Oh, yes, I would.

I have a Bachelor's of Science in Electronic Media and Film.

It's weird... I know a lot of people who went to film school and none of them make movies and all the people I know (besides the old folks like Carpenter) who make films either skipped college altogether or studied something other than film in school.

An autodidact, myself.

I would say that is pretty common with people who went to film school and to a lesser degree people who studied photography and defianlly people who study fine arts.

For me, it was a location problem. Work in Baltimore is limited (and it usually goes to same people) and I didn't have the money to move to California. I needed money so I got a job in an office, which pays more, but isn't movie schedule friendly.

Now, 6 years later I'm stuck doing accounting. :(

I could get involved with hair and makeup if this ever gets that far.

hey camera man, you can only shoot me with a specific lens and I'm not going to tell you which one it is because that would be too close to doing your job for you.

and this water has been bottled too long, re-bottle it. what is this on me plate? oh, it's garnish.... remove it.

I'll be in my trailer until you need me.

Call this SHIT cocaine motherfucker I will crush you.

acting ability is directly proportional to the amount of crystal meth you smoke.

I know hollywood like the back of my hand, hire me and pay me a lot because I'm worth it.

Invite sent.

So you smoke alot of crystal meth??:p


While this is a great idea, I have no desire to take part in it. But yu guys have my support, and hey maybe I could throw in a cople of bucks here and there to help.

Much appreciated. Thank you.

There is no reward without risk. If location is a problem, change your location.

I'm from DC and never had any money to move...just did it. Moved to SanFrancisco without a place to live or knowing anybody there. I lived in the YMCA in San Francisco's Tenderlion (AIDS alley) sharing a bathroom with some of the grosses people on the planet for a month before finding an apartment.

It was right after the move that I landed my first acting job... which of course was in NYC, so I had to move cross country again.

I'm still broke, still struggling... my family of 4 still llives in a 2 bedroomn apartment. I write at a desk in the middle of the living room with kids playing all around me and the television going most of the time. But I've never been "stuck" doing anything.

Not trying to be a dick, just trying to inspire.:D

Pfft, don't lie, you're just trying to be a dick Sean. :D

i think newb hit the nail on the head when he mentioned the inability of a package to make it past 2 people :)

I did the broke and struggling thing. It's no fun. I was even a baggage handler for an airline (and that was with a college degree! :p).

Though really, film was a compromise itself. Don't get me wrong, I love film, but my first love was really art (which is why I did cinematography). My parents talked me out of an art major because I'd never make a living at it and film was a functional compromise. As it turns out, you can totally make a living doing art, just not doing the types of jobs my parents had envisioned. :rolleyes:

So, where I am right now I can't move forward without an Accounting Degree or a Masters in Business or Finance. I realized I don't want to do that and that I hate offices and cubicals, so I went back to school for something else--Art History. I find studying art more rewarding (and to work in a museum would be amazing!) than actually creating something (though I still do that to). So I have about 10 classes to go, which will take a few more years. So, yes I'm right now, but super-inspired! :p

Filming Idea
 

Everyone lives somewhere unusual from the next person, right? So how about putting a script together, and filming from each location, and then by use of internet editing it into one movie. You would get the scenes from interesting locales, a plethora of unique people, and a film never before put together. It would take a while, but hey it would be fun, and unusual to say the least. Think of the money saved by not flying out to location because you already have a team there to do their part, like a horror version of Pulp Fiction.

why dont we just do a porn ...

we can use some of my 'home movies'

So.....this is just gonna be a "short" movie?

Who's gonna be Peter North?

Enough beers in Newb = Peter North at 60.

I've always figured Peter North is more Cocaine fueled

um...I'm afraid I'm gonna need more than beers to fill that role. :o

nice .................. :D

So...moving on...

Now that we've pissed off and scared away the guy that was spearheading this...think it's still worth a shot?

I still have my reservations and kind of doubt we could pull it off. I'd still be more than willing to contribute if anything happens, but I sure wont be stepping forward to lead the thing. I'm cool with it either way - could be damn cool if something comes of it, but I wouldn't exactly be heartbroken if this thread just got filed under "Good Ideas That Fell Through".

does anyone really classify this as a good idea? honestly.

troublemaker !!!!!

when I started going to blockbuster in vancouver, I had credit on my nanaimo blockbuster card and the clerk had to make a bunch of calls to managers of the store and also the nanaimo store. whenever I go to blockbuster he refers to me as "trouble" :D

I think we have the plot ofr the HDC film...

I like it - it has characters - it has social interaction - it has blockbusters..yes sir, I like it..

i'm sure you have about 35 more stories just like that one

you've been trouble here on and off since day one

one day i'm going to go to BC and go straight to your bar and make a scene :)



edited to correct smiley abuse

solid gold, johnny. solid gold

think you can write a script in two days? I want this to be on shelves next week.

ok - this seems like such a potentially interesting idea i had to wake from my slumber (i'm also back from vacation thanks for asking).


why not a film that interweaves vignettes from different locations and with different people. imagine a major global catastrophe (dead rising is the obvious but maybe too overdone) and then a film shows the different perspectives on that event from different locations and even in different styles. i'm thinking in a way of that film Paris j'taime. what if you had a series of vignettes from different (HDC) filmmakers all addressing the same global thing (rise of dead, alien invasion, satan's emergence, whatever). everyone could shoot what they want in their own way and in their own space, chapters could then either be collected by someone and edited together or just lined up in youtube under the same account.

this could work.

(now i'm going back to sleep - see you in a few weeks)

actually....thats not such a far-fetched idea.

leave it to a sleeping monkey to come up with a doable plan.

so my porn idea works ..

i'll have the torture porn genre covered (the sight of me naked would be a torture to anyone)

and I'll have the "crazy drunk guy" character warning people to "STAY AWAY".

That is actually a brilliant idea!!:D A zombie apocalypse or outbreak worldwide would be awesome to watch!

Maybe he will come back

I just read this. Sounds fun. Hit me up if you need something. If you need any pompous hulking murderers or something, I can do that. And maybe donate a few bucks.

Donate some money to me Posher I'm a worthy cause.

What do I get in return?