Blah blah blah. 750 Words Thursday, 25 August 2011.

Aliens are attacking

Okay so today started off pretty good. Go a tax rebate, only 30 quid but I can’t complain and I found a tenner in my jeans. A Scottish tenner but a tenner none the less. Odd, that I haven’t been to Scotland since last year. Which mean its been there for a year. I made 40 quid today yayy and i should be getting my JSA check tomorrow. Yayy again.

 So now that I have a few quid I’m happy again. Not sure why though as I have nothing to buy so having the money doesn’t actually do anything for me right now, I should really save it, as I’m usually skint right before my next JSA check comes in.

 Key;

Quid = Pounds. Like Bucks is to Dollars

Skint = I HAVE NO FREAKING MONEY!

 I took that tax rebate check to the bank and deposited it and picked up a crossword puzzle book for my Day, he’s not well and likes to keep the grey matter exercised. After that I’ve pretty much just read a book all day ‘The Guerilla Film Makers Pocket Book’  its amazing how much you can learn by reading interviews with industry professionals who also work for free (Sometimes) on micro/no budget films. Its good to know that you can get these people for little or nothing or even talk to them for help, nice bunch of people.

 I wonder if the diet coke is cold yet? Hasn’t been in the fridge long.

 So, not much else going on so I’ll just lie.

 Anyway after a few chapters of this I felt the ground shake, and seeing as there was a recent Earthquake felt in New York and Washington DC I wondered if we too had had an earthquake, And as I’ve never actually been somewhere thats had an earthquake I have no idea what one actually feels like. But a few moments later there was another, and another, and they all felt the same, I soon realized that it wasn’t an earthquake but more like an impact. I stopped what I was doing and went down stairs then out the front door as I did the road before me was torn apart by some kind of energy blast and as I looked up into the sky I saw it, a giant mechanized machine.

 So I read a book all day.

 And now I’m getting a little tired. Fighting off aliens take it out of you. Okay that didn’t happen. If it did I think Twitter would explode.

 I then watched a bunch of videos on the more inspirational (Then Youtube) Vimeo, some good stuff, skateboards and BMX bikes “tearing” it up in some “Sick” moves. I try to sound cool but I always fail. Oh well. Some good stuff from Kessler Cranes, Astro-Photography, again awesome. I like Vimeo. I know that I’d most likely be able to find these Vimeo videos on Youtube, but I never see Youtube as a place to post seriously art, films, or animations but on Vimeo it just seem perfect. Most of the stuff I watch on there is extremely well shot, edited, filtered and produced. Youtube is more like “Just get the shot it’ll be fine. (Sometime later) oh shit” I’ve even been told not to put showreels on Youtube because pros in the film industry don’t want to hear “Go to Youtube to see my showreel” Thats not to say they want to see a showreel on Vimeo either. I would on Vimeo but I wouldn’t tell people to go there to see it, I’d burn of a few DVD’s but having it online is good for easy quick access and it helps if someone is checking you out and comes across it. But don’t tell them to go there and not to youtube, as its just a video sharing website filled with trolls, dicks and copyrighted material. Vimeo is a film makers website and more appropriate for your showreel and I con’t imagine your showreel will exceed 500mb so its also free. If your on Shooting People (www.shootingpeople.org) which is a film makers database UK and the US so having it there is also a good idea, if your looking for cast and crew it lets people check you out before wanting to work with you, also, if other want to work with you you can check them out. All is good. But there is a yearly fee to join and unlike Vimeo you can’t upload anything without it. Shame, its a cool site. As when I was a member there I was able to get a discount on Final Draft 7. And Movie Maker magazine and MovieScope magazine. It was because of Shooting People that one of my own shorts (Do Not Bend) was screened in a small theater in Covent Garden, London. Great experience by the way.

Nothing worth writing about happened today. 750 Words Wednesday, 24 August 2011

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No Money Dang it. 750 Words Tuesday, 23 August 2011.

LOOK AT ME!

So today I logged into my bank account because I wanted to put some money on my Oyster card, go to the gym and maybe, at some point this week go into the city to meet a friend over here from the States. But of course, as is my luck it hadn’t come through yet. I decided to wait until mid-day, just to be sure, I mean they have a lot of people to dish money out to and maybe it was just taking a little longer then usual. So mid-day came and went and still nothing, so I called them up and asked, I was told that my “Evidence” hadn’t been sent through. That means that my two weeks worth of job searching was signed off, but the woman I saw forgot to send it through. The woman I spoke to said she’d do it then and there but it would take three days, I’d have to wait until Thursday. She then asked it that would be ok, my response “What choice do I have” I then said it would be fine. So now I’m hoping that on Thursday I get my money. This does mean that I don’t spend any money until Thursday. Not that I have anything to spend money on anyway.

