Thank You for Smoking
I make fun of and complain about actors a lot on this blog, but they’re not the only ones who are egotistical and disconnected from reality. A friend of mine recently got a job on a big, huge show. It’s one you’ve heard of, trust me. He was telling me all about their sets and […]
Where’s My Script?
A friend related a story to me recently about a well-known prima donna actor. Naturally, I loved it. Because it’s hearsay, I probably shouldn’t name names, so I’ll just say my friend was working on an unspecified Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin off, and I’ll call the actor, oh, “Bavid Doreanaz.” So, a new script […]
Save Your Money
When I worked at an agency, a good fifty percent of our clients were out of work at any given time. Those clients called almost every day, asking if my boss had work for them. I don’t know why they thought he wouldn’t call if he’d found work. He only gets paid if they get […]
Great New Vlog!
Have you seen this great new student film? Did he have help shooting this? I’m glad he cut the head of the video, where you see him hitting record, then running around the desk to sit down. Seriously, it looks like the end of an episode of Blossom.
Keeping People Happy
EastSt said: Um, they are getting paid FAR more then you… Pizza and your gas money is a SMALL price to pay to keep them happy. I really don’t understand this logic. At all. Isn’t the fact that she’s getting paid more in a day than I get in a week supposed to keep her […]
Take Coverage!
Writing about dogs in unusual professions took me back to the good old days of reading scripts and writing coverage. “Coverage” is basically a synopsis of a script, followed by comments on its quality. This usually involves reading the script twice: once to get a sense of the script, and again so I can get […]
The Life of a Juicer
This video probably makes no sense if you’ve never worked on a set:
Delivery
The other day, one of our actresses decided she really, really, really wanted a pizza. Naturally, my boss sent me out to the nearest CPK to pick up some hideous Ninja Turtles-style concoction with goat cheese and spinach and who knows what else. Driving back, my car smelling like a culinary nightmare, I wondered to […]
“‘Dog Movie’ Screenplay Needed”
The universe is somehow bending itself to my will. I seriously wish I was kidding. From Craig’s List: “Dog Movie” Screenplay Needed (Anywhere) Reply to: gigs-916676856@craigslist.org [?] Date: 2008-11-12, 3:28PM PST We are a Burbank based production/development company looking for a: Dog Themed Family Film This will be direct-to-video low budget 2009 release. We are […]
The Case of the Missing Post
Sorry I didn’t post anything yesterday. I was working on set. I was at the stage for sixteen hours, but when I got home, I couldn’t sleep. “Exhausting but fun,” indeed. It was all rain and green screen and waiting for the camera guys to get their heads out of their asses, but I was […]
Insert Dog Pun Here
Who let the dogs out? The business is going to the dogs. These scripts are dogging me. The dog days of script reading. Whatever. See, I used to work for a producer at a low-end production company. They made direct-to-DVD sequels and knock offs of real movies with budgets ranging from low to really low. […]
Doing It In a Group
No, not like that one time in college when we were all drunk. Well, I wasn’t drunk; I was just male. Anyway. I’m talking about my writers’ group. We had our first meeting in a couple months last night, and it was great. Being a bunch of writers, we did everything in our power to […]