Wolfen Films

What’s New and What’s Going down.

New day, new year. All the bullshit. But hey, it’s all for the better.

Time has been here for a minute to figure out what to do next. I’m back in Chicago so I have a ton resources at my disposal one again.

But there’s a big problem that I was having. I didn’t really know where I belonged. I have this problem where I’m just not posh enough to hang out with the cool kids. Whether it be film, derby, or fighting games. I just never really fit in. No matter how much I wanted to. But it wasn’t all because they weren’t completely nice (some where actually quite cool) but it’s my problem of wanting to be me and no one else. Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t kiss ass to anyone, don’t care who they are. Nor will I treat anyone differently than anyone else for any reason.

Which leads me to what I’m doing, we’re expanding what we’re doing.

We’re going to be active on Twitch and Youtube again… as well as Soundcloud now, doing various gaming a podcast type things. Got stuff planned, and it’s going to be fun.

On top of that, we’ll be releasing short films more often and maybe a new series or a feature or something. Dunno, we’re taking larger projects by ear. The focus is going to be on small, self contained things for now as the staff builds.

My intention is to build a space where we can all feel more comfortable being ourselves and making the things we want to make without the fear or necessity of having to conform to elements that might not be worth conforming for. No need to be posh, we’re just here to make cool stuff. It’s what makes us happy and fulfilled.

Not surprisingly I’m not alone in my sentiments.

There’s no doubt at all in what I want to do. I want to make stuff that’s fun. Not only for me but for those watching. That’s always the number one priority. However that can be a little difficult sometimes when you’re trying to make something new. It’s not always going to go the way you want it. But the important thing in the long run is to try and do things differently because you never know, you could be on to something.

But that’s where we’re at now. We’ll make some staff announcements soon. Yay. Let’s go.

 

See you guys at C2E2.

Story Time

It’s story time. Because I got more writing down and I just wanna go to bed.

People ask me what I do all day, it’s simple I work on stuff.
Now I see a ton of people working on whatever craft it is. And I have to ask, what exactly are they going for and who do they want to be? I could go on and on about metaphorical casting couch all day. But that would be a long and hilarious conversation for another day. Just remind me to kill myself if I ever start to be that vain person.

For me, what I do goes back many many years to kindergarten. I guess being able to read and write at that particular age was a big deal. And I wasn’t eating paste, so that’s good. But I also enjoyed writing stories. People seemed to like them. And that never really stopped.

Then we go forward 14 years to homeless college student me who has to decide between school and starving to death. Of course opting for not staving. I always looked forward to going to the movies on Fridays and spending the day there until I had to go to work. As you know it’s a shitty existence to say the least. But sitting there and losing myself in those movies made everything okay for a little bit.

I really liked that feeling. Kept my life from being a complete shithole instead of half of one.

So after the air force thing and the mental hospital thing (that wasn’t my fault) I started to actually do stuff.

I’m not trying to tell people how they should feel or make some artsy and pretentious when I make a movie. You’re not going to remember those movies in a year usually.

I’m trying to make something that someone can watch and just feel great while watching it. I want to help people in the same way that movies helped me back then, and still do. Not that I don’t like an artsy shmegegge every now and then.

To see people laughing and having a good time, I feel like I did my job. Go me.

I know I’m not the only person who thinks like that but I think I’ll eventually run into them as I continue to make fun stuff for others and try to treat others well.

I’m not a popular guy or even a nice guy. I’m not touchy feely And will never be liked by the masses unless he has something they want (this already happens) But I’m never going to pretend to be something I’m not.

So I’m never blowing people off, I’m always trying to make stuff out of nothing. And it rarely turns into anything.

C-Block: Let’s Talk About The format

Been getting a ton of questions about distribution. How’s it going to work, do you have it lined up… and so forth.

It’s actually quite simple. The web series format is a new breed, but it’s a breed that everyone has access to… if that makes any damn sense at all. I can make everyone as long or short as I need it, and everything I have is mine and is controlled (mostly) by me. Which means you won’t have to go to the middle of nowhere just to see it.

The alternative would be to take it to festival after festival, where barely no one will see it. Sure, by doing so it gets you all kinds of personal accolades, but it doesn’t really do you much good in the long run when people actually want to see your stuff. And since this is crowdfunded, I want to people to see the work being made as soon as I can get it to them. Not a year or so afterwards when I’m done jacking myself off at film festivals you’ve never heard of. i’d be good for me, not for anyone else, especially you, the viewers who have been patient enough as it is.

