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I will be heading out of town on Sunday, so the regularly-scheduled Pic a Day post will be moved to a two-week post on July 10th.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Pic a Day - 6/20 to 6/26
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| Mon. June 20, seconds sweeping by |
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| Tues. June 21, watching Oklahoma! after I had a song in my head |
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| Wed. June 22, low-key filming; then pictures in the selfie cam |
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| Thurs. June 23, it's nice to get a little wet (despite what my face would suggest) |
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| Fri. June 24, grand entrance of a BRAND NEW CAR (cue Price is Right music) |
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| Sat. June 25 |
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| Sun. June 26, the SanDisk is so tiny and cute compared to my Zune |
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Pic a Day - 6/13 to 6/19
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| Mon. June 13, trying on sandals at REI (these are not the ones I bought) |
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| Tues. June 14, summers are for hammocks |
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| Wed. June 15, smoke rolling in |
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| Thurs. June 16, second selfie of the week because: haircut |
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| Fri. June 17, kicking myself in the pants to beat writer's block |
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| Sat. June 18, extras on set |
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| Sun. June 19, father's day checking out cars and test-driving |
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Dimension + Forsaken Sun
Dimension
As you may have noted from cryptic captions on my Pic a Day posts over the last few months, I am involved in a short film. My best friend Nicolas Fierro wrote the script for and is directing Dimension, a story about a young man, Pike (played by Nick), who tries to piece together weird dreams he's having and discovers there's another dimension where people are manipulating his reality. I play Sabra (yes, I know; I think Nick deliberately named my character after the hummus), who is Pike's closest confidante throughout the film despite her ties to the central dimension. The cast also includes Daniel Bruce, who plays Ira, another friend of Pike's whose mission it is to kill him if he finds out too much; and Nataly Moreno-Martinez, who plays Thana, the woman in charge of the dimension creation and manipulation. We have been filming since the end of February/beginning of March, and Nick anticipates that we will premiere the finished movie the first week of July.
I wanted to share some photos from our filming sessions; I have included a few that appeared in previous Pic a Day posts, and I will indicate this by using an asterisk at the beginning of the caption.
March 6
March 9
March 13
March 18
March 20
April 2
April 3
April 5
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
May 15
May 22
May 25
June 1
June 5
June 11
June 12
Forsaken Sun
Dimension isn't the only short film I'm currently working on. Two summers ago, Nick and I both wrote the script for Forsaken Sun, a story about five teenagers trying to survive in the New Mexico wilderness after a third world war leaves their city bombed and destroyed. We only successfully filmed half of it, but recently Nick put together a "trailer," if you will, of the footage that we did get. Here's the link to that for your viewing enjoyment: https://vimeo.com/147262334
Just to jog your memory - and my own - I'll start this off with a couple photos from the original filming.
June 21, 2014
June 8
June 10
I just wanted to share a little bit more of the short films I've been working on and helping out with because they're really cool and I'm pretty excited for the finished products. Like I already mentioned, Nick anticipates our being done with Dimension the first week of July (and I will share a link to the film when it becomes available); and so far I am over halfway done with Forsaken Sun, but I am postponing filming the rest until after the Dimension premiere because I want to work on some other projects in the meantime, one of them being the typing-up, revision, editing, and rewriting of my NaNoWriMo novel from 2014. But once I finish up Forsaken Sun, I will post the link so you can watch and share with others.
Thanks for checking this out; see you on Sunday for your regularly-scheduled Pic a Day post!
As you may have noted from cryptic captions on my Pic a Day posts over the last few months, I am involved in a short film. My best friend Nicolas Fierro wrote the script for and is directing Dimension, a story about a young man, Pike (played by Nick), who tries to piece together weird dreams he's having and discovers there's another dimension where people are manipulating his reality. I play Sabra (yes, I know; I think Nick deliberately named my character after the hummus), who is Pike's closest confidante throughout the film despite her ties to the central dimension. The cast also includes Daniel Bruce, who plays Ira, another friend of Pike's whose mission it is to kill him if he finds out too much; and Nataly Moreno-Martinez, who plays Thana, the woman in charge of the dimension creation and manipulation. We have been filming since the end of February/beginning of March, and Nick anticipates that we will premiere the finished movie the first week of July.
I wanted to share some photos from our filming sessions; I have included a few that appeared in previous Pic a Day posts, and I will indicate this by using an asterisk at the beginning of the caption.
