Scene Card Contest - Spare Change

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This is 1 of 2 different 15 second spots that were created for the Scene Card Contest. The other one was written by my friend Gerald.

We need your Votes so please spread the word and VOTE..

we want to win prizes!!!

Movie fun

A bunch of friends and I had some fun and created 2 Scene Card Contest entries at the Scotiabank Cineplex theatre yesterday. I wrote one 15 second spot and my friend Gerald wrote the other one. They were totally different and I can't wait to cut them together and see how they turned out. It was a great shoot. We only had from about 10am to about noon to get it done before they got ready to open the box office so we had to work pretty quickly. Definetly teamwork in action. I haven't titled one of them yet but when I have something done I will post again. I love working with my friends, you get things done fast and have fun in the process.

Blogging before Breakfast

It seems like my new habit is becoming Blogging before Breakfast. Think i need to change that. I woke up at 6am and instead of taking a shower or having breakfast I have been busy blogging. I really should be doing the other things first but it seems as though I have more energy to blog in the morning. It's kind of like writing your thoughts as soon as you get up so you can get them out of the way before you start your day.

Well today's blog is about the night after the Reel Asian Film Festival. Last night I attended the Opening Night of the Reel Asian Film Festival at the Bloor Cinema. I went to film Harvey for the Doc I am doing on him. I saw a lot of people I knew at the Opening and it was a packed house so that was great for the festival. Harvey was a FOHA, front of house staff for the festival instead of a volunteer which means he didn't have to wear a volunteer tshirt for a change. He actually showed up wearing a suit and had the official looking headset to go with it.

There was a party afterward but unfortunately my life seems to keep getting in the way of me enjoying parties because I wake up so early in the morning and am busy all day long that by the end of the day I am too pooped to party. So off I went home while everyone else went to the party. I guess they don't have day jobs... Well I must now do the shower thing and will get breakfast later and then off to work to make some money to fund more documentary filmmaking.

Breakdown on a Bridge

Hey, check out my latest 30 second short film "Breakdown on a Bridge" and Vote for it on the www.lovethephone.com website.

This is for the "You're Breaking Up" contest.

I need your Votes and Comments for this film so that I can WIN a TRIP to SUNDANCE. Why is this important? Because I am trying to win a trip for Harvey "You Know Harvey" to go to Sundance so that I can film him there for the Documentary. So this film was made to try and get him there.

So i need YOUR HELP!! PLEASE!!! VOTE and Pass it On...

There are lots of entries that have been on the site for a while so I need to catch up so please forward the link to all your friends..

If I win you will see what your Votes did in the You Know Harvey Documentary...so consider yourself a Producer when you vote because it's like money invested in the film if we win.

thank you all for supporting my projects.

Fame versus Success

Do you want to be famous or successful? Anyone can be famous in the 20th century but only a small percentage of people are truly successful. What’s the difference between fame and success? Andy Warhol said everyone would have their 15 minutes of fame. Fame is defined by people knowing who you are but that doesn’t necessarily come from doing something successful. Recently people have achieved fame by creating sex tapes and scandals, creating a fake event like Balloon boy and gaining widespread media attention. Other people have cheated and lied their way to fame. Others have failed in the glare of the spotlight because of addictions, indiscretions or excess. People that achieve fame at the expense of success become famous for a short time and do not get the respect that true success brings.

A good example of fame versus success was demonstrated by the Osborne family when they had their first reality show. Ozzy Osborne’s success and Sharon Osborne’s management skills created the reality show but the family paid the price that fame brought with it. Kelly and Jack Osborne both became the famous offspring of Ozzy and Sharon because of the reality show but neither one of them was prepared for the fame it brought into their lives. Both Kelly and Jack suffered under the glare of the spotlight with both developing serious drug addictions in front of the television cameras. They both became famous just for being the children of Ozzy Osborne and without earning or demonstrating any sort of talent or success. But success and stability came later for Kelly and Jack when they both had success at rehab and turned their lives around. Jack has gained success and respect from challenging himself to perform extreme sports for his own tv show while Kelly has been demonstrating her dancing abilities and her passion for performing on the Dancing with the Stars Show. They both have success with their fame now and the credibility, respect and happiness that goes with it.

People such as John and Kate Gosselin, Octomom, balloon boy and others only achieve fame and the misery of judgement seems to go along with it. They are being judged by the general public at large who are shining a very hot and bright spotlight on them. They will never achieve success and respect because they did not earn their credibility through accomplished goals.

There are others that have sustained success and fame in sync and those are the people that have the most power and respect. People like Oprah Winfrey who is famous but has achieved her fame through hard work and good deeds and in turn has the power to influence a whole generation of the public and her peers. Richard Branson has achieved business fame and success by creating credibility in his business and challenging ideas and the limitations of himself and others. He has built a huge corporation, broken some molds and given back to the world in the process.

The ultimate fame and success is president Obama who has achieved fame through his campaign for change and has influenced a generation of people that seek a new direction in their lives. He has achieved the ultimate goal of inspiring people that were apathetic and thought that there was no hope and he has achieved the goal of becoming the first black president through positivity and sheer determination.

So do you want fame or success? I believe we should all strive for success and if we achieve fame in the process we should use it to influence and assist others to change the world. If we ALL strive for success we can achieve and change anything for the better.

Urban Zombies at Mobifest

I haven't had much going on to Blog about lately since I have been busy with just random things and working on my documentary.

Yesterday i attempted my first pitch session. I pitched to CBC's Doc Zone at Doc Org's Marketplace. Although I was turned down I was told to try the Documentary Channel so I will pursue that avenue next.

Better news was that my short film "Urban Zombies" was chosen as a finalist in the Mobifest Film Festival. The films and awards will be presented at the Revue cinema on Nov 17th.

Nuit Blanche 2009

Nuit Blanche 2009 - I was downtown all day but waiting around until 8pm to meet up with my friend to check out Nuit Blanche. Seems like everyone was scattered all over the place. We finally hit our first place at 9pm where we checked out the Monopoly game. I didn't find it very interesting watching it on a screen outside the building. We moved on to the How to win the lottery lecture where we listened to stuff about palmistry. After that we met up with a friend who had her face painted and we moved on to the next thing which was the Avalanche ride on Bay street. After that we met up with another friend who ran into another friend so the group got even larger. We headed over to the Scotiabank tower to do an interactive music installation that was the coolest thing of people jumping around and waving hands creating music. After that we we met up with another 2 friends and headed over to City Hall to see the Text installation and some friends when over to say Hey Dave to some guy at Old city hall. From there we went to some boring thing at the Atrium and then headed over to the Bus Station for some Blindfold Boxing.. i don't think they were all that blinded from what I saw.. then we hit a pit stop for Pizza where I finally started crashing... so unfortunately my steam ran out an I bailed before they headed over to the AGO. I could hear the music but knew it would be at least a half hour before we got in and it was already 2am. I was downtown since 2pm so 12 hours hanging around downtown was enough for me. The went to the AGO and then I think the went to College and Spadina and from what i heard when to the Reference Library to do some dancing.. I wish I had the energy to do more. I managed to snap some photos and shoot some video so lugging cameras around becomes tiring quickly. Most of the crazy stuff is on video but everything became a Nuit Blanche installation including my friends so here are a couple of Snaps.