I’m in the business of fun and entertainment. I just want you guys to have fun to, and as much as possible. Thus, we’re making a web series and getting quality content to you as quickly as humanly possible. The audience is what matters and I know what you want, even if you don’t know it yet.

Now I have to rest because I’m skating tomorrow. Lucky me.

Be sure to donate, so I can make this monster of a series.

I’ll see you all next time.

Here’s the link for you guys. Share it up..

http://igg.me/at/cblock/x/11154

Let’s Waste Some Time: On the movie, leaving leaving for Indiana, and general life lessons. Trying to make movie in Chicago, and other things you may or may not be interested in..

It’s been a crazy time filming this movie, I have to say. It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. But that’s kind of the way I am. If there’s not challenge then something will always seem off. I feel like it won’t be as awesome as awesome as it could or should. Everything I do I always give a lot more than I should. Why? Because I love what I do.
Why do I do it if it causes you such pain and frustration?
It’s simple. Look at my life. My life sucks. It just sucks. I got a family that hates my guts and has gone as far to try and have me institutionalized (that was a great story). Then you have so called friends that don’t even acknowledge your presence… until of course they need something. Then they feel like talking. It’s pathetic quite frankly. Time and time again

This is why I make movies. I have a unique chance to make people’s lives not suck so much for an hour or two at a time. It’s something I do pretty okay I must say (though I’m sure some would disagree.) But it really makes me feel like I’m contributing something.

It’s never about me. It’s about the project and everyone in it. I do my very best to stand up for my guys. I pay them. Everything about every movie is funded out of my own pocket because I believe in what I’m doing. I put everything into it.

I honestly wish those I work with felt the same  way. It’s a little heartbreaking sometimes but you really have to push through it.. They don’t know how hard you work or that most of their day is, but they’re actors. What do you truly expect right?

So I came to the decision that it’s time to go. There’s really nothing for me here. Much as I like Chicago I don’t really like the people that are in it quite frankly. It just seems like everyone is really full of shit as I’m learning. Lot of talk. Not a lot of doing. And I hate that. The more we talk, that’s less time we have to really get down and dirty and finish things that need to be finished and whatnot. It’s frustrating to say the least.

That’s kinda the deal with trying anything unusual and new. It’s the weirdest thing. I’ve had more support abroad for all of my projects than I’ve had in my own city. It’s like I have the plague. No one wants to really be associated with me, and those that do… don’t even really mention me at all. Like I’m nothing. Again, that really sucks but I’ve tried to not let it bother me. Have to have that diamond skin you know.

However, I’m a man of my word. And even though I’m moving to Goshen, Indiana I’m going to travel the 2 hours back quite frequently to finish it. Why? Because I’m a man of my word. And we’re going to finish the damn movie. Happy with anyone or not, I have to get it done because I don’t give up on things because they’re hard. I guess that’s the gamer in me.

But hopefully I can go where people don’t know me, make new friends, and finish school. Then go wherever I please from that point on. It should be fun times ahead. And I’ll be looking forward to watching roller derby and helping Willie because no one knows how to use a camera.

 

All and all, it took me a number of years, but I’ve come to this conclusion.

 

It’s not me, it’s them. I’m a nice, cool, guy. Everyone else just sucks and the people I know don’t deserve me.

If feels good to say for once. Fuck being humble. This city is awful and I can’t wait to be away from all these people for a very very long time.

Everything Else: The Warrior’s Path. All you need to know. And a prequel.

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There’s a lot going on, There was the death of my friend there were casting changes. And still trying to fill in It’s been downright fucking nuts.

I still have a couple of roles to fill in but I really like where we are and that’s a lot of stuff that’s been going  smoothly. I like to take in actors that are sort of off the grid… you all know my feelings on making films around here. I guess I’ll break down everything that’s going to go down.

 

-Prequel

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While we’re at GenCon next month, Eric, Shane, Alex, Lola, and myself will be shooting a short that will bridge the gap between movies 2 and 3. Expect the same subject matter you know and love. GenCon is going to be crazy and there will be a shitload of horseheads

-Dat 1080p presentation

Our first movie was shot at 480p and below most of the time second we went to 720p. Now, we’re going all the fucking way to 1080p because we’re just baller status like that.

-Darker Storyline

We’re really going to some places this time around. My actors really seemed to get into the concept of murder and shit. So we’re doing it tenfold. Simple as that.

-Rock Band

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Yeah, it’s Blitz I know.