March 6
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| Daniel snapping pics |
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| our primary set: most of the movie takes place in the amphitheater |
March 9
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| *Sonal helped us out during a filming by (wo)manning the camera |
March 13
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| Nick packs up while Daniel fixes his hair |
March 18
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| our friends Molly (middle) and Mica (right) helped out by being extras |
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| "We ready to go?" |
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| extras ready to go and our director is just coming on set |
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| setting the scene for Craig, who also helped us out by being a minor character |
March 20
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| Nick, Daniel, and Sonal after a day of filming |
April 2
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| the portal between dimensions, the medicine wheel features heavily in the film |
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| reflections (of a director) in a golden eye |
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| sunset silhouette |
April 3
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| Nick and Nataly setting up for their dramatic scene |
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| despite the drama and tension, there are many slip-ups and flubs during takes |
April 5
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| testing the inside-the-locker shot (I do look rather drugged out, don't I?) |
April 11
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| day 1 |
April 12
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| day 2 |
April 13
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| day 3: I thought this would be a good movie cover |
April 14
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| day 4: white and shadow |
April 15
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| Nick made me wear this headband, then snatched it back from me as soon as I got to liking it |
May 15
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| Nick and Nataly laughing it out before rehearsing again |
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| since they rehearse so often, I wander off and photograph the landscape |
May 22
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| snazzy camera(wo)man |
May 25
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| things can get out of hand, so someone has to leave |
June 1
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| Nick organized a cast bonding day at Meow Wolf |
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| messing with the weird exhibits (LtoR: Daniel, Nataly, Nick) |
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| we ate lunch at the Tune-Up Cafe and did some people-watching |
June 5
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| we came across this animal who was stuck on the staircase (campus security eventually got the poor thing) |
June 11
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| Nick and Daniel rehearsing |
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| a friendly handshake after a successful morning of filming |
June 12
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| Sabra is wary of Pike's plans to go to the other dimension |
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| testing out the obstacle course between takes |
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| Sabra is not a very romantic character, but the flower behind my ear could fool you |
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| Nick and Daniel on the Alpine Tower |
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| thinking about how best to tackle climbing the thing |
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| *the photo that stole my heart, taken by Daniel |
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| waiting for Daniel to say "Action!" |
Forsaken Sun
Dimension isn't the only short film I'm currently working on. Two summers ago, Nick and I both wrote the script for Forsaken Sun, a story about five teenagers trying to survive in the New Mexico wilderness after a third world war leaves their city bombed and destroyed. We only successfully filmed half of it, but recently Nick put together a "trailer," if you will, of the footage that we did get. Here's the link to that for your viewing enjoyment: https://vimeo.com/147262334
Just to jog your memory - and my own - I'll start this off with a couple photos from the original filming.
June 21, 2014
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| meeting up in the parking lot before hiking out to our filming location |
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| I guess we had a cast get-together at Menchie's post-filming |
I probably do have more photos from the original filming, but they are not on this computer.
Anyway, at one of the Dimension filming sessions, I was joking with Nick and saying I could put together his movie with dolls and have it done before the one we were currently working on. I was just messing with him, but right after that I got the idea to do the same with Forsaken Sun. I had often lamented how great of a movie that would have been and how sad I was that we never finished it, so it was strangely uplifting to realize that I could finish that film, and do so with dolls. We didn't have to give up simply because things didn't work out the first time we attempted it. (The reason I even got the idea to film it with dolls is because I had tried to make a movie with my brother using Groovy Girls several years ago, and I thought it was really funny and cute, but that didn't turn out either; so wouldn't I love to do what two of my past selves hadn't yet achieved? There's also a trailer for the Groovy movie I tried to make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sHYPJ8hIG8.) So I have also been working on another short film this summer, this time with Groovy Girls! Again, some of these appeared in previous Pic a Day posts, and I have indicated with an asterisk at the beginning of the caption.
June 7
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| the sinister government agents look so darn cute! |
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| casting call (yes, some of them are naked to various degrees) |
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| *here's the reimagined group of survivalist teens - now in doll form! |
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| checking the script and getting the characters ready on set |
June 8
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| 6 a.m. sunrise |
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| "I always look at the sun when I'm feeling sad - you should try it." -Lex |
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| * "I guess I do feel a little better." -Fletcher |
June 10
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| cast and director up early for a 1 a.m. filming sesh |
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| ominous shadows |
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| the teens at their base camp |
I just wanted to share a little bit more of the short films I've been working on and helping out with because they're really cool and I'm pretty excited for the finished products. Like I already mentioned, Nick anticipates our being done with Dimension the first week of July (and I will share a link to the film when it becomes available); and so far I am over halfway done with Forsaken Sun, but I am postponing filming the rest until after the Dimension premiere because I want to work on some other projects in the meantime, one of them being the typing-up, revision, editing, and rewriting of my NaNoWriMo novel from 2014. But once I finish up Forsaken Sun, I will post the link so you can watch and share with others.
Thanks for checking this out; see you on Sunday for your regularly-scheduled Pic a Day post!
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