
Save the Forest - 15 years later
This summer marks the fifteen year anniversary of the production for Save the Forest. I remember much of that shoot, good and bad. Honestly, they're was not much bad, if any. The summer was hot. We were sweating even while shooting at night. And some of those nights were long ones. Save the Forest tells the story of a group of movie theater employees trying to stop their small-town theater from being sold and turned into a multiplex. Insert a romantic love story with two of o

Accountability is Good
Accountability is not a bad word. Sure, when you say it like: "I'm holding you accountable!" then I guess it could construed that you did something wrong. But when talking about accountability, I try not to use it with a negative connotation. Especially when I talk about it before it actually happens. Before a production begins, there's a level of expectation that I have for different people on the cast and crew and it's the same expectations they have for themselves. Usually

It Takes More Than The Script
The Life Ends @ 30 team had a bit of good news this week. The short we made, Escape the Room, was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in New Media Short Form - Original. Pretty cool stuff. It takes everyone involved with the production to make that happen. Any award or nomination is a credit to the talent involved both on-screen and behind it. Yes, I may write the words. But actors must do their thing and make those words come to life. Directors l