Wednesday, December 22, 2010
I have the ingredients, Now to Cook
Bought an A3 art folder yesterday and some A3 pad, will start the drawing for the comic this afternoon. Also plan to take a lot more pictures from here on out so every blog i can put a picture and something funny too maybe, was sposed to start yesterday but busing everywhere with bags of christmas shopping for the wife and house meant i had little energy or time left at the end of the day to do anything constructive, so just enjoyed Tea and watched the last 4 episodes of Entourage to finish off a pretty much productive day. See you tomorrow :)
Sunday, December 19, 2010
My Life story as a Comic Book
I have decided to write my life story, a prologue to the Auckland Saga if you will (coming soon), And since the store has been empty from 5pm (its now 7pm) I had time to update my deviant art details (which you can see at the bottom of this page) and write this short script - all true by the way.
Enjoy it til i have the accompanying Art uploaded and printed off at book form at my local shop while i try to big up my name and personal website (money should come in soon financing that site, i cant wait :) it will hopefully give me a good rep and a site to go to for those curious to see what I'm up to)
But without furthur Ado. My script i will start drawing for tomorrow :)
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I wasn't born a fighter but still i had ambitions
Kindergarten life taught me right from wrong
Primary school taught me friends are more important than what you learn
High school taught me what you learn is more important than who you hang out with
and Being a good student never made me the cool student
But comparing grades to the real world is like comparing apples to oranges, which i ended up doing at the local produce distribution center, started at 15 years old, $8.50 an hour
for years.
I wanted to quit. they transferred me. It was mutual.
But again, i stayed at the centers little brother company, for years.
I left my $17 dollar an hour job to be free. what a fail.
Most of the time at work, I dreamed of being a famous rapper. I still do.
I took a Audio engineering course which i failed, not cos of my grades, but cos i left after the first term after realizing it was the wrong course for me.
Ever since my Maui days at Hornby primary I've enjoyed being on stage
Rapping for 3 people on a late weekday night and stuffing up my 16 lines was a new low,
But nothing to dropping a whole song claiming its an instrumental at battle of the bands a year later with a Dysfunctional band i liked to call home.
I got Married. No kids, we decided to wait while our careers blossom. Only now am i seeing what a co-worker said about the joys of marriage. That's when i discovered Sarcasm.
My Job selling Karate changed from me selling classes to me selling my stuff and moving back in with my parents.
I was Josh Kirwin (the face for depression here in NZ) and ended up applying for a telemarketing job that offered a morning or afternoon shift at 14 dollars an hour plus bonuses if you made over 5 sales selling hotel packages.
which sucked, i was used to selling a memorized page, now i had to sell a 4 page pitch in a 2 minute phone call with basically no rapport, i left mutually with no records broken, or sales made. and my self esteem jumped off the nearest bridge.
I decided i would work where i would enjoy the work rather than be tied down in a place i couldn't leave. Result? Now i work hard at a video store, for $13.50 an hour
The Boss is great (the best I've ever had), but with no raise prospects or future i sign up for a course in Auckland for film making, hoping for dreams to come true.
And My Real life Story is To be continued.
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Enjoy it til i have the accompanying Art uploaded and printed off at book form at my local shop while i try to big up my name and personal website (money should come in soon financing that site, i cant wait :) it will hopefully give me a good rep and a site to go to for those curious to see what I'm up to)
But without furthur Ado. My script i will start drawing for tomorrow :)
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I wasn't born a fighter but still i had ambitions
Kindergarten life taught me right from wrong
Primary school taught me friends are more important than what you learn
High school taught me what you learn is more important than who you hang out with
and Being a good student never made me the cool student
But comparing grades to the real world is like comparing apples to oranges, which i ended up doing at the local produce distribution center, started at 15 years old, $8.50 an hour
for years.
I wanted to quit. they transferred me. It was mutual.
But again, i stayed at the centers little brother company, for years.
I left my $17 dollar an hour job to be free. what a fail.
Most of the time at work, I dreamed of being a famous rapper. I still do.
I took a Audio engineering course which i failed, not cos of my grades, but cos i left after the first term after realizing it was the wrong course for me.
Ever since my Maui days at Hornby primary I've enjoyed being on stage
Rapping for 3 people on a late weekday night and stuffing up my 16 lines was a new low,
But nothing to dropping a whole song claiming its an instrumental at battle of the bands a year later with a Dysfunctional band i liked to call home.
I got Married. No kids, we decided to wait while our careers blossom. Only now am i seeing what a co-worker said about the joys of marriage. That's when i discovered Sarcasm.
My Job selling Karate changed from me selling classes to me selling my stuff and moving back in with my parents.
I was Josh Kirwin (the face for depression here in NZ) and ended up applying for a telemarketing job that offered a morning or afternoon shift at 14 dollars an hour plus bonuses if you made over 5 sales selling hotel packages.
which sucked, i was used to selling a memorized page, now i had to sell a 4 page pitch in a 2 minute phone call with basically no rapport, i left mutually with no records broken, or sales made. and my self esteem jumped off the nearest bridge.
I decided i would work where i would enjoy the work rather than be tied down in a place i couldn't leave. Result? Now i work hard at a video store, for $13.50 an hour
The Boss is great (the best I've ever had), but with no raise prospects or future i sign up for a course in Auckland for film making, hoping for dreams to come true.
And My Real life Story is To be continued.
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you like? comment below otherwise keep checking here for updates, thanks, have a good one!
Buses, Flies and Uncomfortable Silences
The past month has been bittersweet. With the summer its brought beautiful days here in Christchurch so had to have the store doors open so we don't spend a fortune on air-con, which leads to bugs of the flying recovery attacking the ceiling lights, grrr, i don't like killing em since i was young when as kids you killed them just because. For example, they say if you squish a red spider it will rain tomorrow and stuff like that, then somebody once told me they have feelings too and since then Ive tried like hell not to kill bugs unless i absolutely cant catch it and throw it outside where it belongs...
With my car out of action im catching the bus everywhere. It sucks. it wastes like 3-4 hours of my day that i can use for my constructive things then running to meet times and waiting round for them. Plus with all this extra time i'm losing sleep as i get home most nights 11.20pm after finishing work at 10 so not much time for tea/shower/recreation before sleeping and getting up and walking/busing my wife to work where she starts at 8 so having to wake at 7 to get to the bus in time, then walking back from her work and getting home at 9. def 1 hr 40 mins longer than the usual trip.
Auckland is getting closer. no geographically but my 'Hall-pass' year like is, I am going to study film-making for a year there then after that shoot my debut feature and hopefully get it on screens and in video stores come 2012/13. But in the meantime til March, i have 2 months and half to close some chapters on my life.
My wife thinks I'm a dreamer, its only now it really sinks in how much she believes it and that its up to me (i cant wait to make my speeches when i make it), while her career takes off and she has her own posh circle of friends, god bless her , but now she talks down to me worse than ever. This is my chance to get 'my' degree if you will. It sucks when you're wife becomes the breadwinner but ever since the GKR karate job blew up in my face this video low wage earner is what I've become, but we ARE paying off the debts and improving the quality of our lives little by little.
I will finish and release my album before March 2011, That's the plan then release a couple music videos and see where it takes me, realistically, no one will care OR pay attention, but i will have flushed my music dreams from my system happily. I always said i would release an album, it wont sell a thousand copies but in the future it will be remembered i released one, So for now my heart and soul goes in to releasing a record I can be proud of.
Anyway, until i launch my personal website where i will blog every day on my Auckland mission, martial arts, films, and art and all the it entails, take care and have a great christmas :)
with love
Matt.
With my car out of action im catching the bus everywhere. It sucks. it wastes like 3-4 hours of my day that i can use for my constructive things then running to meet times and waiting round for them. Plus with all this extra time i'm losing sleep as i get home most nights 11.20pm after finishing work at 10 so not much time for tea/shower/recreation before sleeping and getting up and walking/busing my wife to work where she starts at 8 so having to wake at 7 to get to the bus in time, then walking back from her work and getting home at 9. def 1 hr 40 mins longer than the usual trip.
