Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Keeping Busy
So I have been auditioning lately. My audition yesterday for a film called "The Dream Girl", i think went very well. Hopefully I will hear back from them this week. A film that I am doing in the Fall called "Crossed Realms" is having its major casting call in CT on July 22nd. My audition with the agent in Toronto is in about 28 days, so I have to start memorising my two monologues for the meeting. I have been told to choose two dramatic monologues, so I have chosen one from JuneBug and the other is from Girl Interrupted. Two different sides to portray, which is hopefully something they will like.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Just a update, small, smaller than small.
Not much to update on, Acting is getting pretty slow due to the time of season. It should start picking up soon, so that is always a chin up. Anyways, I will be leaving in two weeks to head north, and in about four weeks I head even north to Toronto, to meet an agent, I am very excited about going to Toronto. If I can land this agent, there is a ton of films and TV shows being made right now in the Toronto/Vancouver area. I am that type of person who likes to make sure I have my grounds covered, I have an agent in LA, NM, PA, and hopefully CANADA! I like to work. it keeps me going. seriously.
Well my birthday is about a month away and I am hoping to plan a trip in LA for about a week during that time. Give myself a relaxing shopping vacation! Plus I am interested in hitting the night life for a couple days, have fun and hopefully meet some people.
I also need to change my living situations right now, I am getting sick of living in an apartment, I really think the apartment is beginning to make me sick. So I have been receiving emails for some houses in the surrounding area, hopefully I can be set on one before September. I would like to get a house with a washer/dryer, would make things alot easier. I don't need a dishwasher, I am pretty good at keeping that a bay.
Oh! I also recently shot some new headshots for my agent to show the more (PUNK edgy side of me).
Friday, June 8, 2007
Knocked off my April Check list.
I just realised I have knocked of my April Summer Check list. Meaning: I have gotten my new LA number (finally!), I have contacted the people I needed to get footage for a new demo reel, which should be done by July, and I have ordered all of my new headshots and have gotten them reprinted! It is so nice to finally check off a list, before Its actually too late.
Although that only means I have to make a new check list:
1) I need to book at least 2 more feature films by the end of the year, but being decent sized roles in a decently sized budget!
2) I would like to book another pilot by the end of the year
3) Finally be finacialy stable, meaning getting work to make that happen
4) Move into LA
5) Get a better agent...... Yes you always need to look for higher ground.
Lets get on that! :)
Aren't we just crafty
The Flea Market was my latest, and very formidable, assignment in a quest to find some cheap deals for awesome clothing and accessories to add to my wardrobe. I love flea markets. I walked to about three today, which were easily located right next to one another. The following pictures are some of the stuff that I collected on my journey.
I found this bracelet for $4.00
I found this bracelet for $4.00
This lace top by Lindsay Roscoe was $3.99
This cute vintage lavendar purse was $13.50
This Poka dot tiewrap shirt was $ 1.00
nice fitted wool cardigan that looks like it came from "Won't you be my Neighbor's" closet for $1.50
I also found a light brown waist belt for $3.00, a cute shirt for my mom by GEORGE for $4.00, and lastly a Blue and White 70's style shirt for $2.00. Giving the grand total of $33.00! Not bad for 8 items - 5 shirts, a braclet and a hand bag....
This Poka dot tiewrap shirt was $ 1.00
nice fitted wool cardigan that looks like it came from "Won't you be my Neighbor's" closet for $1.50Thursday, June 7, 2007
Fangoria covers "Pretty Dead Things"
"Pretty Dead Things" was just reviewed and made front page/cover on Fangoria.com. Here is the full article:
PRETTY DEAD THINGS
Reviewed by SCOOTER McCRAE
Scooter sez…
Any movie that begins with a deep-breathing female narrating in numb ecstasy as we see a pizza delivery boy bringing his “hot slices” to a pair of cash-strapped, sexy young ladies in a seedy hotel room can mean only one of two things: You accidentally rented a porno movie (yeah, it was an accident…!) or you’re watching yet another shot-on-video horror movie with a sense of humor and (hopefully) something more substantial on its mind. And please—by substantial, I don’t mean it has to be a soul-searching, navel-gazing, self-important examination of the genre it’s wallowing in. As opposed to 90 percent of the low-budget crap out there, I just want something that commits itself to entertaining me without making me think I’ve completely compromised my standards because at least I saw some hot naked chicks and dollops of gore or, worse yet, feeling like an idiot for having wasted two hours of my life.
