The Post Cannes Hangover

Well, I made it home. Back to the U.S. and back to reality. I didn't particularly sleep on the flights home. I think the Train Ride did me in for sleeping the entire 5 hours of it. Then again, I can sleep anywhere.

So I looked through a ton of emails. We got a lot while we were out of the country. It was nice to get some messages from other filmmakers while we were there. I looked through a ton of the business cards, and sorted them all. Industry professionals, directors, writers, producers, actors/actresses and I started emailing them. I have a request for a script based on a project I pitched so my focus, when not looking for a job, I have buried my ink pens in my notebook and trying to get the script outlines finalized so I can send them to Claudia and we can get busy on the work.

Jobs wise, I went with Dan Weecks today to a few places for possible jobs, and also my fantastic friend Tara hooked me up with a place. Hopefully something comes out of them. 

Also, thank you Paula for the resume. I will fix the rest of it. You my friend, are nothing short of fantastic.

I am currently writing a prequel to The War. As most of you know, financing is scarce right now. So since we have two episodes we are going to shoot a prequel to round out the 3 and seek financing from there as well as TV festivals which have deadlines coming up at the end of June.

Yes I would LOVE to run a summer camp for a week. It would be fun. And awesome. It would be worth pursuing.

My next short film, I'm hoping to shoot in July. Ideally I would like to shoot and edit before the Sundance Deadline on Aug 28th. I really want to submit for that. I am sticking to a strict 15 minute total runtime. So before I shoot, I am visualizing everything in my mind so when we go in, we can do it all in that time frame. I would like to have visual design on the above logo. Like make the title cool. Have the N in Tent, as an actual tent with light streaming from it. 

Surprisingly, I'm not tired. Wide awake. I didn't sleep but two hours last night which means I'll collapse today. I'm still high on Cannes. A few of the filmmakers I've met has friended me on Facebook, and that makes me feel good.

Honestly I am going to work harder than I've ever worked. I want to be at Cannes again, but I honestly want to try and shoot for the competition next year. Lofty goals, but hey, what are we all working for if we don't have goals. Sundance too. In the competition. And many other film festivals. I want to get into many and win awards for the next film. I'm a dreamer. What can I say.

I plan on blogging regularly again, so thanks for taking 3.5 minutes out of your day to read my craziness. Hope all is well. Always happy to answer questions and am always here for each of you. Seriously. Love you all!