Auckland is getting closer. no geographically but my 'Hall-pass' year like is, I am going to study film-making for a year there then after that shoot my debut feature and hopefully get it on screens and in video stores come 2012/13. But in the meantime til March, i have 2 months and half to close some chapters on my life.
My wife thinks I'm a dreamer, its only now it really sinks in how much she believes it and that its up to me (i cant wait to make my speeches when i make it), while her career takes off and she has her own posh circle of friends, god bless her , but now she talks down to me worse than ever. This is my chance to get 'my' degree if you will. It sucks when you're wife becomes the breadwinner but ever since the GKR karate job blew up in my face this video low wage earner is what I've become, but we ARE paying off the debts and improving the quality of our lives little by little.
I will finish and release my album before March 2011, That's the plan then release a couple music videos and see where it takes me, realistically, no one will care OR pay attention, but i will have flushed my music dreams from my system happily. I always said i would release an album, it wont sell a thousand copies but in the future it will be remembered i released one, So for now my heart and soul goes in to releasing a record I can be proud of.
Anyway, until i launch my personal website where i will blog every day on my Auckland mission, martial arts, films, and art and all the it entails, take care and have a great christmas :)
with love
Matt.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Seventh rumbles
Put all my mixtape and ep/demo tracks on my mp3 player while i am busing. Listening to myself inspires me cos i know i'm as good as my inspirational peers if only i was clearer and tweaked the timing.
Working on an album now, feeling its a dark concept album but i don't want to write for the sake of writing, when my film career pans out i want this album to be the one that people remember if i don't carry on with it. It has to be powerful enough to encourage, to inspire, to make change as well as entertain and share stories of my life til now.
The Record label website will be up soon. Stay tuned for a link and exclusive mixtape tracks.
Working on an album now, feeling its a dark concept album but i don't want to write for the sake of writing, when my film career pans out i want this album to be the one that people remember if i don't carry on with it. It has to be powerful enough to encourage, to inspire, to make change as well as entertain and share stories of my life til now.
The Record label website will be up soon. Stay tuned for a link and exclusive mixtape tracks.
introspections
The Last 3 days have been...tough,
I've had to pick my wife up 3am yesterday morning (after falling asleep at 1) from a work function followed by excess clubbing with her workmates - by driving my dangerous car (suspension fluids gone and i cant afford to fix the bastard up again as i have already spent more on the car than i originally purchased it for) across the city from the outskirts (where we live) while her friend calls me (on my cellphone as i dont have credit and neither does my wife (even if she did she's incoherent) and i have never spoke to this friend before) every 5 minutes wondering where i am like its a 5 minute trip, not to mention talking on cellphones illegal, driving at 3 am on a restricted license is illegal my car is probably illegal and when i pick up my wife, (even though shes a spouse so its covered but since after 10pm probably illegal too) i spent a lot of bad juju worrying about cops.
Cut to yesterday afternoon after leaving for home after a long, tiring, increasingly annoying day at work, i drive home. The juju catches up to me, to my left is a cop, the light goes orange, i carry on through at 50 k, his lights flash, my heart sinks and i pull over ready to throw in the towel. I tell the officer i'm sorry i wasn't sure if that counted as running the light or not and he says he never pulled me over for the light offence so i started feeling confident again it was a random breath test (plus i was worried as my car was unregistered) he instead says, i was more interested in your car. What follows in the next half hour is questions about my suspension whether its genuine or custom (eg boyracer) and since my cars so old when he radios the make and model through they have to google it (which means google must be reliable if even the cops use it) makes me jack it up so he can look under, plus takes photos of it for his colleagues - after much honest discussion i get away without the 600 dollar fine for the engine being less then 100mm off the ground, but it still gets pink stickered and im sent on my way at 50k never to set foot on the road unless going to mechanic via prebooked appointment. I was just happy to get away without the fine, and the passersby hooting horns and waving at one of their fellow citizens being put in their place by the long arm of the law lol (credit to the cop - he was very professional and honest, in my experience apart from not turning up the night of my robbery they havent given me too much grief)
Now i have to bus everywhere like old times, my wife says she doesnt mind but even i can see her frustation bubbling away...she reckons if i dont get a good job within 2 months of me finishing SAE next year she'll leave me....i tell her if she says that she may as well leave me now cos when i married her i was broke and i told her then that id marry broke so i know that i mean more than money to her and her to me so when i get rich i dont have to worry about anyones intentions. but im sure she's just trying to fire me up...
im happy cos she finally got the job we been trying to get her since she got here but she keeps telling me she wishes she had stayed in her country, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and i personally htink NZ has a healthier/safer way of life than phillipines could offer her (having been there many times) haqrd to convince her since in her short stay we've already moved houses lots and been robbed and down to our last dollar one too many times. But karmas a good girl and she'll come around eventually, i mean if all the music, films and acting dont work out i can always start a business or get into real estate sales. I know i can sell, the question is i want to be happy doing it, cos the best jobs are ones that feel like they arent jobs at all. Life is to be lived, not worked with the intention of living later. nobody knows what happen when we die, and when i knock on that door i want to be happy with all that i'm leaving.
I've had to pick my wife up 3am yesterday morning (after falling asleep at 1) from a work function followed by excess clubbing with her workmates - by driving my dangerous car (suspension fluids gone and i cant afford to fix the bastard up again as i have already spent more on the car than i originally purchased it for) across the city from the outskirts (where we live) while her friend calls me (on my cellphone as i dont have credit and neither does my wife (even if she did she's incoherent) and i have never spoke to this friend before) every 5 minutes wondering where i am like its a 5 minute trip, not to mention talking on cellphones illegal, driving at 3 am on a restricted license is illegal my car is probably illegal and when i pick up my wife, (even though shes a spouse so its covered but since after 10pm probably illegal too) i spent a lot of bad juju worrying about cops.
Cut to yesterday afternoon after leaving for home after a long, tiring, increasingly annoying day at work, i drive home. The juju catches up to me, to my left is a cop, the light goes orange, i carry on through at 50 k, his lights flash, my heart sinks and i pull over ready to throw in the towel. I tell the officer i'm sorry i wasn't sure if that counted as running the light or not and he says he never pulled me over for the light offence so i started feeling confident again it was a random breath test (plus i was worried as my car was unregistered) he instead says, i was more interested in your car. What follows in the next half hour is questions about my suspension whether its genuine or custom (eg boyracer) and since my cars so old when he radios the make and model through they have to google it (which means google must be reliable if even the cops use it) makes me jack it up so he can look under, plus takes photos of it for his colleagues - after much honest discussion i get away without the 600 dollar fine for the engine being less then 100mm off the ground, but it still gets pink stickered and im sent on my way at 50k never to set foot on the road unless going to mechanic via prebooked appointment. I was just happy to get away without the fine, and the passersby hooting horns and waving at one of their fellow citizens being put in their place by the long arm of the law lol (credit to the cop - he was very professional and honest, in my experience apart from not turning up the night of my robbery they havent given me too much grief)
Now i have to bus everywhere like old times, my wife says she doesnt mind but even i can see her frustation bubbling away...she reckons if i dont get a good job within 2 months of me finishing SAE next year she'll leave me....i tell her if she says that she may as well leave me now cos when i married her i was broke and i told her then that id marry broke so i know that i mean more than money to her and her to me so when i get rich i dont have to worry about anyones intentions. but im sure she's just trying to fire me up...
im happy cos she finally got the job we been trying to get her since she got here but she keeps telling me she wishes she had stayed in her country, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and i personally htink NZ has a healthier/safer way of life than phillipines could offer her (having been there many times) haqrd to convince her since in her short stay we've already moved houses lots and been robbed and down to our last dollar one too many times. But karmas a good girl and she'll come around eventually, i mean if all the music, films and acting dont work out i can always start a business or get into real estate sales. I know i can sell, the question is i want to be happy doing it, cos the best jobs are ones that feel like they arent jobs at all. Life is to be lived, not worked with the intention of living later. nobody knows what happen when we die, and when i knock on that door i want to be happy with all that i'm leaving.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
long time no see
I could write so much but for now here's a page i writ for a novel that doesnt exist but was wanting to see if i had it in me, i believe i do, nevertheless without further ado my matt-you-should-be-working masterpiece lol...
