Wrapped!

Cole wrapped on Saturday! Jessica and I had a chance to visit the set in Lytton from Wednesday to Friday and even though the wind was gusting, the experience was wonderful. I'll put up pictures soon, and guess what? I have a cameo. I'm no Alfred Hitchcock--I just tried my best not to look at the camera. Pictures are coming soon...

The Vancouver Province ran an article about Cole this weekend. Click here to read it.

Also, I have an update on my imdb.com page. Click here to see what my next project is. Exciting times!

Cole & Rampart

Cole is everywhere! (sort of). Check out the website for Rampart Films. Rampart is co-producing Cole with Titlecard. You can check out trailers featuring Richard de Klerk, star of Cole. Have I mentioned Cole is a real movie? I feel like Max Fischer right now. 

Here is a poster for the film:

Did I mention I wrote this? Awesome.  

Here are some cool pictures from the first two days of filming. You can also visit the movie's official website here. 

Carl Bessai, director extraordinaire, sets up for his first shot of the film. "May the critics not pan us," were his first words before saying "action."

Steven E. Miller (Professor Jackson) and Richard De Klerk (Cole) rehearse for their scene.

Richard and Kandyse McClure (Serafina) stroll through campus. The green pick-up is Cole's car for the film. 

Carl, Kandyse, Richard and Jack Forrester (Rocket) rehearse. 

Rehearsal comes to life. (Notice the color change in the blanket--they had to switch because their wardrobe didn't fit with a blue blanket. It looked like they had no legs and I did not write a movie about the legless.)

Richard and I listen to script supervisor Joecy tell a story about Tim Allen. Producer Jason James texts someone (but probably not about Tim Allen). 

Richard and Kandyse kiss for the first time. 

In Focus Interview

Click here to read the feature that Vancouver Film School wrote about me and Cole (Pictures are included!).

Movies and Interviews

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Exclamation points seem to be the only fitting way to explain my life right now. Normally, I can't stand them(!) but now... I can't think of anything else to say. I will try to cover life in bullet points to make things easier:

• Cole is currently in its third day of production(!). I was fortunate enough to be on set at the University of British Columbia. On Monday, we shot 7 3/8 pages of classroom scenes and on Tuesday, we shot 8 pages of exteriors on the beautiful campus. Samantha, who is in charge of filming the behind the scenes doc, came up to me yesterday and said I looked very happy. It's true, I couldn't stop smiling all day. And I got a sunburn. I will post some pictures and more about the experience soon... You can see the cast on the imdb.com page here, and check out the Cole the Movie page here.

• My interview about my prize winning story, "Raising Awareness," is now posted on the NYC Midnight website here.

• "Sleepless," is playing at the Seattle True Independant Film Festival on June 10th. I will be doing a short Q&A after the screening, so for those of you in Seattle, it would be awesome to have your support. You can buy tickets here.

Very Exciting Times...

The official shooting schedule for Cole is set! We start filming in Vancouver May 26th, shoot for a week and then move out to Lytton for the remainder. The scheduled wrap is June 14th. I plan on being there for about half the shoot and will see if I can post some pictures from the set. 

As Dylan says, this is very exciting times. 

In other very exciting news, NYC Midnight presented me with my grand prize check at the Seattle Film Race at the Egyptian Theater on Wednesday. I also had cornflake chocolate and a Sprite. I met some cool guys from Microsoft too. 

"Sleepless" is playing at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival June 10th at 6:15pm. I am told I will be doing a Q&A after the screening, so I will escape from Lytton and drive down to Seattle for that.  

Very Exciting Times.

Four More Weeks...?

I turned in that final polish and then went into hibernation for a couple of days. Shoulder surgery combined with final draft combined with pain killers equals fuzziness for sure. At any rate, my work is pretty much done on the script until we go to film, the tentative shooting schedule is May 26-June 14. One week in Vancouver, then two weeks in Lytton, which is a small BC town.

I've been invited to be on set for the shoot, which is nice. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole process once it gets going. Can't wait! Hopefully I'll have time to work on another spec sometime soon.