Monday, August 25, 2008
Fresh off the Boat
So I'm not quite sure how this happened, but in the past week i've been contacted by people to
1) Review HH
2) interview me
3) Screen HH for possible investors for my next film/promotion for HH
it's nice that finally everything I dreamed about while making the film is actually happening. And also bittersweat that it's happening now. I've fought really hard to get here, and now so many things seem possible.
On Sunday we blocked scene two of True Perfection then went out on the street and "faux" shot it with the On the Verge camera.
It was incredible to see the actors bring it to life and I cannot wait to make this film. It's going to be 20 times better than HH. Of course not to say HH was bad, but one would hope in three years I'd learn a thing or two.
Check out the first review of HH. I am actually quite happy with it. There's a few things I don't think it did justice too, but overally 3.5 stars is better then lots of bigger films.
http://insulinfunk.net/2008/08/18/happy-holidays-s-mohen-2008/
posted by Sassy Mohen @ 11:32 AM
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Abundance
So we have another camera person for On the Verge now, named Tessa.
She is amazing. And she said something along the lines of "I really admire and commend you for what you're doing. When I was in college I wanted to make narrative features but then my path lead me to make documentaries. It's so hard to think about all the set backs there are, but you have something amazing, you have an abundance of accomplishment and people supporting you. That is hard to achieve"
And it's so easy to get swept away in how hard everything is. But when you sit back and think about it. It's like wow. I have accomplished a lot. that's great.
the fish on my desk is swimming
posted by Sassy Mohen @ 3:00 PM
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Friday, August 15, 2008
3 Projects for the Price of None
Right now I am working on three projects.
Not only am I working on them, I am running them.
Still submitting HH to festivals which takes up time and money. I've spent to much on it already so I have to cool off with submitting for a while and just stick to everything else for two weeks
Doing on the verge which requires funding. and then now rehearsals for True Perfection every night. Although I love each, I'm terrified of True Perfection becoming Happy Holidays pt.2 in terms of funding because I don't want it to be.
In fact I will make it not be. But RIght now we're just making everything in order to get the money. Oh complications. If only I were born rich or the daughter of Steven Speilberg, this would be less hard.
but then when I do accomplish something it makes it so worth it. But while you're in the middle of struggling so hard it's very difficult to think that way.
On top of working 9-6 every day.
I need a vacation. I need time for a vacation. Money for a vacation?
oh well, at least i'm doing this all for something I love. Imagine if it were something I hated like Chemistry. YECH
posted by Sassy Mohen @ 12:09 PM
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Tired
is the best emotion to describe me right now.
I found myself getting sleep this weekend but waking up just as tired as I did on Friday. Looks like I'm going to be calling it an early night tonight. I will try and be asleep by 1030
again just so it sinks in. I will try and be asleep by 1030.
Good I think my brain processed that.
True Perfection is in the top 1% in the first cut film series competition "www.firstcutfilmseries.com" If we win, the movie will get a one million dollar budget. If we don't I have the comfort of knowing my script was better then 99% of the submissions.
sleep now. jk i'm working till 6. yuck
posted by Sassy Mohen @ 11:19 AM
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Blackbird
I'm happy that my blog is no longer defective like it used to be.
And now back to normal. There's going to be some major changes to OTV that i'm really excited about!
whats more exciting is I have officially begun my next film. WOW.
that is insane to think about. I mean i'm still sending Happy Holidays off to festivals and probably will every day for the next 6 months, but here goes film number two. True Perfection.
We were having call backs the other day, and for the first time I saw my words lifted into the thoughts of actors and a movie appear. That will never stop to thrill me. I remember in Happy Holidays it happened in the "five person scene" and robert was auditioning for charles, and actually got up and threatened to hit Russell who was reading for Thomas.
I can feel a change inside of me, almost indescribable. I don't know what it is. I'll probably figure it out by my 22 birthday. Wow, where did the last year go?
posted by Sassy Mohen @ 3:32 PM
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