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what do you think? potential? anyways, i post up with news of my 'career' tommorrow via my wife's laptop with stories of 3am callouts, new projects and old ones revived!
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David Red Stares.
Not at anything particular, his eyes glazed over while in a flashback of why he is in this position right now. The images flash by like a broken slideshow all out of time and order, each picture a mistake, each failure a death. And with a female shriek and the dark black hole of silence that followed, the earlier bedlam comes to a standstill.
His hands are clean, but the stench of rotting blood still hangs in the air.
The Hotel room is a mess, The Room attendant will be cursing in whatever language they speak here but David won’t be around to hear it. No, not David. Sure the 12 bodies of Gray’s corrupt officers will surely cop some blame for the spent shells, broken glass and holes riddled into the not-so-white-anymore walls but they will surely be looking for who they were aiming for. Let them look.
David’s lost track of the countries, the cities, the women and attempts on his life in the past 3 weeks but he knows what he’s doing, well, that’s what he tells Vivian anyway.
“How the hell was I supposed to know? The Bastards stormed right in”
Vivian looked back at him with that look that so many generations of women have passed down til it got to her, perfected into a beautiful face full of accusation and worry. She opened her lips, “David, Didn’t you know they were onto you?”
David Paced the hall, For a Church the echo was much less then he expected but he wastn complaining, the less eyes on him right now, the better.
“Viv, How many killers do you know knock before they kick down the door, semi automatics blazing yelling “Happy birthday from Gray”
Vivan looked down at the floor. Her mind was racing. If they knew David was in the city then surely they figured out Vivian and the corporation was here too. She had no time to lose, Time for Plan B!
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what do you think? potential? anyways, i post up with news of my 'career' tommorrow via my wife's laptop with stories of 3am callouts, new projects and old ones revived!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Lets get this show, on the road, on the D
Seriously, as a wise man once said "Karate is like boiling water, without heat, it returns to its tepid state" thus, like my dream of making it big in this world of 'anything's possible' will turn to only a daydream unless i work towards to it, cos my life right now is like digging a hole to china with a spoon, its time to bring out the big guns!!!
So im working on an official site for me and my art/films and another site for my record label to which ive signed myself and a friend with a dream of doing music for a living.
until i officially announce my site's next week, check out "carpark fracas" a short flick i shot with sam outside the gym at bishopdale, check it out at www.youtube.com/themattkinsman
til next week, keep it real baby :)
ps. watching entourage at the moment, i could so get used to living like that!!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Reporting for duty
June since my last post?
I swear its been longer than that, guess time doesnt fly after all. Over the last 2 months have been extremely busy stepping my games a level because if you dont run after your dreams you'll never catch it. Got the loan approved so took care of some debt, got an xbox (since mine had been stolen) so now can play dead or alive, tekken and halo as much as i want in downtime (and research) Bought some new clothes so now can act professional too which in turn will bring more good karma and ooportunities. remember its not what you look, its how others think you look like, i may not be rich but that doesnt mean i dont appear rich and you can deny me the same opporunties a rich man would have.
Anyway here is my plan, i call it the babylon plan after the richest man in babylon book.
...it wont let me copy and paste it, damn. anyway, i set myself many goals
for each game i plan on winning, martial arts, filmwork, bodybuiloding, business
and music. the whole thing, by 28 Jan 2010 means i will be in a far superior
position than i am in now.
Heres the last two videos i have shot and i am working on gamblers two and a brand new EP now....
park dispute - small test fight ft matt palmer (an artist i have signed to my record label too however he is an action film fan like myself)
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMattKinsman?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/8hgEyK4AN90
Recess is over - small test fight in prepartion for gamblers two whih i am excited to say we are shooting tommorrow, this features sam vine awesome guy who i studied martial arts with back in the GKR days, keen film fan too
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMattKinsman its the main feature at the moment
anyway, have a free standing boxing bag and weight station thanks to my loan lol as well as buying dvds HK action ones and JKD tutorials and nunchuk tutorials so expect me to make some real progress over the next 4 months, will show a video of me training in the next couple weeks too. :P
anyway til then let me leave you with a quote i read somewhere, "if you work hard for a living why work yourself to death?"
rememebr life is precious, dont waste it on anger or worry when you could have spent it on happiness and wonder.
I swear its been longer than that, guess time doesnt fly after all. Over the last 2 months have been extremely busy stepping my games a level because if you dont run after your dreams you'll never catch it. Got the loan approved so took care of some debt, got an xbox (since mine had been stolen) so now can play dead or alive, tekken and halo as much as i want in downtime (and research) Bought some new clothes so now can act professional too which in turn will bring more good karma and ooportunities. remember its not what you look, its how others think you look like, i may not be rich but that doesnt mean i dont appear rich and you can deny me the same opporunties a rich man would have.
Anyway here is my plan, i call it the babylon plan after the richest man in babylon book.
...it wont let me copy and paste it, damn. anyway, i set myself many goals
for each game i plan on winning, martial arts, filmwork, bodybuiloding, business
and music. the whole thing, by 28 Jan 2010 means i will be in a far superior
position than i am in now.
Heres the last two videos i have shot and i am working on gamblers two and a brand new EP now....
park dispute - small test fight ft matt palmer (an artist i have signed to my record label too however he is an action film fan like myself)
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMattKinsman?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/8hgEyK4AN90
Recess is over - small test fight in prepartion for gamblers two whih i am excited to say we are shooting tommorrow, this features sam vine awesome guy who i studied martial arts with back in the GKR days, keen film fan too
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMattKinsman its the main feature at the moment
anyway, have a free standing boxing bag and weight station thanks to my loan lol as well as buying dvds HK action ones and JKD tutorials and nunchuk tutorials so expect me to make some real progress over the next 4 months, will show a video of me training in the next couple weeks too. :P
anyway til then let me leave you with a quote i read somewhere, "if you work hard for a living why work yourself to death?"
rememebr life is precious, dont waste it on anger or worry when you could have spent it on happiness and wonder.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
White lights in Dark tunnels
Hiya! been ages i knowwwww, life had been moving at a slow excruciating pace with 40 hr weeknight work weeks and no spendinging money, just pay off debt, just pay off bill, just pay off owing but dreaming and thinking positively has paid off as we make decisions to change our lives.
Got the loan approved now, and dont feel the pressure now (ie if i break an arm or something) espceially considering since the car im borrowing off my brother broke down too. back to the bus. back to rhyming too now funnily enough, and happy i got the loan cos now i will (apart from clearing some debt and savings) can buy some beats, camera and start working on my dreams again...
World cup fever, so proud of NZ so happy they got the recognition they deserve, been slept on too long in my opinion, feel sorry for lampard, really wanted him to score in this cup, human error big time....my favs are netherlands and germany to win the world cup....
Indoor awesome, got my tactics and shooting boots on so we no longer losing every game, most are draws and wins now...
Finally got a copy of dragon tiger gate and some others (green hornet, fists of fury/big boss (which i already had dammit) and in the line of duty, seen them all before but want to study the fight scenes and theres only so many times you can rewind and watch tapes if you be renting them...
starting a workout plan to get myself ripped for my action movies, and will start developing my style of jkd basiscs with donnie destruction and JC inventiveness, we'll see if i can pull it off but i hope i make it ....michael jai white and scott adkins big inspirations for me right now...
be back with my official website and a short action short with me after myself....
peace...
Got the loan approved now, and dont feel the pressure now (ie if i break an arm or something) espceially considering since the car im borrowing off my brother broke down too. back to the bus. back to rhyming too now funnily enough, and happy i got the loan cos now i will (apart from clearing some debt and savings) can buy some beats, camera and start working on my dreams again...
World cup fever, so proud of NZ so happy they got the recognition they deserve, been slept on too long in my opinion, feel sorry for lampard, really wanted him to score in this cup, human error big time....my favs are netherlands and germany to win the world cup....
Indoor awesome, got my tactics and shooting boots on so we no longer losing every game, most are draws and wins now...
