Here is a new music video from Lowry. It's nice and simple, and it was made for $99. While, on the one hand I like the premise of low-budget music videos, I do have to say that I do get a little defensive about things like this as an aspiring filmmaker - I think everyone, no matter that they have less experience than the big-time music video makers, deserves to be paid appropriately for their work, and that can't really be done for $99. It's so hard to make a living in this field and it seems like more and more people expect you to work for free. But political opinions aside, I do like the way this video turned out. It looks quite nice.
I also happened to be walking through Brooklyn today on this beautiful day listening to Lowry's album, "Love Is Dead," and despite the slightly emo sounding title, it's a really pleasant album to listen to on a sunny, contemplative walk. It's laid back and kind of nostalgic. Their music has this floating quality that relaxes me.
Showing posts with label film production. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film production. Show all posts
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Combining My Loves
Here is the video I edited together for my friend that was a nice chance for me to combine my loves of music and film production. It's a trailer of sorts for a TV series or web series that my friend is going to pitch. This particular episode is about Ann Arbor, so it's got some familiar faces for those of you who read my blog regularly - Matt Jones, Chris Bathgate and Fred Thomas. Please keep in mind that I was not involved in the shooting so I am not responsible for the less-than-stellar sound and lighting (the girl who shot it has no background in film, so it's actually pretty good considering). Obviously if this became a series, my friend would not be doing the shooting herself. Also, the quality on youtube is super crappy. I promise it looks better than this uncompressed.
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Getting the ball rolling
So a friend of mine and I are shooting a TV pilot. We have been trying to put this together for a while and it's finally getting moving. I'm really excited, but stressed. And I have been so busy the past few days that I actually haven't really had time to listen to much music. So today's post is going to be film related, since that is all I have been doing the past few days. I'm going to post on the subject of casting. Actors, pay attention.
Here are some rules that I thought were very obvious that actors are supposed to follow when they are applying for roles, but apparently I was wrong and some people don't know this stuff:
1. Send your headshot. If you don't, you're stupid. We need your headshot. And the only reason I can see for not sending one is if you know you don't fit the role or if you are dumb. In either case, I don't want to work with you.
2. If you know you don't fit the role, don't even apply. We don't appreciate our time being wasted and you shouldn't want to waste your time either applying for jobs you know you're not right for and you're not going to get. For example, if it says "white/caucasian" then don't apply unless you're white. It's not that we're racist but sometimes (like in my case) we already have some roles cast and my white, blonde actress' fraternal twin brother can't be Indian. Sorry. If it says the character is 26, don't apply if you're 60. Even if you're 30, unless you look younger, don't apply. We're not going to change the age of our character for you. If someone puts that the character is 26 they have something very specific in mind. If they put that the character is 30-50 then clearly the age of the character is more flexible and then maybe you can apply.
3. Send professional, clear headshots. We don't want to see pictures you took in Photo Booth, we don't want to see pictures of you that you photoshoped all sorts of weird effects on, and we want to be able to see what you look like so the picture had better not be grainy or blurry.
Now, hopefully all of you reading this are thinking "duh." Because that's what you should be thinking. But I am really honestly appalled at some of the submissions we've been getting. I would've thought people who wanted to be professional actors would know better. We've especially been having trouble with guys. The girls actually seem to get it for the most part and have only been applying for roles they fit. But we haven't gotten a single guy that fits the description we posted.
I guess it's because we made the mistake of posting to Craigslist. We posted a bunch of other places too - slightly more exclusive casting postings - and Craigslist was kind of "well, we might as well just in case we get one or two gems." But seriously actors, if you use Craigslist that doesn't give you the right to be stupid or lazy or unprofessional.
Here are some rules that I thought were very obvious that actors are supposed to follow when they are applying for roles, but apparently I was wrong and some people don't know this stuff:
1. Send your headshot. If you don't, you're stupid. We need your headshot. And the only reason I can see for not sending one is if you know you don't fit the role or if you are dumb. In either case, I don't want to work with you.
2. If you know you don't fit the role, don't even apply. We don't appreciate our time being wasted and you shouldn't want to waste your time either applying for jobs you know you're not right for and you're not going to get. For example, if it says "white/caucasian" then don't apply unless you're white. It's not that we're racist but sometimes (like in my case) we already have some roles cast and my white, blonde actress' fraternal twin brother can't be Indian. Sorry. If it says the character is 26, don't apply if you're 60. Even if you're 30, unless you look younger, don't apply. We're not going to change the age of our character for you. If someone puts that the character is 26 they have something very specific in mind. If they put that the character is 30-50 then clearly the age of the character is more flexible and then maybe you can apply.
3. Send professional, clear headshots. We don't want to see pictures you took in Photo Booth, we don't want to see pictures of you that you photoshoped all sorts of weird effects on, and we want to be able to see what you look like so the picture had better not be grainy or blurry.
Now, hopefully all of you reading this are thinking "duh." Because that's what you should be thinking. But I am really honestly appalled at some of the submissions we've been getting. I would've thought people who wanted to be professional actors would know better. We've especially been having trouble with guys. The girls actually seem to get it for the most part and have only been applying for roles they fit. But we haven't gotten a single guy that fits the description we posted.
I guess it's because we made the mistake of posting to Craigslist. We posted a bunch of other places too - slightly more exclusive casting postings - and Craigslist was kind of "well, we might as well just in case we get one or two gems." But seriously actors, if you use Craigslist that doesn't give you the right to be stupid or lazy or unprofessional.
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