My new “serious” project idea is a documentary about homelessness in Florida. I’m blogging progress for that project in it’s own blog called Mean Florida.
Archive for the ‘Florida’ Category
More Motivation
February 25, 2008My confidence has been almost non-existent for a long time now. A lot of it has to do with the systematic stomping of it by Little Caesars over a couple years and showing my work to people who are just … well, the wrong people. I make every effort to not try being funny because I’m afraid of looking stupid. There are a few people… I hear their voices in my head no matter what I’m writing or doing and they’re all telling me that whatever I’m working on sucks for whatever reason. I’m afraid to write anything meaningful because I’m afraid of some a–hole saying it seems kneejerk or shallow because of my political or religious beliefs in which case I think whatever I’m doing is just a waste of time.
There’s that and the fact that I beg people to read stuff I write and no one has any interest. I beg my teenage daughter to share her stories and poetry with me and she has no interest in letting me see it. I should have known better than to have girls – just more of them around me to reject me.
However, the “school” script I’m working on … that – and the cadet I exchanged some emails with – really lifted me up and I keep getting great feedback on something else I wrote. I wrote this stupid little post on my Facebook “blog” and sent it out as a mass email about something that happened the other day and people keep telling me how funny it is. Marci Karp, a girl who was in many of the early movies I did for Little Caesars (none of hers are on here – not for any particular reason, they just aren’t), told me I should write “or something.” She wasn’t the only one … but … it’s all been nice to hear.
I’ve been succumbing to repeated thoughts that Florida will be just another place I’ll fail but today is a bit better (I just woke up, though, so who knows). Maybe my wife is right, maybe the sunshine will make me feel better.
In Focus Magazine
February 22, 2008http://www.infocus-magazine.com/
Florida’s Film,Television and the Arts Industry
One More FL link
February 21, 2008- Florida On Film – listings of films shot in florida, festivals, more
There’s A Difference
February 21, 2008Filmflorida.org is different than filmflorida.com! The former seems to have much more content than the latter.
More Florida Film Resources
February 20, 2008I just discovered FilmFlorida.com and the Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office. Sarasota is the next city over but I think I’m in Manatee County. I can’t believe how many web sites I’m finding for filmmaking in Florida. Definitely check out the “Florida” Category to the right.
More Florida Goodies
January 9, 2008I emailed the Sarasota Film Society, based on the photo of what looked like students working on Macs on their Filmmakers Forum page, asking if they had Macs to rent for editing and such. Jerry Kovar, the Executive Director, emailed me back and said that, no, they don’t but he would forward my message to others. One of those people was Rick Hughes, of anythingarts.com, who suggested the Digital Technology Centre which looks pretty sweet. Sarasota seems to be pretty happenin’ when it comes to cinema and other arts so I’m getting excited.
Mr. Kovar also asked what I would be doing in Florida. I had to say, quite confidently, “I have no idea,” which I’m sure made me seem like quite the professional. He said I should send him my resume so he could see if anyone would be interested. I couldn’t help but get really excited about that (against my better – or should I say bitter – judgment).
Good Day, Sunshine
December 28, 2007Just found these sites and I’m excited about being at all of these:
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Florida Film Festival
It looks like I missed the deadline for 2008, but that also means I have plenty of time to get ready for 2009, eh? -
The Sarasota Film Society looks a lot like the Detroit Film Center (which I hope to see before I leave – they’ve moved to a new location… I haven’t had time to finish Red Eye because as soon as I got my current day job, I had to start looking for a new job in Florida!) in that they show local/independent films and have classes. They also show art films (which is good because the Maple and others in Detroit are just too far away) and first-run films. They’re totally showing Kids which I’ve wanted to see forever but it’s Jan 5 which is before I’ll get there.
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“Entries begin January 4, 2008″ (I’m not sure what that means, exactly) for the Central Florida Film Festival held in August. I wonder if I can finish … no, probably not. Well, I suppose I could get Red Eye screened … nah, I’ll do that as a Detroit exclusive … hmm… that might be a reason to come back up and visit for a weekend!
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I think every state has an office dedicated to the film industry – Michigan sure does. Florida’s official state-run department, Film In Florida, has it’s own website including a list of Florida film festivals! How cool is that?
I’ve tried to find info on local community access TV but my impression so far is there is none. Poop.
Me at my current (now temporary) gig at AT&T:
In all likelihood, all I’ll have is my own personal camera – not a super sweet one like Little Caesars’ at my disposal. I’ll have to spend a couple hundred on RAM and storage for my little Mac to edit with. Even with more RAM, I’m not sure it could handle Final Cut Express so it might be time to use iMovie. Crap … I’ll need a microphone, too, since my little camera doesn’t have much… it’s all do-able, though.
I’ve been reading a lot about John Carpenter, lately, and listening to his commentaries for The Thing and Halloween. I didn’t realize how low-budget Halloween was or that it was an independent film. Carpenter gives really good commentary. I like Halloween’s better, though, because I love the “how we did it” stuff for low budget productions.
