Just
an update about my move here to LA from San Diego. Yes, I like
it as I have to drive 10 minutes or even walk for 10 minutes
to get to
an audition instead of driving 2 hours on a good day for an
audition
(4 hours once on a bad day).
However,
as a director/producer it's tougher to get stuff done without
permits. The cops are really savvy about filmmaking and will
bust you
sooner and can take away your equipment – or so I've been
told by
others. But for acting – I highly recommend it. But ironically,
I've
been doing less acting and more filmmaking after the move up
here. Go
figure.
I
also helped a friend Melinda Augustina with a hilarious short
she
produced and acted in (talk about making your own opportunities!).
It's called "Three-Fifty" (written and directed by
Maurice Chauvet –
yep the same Maurice who wrote `Owning Mahowny' starring Philip
Seymour Hoffman – and yep, this is a name-dropping credit-hungry
industry). I got offered to co-produce a $25M feature based
solely
off of my IMDb credits, which is not much, but still it's starting
to
add up. Get to know the ropes of adding titles (the hardest
part) and
adding yourself onto existing titles (much easier). Learn
about it
here.
I
also highly recommend the book Chris Gore's Ultimate Film Festival
Survival Guide. I wish I read it when Trade Offs was
making its
rounds three years ago.
Til
next time…
Happy
Filmmaking,
Anup
P.S.
Oh, I turned down the co-producing offer as I can't stand
producing. Just wanna act write and direct. :)
Check
out the "Three-Fifty"
teaser trailer I edited:
