not gonna be scared

i cannot claim to be very good at making videos yet. so much to learn. and so much apprehension to get over. so i'm forcing myself to just DO it. put it out there. i know there will be haters. but some people will get it too. just like sometimes i hate shit that i see out there, but sometimes i LOVE LOVE LOVE stuff out there for whatever the reason. with that out of the way, here is another little thing i made. i see it as a video poem of sorts. at first i thought it was really cheesy...but there are enough people in the world who might judge me that i shouldn't be one of them.

Sunday Venice

my really really good friend matt has a sweet pad in venice and he has a little army of bikes. biking around venice and santa monica to go eat lunch or catch the sunset on the pier is an amazing way to spend a day in LA. i had an audition in venice that morning, so we rode to eat lunch, and since it was so windy, we decided to battle the weather and make it to the end of the pier. it might not look so severe in the video, but it was damn intense fighting the wind and sand.

great way to lose a few hours of your life

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glitching and moaning

i was sitting around yesterday with my isight on record, having a little heart to heart with MYSELF like an idiot. damn computer glitches. so instead, you get THIS:

Booked It!

Quick update: I booked the taco bell spot! wohoo! So, stay tuned for the next video blog installment about the gig! It shoots a week from today, so hopefully I'll have the video up by the end of next week!

urban camouflage

an artist in germany did a series called "urban camouflage" and created disguises made out of items that sell in ikea. he then video taped himself wearing these disguises in the store. pretty hilarious. this one especially made me giggle.



you can see a few more videos HERE.

yo quiero taco bell

hey everybody! here is my second installment of the video blog. yesterday i had a callback for a taco bell commercial. i can't say who, but there's a pretty big athlete in the spot, which is neat. to shoot this video, i just used my point and shoot canon, and the sound quality is terrible, i apologize. but, i just bought this little digital video recorder and maybe that will be better for future installments. this was really fun to make...i dicked around with imovie for the first time....hehe...dork. i love this shit. so...watch it! i hope you like it!

workin for free

even though i don't have a theatrical agent right now, i've been submitting myself for things that sound interesting on Actor's Access. anyone new to LA or NY and just starting out building a career should register onto AA because there are TONS of projects that post breakdowns on this site. Actor's Access is directly related to Showfax (where you find sides and scripts), and Breakdown Express, which is where all the big casting offices also post breakdowns for agents and managers to access. However, BE is not available to the people registered on Actor's Access. You must be an agent or manager to see those breakdowns. TV shows will occasionally make their breakdowns visible to AA users, but mostly you'll find lower budget independent films, short films, student films, and various other smaller projects on Actor's Access. Through AA I've booked regional commercials, a music video for a Taiwanese pop singer, and other jobs here and there.

so like i said, now that i don't have an agent, i'm trying to stay productive. this saturday i had a casting for a short film being made and distributed through Amazon.com, and proceeds will go to an organization fighting against human trafficking. the film subject is of course about girls who are tricked and smuggled into the sex trade. i've been offered a role in the film, but since the short is yet to be filmed, let alone released, i won't go into details yet about the storyline. don't wanna get in trouble!

but, this is great! it's unpaid (and for a good cause too), but it's a gig! and i'll get to shoot this coming weekend. OH, and not only that, but this film is being shot in MANDARIN, so that means some footage on my reel in chinese, which is GREAT. once i am able to give you more info about the project, i'll give you an update!

the short that was removed

OK! If you read my post HERE, then you may have attempted to watch this short with little success. Well, I figured out how to transfer the file from dvd, and now here it is in all it's glory!