Finally got a copy of dragon tiger gate and some others (green hornet, fists of fury/big boss (which i already had dammit) and in the line of duty, seen them all before but want to study the fight scenes and theres only so many times you can rewind and watch tapes if you be renting them...
starting a workout plan to get myself ripped for my action movies, and will start developing my style of jkd basiscs with donnie destruction and JC inventiveness, we'll see if i can pull it off but i hope i make it ....michael jai white and scott adkins big inspirations for me right now...
be back with my official website and a short action short with me after myself....
peace...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Thursday 20th May 2010 - if airplanes were shooting stars...
..making wishes would be easier, the B.o.b song, awesome, anyway i think i might just make this a weekly thing, like we all know, the road to bad is paved with good intentions, so i mays well just do it weekely and know i can rather than promise daily and know i cant.
Some idiot threw a letterbox through the rear windshield of my austin. of all the cars in the world it HAD to be mine, i wanted to tak that mailboxand bash whoever it was in the head repeatedly with the mailbox and shout, "You've got mail bitch!" but ill never know who did it, like the bastards that robbed me last year. why does nobody ever do these gutless things in my face so i can smack some common sense into them? thus, the question answers itself.
anyway, now im borrowing my younger brothers car which handles like a spaceship compared to my F16 fighter jet (no turbo lol) but now the speedometers gone it, hoping its a one off but if i pick up my wife later and i still cant see how fast im going its gonna mean MORE bills. ps. i cant fix the rear windshield cos theres no parts in chch for it so trademe.co.nz it is (local auctionsite)
Working on album at the moment, was oing to install protools but then remembered ive lost the installation disc somewhere, which sucks, its like having a car and no gas...
Saw 4th kind yesterday morning. real or not? that aside, pretty creepy film....wow
thinking of starting a webcomic online, stay posted and i will share the website that way i will a)eventually be able to discard my video job and b)mean a pssive income and c)get an awareness for my creative progress....it might nto get as successful as megatokyo.com but i hope it does enoguh to survive :P
anyway got to go, work tomo and soccer tonight so i got to stay focused and not get so distracted by big bang theory and making music--got to draw, i sued to love drawing! now asll i think of is how much time it takes lol, got to find the love again...
Some idiot threw a letterbox through the rear windshield of my austin. of all the cars in the world it HAD to be mine, i wanted to tak that mailboxand bash whoever it was in the head repeatedly with the mailbox and shout, "You've got mail bitch!" but ill never know who did it, like the bastards that robbed me last year. why does nobody ever do these gutless things in my face so i can smack some common sense into them? thus, the question answers itself.
anyway, now im borrowing my younger brothers car which handles like a spaceship compared to my F16 fighter jet (no turbo lol) but now the speedometers gone it, hoping its a one off but if i pick up my wife later and i still cant see how fast im going its gonna mean MORE bills. ps. i cant fix the rear windshield cos theres no parts in chch for it so trademe.co.nz it is (local auctionsite)
Working on album at the moment, was oing to install protools but then remembered ive lost the installation disc somewhere, which sucks, its like having a car and no gas...
Saw 4th kind yesterday morning. real or not? that aside, pretty creepy film....wow
thinking of starting a webcomic online, stay posted and i will share the website that way i will a)eventually be able to discard my video job and b)mean a pssive income and c)get an awareness for my creative progress....it might nto get as successful as megatokyo.com but i hope it does enoguh to survive :P
anyway got to go, work tomo and soccer tonight so i got to stay focused and not get so distracted by big bang theory and making music--got to draw, i sued to love drawing! now asll i think of is how much time it takes lol, got to find the love again...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thursday 6th May 2010- my 3 weeks of heaven, hell and glory
Hi guys!! :)
Ive missed reporting the last 3 weeks! good thing im not a reporter, but for those who are interested in what i have been up to...
48 hours 2010
THis year for 48 hours film competition we drew femme fatale. i know! what the hell? but we worked with it and this is what we ended up with...called broken vows the only title we could all agree on but i was keen on crimes of passion as it reflected my arty approach lol -check it, happy people liked my performance even if they didnt get the movie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8n0ppa5uQs
and here is some of the reviews from the 48hours review site (for those that saw the film)
#1
This is another film that I just couldn't figure out the story to. I think it was something about money and boys. The broken toy was a throwaway shot at the start of the film, which was handed in in the wrong aspect ratio.
There is satisfaction to be had in the line "What are you, some kind of femme fatale?", but only in the purely 48hours sense.
I think the root of the issue is that the genre seems to have thrown the team somewhat - something that Femme Fatale seems to be doing quite a bit. I suppose it's a genre that doesn't really exist nowadays - at least, not in the way that it used to. The same goes for a couple of the genres this year, actually. 1/5
Review by 684251473@facebookAndrew Todd on April 22nd, 2010
#2
Generally a good movie, however the video quality was not very good, probably were pushed for time. The story is simply yet effective about a woman taking down all those responsible for stealing her money or so it seems. With some great after and before shots (yes i mean it in that order as the story is told in flashbacks) scenes like a broken doll being stood on at the start of a film to one of the final scenes in the film being the lead giving the doll to his love.
With some funny lines like "What are you, some kind of femme fatale?", which kinda tells the audience hey we so did not want that genre and I don't blame them.
All and all the music was pretty well done with a mix of horror meets the dance club.
Not everyone will get what the film is about, it up there will those intelligent confusing movies like Memento, but if you paid close attention to the fine details then you should understand the film very easily.
In the end, not a bad effect for an annoying genre. 4/5
-Robert Brooke-
Robert Brooke Review by Robert Brooke on April 23rd, 2010
#3
Liked this short, apart from the bad quality. Story was told in a rather original way, compared with others in the heat. The lead femme fatale had this sexy, innocent vibe about her which made it very entertaining when she was killing all the male characters. The Male characters all were totally different to each other, which i also liked. Good try team. 3.2/5
Jenna Review by Jenna on April 24th, 2010
#4
This is a hard genre i suppose, they probably werent very comfortable with it assuming they only had one girl in their team. The industry dont make that kind of genre as much as they used to.
I bet it was very challenging for them. The girl was playing very safe expressing no emotions but plain innocence with no sign that she will cause trouble.
One bold character that was entertaining was the minor guy washing the car. He actually made it clear to the audience that the movie was a femme fatale genre.
All in all, it wasnt a bad short. Just bad luck for the team. 1/5
Hannah T. Review by Hannah T. on April 23rd, 2010
(just a selection of ones there, got 12 in all but yeah most are ones, twos and 3's, oh well -theres always next year :) haha -also considering all the home drama/little team but lionshare of work and being broke i consider the film a success even if the ones i count on the most dont support me and willed me to lose everyday for the next 2 weeks even after im proud of me at least. plus they stuffed it up onscreen and said the wrong team name so had to go before...argggh...its over already, im forgetting on purpose..)
Twinings
Twinings Tea was also running a short film competition so a couple weeks after we shot 48 hours i used the ooportunity to put a a short rom/com/action flick, check it out and vote here (i cant afford to go to the cinema these days so im hoping i win some tickets, will help out lots)
http://www.twiningsfilmfestival.co.nz/assets/pages/view.php?id=77
vote :)
New Job
Trying to get a new job, like the video one still but the nights take me away from spending time with my wife and it gets on her nerves, just have to look at 48 hours weekend for example, lived with my own femme fatale for a while...my dilemna is i dont want to be stuck with a job when i cant get time off to follow my dreams so yeah, hoping things work out....
Relationships
love is like chocolate. some flavours are nice, some flavours arent. but all in all it is considered a good thing, better or worse...
Football
YESSSSS! chelsea one game away from premier league and inter in the champions league final! justice prevails, my indoor season being going good recently, not winning but scoring heaps evry game, i just have an instinct now to smash the ball into the back of that net...
Movies
Blood and bone -best martial arts movie in a long time, always liked this guy, more of this please! classic like enter the dragon, just watched paranormal activity...alot better than thought it would be....working on my own a) killer/thriller horror and b) a scifi/action film in the same vien as halo, just clocked halo odst (borrowing the xbox from work and game lol, had such a blast, i love that game not to mention the micheal bendis/alex maleev comic -loved them since daredevil days) also watched brothers bloom for a comedy it was sort of heartbreaking for adriens character. great film. exceeded expectations...