While writing, I tried to find a music game that was so mainstream that people would instantly would look at and say, “I can relate to this bullshit.” I mean dancing games are all well and good, but I can safely say and all you out there have played Rock Band at least once in your sad little lives.

-More Clyde

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People seemed to love the hell out of this character and I can’t for the life of me figure out why. But how can you not love Bob in this role. We all love you Bob.

 

The cast and all that… we’ll get to that in the coming weeks. But into then you need to get fucking hype. Let’s go.

Everything Else: The Warrior’s Path… This is high level stuff we’re doing.

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Filming has begun… and I wanted to share a little clip with you guys. It’s far from complete. But I wanted to show you guys the tune we got going here.

Check out this rough scene on the great hipster video uploading site.

https://vimeo.com/65555608

Like what you see? Go like the page and stuff.

Hell yes, we’re back. And here’s the future.

Hey guys. It’s been a hard life. But I’m here to talk about what the fuck we’re going to do next.

1. Youtube

If you haven’t checked out the Youtube yet do so. We have plenty of gaming related stuff. Mostly Marvel 3 stuff but we have other things too. We intend to have some Let’s plays sometime soon as well. Just let us know what we should do.

Also, you’ll see some shorts or some other nice things as well. You’ll also get our features as well. Why not use Vimeo? We’re not a bunch of fucking hipsters here.

2. Everything Else: The Warriors Path
Yes, this is the last part of the series. It’s been fun but we have bigger and better things ahead of us. The will be casting notices and whatnot very soon as I lock down these main roles. Everyone seems to be loving the new script thus far and I couldn’t be more proud. Nothing but high hopes and good things for this movie.

3. Dating for the Realistically Challenged
This is he I’ve been working on for quite some time. What do we get when we combine the mentally I’ll with speed dating? The result is just all kinds of fucked up… To say the very least. This will be shot Ina single day during the summer. And it will be quite sick.

4. A Hint of Cherry
I have been working on this off and on for the past couple of years. Its about vampires with some really questionable tastes. Hopefully we will have this filmed soon as well.

5. Dat Journalism
I’m jumping back into reviews. Gaming, movies, etc. I will also be doing con coverage starting with C2E2 next month. I will also be at Anime Midwest and GenCon Indy this year. If you see me around, shoot me a holler.

Its going to be an awesome year. Let’s rock.

Well, the movie is out. Before you go and watch… Let’s see what I learned.

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Production started in August… of 2011… and now the movie is finally coming out more or less.

I’ll have a Youtube link for you guys as soon as I get back.

I just wanted to go over everything that happened and why the hell it took a year and a half other than the 4 months of turnaround with the first movie. I can tell you why. Personal problems.

In general I like to keep my lost tempers and anger strictly in a private setting. That’s why you haven’t seen any (really) angry posts and a lot of woe-is-me bullshit. Because blowing it up and making a scene will really help no one, especially. But there are just some cases where it’s just too funny to keep it to yourself and I’ll get to that.

First off it was back in January of last year. I had people over from New Years (I got a pretty nice setup, so it was really the place to be.) But long story short, one of my actors ending up having sex with my art director’s girlfriend… in my house. Yet he got all mad at me. It made no damn sense and everyone ended up mad at me. Sucks doing the right thing sometimes but whatever. I’d do the same thing again for any of my friends.

Secondly, it was my DP Josh. It was a weird relationship. We had worked together before and it was great. He came to me and said he thought we could do even better this time. How can I really deny that type of enthusiasm right? But when I make a movie, and as my actors and the like know. I like to have a particular type of relationship with my actors. While they work with you, they’re your family and should be treated as such with the utmost respect, even if you don’t get it back.

He really didn’t see things the way I saw it. I never want to put them in a bad spot. I need them to be 100% for me or not at all. Thus why I’m open to communication at all times during the day. He frequently argued with me about these things. But that’s the deal with me in those one on one arguments. You’re gonna lose to me every single time. EVERY SINGLE TIME. He realized this after about the 10th time and decided to drag everyone else into it and I was all like “hell no”. That’s when I decided to fire him. He didn’t take it well and took some footage with him. You’ll notice the movie gets really shaky at times. That’s why. We’re missing about 20 minutes of movie that would have made things make a hell of a lot more sense. We also lost 2 characters in the process. Three actually since I couldn’t fit Barrett’s scene in there anymore.

He was surprised at what I did and said he thought I was “Nice guy”. That’s also why initially pretty cold and mean to everyone. Because nice guys tend to get screwed over all the time. This is no exception.

