The New Economy Guy
“In this new economy you’ve got to look at every family household expense to decide what stays and what strays.”
Rache and I bogarted a friends’s Canon VIXIA HV20 for way too long just to create something for the internets (thanks guys at DiscoveryOnstage!). Hyde loved it because he got lots of cheese. Off of our craft services table of course.
We also reworked a song of Rachael’s for the credits. ”Left To Wander” off of her EP. The lyrics were right but the feel was off. So with a little re-mix effort I think we made it work fairly well.
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Enjoy!
The Coupon Book
“STEVE makes an awesome offer that his former High School classmate LANCE can’t refuse… seriously.”
Shot this in Denver with Patrick, Sabrina & Rachael. Had some incredible production luck with the absolute perfect car for STEVE, which just so happened to be parked next to LANCE’S ride on shooting day. Couldn’t have planned it better if we’d tried.
A second act has been shot and currently in post, so stay tuned!
The Homeowners
A story of life, love and real estate.
The brainchild of Patrick Swinnea and based on a true story. One of these is true. But ya know, in today’s market, I could see it.
My wife Rachael and I play the ‘happy’ couple.
Enjoy!
I Once Went On For Hamlet With Two Hours Notice
It was with the Denver Center Theatre Company and probably a few days after we actually had our understudy rehearsal which is taken about as seriously as a… as a… not usually very seriously. I was playing Guildenstern at the time. No Rosencrantz. No. Anyway.
From Theater Critic John Moore’s article in the Denver Post Sunday, October 25 2009:
As much as audiences grumble about understudies, they make for some of any company’s most legendary tales. Like when Scott Ferraro came down with food poisoning at 4 p.m. the day of a 2002 preview performance of “Hamlet.” Jason Henning, a third- year conservatory student, was called on to perform the title role having had not one second of rehearsal. Then-artistic director Donovan Marley called it “a world-class performance.” Said Henning afterward: “I was very glad to die.”
You know, because Hamlet dies in the end and so I was very glad that… Anyway, after “And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” etc. and the house went black I immediately stood up and promply walked my shins square into the king’s throne. Nice.
Anyway, I made the fridge again with this clipping.
There are loads of good little stories within this one. I’ll tell you the full story over a pint.
Alice In Wasteland – A Wonderland of Action & Raunchy B-Movieness
Got to spend the good part of a day in an abandon trailer house just outside Colorado Springs with some cool peeps: Roxane Sondrup, Michelle Beisner, Lasse Jarvi, Pete Schuermann.
Amazing the magic that can be made in a cowboy hardhat and an oversized beer bottle.
Latest Reel – Magically Composed by Patrick Swinnea
There is one genius performance within this tiny screen that could easily go unnoticed but shan’t. It is that of Patrick Swinnea who combed through countless hours of footage from my catalogue of films and with a master’s touch created what you see before you. Enjoy.