Music
Eminems back! yes! june 22 he drops recovery. happy bout that. so happy. getting back into writing raps now, just wrapping up credibilitys soundtrack and burning that dvd then bang! working on my album....ill post links here to keep you informed.....
So..
Thanks for reading this, i know i skipped other tidbits but life calls me...still trying to decide if will do an ma course or self teach...but back to work....(finding work lol) catch up with you all soon :)
Ive missed reporting the last 3 weeks! good thing im not a reporter, but for those who are interested in what i have been up to...
48 hours 2010
THis year for 48 hours film competition we drew femme fatale. i know! what the hell? but we worked with it and this is what we ended up with...called broken vows the only title we could all agree on but i was keen on crimes of passion as it reflected my arty approach lol -check it, happy people liked my performance even if they didnt get the movie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8n0ppa5uQs
and here is some of the reviews from the 48hours review site (for those that saw the film)
#1
This is another film that I just couldn't figure out the story to. I think it was something about money and boys. The broken toy was a throwaway shot at the start of the film, which was handed in in the wrong aspect ratio.
There is satisfaction to be had in the line "What are you, some kind of femme fatale?", but only in the purely 48hours sense.
I think the root of the issue is that the genre seems to have thrown the team somewhat - something that Femme Fatale seems to be doing quite a bit. I suppose it's a genre that doesn't really exist nowadays - at least, not in the way that it used to. The same goes for a couple of the genres this year, actually. 1/5
Review by 684251473@facebookAndrew Todd on April 22nd, 2010
#2
Generally a good movie, however the video quality was not very good, probably were pushed for time. The story is simply yet effective about a woman taking down all those responsible for stealing her money or so it seems. With some great after and before shots (yes i mean it in that order as the story is told in flashbacks) scenes like a broken doll being stood on at the start of a film to one of the final scenes in the film being the lead giving the doll to his love.
With some funny lines like "What are you, some kind of femme fatale?", which kinda tells the audience hey we so did not want that genre and I don't blame them.
All and all the music was pretty well done with a mix of horror meets the dance club.
Not everyone will get what the film is about, it up there will those intelligent confusing movies like Memento, but if you paid close attention to the fine details then you should understand the film very easily.
In the end, not a bad effect for an annoying genre. 4/5
-Robert Brooke-
Robert Brooke Review by Robert Brooke on April 23rd, 2010
#3
Liked this short, apart from the bad quality. Story was told in a rather original way, compared with others in the heat. The lead femme fatale had this sexy, innocent vibe about her which made it very entertaining when she was killing all the male characters. The Male characters all were totally different to each other, which i also liked. Good try team. 3.2/5
Jenna Review by Jenna on April 24th, 2010
#4
This is a hard genre i suppose, they probably werent very comfortable with it assuming they only had one girl in their team. The industry dont make that kind of genre as much as they used to.
I bet it was very challenging for them. The girl was playing very safe expressing no emotions but plain innocence with no sign that she will cause trouble.
One bold character that was entertaining was the minor guy washing the car. He actually made it clear to the audience that the movie was a femme fatale genre.
All in all, it wasnt a bad short. Just bad luck for the team. 1/5
Hannah T. Review by Hannah T. on April 23rd, 2010
(just a selection of ones there, got 12 in all but yeah most are ones, twos and 3's, oh well -theres always next year :) haha -also considering all the home drama/little team but lionshare of work and being broke i consider the film a success even if the ones i count on the most dont support me and willed me to lose everyday for the next 2 weeks even after im proud of me at least. plus they stuffed it up onscreen and said the wrong team name so had to go before...argggh...its over already, im forgetting on purpose..)
Twinings
Twinings Tea was also running a short film competition so a couple weeks after we shot 48 hours i used the ooportunity to put a a short rom/com/action flick, check it out and vote here (i cant afford to go to the cinema these days so im hoping i win some tickets, will help out lots)
http://www.twiningsfilmfestival.co.nz/assets/pages/view.php?id=77
vote :)
New Job
Trying to get a new job, like the video one still but the nights take me away from spending time with my wife and it gets on her nerves, just have to look at 48 hours weekend for example, lived with my own femme fatale for a while...my dilemna is i dont want to be stuck with a job when i cant get time off to follow my dreams so yeah, hoping things work out....
Relationships
love is like chocolate. some flavours are nice, some flavours arent. but all in all it is considered a good thing, better or worse...
Football
YESSSSS! chelsea one game away from premier league and inter in the champions league final! justice prevails, my indoor season being going good recently, not winning but scoring heaps evry game, i just have an instinct now to smash the ball into the back of that net...
Movies
Blood and bone -best martial arts movie in a long time, always liked this guy, more of this please! classic like enter the dragon, just watched paranormal activity...alot better than thought it would be....working on my own a) killer/thriller horror and b) a scifi/action film in the same vien as halo, just clocked halo odst (borrowing the xbox from work and game lol, had such a blast, i love that game not to mention the micheal bendis/alex maleev comic -loved them since daredevil days) also watched brothers bloom for a comedy it was sort of heartbreaking for adriens character. great film. exceeded expectations...
Music
Eminems back! yes! june 22 he drops recovery. happy bout that. so happy. getting back into writing raps now, just wrapping up credibilitys soundtrack and burning that dvd then bang! working on my album....ill post links here to keep you informed.....
So..
Thanks for reading this, i know i skipped other tidbits but life calls me...still trying to decide if will do an ma course or self teach...but back to work....(finding work lol) catch up with you all soon :)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Wednesday 14th April 2010 - time rollercoasters
This is sooo turning into a weekly thing. i know, but time travels so fast when your having fun or really busy like me, anyway lets attempt to sum this up.
Thursday night, football night, lost 12-7 but thats cos everytime a girl scores its 2 goals so really should be 7-6 to us :) oh well, playing tomo night so should win then, scored a couple good shots and one awesome volley so happy im back on my game :) smiley face
bad side was when i parked the car in the carpark my ignition key snapped. now anybody will tell you if you have only one copy of an 1987 austin mayfair key get a copy before a breaks, but im not just anybody, im special, lol...anyway walked to the mall the next day and got a copy of the key done at the second locksmith we tried (as the first store didnt have the blank we needed for my make of car)
so we walked back and yay, it unlocked the door but it wouldnt turn in the ignition, so walked home, got some cash and rung my boss that i would be late for work and then bused back to hornby mall, for take 2, so he cut it shorter and we hoped it would work this time, as we bused back, we put the key in and held our breath and much to our relief it turned! My wife literally cried thats how happy she was, our life seemed to be full of problems we dont need anymore...
so THAT was a big day, then sat came round and we shot some pick ups for the film at the beach....i havnt finished the film yet and already am thinking of the next one, learnt so much by doing this and as it goes on through research and practice my actings getting better...sun, monday work,tuesday work -all days at work spent thinking how i can get my name out there, imdb.com, withoutabox.com, starnow.com, screenhub.co.nz all sorts of sites, im htinking the more exposure the more i'll get noticed....speaking of which 48 hours is coming up 2 days...literally shitting my pants at the htought of this...so determined to win, im grab this thing by the balls and by god the audience will vote me through, i hope to win a scholarship or something cos the course i been looking at i cant afford considering how much i owe already and have a partner to support...it wouldnt be responisble
Last and not least i want to comment on date night, sundays or date night and we saw DATE NIGHT at the movies lol. luv steve carrell, he will always be an inspiration to me, he always comes across as honest and sincere no matter the wackness of some of his characters and the movie was a riot too, no it wasnt laugh out loud the whole way through but real life rarely is so glad it captured the homely side of things that most couples have, somethings touched on in the movie definately resonated with me...anyway better go now, just finished shooting a fake trailer for the extras on the DVD with Damo and Hayden and played handball, so now just chilling and will write a short film worth getting on withoutabox as credibility not what i want to show the world as its more my practice pic (will be up at youtube im just saying wont charge for copies just rentals)
INTER on its way to win champions league and CHelsea sitting at the top of premierleague, YES will be DOUBLY happy this year :) :)____ :P
Thursday night, football night, lost 12-7 but thats cos everytime a girl scores its 2 goals so really should be 7-6 to us :) oh well, playing tomo night so should win then, scored a couple good shots and one awesome volley so happy im back on my game :) smiley face
bad side was when i parked the car in the carpark my ignition key snapped. now anybody will tell you if you have only one copy of an 1987 austin mayfair key get a copy before a breaks, but im not just anybody, im special, lol...anyway walked to the mall the next day and got a copy of the key done at the second locksmith we tried (as the first store didnt have the blank we needed for my make of car)
so we walked back and yay, it unlocked the door but it wouldnt turn in the ignition, so walked home, got some cash and rung my boss that i would be late for work and then bused back to hornby mall, for take 2, so he cut it shorter and we hoped it would work this time, as we bused back, we put the key in and held our breath and much to our relief it turned! My wife literally cried thats how happy she was, our life seemed to be full of problems we dont need anymore...