While I would certainly hate to overrate it or make it seem more compelling than it actually is, I have to say that PRETTY DEAD THINGS, co-written and directed by Richard (FEEDING THE MASSES) Griffin, is a damn good piece of mindless entertainment that gets a few things so right that I was happy to overlook the few things that didn’t work as well. But back to the plot for a moment: It turns out that these two sexy young ladies in that seedy hotel room are vampires, Jennifer and Shelby, who tear the delivery boy apart (complete with an amusing visual reference to Lucio Fulci’s classic THE BEYOND). After the bloodshed, Shelby takes a shine to the dying boy and bites her finger to give him some of her blood, so that he can look her up for some fun times after coming back from the dead.
Nothing new here, of course, but when it’s soon revealed that the ladies are part of a boy-girl-boy-girl quartet of ex-porn performers who are now a close-knit vampire group that’s painting the town red, things begin to get more interesting. Poor Jennifer is also experiencing doubts about her own lifestyle now that she’s about to turn 50 (while still looking 20, natch) and reminiscing about the lost love of her life, a washed-up porno director she used to work for who’s still pining away over losing her after all these years. Still not enough for you? OK, howzabout a corrupt mayor who’s up for re-election, an idiot reverend who’s trying to fund that campaign so the mayor can help clean up the city and the resurrected pizza boy, who storms into the mayor’s office to declare he’s the new messiah and can help them find and kill this marauding group of city-terrorizing vampires?
And that’s all in just the first half-hour.
Needless to say, all of these characters will converge at some point, and many bizarre situations will become increasingly strange (including vampire dentistry and a cut-off-head joke with amusing permutations). Things move along at a clipped pace in assorted interesting locations, and unlike far too many films, PRETTY DEAD THINGS has the decency to know when enough is enough and ends before the 95-minute mark.
While it’s sometimes difficult to convey the tone of a movie in a review, what makes things a bit more strange and compelling than usual is that the vampires are overall a fun, lively bunch who, even as they destroy a room full of people and play games with their intestines (à la NEAR DARK, but taken to the next comedic extreme), are the easier characters to identify with. Certainly, given the choice between this gang and a corrupt politician, a moron preacher, a has-been “adult film” director and a messianic pizza boy who’s just a bit too enthusiastic about his revenge-fueled killing work, whom would you choose?
Performances range from very good to functional, but it appears that everyone is having a good time and wants to bring the viewer in on it. Kudos to the lead female performers, Ashley Eaton and Danielle Lozeau, who exude sexiness without ever having to shed their clothes (but don’t worry—they hired some other dames for the nudie scenes). Ross Kelly is also believable as the porn-star leader of the bloodsucking group with his good looks and self-satisfied smirk, while Jason Witter as the fiercely bisexual man of the group attacks his role with an edgy, fearless energy that’s refreshing to see in a genre that isn’t usually very receptive to men or women in non-traditional sex roles.
One more thing that really makes this production stand apart from the pack is the Bava-esque color palette of cinematographer Caleb Emerson, director of the hilarious DIE YOU ZOMBIE BASTARDS! and a man who obviously never met a color gel that he didn’t grab and wrap around the nearest available light. What might have been an only mildly amusing shot-on-video production gets an invaluable boost in production value and professionalism by a man who knows where to place a camera to get the maximum impact from a tasteless joke (of which there are many successful ones herein).Currently without distribution, PRETTY DEAD THINGS is a very entertaining flick that’s perfect for a group of horror fans looking to be entertained while draining a keg (or an upside-down victim with a spigot sticking out of their jugular). Here’s hoping some enterprising distributor picks it up soon and releases a special-features laden DVD so a lot more people can make the pleasure of its acquaintance, as it’s far more deserving of a release than so much of the listless garbage we put up with on our screens.
