I am a reader, I feel like I always have been. I am constantly surrounded by books in both my personal and professional worlds.
I have read excessively since the second grade. I have attempted, again and again, to keep a list of the books I've read and how I felt about them but so far have been unsuccessful. This is an attempt to keep track of the books I'm reading, and my thoughts about them. My goal is to publish at least one review a week (no promises though). Wish me luck!
Once again I was lucky enough to get to tag along on a shoot for Highlander: The Watcher. This time we shot up in La Plata Canyon in Colorado. It was beautiful Check out some of the shots I got! The short films will be available on the Blu-Ray release of Highlander: The Series. For now, check out the facebook page and the trailer (below).
*Note: Photos on this blog and my facebook were taken by me. There were a lot of cameras at the shoot, I don't want to take credit for photos I didn't take :-)
I am a bit behind on my reading this week (so many other projects going on, it's hard to keep up). But I couldn't resist taking a moment to show off the Four Corner's Film Makers' character from the 48 Hour Film Challenge. Here he is: Francis Tucker!
The past few months have been interesting. I have had the wonderful opportunity to be involved with several local film products (Calendar Company, Highlander: The Watcher, and I'm Waiting). It has only been behind the scenes stuff: photo taking, providing baked goodies and a little bit of reflector and boom mic operating. Since I have no aspirations to be an actress, this sort of thing is perfect for me. So how did I end up "acting" in my first short film? Four words: 48 Hour Film Challenge.
This weekend I worked with the Four Corners Film Makers to create a short film over the course of a weekend (as I am writing this, editing is taking place. As soon as the film is up on youtube, you can trust that I will be posting it here). It was a lot of hard work but also a lot of fun. The FCFM team was assigned:
Genre: Film de Feme or Coming of Age Character: Francis Tucker
Occupation: Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass Line: "Let's pretend this never happened"
My minimal note taking and third Mountain Dew of the night
I don't want to give anything away (I'd rather you get to see it for yourself) but let's just say our film is AWESOME! We had an amazing cast! I can't believe how much talent there is in my town. The crew (many will be featured in the film) also rocked! It was great to see a rather large group of people come together and create something in such a short amount of time.
Our fearless leader (and director), George Thomas
So many people complain about my town, saying that there are no opportunities here. My guess is they don't look very far. Yes, it's unlikely that some major Hollywood exec or music producer will discover anyone in Farmington, but that's not to say that someone from Farmington can't be found. I am very excited that I have the chance to work with these amazing people and am very thankful that they've allowed me to help them produce such awesomeness!
Our prop!
If you haven't already, check out some of the videos from:
Sword fights, fake blood, and camera angles! Check out the photos from yesterday's Highlander: The Watcherin Aztec, New Mexico. I was very lucky to get to help these awesome guys and had a blast taking photos and learning more about making movies. The short films will be available on the Blu-Ray release of Highlander: The Series. For now, check out the facebook page and the trailer (below).