so THAT was a big day, then sat came round and we shot some pick ups for the film at the beach....i havnt finished the film yet and already am thinking of the next one, learnt so much by doing this and as it goes on through research and practice my actings getting better...sun, monday work,tuesday work -all days at work spent thinking how i can get my name out there, imdb.com, withoutabox.com, starnow.com, screenhub.co.nz all sorts of sites, im htinking the more exposure the more i'll get noticed....speaking of which 48 hours is coming up 2 days...literally shitting my pants at the htought of this...so determined to win, im grab this thing by the balls and by god the audience will vote me through, i hope to win a scholarship or something cos the course i been looking at i cant afford considering how much i owe already and have a partner to support...it wouldnt be responisble
Last and not least i want to comment on date night, sundays or date night and we saw DATE NIGHT at the movies lol. luv steve carrell, he will always be an inspiration to me, he always comes across as honest and sincere no matter the wackness of some of his characters and the movie was a riot too, no it wasnt laugh out loud the whole way through but real life rarely is so glad it captured the homely side of things that most couples have, somethings touched on in the movie definately resonated with me...anyway better go now, just finished shooting a fake trailer for the extras on the DVD with Damo and Hayden and played handball, so now just chilling and will write a short film worth getting on withoutabox as credibility not what i want to show the world as its more my practice pic (will be up at youtube im just saying wont charge for copies just rentals)
INTER on its way to win champions league and CHelsea sitting at the top of premierleague, YES will be DOUBLY happy this year :) :)____ :P
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Wednesday 7th April - sudden friends
Forgot to say yesterday that i took my wife out on easter sunday night to see law abiding citizen at reading at the palms, its quite nice there, not as crowded as hoyts and the food doesnt cost an arm and a leg. The reason i talk about this now is a)just remembered this morning, b)its a great movie and the final scene where fire climbs the walls around gerard is beautiful but c)stalker.
Now, not much is known about stalker but i am thinking about making a movie based on the time she spent with us. No, we dont know her -thats where in the fun/horror hides. Anyway its this asian chick late 20's early 30's, and she was sitting by herself with a stuffed gorilla/monkey while me and my wife played a shooting game at the arcades, this lady mysteriously drifted over to my side while playing and i didnt realise til wifey pointed it out to me after. i noticed her staring at us when we bought the movie tickets earlier.
Anyway, we left the games section to sit away from the building queue and she started throwing the monkey everywhere and missing catching it, each time she was getting closer to us (cue relevant horro music here), i looked away to wifey to say maybe shes following us but perhaps i wa being vain. all ofa sudden a monkey hit me and she went to pick it up. i grabbed Melody and we went downstairs away from this woman and we found a nice cafe' we thought we could spend some time in, so we sit down after deciding on a wonderful hot white chocolate and a brownie slice, and guess who we see, yes the ghost, she is unlocking her bioke ready to l;eave but does she see us? i dont know but she walks past us and grabs a glass (without paying mind you) and asks the waiter for some water (maybe she was known in those parts) has it and then goes outside and hangs around her bike, i tell melody this is starting to creep me out, we turn around and POOF the woman has disappeared. i joke maybe shes hiding in the car, really hoping im just joking myself.
So whats the deal? she seems lonely? maybe she was stood up? maybe shes always been like that? i dont know, but everyone has a story.
Now, not much is known about stalker but i am thinking about making a movie based on the time she spent with us. No, we dont know her -thats where in the fun/horror hides. Anyway its this asian chick late 20's early 30's, and she was sitting by herself with a stuffed gorilla/monkey while me and my wife played a shooting game at the arcades, this lady mysteriously drifted over to my side while playing and i didnt realise til wifey pointed it out to me after. i noticed her staring at us when we bought the movie tickets earlier.
Anyway, we left the games section to sit away from the building queue and she started throwing the monkey everywhere and missing catching it, each time she was getting closer to us (cue relevant horro music here), i looked away to wifey to say maybe shes following us but perhaps i wa being vain. all ofa sudden a monkey hit me and she went to pick it up. i grabbed Melody and we went downstairs away from this woman and we found a nice cafe' we thought we could spend some time in, so we sit down after deciding on a wonderful hot white chocolate and a brownie slice, and guess who we see, yes the ghost, she is unlocking her bioke ready to l;eave but does she see us? i dont know but she walks past us and grabs a glass (without paying mind you) and asks the waiter for some water (maybe she was known in those parts) has it and then goes outside and hangs around her bike, i tell melody this is starting to creep me out, we turn around and POOF the woman has disappeared. i joke maybe shes hiding in the car, really hoping im just joking myself.
So whats the deal? she seems lonely? maybe she was stood up? maybe shes always been like that? i dont know, but everyone has a story.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Tuesday April 6th- iron sharpens iron
Whats up? Yes, Yes i know, sorry ihavent been coming on everyday like i said but dont worry, i wont give up. cant. like i said. i hope to use this as a book someday when i make it. WHEN, not if. Anways not much been happneing just work at the video stores picked up sincew school holidays now which means the more cash we make the more messy the shelves get and the more we have to watch out ofr theft which i obviously missed, who steals porn cases? dont you need the disc? the world we live in...
Almost finished the film, all thats left to shoot now is the jungle scene and subway(restauraunt)scene and bam, all done, to see the trailer heres the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3jVH5LOOE
48hour film fest is coming up in a couple weeks, im going to go for the win this year, proper directing, keeping everything under control, the works. the last couple years ive had fun with it but everything seemed to just fall into place and most of it was a reult of juggling and improv. not so this year. this year we finish on time, AND get the audience to love it, if they dont,well, i dont have a plan B.
Also another film competition involves putting a shot of its Tea in the ad, ive writ a great script for this short film but im going to have to act both parts cos i dont know anyone who could play it seriously, you just have to look at my videos to understand who i can choose from.
also in the process of signing up with talent agencies, who knows if i'll get any work, but the fact is if you want something you have to get it, you cant wait, they are called golddiggers for a reason. no dig. no gold.
catch up tommmorrow :P
Almost finished the film, all thats left to shoot now is the jungle scene and subway(restauraunt)scene and bam, all done, to see the trailer heres the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3jVH5LOOE
48hour film fest is coming up in a couple weeks, im going to go for the win this year, proper directing, keeping everything under control, the works. the last couple years ive had fun with it but everything seemed to just fall into place and most of it was a reult of juggling and improv. not so this year. this year we finish on time, AND get the audience to love it, if they dont,well, i dont have a plan B.
Also another film competition involves putting a shot of its Tea in the ad, ive writ a great script for this short film but im going to have to act both parts cos i dont know anyone who could play it seriously, you just have to look at my videos to understand who i can choose from.
also in the process of signing up with talent agencies, who knows if i'll get any work, but the fact is if you want something you have to get it, you cant wait, they are called golddiggers for a reason. no dig. no gold.
catch up tommmorrow :P
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday 25th March - shooting the sheriff
Completely different attitude at indoor football this week, we lost 10 -8 but we were so close to winning. The talking, positive play and chasing chances was beautiful, in the dying seconds i landed on my bandaged wound from last week but i can shed blood for such a passionate game, cant wait til next week! My wife scored her first goal, a nutmeg too, wow! and i finally opened my account with 2 or 3 as well...taking out the little kid that had all the flashy moves was an accident but hayden wanted an encore lol
Shot the last phone scene today, its hard to find my house empty with so many people but between random conversations i got the footage of me talking to imaginary people - hey, all actors are really professional pretenders after all right? , does no one remember playing in a school playground playing tag trying to stay off the bark cos it was lava? good days brother, good days..
