Hey Jerrika, it’s been a month! What have you been up to?
Glad you asked, stranger!
In January, I was cast in an indie feature called Teacher of the Year. Last week, I was in New Orleans shooting a commercial with Todd Stashwick and notable director, David Shane. And this week, I can officially say the film I wrote/directed is complete.
this is long overdue, but here i am with the incomparable jessica walter during a recording session for my film. it trips me out to realize was her boss for a day!
Boy oh boy.
let’s talk about what it’s like to have such a smooth, buttery, scrumtrulescent pre-production and shoot only to come up against absolute shite in post. holy moly. this feeling right here is the stuff murderous rampages are made of.
i knew, though. i knew. right around the time we started photography, i had the feeling that it was the end that would get us. and it is. it has. just not in the way we expected.
wish me well. wish me scotch.
spending strep-throat-palooza weekend making behind the scenes vids of the short film and designing the website. that and passing out. a lot.
Yesterday was our first day of filming. And, boy, lemme tell ya…
I could list all the major things that went awry the day before and the day of but, instead, I’ll focus on the positive - because there’s a lot of it.
- Our crew is amazing, communicative and fully committed to the success of this film
- The cast: again, amazing and fully committed
- The extras/background: curious, supportive, helpful and hilarious
- We wrapped early. On our first day. D’you hear me? ON OUR FIRST DAY. We’re some timely motherfuckers.
- Even on our shoestring budget, our craft services is sensational.
- This picture. It says it all, really.
Click through. More to come!
