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Category Archive: Short Films
“Please Hang Up and Try Again” is a romantic drama based on the perspective of phone conversations, we follow three lovelorn individuals: one who ends a tattered relationship, one who longs for a past love and one who seductively initiates a new tryst. I play Rachel, the seductive initiator.
This film, Directed by Eduardo A. Garcia and Produced by Kalyn Blacklock at kE Films is scheduled to be released Fall 2011.
Dean Fredrick, bad ass custom jewelry designer based in Austin, TX presents a film trailer that featured at his annual Austin Fashion Week party. The film is Directed by Phillip Guzman and the decadent Costumes are by Gypsy Sun Vintage.
The trailer is really fun. I think rather than a description, you should watch it to see what happens!
I just finished principle shooting of a short film called “American Dreams”. The film, inspired by true events of Italian writer/director Gaia Bonsignore, is a story about two girls, Lisa and Diana, and their search for the “American Dream”, both having quite opposing ideas of what that is and how to achieve it. Diana, played by Jacqueline Leal, seeks freedom in support and stability of a marriage that has inevitably lost its love. Lisa, my character, is an anarchist protester who finds freedom in running and retaining an uprooted status, constantly fighting for the cause of the moment.
It was an amazingly ambitious shoot (a super low budget that opens with a street riot scene, which achieved superb footage from what Ive seen). It also provided an opportunity for me to work on a more gritty/ street kid character, as ive been seeking.
“Vicky & Sam” receives fantastic accolades from Steve Weiss and Philip Bloom on their show “Critics”. That is, after Phil slams it in all aspects then reveals that he loves it so much it sets a new bar for standards. The blog and gear resource, Zacuto.com, has hundreds of thousands of filmmaker followers around the world. Nuno Rocha, the Director for Vicky & Sam, also received the “Z-KUDOS” award, which is not a commonly passed out acknowledgement for Steve Weiss. Praising films in their entirety is also not common, as Steve and Philip are honest and genuine in their critiques. They dont take filmmaking lightly.
The full film is unavailable on the web while it makes it’s festival rounds. Currently, it has been accepted to 44 film festivals internationally.
Here is a short clip of the “Critics” episode with just Steve & Philip’s critique of “Vicky & Sam”:
See Nuno Rocha’s Z-KUDOS feature filmmaker write-up HERE >
See “Vicky & Sam” and the FULL “Critics” episode HERE >
(Vicky & Sam is the third film to be discussed)
Vicky & Sam: Behind the Scenes
Vicky & Sam: Behind the Scenes. Director Nuno Rocha and Cinematographer Drew Daniels
Vicky & Sam: Behind the Scenes
Vicky & Sam: Behind the Scenes
One Saturday in July, Jay Galvan and I went filming in downtown Austin- 4th street warehouse district to be precise. We had two differing goals that could be achieved in the same project, the perfect symbiosis. Both a test of the low light sensitivity of the 7D DSLR camera as well as an opportunity for me to work out a new character in a simple scene, we shot this with one camera, no lights, hand-held and on the fly. We plan to develop a story-line with this character and plan to shoot a few more tests within the next month. I want to include more people on the street – engaging strangers is always fun (and truthful).
You can see the video here and also under “watch” in the links above.
Waiting for passerbys
From the short film, Vicky & Sam. My, I look interested.
Vicky & Sam is a story about three writers who discover that their stories are being played out in real time. The lead characters, Vicky and Sam, enter the diner, exactly as described in the writer’s brainstorm session. As the three writers toy with the concept of two real people doing whatever they declare, of course they get out of hand and danger ensues. I play a writer. The two other writers, my co-stars, are played by Daniel Moore and Luke Francis. Definitely check them out!
The film is directed by Nuno Rocha, a director from Portugal (and, as I find out on set, a magician as well! :) I recommend checking out his work – he’s doing great stuff!
Daniel and Luke in Vicky & Sam
We shot “Pearls of Wisdom” for the 48 Hour Film Race this year in Austin, TX. We re-edited the film and will submit it in the festival circuit. Super fun time, to conceive and complete a film in 48 hours! Our film won Top Ten at the REEL Women sponsored film awards.
I got a hell of a shiner for "Pearls of Wisdom"
Al Bianchi and I in our final scene of the film.