And lastly it was just me. It’s all a bunch of judgment calls really. I shouldn’t have lost my temper with Josh, but that stuff had to happen if I wanted to get this done. And everyone just needs to expect a little less nice me the next time around. Just because. Not just to be mean but because more needs to happen. If you’re not 100 percent with me I got no time. Simple as that. I work too hard for absolutely nothing to not get the cooperation I actually work for and deserve.

But I’m actually going to stop this now and try and collect myself before screening tonight.

*facepalm* Don’t leave a paper trail if you’re an asshole.

You know, one thing I actually give my Dad credit for is my interest in deconstructing people’s bullshit. Got to see him do it in court a few times, it was really pretty cool.

ANYWAY…
Like I said, I had a talk with Josh. Here’s how it went. It was quite hilarious.
It needs the proper music though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ8QVKOWbPU

Josh Carlascio
Been on set for the past couple of days – pulled a double on two separate shoots this week.
I’m just now getting some down time.

Joseph William Greene
Been trying to get you for quite some time now.

(He had been ducking me for about 2 weeks now.)

Josh Carlascio
What does finishing the flick on different terms mean?
Two days. Sleeping and set that’s been my life

Joseph William Greene
That means exactly what I means, I have plans, it’s getting cold and it needs to be done. Now.

Josh Carlascio
Okay. We’ve been stagnant for like a month.

(Yup)

Joseph William Greene
It’s involved me trying to set things up with you and you having better things to do
Then it never happens
And we repeat

Josh Carlascio
Working.
It’s called – working
I have three – count em / three fucking gigs.

Joseph William Greene
I understand what working is. Even if it’s something that involves 5 minutes if your time. Just gotta put that work in. I do.

(I just don’t bitch about it just marvel at the work that I do. It’s always worth the time)

Josh Carlascio
Okay. At last we talked – we were setting up to finish in October, correct?

Joseph William Greene
We’re finishing without you, we start again in a couple of days, lots of new content and the like

(Here we go)

Josh Carlascio
We talked – last Saturday.
No word
Nothing about shooting
I have not talked to anyone save for a couple errant things here and there – I moved. Remember that?
You have made no plans – sent anything that said – hey, thinking about shooting, you available?

(I don’t even have to explain how that goes every time)

Joseph William Greene
I remember all that. But what about when I just needed a scene from you. Before GenCon. And even after
That was well over a month ago

(Almost 2 months actually.)

Josh Carlascio
Exactly – the move – and then shit jut got busy

Joseph William Greene
That’s really all I wanted over the past month. Sense I knew you had those things.

Josh Carlascio
As is life
Plus the reason I’ve been soon all this work – is because I’m still fuckkng broke.
No $$
My phone is about to get shut off – I’m driving with no insurance And I owe a shitton in back rolls – plus school.
That does not excuse the scenes
You’re absoueltlu right / I fucked up on that

Joseph William Greene
That’s all of wanted for almost a couple of months now

Josh Carlascio
Okay so that I fucked up

Joseph William Greene
Pretty much, and what was the excuse for the lateness every single time we would do anything. Even when I went to Indiana or every time I go even. Late.

Josh Carlascio
Yeah back in June when I drive three fucking hours on my day off to meet you guys

Joseph William Greene
Yeah, that’s part of what we do, and it’s not three hours, come on now
Except that one time

(Keep in mind. Maple Park was an hour exactly from my house, and Josh’s house is 25 minutes from mine.)

Sunday
Josh Carlascio
Utica
Yeah

(We never went to Utica)

Joseph William Greene
But that was wayyyy the hell out there
And we did that once

Josh Carlascio
Most of the time I’m there
There
True

Joseph William Greene
Not once

Josh Carlascio
See this too is a low fucking blow on your part

(Victim)

Joseph William Greene
Explain please

Josh Carlascio
I thought we were friends sir
You fire me – on my wall

(We were friends until you started being a complete jackass and purposefully ignored me for weeks. Putting you on blast was the only way you got back to me and that shouldn’t have been an issue.)

Joseph William Greene
That I did. Only after calling you a couple of times and messaging you. Everyone knew this was coming already

Josh Carlascio
Really?

Joseph William Greene
Yeah, I decided days ago and I’ve been trying to tell you -___-

Josh Carlascio
No , you really haven’t

(Yes Josh, you were late to being fired as well.)

Joseph William Greene
Normally I hate doing that. Not my style, I don’t like it. But it sure got you to me fast.