 I was hoping to hit up the city either tomorrow or at some point during the week, but then I’m not sure how long Scott is in London. Hoping I get to see the guy again before he leaves. Bummer really. I hate when shit like this happens. And it happens to me far to much, just when you think that your getting ahead, getting a pay check or will finally have some money to just have, it never seems to work that way, something always happens that means I want have that money or the money I did have will be debited away because some asshole somewhere fucked up. That reminds me I need to call BT again to see if anything has happened with the £60 the took will be given back any time soon.

 I’ve been thinking about the films again. As I do most days. I thought I’d post on Vimeo this ;

“I'm a guy who wants to make films, currently working more short film scripts then i know what to do with, and as much as i want to get cracking on these, and have my own ideas on how to go about doing that i would like to gain experience on the process, even just a little. To gain contacts and friends who are also doing the same thing.

 I never went to film school, and even if i could go now, i most likely still wouldn't, but thats another story. I am willing to work behind or in front of the camera for free, assuming of course i can get to you, as i have no car and right now i'm unemployed so money for my oyster card is an issue. But if i can get to you for the length of time you'd require me then i'd happily work for nothing, you don't even have to give me a credit, i just want to gain experience on making films.

 Once i'm ready to make my own films, i'll most like post here on Vimeo and on ShootingPeople.org. And if i have contacts by then i'll make those phone calls as well.

 I'm based in Muswell Hill in North London, the nearest tube is Highgate on the Northern line and Buses are 43, 134 and 234.”

 What I’m hoping to get is unpaid work to gain a little more experience, I mean I think I can make my short films either way so its not exactly needed, but getting to know people and making contacts I think is priceless in this industry. And if I do good work I might get more and at some point, assuming I’m actually good at it, paid work. Yayy. I could then, hopefully hang up my security uniform and cut up my security license, and work on films. Mine and other peoples. Well, thats the dream anyways. Live the dream.

 Lets me ask you this. What would life be like if we didn’t have dreams. And then follow them?

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All work and no play make Jason a dull boy. 750 Words Monday, 22 August 2011.

Closer

Well its Sunday again.

I wrote an outline for another two shorts. I’ll start printing them off and get started on re-writes. I want to write more about the stories themselves but I don’t want to put anything out there thats to revealing not until I’ve either made them decided that I can’t make them or come to a realization that I’ll never make them. Either way I still need to re-write them all.

I think I’l try to stay away form the writing thing for the rest of this post, because thats all I’ve talked about all week.

So, what have you been up to today, anything interesting?

Ah cool. That is interesting.

So anyway.

 I’ve written 8 short film scripts this week and tons of treatments/outlines I’m a good boy.

 Sorry about that I couldn’t stop myself, I really need to get back to the gym, seriously I feel like I’ll getting weaker. I love my Gym, its a great place to stare at myself and pose for 30 minutes straight. Ok that was a lie, its not really 30 minutes. More like 25 but who’s counting right :D

 Craving Fish ‘n’ chips

 Lazy - Deep Purple just started. I like this riff.

 Struggling to write stuff.

 Christwire.org is fucking hilarious get over there and look around. If your sane, have read a book that doesn’t centre around your invisible friend, have half a brain or have had sex have at least a 5th grade education you’ll love this place its filled me with such joy over the last 30 minutes or so. The site itself is backwards and the people that comment there actually believe everything it says, because they are all mostly backward bible bashing fun haters, but there are sooo cute and funny to read. You can’t read an article or a comment with out wanting to put just a little fact in there. One dude actually say, “We discovered AIDS 5 years ago” he must have been so proud. OF course the rest of the world has known since 1981. Which if you’ll permit me to say, was 30 years ago. So Science has known about the AIDS virus for 30 years, where as the Church only found out 5 years back. And people say they need to live in the now, in the present. I bet these same people think the world is only 6000 years old. Maybe thats there logic here. They realised that they need to bring the date forwards because of the way that calculate the passage of time.

 Anyway, its a site that needs to be seen to be believed.

 Now I have nothing else to write about :(

 Okay I just found out that Christwire is a satirical website, but still hours of fun and putting the world to rights ;P

Was playing about on Vimeo again, joining groups and adding my videos, I want to get noticed. My stuff isn’t great but I hope to be adding some good stuff soon.

 Birds singing outside my window. Sounds nice.

 Anyway, There are time when the view outside my window is quiet nice, just before the sun sets, I can’t see the sun, its on the other side of the house, but its light looks great on the sky and the building I can see. It looks nice.

 So yea I hope to be adding more films, and I use the word FILM properly. I may go to a local acting school to fine “talent”. Am-Drams might be worth a try I guess.

 And I think I need to reorganize anything on my computer, and on my external drives, for back ups. Everything seems to be everywhere and all over the place. Its annoying. Things need to be easier. I like easy.

 I need to make a film soon, real soon.

 Okay now I’m just trying to make up the 750 words thing. And I’m a little under 100 to go so.

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More film stuff, again. 750 Words Sunday, 21 August 2011.

