2008.01.02: Graphic 1

First Graphic of 2008. Join OrlandDONT.
Potential first postcard/sticker. Rough is good.

STICKY: MOVIES FOR INFLUENCE

Dec 30 2007:
If you ever so cared to view other movies to understand somewhat is going on here, this is movie list I'm working under:

Angels in America. I love the tone of the movie and how it moved from Fantasy to reality and back again. It deals with weighty themes in a way that I could access.

Bram Stroker's Dracula: Costume is the thing. Let the background recede. Also, all the in camera tricks. For that measure, you could reference C-Q, which I loved for a number of reasons. Both involve Roman Coppola.

Frida: STNL is about subjectivity. That's where I want to go. I love the use of puppets and papier mache objects. Lo-tech is better than 3-d in my budget. I forgot about this movie, but watched it last night with my brother. I checked it out to see it on the new TV set. The lushness and such radiates through. And still, the visual effects add to it and were deliberately simplified, according to the bonus DVD section.

Wish I had a cooler, more original list. Alas, I'm trying to do something I've never seen with STNL. I take comfort in the films of Russ Meyer (Mudhoney, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) in that he worshipped the female form and had fun with it, too. Thanks to Jason Neff and the Central Florida Film & Video Festival I was able to experience Beyond the Valley in a movie theater after loving it on cable and vhs. People misunderstand Russ Meyer and imitate the superficial aspects of big boobs and one liners and costuming. There's a morality in Mudhoney. Beyond the Valley pushes things in a brilliant manner. My takeaway from Russ Meyer? Nudity and sensuality are okay. Sex is okay. And absolute freedom of going narratively to places other movies don't. That's the very reason for their importance: to exist where a void has existed and will continue to exist, despite everyone regurgitating bad ass leather babes. Politics and Academics belittle those movies: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls has to be seen for itself and itself only. Taken as a Rock-N-Roll picture and then spell it all out for yourself later.

IF you can't get a read on the comedy and why STNL is so funny, well, you must not have watched ANY adult comedies... ever. I'm re-watching some other movies on cable and I'm surprised at how far some of the earlier 70's movies went. Full on sexual harrassment was made for entertainment! That's not what I'm aiming for.

I'm aspiring for Angels in America using a sex comedy format. Will it work? Can it work? That's the fun of making STNL: pushing my comfort level, pushing myself beyond how others might see me, and arriving at this crazy other place. It's the dare of meeting folks who are talented and have a sense of humor enough to do this movie.

It's new territory for me, as a writer and a filmmaker. So... those are movies to reference if you care.
Not looking to emulate a look. Looks are for folks who can afford them. What we get is the look I'm after, given the lights and costumes and people's faces.

- AT Dec 30 07

Feliz Ano Nuevo!

Welcome to 2008!
There's a little bit of housecleaning to do in Orlandont. We've started garage sales to get rid of clutter. And more graphics to represent YES, this is what we want.

As casting is such a bear, I've decided to do a casting announcement video. Why put myself out there? I don't want to do it, but I need for actors to be self selecting. The only way they can self select is through MORE information. So I'll do a little hello, my name is... make it fun. And let folks make up their own minds about me BEFORE imagining someone completely opposite myself.

The Top Questions I can think of are:
Name, What city: AT, Orlandont, FL, central florida. Shooting near edgewood, and other scenic central florida.

Role, Experience/recognition. : Not seeking recognition- precognition.
Writer/Director. Short films to this point. Making features 2008.
I've been written up, received Artist Fellowships from State of Florida, which is a big deal. Some folks don't receive any in their lifetime. Alas, my goal is making my movies in Orlandont, to promote Orlandont.

Training: Graduated UCF. Make movies. Voracious reading and DVD watching, thanks to OCLS for DVDs, UCF for books.

(Book review gag: a guy's reading a book with his finger on it. Goes on for a minute. Then he laughs. Here's a good line-reads the line. goes back to silent reading with lips moving and mumbling under his breath... )


Oh, and for all you Orlandont confused- The DONT TREAD ON ME flag did not have an apostrophe. Folks spelled things differently in the original colonies. Orlandont is frontierland. Great for us! No need for apostrophes.
- AT Dec 30 07 10.49.pm