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Downloaded the preliminary information form for Saft (Short Film Agreement) from SAGIndie.com tonight & I'll be faxing it in tomorrow. Hell, I may just walk it in, have to hit the credit union anyway. Gettin all legal like is psyching me up for the shoot.

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Further proof that I can get addicted to anything...and a video test:

Genius. click the lower play button not on the video itself.

Video

There are now, officially, 6 billion sites to see short films. So it's really impossible for me to link to all the ones that I find funny. However this one, which explains the mystery of women, got me laughing this morning. Plus it was made in 1995 when only about 1/100th of us had internet & we had to actually go outside to interact with people. But that's really another subject.

So, there is a dire need for content on these 6 billion sites (& 5 billion festivals) and I'm happily doing my part. Work on "Saft" (working title) is coming right along. We didn't shoot it in February but we will in March.

Blacklist Union

Finally going to see a couple of friends' band: Blacklist Union. Good rock/metal with a hook. Check out their site for info, it's a free show & they go on around 11. I have a couple extra tix or see their site for more.

Eliminate the middle man

Had a few good auditions this week. Saw Danny Goldman for a Walmart spot. Yeah, I don't support them but I'll take their cash! It was a super quickie; 6 guys at once, slate, answer a quick question & outta there. I wonder if the guy who said "I'm about to be a Dad, hire me" got a callback...hmmmm. Today it was Francene Selkirk-Ackerman for a super secret project called "Product X". Or maybe it was a super secret product called "Project X". Pretty secret & stealthy though, right? I can't say anything but I'm fairly sure it's a irelessway ompanycay.

And tomorrow I have a print go-see, but the best was yesterday over at Sessions West Studios. It was great to be there because I hadn't been in a long time. I read for Gabrielle Schary for a Hundai campaign (yup, a series of spots). I was the first one there, had plenty of time with the copy & saw my friend Ivar who was there for a callback next door. Going in first was great, Gabrielle asked if I minded running it a few times as they fiddled with camera position & tweaked a line of dialog. Hell no, I don't mind! She gave a few adjustments & I had it down by the time they were ready. Well, except for mispronouncing Hundai 1/2 second into the first one on tape, after just saying it 800 times before that. D'oh! I actually did something I've rarely done(for good reason) & asked to start over. The situation just felt right & it was no problem, Gabrielle even made sure her assistant erased the f-up. Pretty cool, huh? But that's not even the best part. No. The best part was afterward when, sniffing around for a drop box, I wandered over to the outer lobby/parking type area & stumbled upon this:
Oh my god! Their box is an actu.... wait a sec, is that a plastic liner? Can this get any funnier?
Yes it can! I checked, that's McDonald's refuse & some assorted slop. Just awesome!