In some way, shape or form these films influenced me as I was making WHAT’S UP LOVELY. Some in pre-production, others while shooting and even more during the editing process. Meshes in the Afternoon (1943) Persona (1966) Chungking Express (1999) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Mullholland Drive (2001) Ratcatcher (2006) The Girlfriend Experience (2009) READ MY DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Based on the article “The D.I.Y Book Tour” by Stephen Elliot, this idea fascinates me: “I asked if people wanted to hold an event in their homes. They had to promise 20 attendees. I would sleep on their couch. My publisher would pay for some of the airfare, and I would fund the rest by selling the books myself.” I’m not sure how it could work with film, but in theory it could almost be a similar model. And we’re [...]
“It’s poetic, visually arresting …. I can’t help but be excited for this film.” – DVD SnapShot “This looks like an indie with the kind of intimacy you don’t normally see…” – /FiLM Hey Los Angeles! Would you like to see WHAT’S UP LOVELY this summer before anyone else? Jenn Dees (lead actress/co-writer) and I will be bringing the film for a sneak preview at the THE CINEFIST QUARTERLY SCREENING SERIES on Friday (May 14th) at 8pm – followed by [...]
Growing up as a kid — back in the day when LaserDiscs were the joint and not DVD’s — I remember discovering the Criterion Collection. They were curators of top notch arthouse films and modern classics — concentrating in both foreign and domestic films. They were very selective in what they would choose for their film catalogue and brought little known or hard to find films to audiences with pristine presentation and supplements. Suffice it to say that much of [...]
Hey Los Angeles! Would you like to see WHAT’S UP LOVELY in May? Attend the CINEFIST screening of “The New Year Parade” on Feb 12th and vote for our trailer that plays before it (you must be in attendance to vote!). If we get the most votes we will play there at the next quarterly installment! THE CINEFIST QUARTERLY SCREENING SERIES – Friday (Feb 12th) – 8pm With the emergence of new models of production and distribution comes a new [...]
If you are ever given the opportunity to be a “director-for-hire” — would you say “yes”or “no”? I personally know quite a few talented filmmakers who stick to their guns and will only direct their own work. They are true believers in their art. I commend — and envy — them. However, one of my favorite living directors Steven Soderbergh has seemed to perfect the balance of being an artist/filmmaker and walking the line between art (The Girlfriend Experience) and [...]
***This article was originally posted on The Workbook Project’s NEW BREED website on September 26, 2009*** Earlier this month, I posted a blog about making a film and facing its praise and criticism (you can read it here). The main question it led to was this: How do you find your audience — so they can find YOU? What I mean by this is we as filmmakers first need to find an audience (i.e distribution) to get our films out [...]
For background history on the film project – visit my previous New Breed Article: “A LOVELY Filmmaking Process” Having achieved picture lock with WHAT’S UP LOVELY, I feel that I am now able to fully cover the details of the decision-making process during the editing stage — and how engaging with test audiences affected its final outcome. Mind you, we are still in post-production as of this writing (currently getting the score and sound work done) so never say never, [...]
FOREWORD: In shooting “What’s Up Lovely” there were several techniques that I had to use in order to keep the costs down. Working with a micro-budget forces one to be very resourceful and aware of one’s limitations (sometimes in a good way….sometimes not). With this film, not having much money meant that the locations we chose either had to be in a place that someone could help us secure for no fee (i.e. a friend’s place, someone’s workplace, etc) or [...]
As a filmmaker I want to experiment, try different things and discover who I am. I feel that I am still early on in my development. Prior to shooting “What’s Up Lovely” I had just completed two films that more or less dealt with multiple characters. With this film, I wanted to scale back and tell a more intimate tale about one character — something that could be more personal to both the audience and myself. Influenced by the more [...]
A new website was launched for WHAT’S UP LOVELY — featuring some cool new features: up-to-date news coverage and press links, a live tweet-feed (if you’re into Twitter) and a whole bunch of other goodies like the new trailer and links to all of the ways to keep track of the film. My brother did an amazing job helping me create the site design and layout while I worked on creating some of the new images you see at the [...]
My article “A LOVELY Test Screening” for the NEW BREED is now featured on THE WORKBOOK PROJECT. The NEW BREED is a group blog centered on all things associated with DIY filmmaking. It features a host of film projects in various phases from script to screen. If you haven’t visited it yet, I highly suggest you head on over to learn about a diverse group of filmmakers paving their own way and sharing their learning lessons. I took a screenshot [...]
The new official trailer for WHAT’S UP LOVELY is finally released! Choose your preferred site: WHAT’S UP LOVELY – Official Trailer from Gary King on Vimeo. WEBSITES: Official Website IMDB Film Profile FACEBOOK Fan Page TWITTER Page INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES ROW THREE | “WHAT’S UP LOVELY Shooting Starts Today (04.22.09) ROW THREE | “WHAT’S UP LOVELY Teaser Trailer” (05.16.09) LA TALK RADIO |Film Courage interviews filmmaker Gary King (05.19.09) PULPMOVIES | (05.20.09) QUIET EARTH | (07.03.09) NEW BREED | (08.10.09) [...]
With very little fanfare — sitting here alone in the man cave — the cut for WHAT’S UP LOVELY is now at picture lock. Very exciting times. The fun is just beginning as it will be handed off to 3 talented individuals for scoring and sound design. More details on them in a future blog entry. The final cut runs at a lean 69 minutes. Any longer and the film itself starts to feel bloated (believe it or not). Each [...]
At the FLYWAY Film Festival, I had the opportunity to sit down with some great guys and do my very first “pubcast”. Many thanks to Matt Gamble (WHERE THE LONG TAIL ENDS) and Andrew James Olson (ROW THREE) for taking the time to speak about my projects (NEW YORK LATELY, WHAT’S UP LOVELY….and…?) CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW The film bloggers have been incredibly supportive. I just hope the next film lives up to their expectations. No pressure. No [...]
It’s almost been 2 months since my last update. If I had updated about it — it would’ve looked similar to this: “Editing in the man cave….Did some more editing in the man cave…Went and shot B-roll….Did even more editing in the man cave…Got a few pickup shots…And…..yet again editing in the man cave…” Nothing much more than that. But the great news is that the picture is 90% close to locked now. Just need to send it off to [...]
Just relaunched the e-newsletter sign up page for people who are interested in receiving occasional emails with significant film news updates — such as new project announcements, film screenings, DVD releases, fundraisers, etc . Messages will be sent only around “milestone” events so do not expect daily/weekly updates to crowd your inbox. CLICK HERE to sign up for the e-newsletter Here are other ways to keep up to date on the goings on: FACEBOOK FAN PAGES: What’s Up Lovely New [...]
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