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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
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11:17p - 2008 in Review
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
I successfully adapted a narrative from page to screen. (I tried one time before, when I was maybe 12, at which time I wrote an extremely faithful but not at all good script for Alice in Wonderland.) I was the producer on a respectable $16,000 budget short, which is nothing money when it comes to film, but which is a step up from my previous guerilla producing. That film was also my first time working HD - I spent the rest of the year with 35mm, also a first. (I've been on 35mm shoots before, but not as part of the camera department.) I learned how to use a spot meter. I edited on an AVID. I did my first work as an AD, and my first work as a stills photographer. I acted in my first feature and my first web series. I realized I could comfortably sing much higher notes than I thought I could. I got used to playing the open B guitar chords without having to look them up every time. Oh - and I became a minister and conducted a wedding.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I said that I should work on one of my novels and one of my feature scripts, and I did, although I haven't finished any of them. This year I need to get Tomaso sorted - get him on some kind of assistance so that he's not homeless, but get him out of my house. I'll make an effort to get him on some anti-psychotics, but I am not sure that's a battle I can win. Aside from that, I need to finish my thesis film and paper, and get to a point where I'm making an income that can support me - which mostly involves a lot of auditions, a lot of writing, and a certain amount of teaching. I've also decided to actually sit down and record an album, just because. And at some point I'll officially register Rocker Box Gasket as an llc, so that I can start fund-raising for one of the features (Pedestrians or The Hunger Artists - whichever script Ciro and I think is ready to go when the time comes).
I also want to learn the dance from Bande à Part.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No. A friend's brother did, but I've never met him.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
A lot of celebrity deaths hit close to home, but the people I know are still alive. My sound recordist's friend died in a car accident during the shooting of "The Sleeping People," but that's pretty far removed from me.
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