INT: BAR- EVENING. The misadventures and call sheet mistakes of a Griffin, a 1st AD and Valentina, a 2nd AD. Everything you didn't know about being on a film set and had no idea to ask.
Update on 2nd AD
Turns out he’s a high school student. The Producer claims “He totally misrepresented himself!”
I thought, “When his mom dropped him off, I’m not sure what work experience you were hoping for.”
Trying to talk to people about what I do.
For the love of all that is holy, never lock in a location that you do not obtain full control of. This is rule number one to location scouting. When you have dialog, multiple actors, background, picture vehicles, and other large elements at play, having civilians also stepping through the set and…
Very helpful to understanding shooting in a live business.
Dead. Just dead. Nothing to see. All dead here.
After a fast and heated backlash, the company has withdrawn its attempt to trademark the phrase for a forthcoming Pixar film.
Wow… I mean… does anyone get this? I mean really get this? I hope there’s a general understanding about how bad this actually is. I try not to mix heritage into this blog, but I think people know both Val and I are Latin. And this, it just makes me sick. I’m hoping it was a general knee jerk “business as usual.” approach, and that the person doing this was just a low man on the ladder type of deal.
Edit: Otherwise, it’s like if they tried to trademark The 4th of July, or St. Patricks Day Or Hanukkah. Again… really hoping this was a mistake. Otherwise, even with withdrawing their request, they’re going to find they’re making the first Pixar flop.
Oh… very sad. Most of my childhood, my fathers childhood, and even my grandfather’s life was watching this man’s work. God bless.
When I tell the grips that it’s a closed set…
The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann’s latest high-end refurbishing of a lived-in classic, doesn’t try to re-imagine Jazz Age tunes in a modern context. Instead, it attempts to transplant the sensibility of the 1920s to the hip-hop era, with genre-busting collaborations overseen by Jay-Z.
Yeeeees! This is currently fueling my… 6 script breakdowns I’ve got to get done.
Film Production, boiled down to dogs.
Yesterday I posed a simple question to those who like The Black and Blue’s Facebook page: “When on a film set, what’s the one rule nobody should ever break?” Within the hour, dozens of responses poured in. The answers ranged from the profound to the practical to the peculiar. Many recommended turning cell phones off&
Number 8 and number 10 are two of my favorites.
