today's lesson...

always make sure your film is loaded properly, kids.
it seems the second reel was loaded improperly on jordan's project yesterday and, as a result, we have to RE-SHOOT THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF OF THE ENTIRE DAMN MOVIE (jordan i don't know if you're a reader of tc&tc, but in case you are: heyyyy don't worry about it, this happens to everyone, i'm sure spielberg blah blah blah). at least we still have the first half...there is no one in this world (and i mean no one, from the Pope to Prince) who could convince me to "convulse" on broken glass outside of hi-rise all over again. no more sticky chocolate syrup on my face, no more getting whacked in the head by a big metal door while lying on the ground with a sheet over me, and no more effing convulsing.

now if you'll excuse me, i have a few more packs of oreo funstix to snarf.
peace.

new acting resume material: convulsions

i'm pretty much a master at them now, after rehearsing several times and then filming three takes of me falling to the ground in a fit of convulsions, before having a sheet thrown over me and my head destroyed by a metal pole (a C-stand to be exact, which is actually a piece of film equipment...how self-referential).

i've got some time to chillax right now, since i'm not in the next few shots. jordan (el jefe) wants some supernatural stop-motion shit, so that's what's going down at the moment. i just like the idea of him going the rest of the year with "DIE, YOU LIMP-DICKED BASTARD!!" scrawled on his bedroom wall (my character is a little peeved about the whole getting-murdered thing).

i'll write more later, but first i have to wash hershey's syrup out of my hair.

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edit: i believe the final draft ended up being "SUFFER, DIE LIMP-DICK PSYCHOFUCK :)"

sunday sight & sound MADNESSSSSSS

so shooting for grace's project just ended, an endeavor lasting just over four hours. not too bad, considering we had some pretty frustrating technical difficulties--we couldn't get the camera to roll when we tried to shoot the second tracking scene, and once jeff finally got it to work, one of our lights blew out. we still had two others, but it threw off our 3-point and made for a slightly harsher fill than we had anticipated/wanted. i still think it will turn out nice though.

and now, POP QUIZ!
i have agreed to act in two sight & sound projects in the same day BECAUSE:
a) i am a masochist
b) i can't say no
c) sometimes i commit myself to things without really thinking them through
d) all of the above

i now have an hour or so to rest up before heading down to lo-rise to be murdered and then avenge my own death by killing my killer. and i also have to find something "white and billowy" to wear (anyone who knows me well can attest that neither of those adjectives are in my vocabulary, let alone my wardrobe). i can only hope it will be a time-efficient shoot.

what up, party people-
shooting for grace's next sight & sound project starts (and hopefully also ends) tomorrow. i'll keep you updated.

DUDES' NIGHT OUT

here's the link for DUDES' NIGHT OUT, henry kaplan's sight & sound final, in which i play the kidnapped (and implicitly raped?) girlfriend of a cowboy. you should check out mr. kaplan's other posted film WE WERE WARNED while you're at it, as he's quite the budding auteur.

introductions slash why this blog?

hello everybody.
at the most, you might be mildly curious as to why the hell i would have any reason for starting a blog. well i don't, not at this point anyway, but i figured i could secure the name and bide my time until i actually do have significant things to post. i suppose i started it for the same reason anyone starts a blog: procrastination. that being said, allow me to give you the abstract.

i started this blog with the intentions of posting updates on various film projects on which i embark, to be read by the cast (so the actors involved can track the progress of the film and see pictures of themselves, which all actors love) and the curious (friends and relatives of those involved with the production, or anyone with an interest in filmmaking and/or my bidness). ohhhh ain't i clever?

since i am not working on any film projects at the moment, i will fill this blog with other little tasties until i am working on a project, at which point i will stuff it silly with photos, updates, clips, interviews, and god only knows what else.

i have a few acting roles on the horizon, both under the direction of the lovely and muy misterioso grace kredell. i don't know what the first one is called (sight & sound project #3?), but it won't be family-friendly, i can tell you that much. the second is tentatively titled "my girl delivers!", in which i will be portraying a teenage pizza-girl/assassin hired to take out my friendly acquaintance ernesto (sorry i tried to break into your house, ernesto) with kickass kung-fu moves, courtesy of wesdojo nick marshall. grace also informs me she plans to cater to my "star image" by playing blondie's "call me" as i'm prettying myself up in the rearview mirror while driving to murder ernesto (ray's awesome car will most likely make an appearance, as well as her hillary clinton "i'm your man" air freshener).

so that's all for now. keep checking back for more updates, cinephiles!
love dylan