Josh Carlascio
I just happens to turn my phone on
We were in a long break
Typically – what you’re supposed to do – is say listen / things aren’t going the way I’d like.
(This isn’t a typical situation.)

Joseph William Greene
But it’s days man, days, just a couple of seconds to let me know you’re alive.

Josh Carlascio
Fair enough- but my cousin hasn’t heard from me in four days.
And I talk to her almost every day

Joseph William Greene
I really haven’t had a good talk with you in quite some time. And it’s never really about business.

Josh Carlascio
This is not finished but I have to go.

Joseph William Greene
I think it’s quite finished.

TIME PASSES

Josh Carlascio
Yeah we’ll it really wasn’t

Joseph William Greene
Well continue. I got food.

(Grilled Cheese)

Josh Carlascio
But I saw you removed me from the group you fucking drama queen
There was no reason for this
(There was actually. I know you very well and I wanted to keep everyone else out of this unless they chose to be a part of it. Which they don’t. And by the way he was behaving just towards me that wouldn’t have ended well.)

Joseph William Greene
Dude, if you didn’t notice, you are just so so blind.

Josh Carlascio
You
Didn’t
Fucking
Say
Anything
Again

Joseph William Greene
Also, making sure I can’t change my mind

Josh Carlascio
Oh yeah – because the guy who came out edited your movie in six fucking days and then signed on again, you treat me like shit
(I wasn’t going to sign you on for this again. You came to me and said you wanted in.)

Joseph William Greene
Treat you like shit? You treated everyone on set like shit every time.

Josh Carlascio
No I didn’t
Who?
No one ever said anything to me
Who did I offend?

Joseph William Greene
Of course not, they certainly told me though.

Josh Carlascio
Julie?
Cody?

Joseph William Greene
Doesn’t matter who.

(It really doesn’t matter.)

Josh Carlascio
I want prof

Joseph William Greene
You really don’t.

Josh Carlascio
It does fuckin matter this isn’t high school

Joseph William Greene
It really does. Because this shit is gonna follow you.
I’ll say it again, it doesn’t matter. If you wanna know, you can ask around yourself and I’m sure they’ll let you know

Joseph William Greene
But don’t go after anyone else. If you’re mad at anyone it should be me, it was my decision. Just one everyone seems to agree with.

Josh Carlascio
I flat out do not believe you.

(Believe it)

No – you still haven’t given me a reason – so pull your head out of that swamp ass of yours and tell me what you’re firing me for. And is this how you treat your friends?

Joseph William Greene
I thought I already covered it.

Josh Carlascio
No.
Not one damn bit.

Joseph William Greene
Let’s see what you think. Why would I do something like fire you right now?

Josh Carlascio
I don’t know, because you always seemed like a decent and fair person to me.

Joseph William Greene
I still am, but I have to look out for what’s best for everyone

Josh Carlascio
And why was I bad? I never treated anyone bad – I filmed – setup shots – did my job. That you wanted me to do.
I might add.
I never walked around like I was better than you guys.
Not once.
I treated everyone fairly – and I am gonna ask everyone.

Joseph William Greene
Thing is, you were always late. Always. That’s a huge thing with everyone.
Please ask around if you must

Josh Carlascio
Lateness.
Okay. So that’s something that people could have spoken up.

(Yeah, I did)

Joseph William Greene
We shouldn’t have had to
Also, not getting the footage to me you said you would, those things alone are serious problems
You’re an hour sometimes two late to start. That’s insane.

Josh Carlascio
Well see – now we have a problem – because I still have the raw files – and I’m gonna go home and trash them all.

Joseph William Greene
I figured you would.
Which is why I have alternates. Sir.
I always assume the worst in people.
So there are no surprises

Josh Carlascio
See – all you ever had to say was – you know – your tardiness is an issue – I need you to plan more for shoot days.

Joseph William Greene
And scenes I know you didn’t finish. Even though you said you did…
And you’re a grown up, I show up on time

Josh Carlascio
I always texted you when I was late – and I hustled to make up the time

Joseph William Greene
Trying to make up the time doesn’t work. The fact I have to go back and reshoot things should tell you that.

Josh Carlascio
What things? Lewis?

Joseph William Greene
No, not that.

Josh Carlascio
What?
Lewis was the only thing I think I even had tht you didn’t

Joseph William Greene
We need to go back to Denise’s and we missed out on some ending stuff I wanted to do.