I shaved

So, today (Saturday) I write these a day early. And if you just asked why, I just do okay, deal with it. So today I looked at an outline for a short film and I thought I might need to cut it down and simplify it a bit. As it turns out I didn’t.

 So I did what I’ve been doing all week, I turn on iTunes and clicked on the Classic Rock playlist where I have housed my Led Zeppelin and recently purchased Deep Purple albums, grants I only have one Deep Purple album and a best of Led Zeppelin album, I hit play and started to write the screenplay. Of course making sure shuffle was selected. And so I write.

 Every now and then I would just save my work and get up, go down stairs and make a cup of tea, and as my sister, on her weekend visits, brought her two pups down as well, so I would sit down stairs and play with them a little for a bit. I guess to waste time or think about where the script was and where it was going.

 It was around that time I remembered that I have another best of album in iTunes, ‘The Who’, so once back up stairs I threw that double album into the classic rock playlist making 83 tracks of mid 60’s to early 70’s classic rock. Its a good playlist.

 Having a new set of music added to the magical mojo playlist, I started up writing again, and every now and then I would take a break pop down stairs and play with the pups and make a new cuppa tea. Go back up stairs and write some more. I did this routine a few more time. Maybe 6 times in all.

 And after 4 hours of classic rock I had finished the short film script, 12 pages of it. Ok its not “finished” its in a rough draft, need a little bit of work, but I think it’ll be fine.

 I can’t remember a time when I wrote for so long and kept the quality of writing up the whole time, like the rest of this week, I think it’s been the breaks, I’ve usually just gotten my head down and typed until I couldn’t type anymore and I’ve always noticed a significant drop in quality which has alway meant that I’d have to go back and retype it, always a pain to do. So my mantra for writing is now to break often, get a cuppa tea and where possible, play with puppies. I’m so confident I think I could take that script out now and shoot it with out much trouble. But I won’t. Or can’t. Yet.

 So now I’m at 8 scripts in a week, I started last Sunday and since then I’ve written something every day, weather it be a treatment an outline or the script I’ve written something and that is key to everything. Even if its just this 750 exercise, its something written, keeps the skills sharp so to speak/type.

 I just took a comedy break, I have Comedy Central on the tele and it was distracting me, but instead of turning it off I figured I’d just watch it.

 I now have a total of 15 ideas for short films, some I might not be able to do, or even get them to work, but I’ll just move forward, I added another idea today, its a VFX video rathe rather then a short film, but lets face it, if you can’t have fun doing this then why bother doing it. So I would like to make a few video that are just for shits and giggles, no story or plot just visual effects on a grand scope, and a little ridicules. I think only making short films with a message or for recognition would get tiresome after awhile, so taking a break to make something silly and fun is needed for someone like me, if I can’t have fun with it then I don’t want to do it.

Something else I realised today, and that is that when I watch videos and films on Vimeo I get inspired, even if its a video on BMX bikes or skateboards I still feel the need to shot something that likes that good. Vimeo for me equals inspiration. And Youtube, not so much, I watch videos on Youtube, made by the tier 1 tubers and all I feel is sick, all those resources and nothing to show for it, I doesn’t inspire me at all. And as there are people on Youtube uploading great content, but not getting the recognition they deserve because the tier 1’s always do the same thing, and that is, at the end of their uninspired poorly presented badly acted diarrhea ridden dialogued videos, they do a ‘talk to camera’ section where they say how happy they are that you watched their utterly putrid pile of insect infested bile they also ask you, or their “fans” to like, favorite and comment “and lets see if we can get this video to the featured section”, I mean they have enough viewers that that will most likely happen anyway, it might take a day longer, but it will happen eventually. The way I see it, there are videos out there that deserve to be on the featured page far more then their dog vomit, but because they ask you to do all that crap their video might and I’m guessing does, push the better videos out of sight, so they never get seen. That is criminal. But I guess we can all live in the hope that at some point the tier 1 tubers will slowly disappear from the front pages allowing new, more inspiring video to shine through the mist of youtuber bullshit. My message to them, you’re already the most popular people on youtube, mostly because you were there in the beginning, so if you see a video on youtube from someone not very popular, and you love the video or the film, tell people, promote that video, give these people the opportunity to shine. Or maybe the reason you guys don’t do that, is because you don’t want better people with better material pushing you off the front page. You game the system because your in a position to, and to those that aren’t, I guess its tough shit. You say that you youtubers are all one big family, so act like it, or is it that the younger or better looking or better film makers in your extended family are basically the competition in a race, a marathon where they might be fitter then you and be able to run faster and longer then you, but don’t have mopeds like you.

 Congratulations, your stunting the content on your beloved Youtube to shit contrived fart jokes, making sure to keep your videos short enough so not to exceed the attention span of your prepubescent viewers.

 The last two paragraphs were for the tier 1 youtubers, the people you see on the features and front pages of youtube every fucking day. And no, I’m not a hater or a troll, I’m a fucking realist.