What? Funny like a clown funny?

I've set the date.

No, I'm not proposing to my woman or getting married, or having a kid, or killing myself.

Come to think of it, you can "set the date" for a lot of things. Well, I'm trying to put myself in a professional mentality after a dream I had last night where Me, Eric and the cast/crew of "Digits" held our premiere screening of the film and held a Q&A after it. One of my not-so-weird dreams for once. I woke up this morning and I remembered that rewarding feeling I once had when Indom's stand alone scene screened for an audience of like 500 people and I got that grand ovation. It was one of the best moments of my life. It may sound glory goaled to aim for that "moment." Seasoned writers would scold me for not "writing just to write." I enjoy writing. But I also enjoy seeing my writing enjoyed. I don't know if that immediately disqualifies me from being an "Indie writer" who writes for himself, but this script does speak to me and I think it is great. Or, will be. I'm around 22 pages into it and just can't get enough of writing it. I want to be on set (just as bad as having a premiere) and working with actors as well as being one myself. I just miss all aspects of the film making process. So I've set the date. October 15, 2010. That will be the day I need to have Digits completed by. That gives me a little over a year to finish the script, shoot and edit. To a normie, (you non-film maker peeps) that's a rediculously long time. In actuality though, it's not. It's fair amount considering where I am and where I want to be, but I think it's obtainable. I need to save money for a camera, an adapter and sound equipment. I'm less concerned about lighting equipment at the moment, but I'm sure I'll find a way to make that work. The audio and quality of the shots are very important to getting some legitimacy brought to the project. It helps that I want to shoot in a mockumentry (Arrested Development meets The Office) style because that allows us to have some problems and still cover them up and make it work. At this level, in this economy, with these resources, I'm willing to fight on forward and take those hits because I don't feel it'll hurt the substance of the film or the effects of it.

All I need is an HVX200, a RedRock micro adapter, a vista glide and a nice sound set up. We're looking at roughly $7000. Which may seem like a lot, but we'll see what I can do. The red rock and vista can be left out, but I'm still aiming for them.

October 15, 2010. Digits.

Doing it like the pros. Setting the date. Working towards the date.

Now I just need to find someone to hold me accountable for that date. Some people would hate that pressure. Me? I need it.

- Andrew

The Villain

So, let's get an update on where I stand shall we?

Indom - I know now how to make it work. I realized I'm not intertwining character relationships the way I could be. In addition I discovered how to make the antagonist stronger and more understandable in his cause. Which will, in turn, drive the story more. And it will give more depth, and re-define the main character in a way that I like a lot more. Not to mention it will add a bit more drama and explain why other people do things and even more so - make the ending that much more believable.

In a nutshell: It can work. And so much better.

On the Produced Indom Front: I'm working on the DVD cases and such right now. I'm trying to get it out to the cast and crew as fast as I can, but I want to make sure it's quality and that takes time. Another thing it takes is Money. Which i'm quickly running out of.

Job Situation: Still working at ESPN for $10 an hour and no health coverage. Just interviewed for a internship in NYC yesterday - which pays $20 a day. Which means it would cover the cost of travel into the city. So if I get the Creative Development Internship there, I'll most likely cut back on karate, put in the extra hours at ESPN for 4 days, go to the internship 1 day a week and then get a part time job on the weekend at like Best Buy or something.

And beyond all this - there's a glimmer of inspiration twinkling in my eye. "The Villain" is a story idea I'm developing right now that I really think would be both commercially in demand and at the same time quite awesome to make and watch. It would be a lot of fun. It's got that comic book style to it, with colorful characters so I'm talking to my sequential artist friends, headed under Matt Walters, and trying to see if we can do some kind of graphic novel out of it and then I can use that to get some attention for a screenplay. I'm super-passionate about this puppy, more so than I ever was on Indom. It's just so awesome....in my head. When I can finally find free time to work on it I will. This is priority 2 right now. #1 is paying bills and getting health care. 2 is Villain. 3 is Indom. 4 is girls. Haha.

This is starting to become that part of my life on the E! True Hollywood Story or VH1 Behind the Music where the celebrity goes "It was a hard time. Couldn't find a job and if I could find jobs I'd have been working 3 of them."

Hopefully something will open up soon that won't make me miserable my whole life.

- Andrew