Josh Carlascio
That wasn’t because of me.
Denise’s was a reshoot anyway – we ran too long

Joseph William Greene
BECAUSE YOU WERE LATE SIR

Josh Carlascio
I got lost
You DOUCHEBAG
I can act like a big shot too
I told you that

Joseph William Greene
I’m talking about Denise’s. You were just old fashioned late on the other day.

Josh Carlascio
Yeah so am I

Joseph William Greene
I seem to remember Kristen calling you. You didn’t call us

Josh Carlascio
No I had texted you.
I remember that one

(Flat out lie. We was being a bitch at his house and Kristen had to sweet talk him out. Good job on that by the way Kristen.)

Here’s the thing – and the thing that I think I’m gonna break your legs for. You never ever post anything to my wall like the you fucking child.

(I’m afraid the fat white boy is gonna hurt me, for sure.)

You put me on blast for no fucking reason.

(It’s the only way you get back to anyone quickly. You have to be publicly embarrassed.)

Joseph William Greene
It certainly got us talking and quickly. No tip toeing around. That clearly doesn’t work on you. No matter how many times I threw times at you. Always late. You gotta be on time. It’s not just about me. It’s about all the other people you’re working with. I can’t hold them around all day.

It’s the repeated disregard for THEM that pisses me off so. This is a wonderful cast and there’s an amount of talent here that even surprises me. Great people inside and out. I get the very best out of them. I expect the best out of EVERYBODY. That includes myself and you.

(This)

Josh Carlascio
We haven’t shot for almost two months – and this problem – just somehow came up now?

Sunday
Joseph William Greene
I kept bringing it up, you were always supposedly busy whenever I tried to plan one thing or another.

Josh Carlascio
Yeah – been insanely busy. Which I think I’ve mentioned oh – 2 or maybe 200 times.
Again it’s the whole $$ thing

Joseph William Greene
But that’s not the issue, you know that. It’s your behavior.

(Because it is.)

Josh Carlascio
See if you we’re paying my bills you’d get to talk.

Mono non
Nononono
You don’t pay me
You are not a professional
You are an amateur – and with this so am I
We are both starting out at this end

(Gives you no right to be an asshole. And again, you volunteered. I didn’t exactly come rushing for your assistance. And a professional is defined by someone who gets paid for what they do. And I have yet to make a cent so that makes me an amateur by definition. But that doesn’t excuse anyone from giving it their best. Also, just about everyone else in this movie IS a professional so they at least deserve that respect.)

Joseph William Greene
Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and do things right.

Josh Carlascio
Okay – I will concede that fact – I will also concede that if people commit to a time – yeah – they should try to be there.

(This makes sense)

However – when thing do arise – such as with me having OCD when it comes to my gear – and checking to make sure I have everything – yes – but it is not nor has it ever Been about respect / I am insanely scatterbrained
I am trying to do 100 things at once
Which is no good

(We have the random OCD drop which is complete horseshit.. I’m not even gonna get into that… Willie?)

Joseph William Greene
No matter what, it’s pass or fail, and you just failed. I gave you more chances than I should have to redeem yourself and really that was a waste. You commit to these things. You have to strive for excellence. There was a lack of that.

(And that’s the last we’ve spoken actually.)

What I Learned in Filmmaking is…

Okay, we’re getting really close to the GenCon Premiere (less than a month). But I thought I’d take a break from working to discuss some things. As a filmmaker, if you’re not learning every time you go out, you’re doing something completely wrong.

1. Show up on time.

Now this is just something your mother should teach you. If you’re not early, you’re late. That’s how it was when I was in the military, and that mentality stuck with me even afterwards. Because in this business, time is money.

2. Yes it’s work, but enjoy the fuck out of it.

You’re getting to play pretend. Nothing is more awesome than being a grownup and playing pretend…

3. You don’t owe anyone shit.

People are gonna want to keep taking from you without giving anything in return. It’s one thing to be nice, it’s another to let yourself be used.

4. YOU ARE NEVER ABOVE ANYONE ELSE ON THAT SET.

This is a big one. The more you work around people, you’ll see this a lot. Directors, DPs, or even some actors will think that their wants and needs trump everyone elses. On set, you’re all equals. Decisions of one affect everybody and that should be held into account. Nothing pisses me off more than totally blatant disrespect for your follow film person. In any film, everyone from the director to the PA is an essential part of the filmmaking process and should never be shit on… VERY MUCH SO that the low level I’m at now. The people around you will see it, and they won’t want to work with you again.

So much more to learn too. Can’t wait to get back on set for more schooling.