Watched more of outrageous fortune, did i say yesterday that they are making a US adaption of this show? my memories so bad these days, my old friend is asking me when im going to take him out for the round of beers ive promised him, its been months since i dated alcohol, im like a sober cheerleader or sumthing, wont sumbody hand me a damned johnny walker?
Anyway, shooting fan scene tommorrow and apartment shots, shoots almost finished, then add the score and sfx and print to DVD and presto! DVD released in April 2010 :)
so yeah cats Thnx for reading, you wont be forgotten :P
Shot the last phone scene today, its hard to find my house empty with so many people but between random conversations i got the footage of me talking to imaginary people - hey, all actors are really professional pretenders after all right? , does no one remember playing in a school playground playing tag trying to stay off the bark cos it was lava? good days brother, good days..
Watched more of outrageous fortune, did i say yesterday that they are making a US adaption of this show? my memories so bad these days, my old friend is asking me when im going to take him out for the round of beers ive promised him, its been months since i dated alcohol, im like a sober cheerleader or sumthing, wont sumbody hand me a damned johnny walker?
Anyway, shooting fan scene tommorrow and apartment shots, shoots almost finished, then add the score and sfx and print to DVD and presto! DVD released in April 2010 :)
so yeah cats Thnx for reading, you wont be forgotten :P
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tuesday March 23 2010 -Wise words
Back when i was younger, yes i feel old and i'm only 23, but thats 23 years spent wondering what to do next!, anyway as i was saying, when i was younger i wanted to be a mage. I know, i know, what the hell? But we had a border (one of many) stay with us and he was from brazil and believe it or not he taught me most of what i know about real magick and all that and he wanted to be a mage too. He's a lawyer now last i heard and im trying to be a director/actor/rapper -whatever comes first :P but anyway long story short i wanted to start todays blog with a small story and what ive just said explains why i get into this new age stuff and lap it up, the karate side of my life rekindled that, anyway...
a young monk was annoyed the elder, wiser monk always seemed to have an answer for everything so, as too embarass him he asked the elder monk, "Monk, tell me in 4 words or less, what is the meaning of life?"
The elder monk, stroked his long wispy beard and looked far away, the younger monk started to smile knowing for once that he had stumped the old man. But then the old man turned and smiled and said "This too, shall pass".
I read the news today that some schoolgirl murderer locked up in the UK was killed by fellow inmates, i recently finished reading a book on sacha baron cohens life that came out after Borats success and read today hes finally married, and Bodyguard and Assasins comes out on dvd here in NZ next week. Its March 2010 and i can still remember sitting up with my family on new years eve 1999 when the world was struck with Y2k fever freaking out cos the night before i had a dream that a volcano erupted in my back yard (behind my house was farmland then, now its being developed into a new suburb) and the fact is through all of this stuff happening I'm actually scared. no ones scared of death, just what comes after. Fear of the unkown i suppose but i'm really freaking out. I could get successful in my quest for fame etc, have kids with my wife and raise a smart family i can be proud of and then grow old together but what comes next? i swear we have entertainment and all these things to distract us from the one truth which is finding ourselves and our meaning of our existance. or perhaps their is no meaning and its all down to luck.
Anyway hypochondria aside, the last few dyas have been busy thats why im making a big ass blog to fill everyone in (who reads this).
Friday shot the training montage and the running scenes, one of the scenes involved me jumping over my wife who had the camera, if that isnt a test of faith i dont know what is (for those wondering, no, i didnt put blood everywher - i enjoed long jump as a young un you know). Was going to shot the obsessed fan scene too but a council truck turned up. (of all the days) that ok we were going to continue then another one turned up (ones a stranger, two's a crowd) so yeah left and did the running bits, but yay they were putting the hoop back up, so now maybe i can do GAMBLERS 2 cos there was no hoop in the first (thus, teaching me a valuable lesson about scouting shooting locations closer in future) for those who havent see the first (and my first crack at making films) check my site at www.youtube.com/themattkinsman as in, theres some other dude with my name in alska or someplace. nonplussed, im in nz so dont mind if i end up like the L&P fizzy drink ad says, "world famous in Newzealand" which is good enough for me...
Saturday shot half the finale scene at memorial park (i just called it that, i dont know its real name) with Hayden and Damo and Wifey on the cam, only half cos the fight scenes were too slow to film but i wanted them right, still not happy with final shoot but Credibility! is a test film after all to a)show my talents (writing/directing/acting/martial arts) and b)to test holding an audinece for a certain period of time.
If this film works out i hope to pitch a project and shoot a feature length or another short feature with better equipment and story (as i hav made this one up as i want along, just by answering questions filling plot holes)
Also a jogger jogged past, stopped and said to us, in basically the same following transcript;
Stranger: you making a film?
Matt: uh...yeah
Stranger: what for?
Matt: fun, really.
Stranger: is it going youtube?
Matt: probably.
Stranger: Ok bye...goodluck.
Matt: ok
Matt (turns to cast and crew) what the **** was that?
come to think of it i should have given him the site, word travels, i really think he might have been waiting for me to ask him to be a part of it or the upcoming 48hour film festival but who knows, joggers in parks have mysterious intentions - the most common bveing ruining my shots..
Annnnnnnnd Sunday was spent basically chilling finishing the sasha book i was telling about, Monday spent reading a book on temuera morrison at work ( ihave respect for him now and wish him well- he plays ab sumthin in the new green lantern movie which also stars ryan reynolds (yay) like him, the love interest will be blake lively- liked scarlett but i guess being in the same movie kills most couples careers , madonna etc) and the the morning before work was spent editing said fight.
Today is spent edditing running and phone conv, then work later, hope to finish Tem's book other than that, thank you for reading...its been a pleasure sharing with you
a young monk was annoyed the elder, wiser monk always seemed to have an answer for everything so, as too embarass him he asked the elder monk, "Monk, tell me in 4 words or less, what is the meaning of life?"
The elder monk, stroked his long wispy beard and looked far away, the younger monk started to smile knowing for once that he had stumped the old man. But then the old man turned and smiled and said "This too, shall pass".
I read the news today that some schoolgirl murderer locked up in the UK was killed by fellow inmates, i recently finished reading a book on sacha baron cohens life that came out after Borats success and read today hes finally married, and Bodyguard and Assasins comes out on dvd here in NZ next week. Its March 2010 and i can still remember sitting up with my family on new years eve 1999 when the world was struck with Y2k fever freaking out cos the night before i had a dream that a volcano erupted in my back yard (behind my house was farmland then, now its being developed into a new suburb) and the fact is through all of this stuff happening I'm actually scared. no ones scared of death, just what comes after. Fear of the unkown i suppose but i'm really freaking out. I could get successful in my quest for fame etc, have kids with my wife and raise a smart family i can be proud of and then grow old together but what comes next? i swear we have entertainment and all these things to distract us from the one truth which is finding ourselves and our meaning of our existance. or perhaps their is no meaning and its all down to luck.
Anyway hypochondria aside, the last few dyas have been busy thats why im making a big ass blog to fill everyone in (who reads this).
Friday shot the training montage and the running scenes, one of the scenes involved me jumping over my wife who had the camera, if that isnt a test of faith i dont know what is (for those wondering, no, i didnt put blood everywher - i enjoed long jump as a young un you know). Was going to shot the obsessed fan scene too but a council truck turned up. (of all the days) that ok we were going to continue then another one turned up (ones a stranger, two's a crowd) so yeah left and did the running bits, but yay they were putting the hoop back up, so now maybe i can do GAMBLERS 2 cos there was no hoop in the first (thus, teaching me a valuable lesson about scouting shooting locations closer in future) for those who havent see the first (and my first crack at making films) check my site at www.youtube.com/themattkinsman as in, theres some other dude with my name in alska or someplace. nonplussed, im in nz so dont mind if i end up like the L&P fizzy drink ad says, "world famous in Newzealand" which is good enough for me...
