Me and actress/model Diana Budur has finished another draft of 'At the Moons Edge'. The script gets better and better. This writing process with Diana has been a learning process. It has been so much fun, hardwork, lots of concentration. The script has more depth and is more straightforward.
Its a challenging story based on sexuality, past tragedies, present healing and the complex relationships between parents and children.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Finished 'Kisses'
The rock and roll -road drama 'A Thousand Kisses Before Death' was completed this month. I'm very happy with it. It is one of my favorite scripts thus far. The main character Suzume is as complex as I wanted her to be and the story turned out to be a lot more than I expected as a writer. Its always good to allow the story to take the turns it wants to-based on the situations the characters find themselves in. These situations help define the characters because it'll force them to make critical decisions.
Writing this script was so much fun! I thought it was going to be about 88 pages but it turned out to be 102 pages, which is cool, because I was so caught up in the characters lives. I enjoyed hanging out with them, lol.
When the movie is made I'm looking to make it one of the best road movies ever made.
Writing this script was so much fun! I thought it was going to be about 88 pages but it turned out to be 102 pages, which is cool, because I was so caught up in the characters lives. I enjoyed hanging out with them, lol.
When the movie is made I'm looking to make it one of the best road movies ever made.
'Black' Feature
April 7th 2013 marked the last day of production for the feature length movie I co-directed and wrote. The movie is called 'The Black Van'. It is a crime drama about bullying. Production began in Febuary 2013 but was put on hold due to bad weather. Production picked back up this month and was completed as mentioned on april 7th.
The cast includes Treach ('Jason's Lyric'), J.D. Williams ('The Wire', 'Blue Bloods', 'The Good Wife'), Sticky Fingers (popular rap group 'Onyx'), Del Harrison, Jay Parris ('Belly'), plus a talented cast of unknown actors.
My co-director was popular music video director DC Coles.
The script was written in about a month and a half and the production last for 12 days.
The cast includes Treach ('Jason's Lyric'), J.D. Williams ('The Wire', 'Blue Bloods', 'The Good Wife'), Sticky Fingers (popular rap group 'Onyx'), Del Harrison, Jay Parris ('Belly'), plus a talented cast of unknown actors.
My co-director was popular music video director DC Coles.
The script was written in about a month and a half and the production last for 12 days.
Friday, November 30, 2012
'Beautiful' upcoming award ceremony
After being notified that 'Beautiful Women Wake Up Early' has won Best Experimental Short at the New York international Film Festival-LA edition, now there will be a award ceremony in January 2013. Very cool.
Scripts on Fire!
The latest scripts that I've been working on is a heist story titled 'The Last Heist'. Some of my favorite heist movies are Michael Mann's Heat, Steven Soderberg's 'Out of Sight', F. Gary's 'Set it Off', and the old and new 'Ocean's Eleven'. These movies have left a lasting impression on me. So while writing this feature length script subconsciously I guess I'm going back to these films and more that I've watched about a robberies. But along the way the story becomes bigger than the robbery, it boils down to relationships. To write on a genre that has a big fan base and try to keep the story interesting with fascinating characters is a challenge because as a writer you wonder how can the robbery be different from the other robberies that have been depicted on screen. The script is coming along well. And the ending is well....explosive!
Another script that I'm looking forward to writing has a working title, 'Millenium Woman', it's about a young woman who sells prescription drugs to high schoolers. She developes a relationship with one of the teenagers and from there twist and turns occur based on obsession, dependence, shame, guilt, jealousy, envy...its all there and then some. I want it to be fast, sad, funny, sexy, but it'll be a exploration in these teenagers dependency on these drugs that are ruining their lives and the passive woman who sells it to them.
'Enigma' is another script that I'm very excited about, in which I wrote out of frustration during hurricane Sandy. Its about young rich men and women and how a group of them live and how the leader of the pack faces some questions and concerns in her life that challenges her relationships and her future.
These are just some of the stories I've been working on.
Another script that I'm looking forward to writing has a working title, 'Millenium Woman', it's about a young woman who sells prescription drugs to high schoolers. She developes a relationship with one of the teenagers and from there twist and turns occur based on obsession, dependence, shame, guilt, jealousy, envy...its all there and then some. I want it to be fast, sad, funny, sexy, but it'll be a exploration in these teenagers dependency on these drugs that are ruining their lives and the passive woman who sells it to them.
'Enigma' is another script that I'm very excited about, in which I wrote out of frustration during hurricane Sandy. Its about young rich men and women and how a group of them live and how the leader of the pack faces some questions and concerns in her life that challenges her relationships and her future.
These are just some of the stories I've been working on.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
A complete 'Moon'
The script for 'At the Moons Edge' is finished...for now. Right now it's in the hands of a producer. If she decides to pick it up then we proceed to a finalized budget and begin casting, location scouting, etc...
Its defiantely a feature length script, and it's a psychological family drama with dream sequences and emotionally draining scenes that will keep the audience totally engaged.
Thanks to Diana Budur, who did a splendid job depicting such high drama on the page.
Its defiantely a feature length script, and it's a psychological family drama with dream sequences and emotionally draining scenes that will keep the audience totally engaged.
Thanks to Diana Budur, who did a splendid job depicting such high drama on the page.
'Beautiful' stay in LA-Screening
The LA screening for 'Beautiful Women Wake Up Early' was a lot of fun. Thank you to all that attended. There were many people that attended. The crowds' reaction to the movie was good. I had the privilege of meeting several directors, actors, and producers. The weather was great, very hot (99-100). I ate in Beverly Hills (Sharky's on Beverly Rd.), Artisan House (downtown LA on Main St.), bought delicious spicy sandwiches and Sushi at 'Marty's also on Main St., downtown LA. Really good food and nice people all around. I'm looking forward to returning to LA...to get my Oscar :-).
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