The Apocalypse, a Script and Beer Pong

Very busy week last week!

I’ve been working on a script with my friend Jim Rhodimer on Apocalyptic Playground, a steampunk sci-fi project, which we’re crowdfunding on Indiegogo here: http://www.indiegogo.com/apocalyptic-playground. to make it easier to collaborate since Jim has already written two-thirds of the script, I’ve taken the lead on  two of the subplots. One plot has religious implications the other has military implications — both are right up my alley.

Saturday we shot several promos for the Indiegogo campaign. They turned out to be super good! Here are the links on Youtube. Feel free to pass them along:

Here’s a picture from the shoot:

Jaime and Apocalyptic Playground Photoshoot

Earlier in the week I attended a fundraiser for the film project, House of Color, which also has an Indiegogo campaign. You can find it here:

http://www.indiegogo.com/House-of-Color

The fundraiser was held at a bar called South in Santa Monica and they sponsored a beer pong tournament. Beer pong is a drinking game in which players throw a ping pong ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of beer on the other end.

Earlier in the week I started red pen proofing of my script, Legend of Black Lotus  after I finished onscreen edits and printed a hardcopy. I’m halfway through. Here’s the pic:

Apocalyptic Playground: From Web Series To Feature Film

As a sci-fi geek, I’m excited to be a part of this awesome #scifi #indie film, Apocalyptic Playground. Trust me, you have never seen anything like this!

The writer/director, Jim Rhodimer, is a personal friend who helped my film/series Resurrection of Serious Rogers see the light of day. Can you help make it happen on Indiegogo? Any donation will help.

Watch the video here:

Shining the “Light” on a new surreal short film

I finished the first rough draft of the rough outline of the script for “Moonlight Prodigy,” my surreal drama.  I must admit, it’s a complete joy to write an outline for a short film versus writing something for a screenplay.

Looking at my 5-page outline it feels like I already have 1/3 of the script done.  When I’m writing an outline or treatment for a feature script, each page of the treatment must ultimately transform into 10-15 pages of the screenplay.  Now it’s pretty much a one-to-one ratio.

Although the script will probably come in at a tight 8-10 pages, which I hope translates to a 10-minute film, I still need to have all the points, incidents and breaks as are required for a feature. Perhaps they need not be as dramatic or extreme (high risk, high stakes) but they must be present.

If you’re on Facebook, join the film page. I’m not really promoting the project now because the script isn’t even done, but I’ll be testing some social media nuances so hit me up.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moonlight-Prodigy/278430785506250