For more information on the article go to www.fangoria.com
PRETTY DEAD THINGS
Reviewed by SCOOTER McCRAE
Scooter sez…
Any movie that begins with a deep-breathing female narrating in numb ecstasy as we see a pizza delivery boy bringing his “hot slices” to a pair of cash-strapped, sexy young ladies in a seedy hotel room can mean only one of two things: You accidentally rented a porno movie (yeah, it was an accident…!) or you’re watching yet another shot-on-video horror movie with a sense of humor and (hopefully) something more substantial on its mind. And please—by substantial, I don’t mean it has to be a soul-searching, navel-gazing, self-important examination of the genre it’s wallowing in. As opposed to 90 percent of the low-budget crap out there, I just want something that commits itself to entertaining me without making me think I’ve completely compromised my standards because at least I saw some hot naked chicks and dollops of gore or, worse yet, feeling like an idiot for having wasted two hours of my life.
While I would certainly hate to overrate it or make it seem more compelling than it actually is, I have to say that PRETTY DEAD THINGS, co-written and directed by Richard (FEEDING THE MASSES) Griffin, is a damn good piece of mindless entertainment that gets a few things so right that I was happy to overlook the few things that didn’t work as well. But back to the plot for a moment: It turns out that these two sexy young ladies in that seedy hotel room are vampires, Jennifer and Shelby, who tear the delivery boy apart (complete with an amusing visual reference to Lucio Fulci’s classic THE BEYOND). After the bloodshed, Shelby takes a shine to the dying boy and bites her finger to give him some of her blood, so that he can look her up for some fun times after coming back from the dead.
Nothing new here, of course, but when it’s soon revealed that the ladies are part of a boy-girl-boy-girl quartet of ex-porn performers who are now a close-knit vampire group that’s painting the town red, things begin to get more interesting. Poor Jennifer is also experiencing doubts about her own lifestyle now that she’s about to turn 50 (while still looking 20, natch) and reminiscing about the lost love of her life, a washed-up porno director she used to work for who’s still pining away over losing her after all these years. Still not enough for you? OK, howzabout a corrupt mayor who’s up for re-election, an idiot reverend who’s trying to fund that campaign so the mayor can help clean up the city and the resurrected pizza boy, who storms into the mayor’s office to declare he’s the new messiah and can help them find and kill this marauding group of city-terrorizing vampires?
And that’s all in just the first half-hour.
Needless to say, all of these characters will converge at some point, and many bizarre situations will become increasingly strange (including vampire dentistry and a cut-off-head joke with amusing permutations). Things move along at a clipped pace in assorted interesting locations, and unlike far too many films, PRETTY DEAD THINGS has the decency to know when enough is enough and ends before the 95-minute mark.While it’s sometimes difficult to convey the tone of a movie in a review, what makes things a bit more strange and compelling than usual is that the vampires are overall a fun, lively bunch who, even as they destroy a room full of people and play games with their intestines (à la NEAR DARK, but taken to the next comedic extreme), are the easier characters to identify with. Certainly, given the choice between this gang and a corrupt politician, a moron preacher, a has-been “adult film” director and a messianic pizza boy who’s just a bit too enthusiastic about his revenge-fueled killing work, whom would you choose?
Performances range from very good to functional, but it appears that everyone is having a good time and wants to bring the viewer in on it. Kudos to the lead female performers, Ashley Eaton and Danielle Lozeau, who exude sexiness without ever having to shed their clothes (but don’t worry—they hired some other dames for the nudie scenes). Ross Kelly is also believable as the porn-star leader of the bloodsucking group with his good looks and self-satisfied smirk, while Jason Witter as the fiercely bisexual man of the group attacks his role with an edgy, fearless energy that’s refreshing to see in a genre that isn’t usually very receptive to men or women in non-traditional sex roles.
One more thing that really makes this production stand apart from the pack is the Bava-esque color palette of cinematographer Caleb Emerson, director of the hilarious DIE YOU ZOMBIE BASTARDS! and a man who obviously never met a color gel that he didn’t grab and wrap around the nearest available light. What might have been an only mildly amusing shot-on-video production gets an invaluable boost in production value and professionalism by a man who knows where to place a camera to get the maximum impact from a tasteless joke (of which there are many successful ones herein).Currently without distribution, PRETTY DEAD THINGS is a very entertaining flick that’s perfect for a group of horror fans looking to be entertained while draining a keg (or an upside-down victim with a spigot sticking out of their jugular). Here’s hoping some enterprising distributor picks it up soon and releases a special-features laden DVD so a lot more people can make the pleasure of its acquaintance, as it’s far more deserving of a release than so much of the listless garbage we put up with on our screens.
For more information on the article go to www.fangoria.com
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