Rock & Roll Time at Las Vegas Intl. Film Fest: the making of film Dead Weight
A walk or two down the Red Carpet with some of the actors in my movie, at the Aof Megafest and Las Vegas International Film & Screenplay Competition. It was sort of 15-20 film festivals merged into one. HUGE! And then my movie screening of DEAD WEIGHT with a Q&A by me at the end,…
Movie Premiere! : the making of film Dead Weight
MOVIE PREMIERE! It’s ON! DEAD WEIGHT premieres at the Las Vegas International Film & Screenplay Competition! Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 3:15pm. Brenden Theaters at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada. And – I have been nominated for Best Actress, while one of my other actors, Nigel Vonas, has been nominated…
Bloody Hospital, Bloody Heart – It’s a Wrap! : the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – Day 12 I’m nervous.. More nervous than I’ve ever been the entire film shoot – even the first day. The reasons are many. The entire cast is here (minus Baby S Girl). We have more crew. This is more people than I’ve ever dealt with. It’s indoors, which means LOTS of…
The John Wayne Shot: the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – Day 11 We’re in the flats. The desert stretches out in front of me, shimmery with heat – the hottest of hot. Little yellow pinprick buds are flowering on the cacti. Tiny springtime delights. Other than that, sparse bushes, dry, dry sand, even dryer distant rock mountains. …Actor-Man is back on…
Roving Telescopes: the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – Day 10 It’s a big day. Lots to shoot. I’ve never tried this. Setting up base camp in two different geographical locations. Yes, it will be ambitious. A hike is involved in one of them. Straight up the mountain. It’s a lot. Actor-Man and I are filming the top of the…
BANG! – People are Shooting – At Us: the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – Day 9 We’ve now got a caterer number two, but he is no Mountain Lady. Tony the caterer is a tiny leprechaun-like Italian paisano. He doesn’t so much walk into our motel room with breakfast. He blows in like a ferocious little tornado. I stare at him through…
Taco Shops and Camomile Tea: the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – day 8 We’re back to one-man band acting. Just me. I have to dig deeper, but it’s also a lot more easeful. And it gives me time to really feel the character in a different, more palpable way. OK, here’s the scene where I wake up in the desert, lost. I…
The Underwater Shot: the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – Day 7 It’s really day seven of our movie shoot; but we took a day off on the real day seven.. The DP assured me the crew must rest on the seventh day. Just like God making Creation. Oh, and unlike God, who needs no food or lodging, the crew does, and…
Let’s Just Improv It: the making of film Dead Weight
LET’S JUST IMPROV IT Movie Shoot – Day 6 Some people may wonder – why a Baby Shaman? Aren’t you misappropriating Native American culture? I don’t have a super PC answer, other than I’m half Hispanic, which is partly Native American. Maybe Quadroon or Octoroon native blood in there. And I wrote what fired…
The Flintstones Rocks: the making of film Dead Weight
Movie Shoot – Day 5 Baby S Girl, my second actor, her mother, and their huge energetic puppy are up bright and early with the crew… all waiting for me. “Hi! Hi!” Hugs and kisses. Her child-like eagerness and trust are a balm on the spirit. We head to a new location on Earth…