Caught
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009So, last Sunday, I got caught unprepared. Seriously, that’s what happened, I fucked up. I wanted to shoot a scene in a restuarant. Let me tell you the mess that ensued. We were going to shoot one of the restaurant scenes for Nice Guys Finish Last. So, I had a small crew together and no extras but for whatever the reason, I didn’t care. Well, crew bailed on me. Turns out the ride for most the crew ended up getting drunk in Corona. Regardless, I wasn’t ready at all. I hadn’t tested shit. So I figured “hey, I can make this my test day.” So, I’m setting up the lights to test them out and realize that I left the god damned power chords at my house. That’s alright, I can test the boom mic and my new shock mount. Not so fast, remember, I’m what some people refer to as “legally retarded.” I left the boom mic (XLR) chord at my house too. If I were another person, I would have punched myself square in the balls. Believe it or not this all turned out to be a good thing. It really made me think to myself “What the hell am I doing here?” This restaurant scene is pretty hard core and requires a lot of prep work. I think I got caught up in the excitement of Censored’s appearance at the film festival….. Which is tomorrow. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still insanely excited about it, but these past 3 days have been a frantic mess of me trying to get my shit together for Nice Guys Finish Last. I’m starting to get a handle on everything though. We are actually shooting a few small scenes tomorrow night. Which, I’m totally prepared for. I’m through dicking around, Sunday was a wake up call. Yes it’s exciting that Censored is playing at a film festival, but after the festival, I’m back to square one. So, I have to start taking this thing seriously.
P.S. One last plug for my short film playing in the Los Angeles United Film Festival. It’s $10.00 to get in and we are playing with a movie called Unfinished Documentary on Masturbation. I hope to see you guys there. You can buy tickets here:
Lot Angeles United Film Festival- Tickets