wonder how much more distant everyone will be next summer. There ( Read more... )

I'm co-directing a feature length film over the next four weeks (beginning around the June 22nd and ending July 19th) and am desperate for help, so if you're in the Austin area and interested in PAing, please let me know and I'll find a day for you. We'll even pay you if you like.

Thanks, Jon

I discovered this too late to include it in the tag, but you simply must download "Ambulance" by Tv On the Radio. This is the kind of music I'd want to write if I had any musical ability at all.

Most of these are driving songs because I'm home and all over the place ( Read more... )