Saturday shot half the finale scene at memorial park (i just called it that, i dont know its real name) with Hayden and Damo and Wifey on the cam, only half cos the fight scenes were too slow to film but i wanted them right, still not happy with final shoot but Credibility! is a test film after all to a)show my talents (writing/directing/acting/martial arts) and b)to test holding an audinece for a certain period of time.
If this film works out i hope to pitch a project and shoot a feature length or another short feature with better equipment and story (as i hav made this one up as i want along, just by answering questions filling plot holes)
Also a jogger jogged past, stopped and said to us, in basically the same following transcript;
Stranger: you making a film?
Matt: uh...yeah
Stranger: what for?
Matt: fun, really.
Stranger: is it going youtube?
Matt: probably.
Stranger: Ok bye...goodluck.
Matt: ok
Matt (turns to cast and crew) what the **** was that?
come to think of it i should have given him the site, word travels, i really think he might have been waiting for me to ask him to be a part of it or the upcoming 48hour film festival but who knows, joggers in parks have mysterious intentions - the most common bveing ruining my shots..
Annnnnnnnd Sunday was spent basically chilling finishing the sasha book i was telling about, Monday spent reading a book on temuera morrison at work ( ihave respect for him now and wish him well- he plays ab sumthin in the new green lantern movie which also stars ryan reynolds (yay) like him, the love interest will be blake lively- liked scarlett but i guess being in the same movie kills most couples careers , madonna etc) and the the morning before work was spent editing said fight.
Today is spent edditing running and phone conv, then work later, hope to finish Tem's book other than that, thank you for reading...its been a pleasure sharing with you
Friday, March 19, 2010
Friday March 19th 2010 -Running and stick figures
Ready to sleep. My leg has me walking like a pirate. Shot ALOT of random running scenes today for the film, so much i ran off my limp, only for it to return when i tried to act out my fight choreography i was drawing up at work.
so between serving customers, drawing violent unhappy stick figures, shooting random running pieces and a gruelling workout montage which was interrupted by council workers wanting to clean up the basket ball court where i was shooting (of all the places they could have chosen in the city) it has been an alright day.
Plus i have learnt my wife is fearless as she let me jump over her for a shot. I know, im a dick. but you cant wear the husband hat if the director hat is the one you have on, and you will all see foryourselves what an awesome shot it makes in the film. she knows i love her. ;)
til tommorrow ta kete
so between serving customers, drawing violent unhappy stick figures, shooting random running pieces and a gruelling workout montage which was interrupted by council workers wanting to clean up the basket ball court where i was shooting (of all the places they could have chosen in the city) it has been an alright day.
Plus i have learnt my wife is fearless as she let me jump over her for a shot. I know, im a dick. but you cant wear the husband hat if the director hat is the one you have on, and you will all see foryourselves what an awesome shot it makes in the film. she knows i love her. ;)
til tommorrow ta kete
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thursday 18th March 2010 Part Two
we just got thrashed 23-1. no words can really capture the devastion i feel. sooo unfit, see why i want to get back into training? will do after this film finished...and buy some decent shoes so can feel comfortable. soo tired at end felt like dying - good reference material when comes to my next acting gig. Oh well, next week will play in mixed grade since we have 2 girls on team, which means that play other girls, i think it complicates the dynamics of 5 on 5 but we will see how it all unfolds.
Anyway will nurse this wound from slide tackling one too many times on artifical grass and wake up with a robot leg, stiff and needing oil. Shooting training scenes tomorrow and my characters run in with an obsessed fan, see if u catch me limp.
hint- you wont, action stars dont get hurt, we dont have bad sides :)
Anyway will nurse this wound from slide tackling one too many times on artifical grass and wake up with a robot leg, stiff and needing oil. Shooting training scenes tomorrow and my characters run in with an obsessed fan, see if u catch me limp.
hint- you wont, action stars dont get hurt, we dont have bad sides :)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Thursday 18th March 2010 Part One
My neck is killing me, somebody call the police! jokes, if that were happening you'd have the neighbour hood out with cameras to put it on their youtube sites. jokes aside my neck IS killing me, maybe from cocking it to the side all the time trying to figure out how half my city got their damn licenses. Does no one indicate anymore?
Anyway watched some more of 'Outrageous Fortune' this morning, borrowing it from work (free of course) but damn this is a good show for a new zealand work, the acting is great, well cast and the stories are entertaining as hell, am soo thankful someone can replace my sopranos longing, the hole in my heart from watching the last episode never really quite healed. There's something about watching a family and their dramas that makes all those little problems in your life go away, if even just for that hour. love it.
Forgot to say finished reading Bruce campbells 'If chins could kill' book a couple days ago at work, hoping i can become A list but being as famous as him wouldnt be so bad...what am i saying? no! aim for the moon and if i fail i will still fall somewhere with the stars....speaking of which, shot the phone scenes today with one of my buddies i used work with. CLASS act. Was a lot of fun, showed me some flykicks and boxing combos he got off being a Tyson fan and now i am thinking he will make a great bad guy for the next flick.
Also shot my scenes as a british director, however the scene came off with a little more Ali G flavour then i anticipated but you guys can judge when the film is finished, all i can say is you know you have problems when you are shooting a scene by yourself in a room and still yell CUT like you dont know what you are thinking.
This what happens when you freeze your pepsi max and have to resort to drinking water. 3 cheers for late night logic :)
Anyway watched some more of 'Outrageous Fortune' this morning, borrowing it from work (free of course) but damn this is a good show for a new zealand work, the acting is great, well cast and the stories are entertaining as hell, am soo thankful someone can replace my sopranos longing, the hole in my heart from watching the last episode never really quite healed. There's something about watching a family and their dramas that makes all those little problems in your life go away, if even just for that hour. love it.
Forgot to say finished reading Bruce campbells 'If chins could kill' book a couple days ago at work, hoping i can become A list but being as famous as him wouldnt be so bad...what am i saying? no! aim for the moon and if i fail i will still fall somewhere with the stars....speaking of which, shot the phone scenes today with one of my buddies i used work with. CLASS act. Was a lot of fun, showed me some flykicks and boxing combos he got off being a Tyson fan and now i am thinking he will make a great bad guy for the next flick.
Also shot my scenes as a british director, however the scene came off with a little more Ali G flavour then i anticipated but you guys can judge when the film is finished, all i can say is you know you have problems when you are shooting a scene by yourself in a room and still yell CUT like you dont know what you are thinking.
This what happens when you freeze your pepsi max and have to resort to drinking water. 3 cheers for late night logic :)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Wednesday 17th March 2010 - Slow
When parking on the 2nd floor of westfields for some establishing shots for my short film credibility i discovered how empty the second floor is during a non-rush hour, weekday. Made a mental note to stage a fight here at some point. Having footage still rolling when the security guards discover us on their rounds overevving their mall golfcart will be an added bonus for the viewers and get extra views for me. i know,i know but the truth is gimmicks sell.
Also went shopping for a beard. yes, i know its unusual but i want to play a director at some point in my film and along with the glasses i thought that having a beard would distinguish this guy from the character i play already. however, no beards were for sale, and i walk away somewhat disappointed from my simple mission.
Was to attempt jumping over rubbish bins and shoot other interesting training scenes for the film today but it was raining outside and i am not as fearless as my character. I, a mere mortal, am still ,unfortunately, able to catch the flu. :( <--yes, it is a sad face, unlike other action stars i can still pull one.
[Inspired from reading todays blog? rent Mallcop or Observe and Report (for reference of what i mean by golfcart mallmodified) have fun]
Also went shopping for a beard. yes, i know its unusual but i want to play a director at some point in my film and along with the glasses i thought that having a beard would distinguish this guy from the character i play already. however, no beards were for sale, and i walk away somewhat disappointed from my simple mission.
Was to attempt jumping over rubbish bins and shoot other interesting training scenes for the film today but it was raining outside and i am not as fearless as my character. I, a mere mortal, am still ,unfortunately, able to catch the flu. :( <--yes, it is a sad face, unlike other action stars i can still pull one.
[Inspired from reading todays blog? rent Mallcop or Observe and Report (for reference of what i mean by golfcart mallmodified) have fun]
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