Selasa, 25 Oktober 2011

Realization

So, it has been six months since my last blog post... Do you miss me?

It may be caused by the cheesiest excuse ever: I have been experiencing the nastiest personal turbulence and emotional struggling during these hiatus times. My internship. My health. My future career. My study. My family. My almost non-existent love life (not that I try to have one).

It's funny to see how hard I avoid social media in order to hide all my problems. The thing is, no matter how hideous you are, sometimes people will scrap the truth by themselves and the situation will become worse than you can imagine.

Does it mean I'll start posting my personal problems on this blog? Probably, but highly unlikely. Instead of revealing the problems to gain the reader's attention and empathy (but in reality it's like showing to the world that you can be as miserable as people living in third countries--which is very hyperbolic and disgusting in my opinion), diverting my attention to other things is more favorable. What kind of things? Projects, new projects.

Before you start arguing that making projects is really complex and stressful, let me tell you that the projects on my plan are not the kinds that you've imagined. I'm not trying to build new bridges or toll roads. I'm not trying to make a big events. I'm just trying to make public blogs themed English-vocabularies-to-spice-up-your-troublesome-life and how-to-make-a-good-CV-to-prove-that-you're-not-an-asshole inspired by my English Guru and the internship experience.

Interested to know more? Stay tuned. Now I'm doing some brainstorming to determine nice names for those projects.

Sabtu, 22 Oktober 2011

Day 278: Commercial Audition & GNO!



Day 278: Commercial audition for "Bing" at ASG Casting. Got to put on a rainbow colored afro and do some dancing in this one. Later that night I had a great time at a much needed Girls Night Out (GNO) at Den of Hollywood. We've decided to do this once a month {at different venues} since it was such a nice night. 





Day 277: Contrasting Monologues

Day 277: Monologue search for an upcoming audition for a high school educational theater program. Perusing YouTube I found "Reasons to be Pretty" by Neil LaBute for my dramatic piece and "Promedy" by Wade Bradford for my comedic piece. Since it's on YouTube I run the risk of both of these being overdone but since I'm on a time crunch that's a chance I'll have to take.


Day 276: Producer paperwork

Day 276: Visited the invitation shop to finalize our shoot and our trade-out and make our location agreement official. We will be shooting part of episode 6 at Cordially Invited and part of episode 8 at Southern Girl Desserts and guess what- they're in the same shop! Major score for DWP!


Rabu, 19 Oktober 2011

Day 274 - 275: Coffee Date & Christian Education

Day 274: Coffee with Aisha Lomax at a very quaint cafe called Larchmont Bungalow. Always good to catch up with a friend. Hopefully we'll have a chance to work together in front of the camera soon. In the meantime, we're both racking our brains to find 2 contrasting monologues from published plays that are appropriate enough to be performed in front of high school students {that takes The Mercy Seat off the list} without being overdone. Not so easy when you don't read new plays on a regular basis. I'm sure my New York colleagues would find this task a breeze but since most actors out here are reading screenplays instead, it's a little daunting. 

Day 275: Audition for www.christianeducation.com. This was held at the ad agency's office rather than with a casting director. The session runner was really sweet and it's always nice to have an opportunity to audition for something faith-based. Afterwards I went to my internship where I'm continuing to build relationships with the people who work in that casting office.

Selasa, 18 Oktober 2011

Day 272 - 273: Screenwriting Blogs

Day 272 & 273: Caught up on my staple screenwriting blogs. If you're at all into writing or think you might want to be or even if you just want to learn more about story to become a better actor, check out the following...


And if you have a favorite writing blog please let me know in the comments below so that I can take a look.

Day 271: Lunch with Lisa

Day 271: Lunch with Lisa Nicole Bell. She's truly a force to be reckoned with {check out her upcoming speaking engagements to see what I mean} and I love it because she's the giving type who always asks what she can do to be of assistance to you. Moreover, it's always interesting meeting with her since her role in the industry is more behind the camera than in front so her perspective on things can be refreshing.