Out to Lunch

I am out to lunch, will be back next week.

Later.

AF

A Holiday message from the Angry Filmmaker

I just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and we'll talk about having an Angry New Year later!

I also want to set the record straight. I do all of my Christmas shopping on December 23rd and 24th, and I do this every year. I am sick and tired of all these so called news people referring to people like myself as procrastinators. We are not!

I can't stand crowds and self-righteous people who start shopping the day after Thanksgiving. These people are always bragging about how organized they are, and they get the best shopping deals, and they spend days doing their shopping. They spend days! And they fight crowds and get up at horrible hours in the morning to save a few bucks. They're idiots!

People like myself know what we want to get, and know where the best deals are by the time we head out. The stores are a lot less crowded because all of those other fatheads are done! We get really good deals because the retailers are convinced that they are going to have a bad year with tons of stuff left over, so they start cutting prices. And I will tell you this, it's a lot easier to get deals on the last day of shopping than it is on the first day of the season.

I also buy lots of used cool things, and mostly shop at my locally owned stores. I want to see my money stay in the community. It's not up to me to make sure our economy keeps running while I fall deeper and deeper in debt. I pay cash only. Let the rich people support our economy and give us poor workers and artists a break. We need it a hell of a lot more than the big corporations.

And remember this, Christmas never used to be about shopping and good deals. It used to be about something else. I just can't remember what that other reason is...

Later.

Kelley

AF’s Tip of the Day

I have a group of people who I have read my scripts for feedback. Most of them are not filmmakers or screenwriters.

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide (coming early 2008)

AF’s Tip of the Day

The more you rehearse the better the Actors know their parts. Note that I said parts, not lines. The Actors have to be comfortable with their characters.

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide (coming early 2008)

AF’s Tip of the Day

These morons who say, I just shoot and capture what happens aren't filmmakers. They are observers.
- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide (coming early 2008)

AF’s Tip of the Day

Hitchcock used to refer to actors as cattle. In my opinion, actors are your greatest asset. Good actors can tell you what's working and what's not, by listening to them.
- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide (coming early 2008)

AF’s Tip of the Day

If you make a feature without ever having made a short film, you're an idiot!

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide
(coming early 2008)

AF’s Guest Quote of the Day

AF’s Guest Quote of the Day

Hollywood is a world with all the personality of a paper cup.

~ Raymond Chandler

AF's Tip of the Day

I do not recommend being your own producer if you are the director as well.

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide

(coming early 2008)

AF's Tip of the Day

I always watch my first couple rough cuts by myself, and take lots of notes.

Then I get out my chain saw and the real editing begins.

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide

(coming early 2008)

AF's Tip of the Day

Make sure that you have commitments from all of your locations in advance! And then have back ups.

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide
(coming early 2008)

AF's Tip of the Day

Look at your scene, your shot list, and the location. How much time can you save by lighting the whole set all at once?

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide

(coming early 2008)

AF Tour & Book news

Hey Everybody,

It's been awhile since I've sent anything out, it's been a bit crazy around here.

The Fall Tour ended a few weeks ago and Moses is still trying to catch up on his sleep. Or maybe it's that he's a dog and sleeps all the time. Hmmm! Anyway, it was a great tour. We went to a lot of new places, made some new friends, and saw some really good films out there. Overall, I think it was a success. But then I would say that wouldn't I? Well, at least we didn't hit any really bad weather like the stuff we returned to. I am kind of missing the sun right now.

I am going to be doing a few Oregon and Washington dates before the end of the year, and then January will find me in Eugene OR, Seattle WA, and Vancouver BC for what is becoming a very busy month.

I am booking the Spring Tour starting in mid to late February, I will send out more details on that as they emerge.

On the book front, The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide should be hitting the streets in mid February just in time for the Spring Tour. I want to thank everyone who has helped me get it to this point. (I have to tell you, I thought making a movie was tough, but this book stuff...) Of course I will be promoting the hell out of it when it is available. Stay tuned.

And speaking of promoting.

Since it is the Holiday Season and we are all wondering what to get our good friends ...

I have lowered the prices on all of the DVD's on my website, (www.angryfilmmaker.com) for the month of December. You can get my DVDs for a mere $10 (+ $3 S&H). I have also lowered the prices on the Small and Medium, Black, Angry Filmmaker T-shirts to $12 (+ $3 S&H). So order up and surprise all of your little Angry Filmmakers out there with a DVD or a T-shirt.

Take care and don't forget to check out my journal, (www.angryfilmmaker.com/blog.htm), I am always adding new postings and your AF Tip of the Day.

Later.

Kelley

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AF’s Tip of the Day

Anyone who inputs everything from the shoot either has tons of hard drive space, or doesn't know much about editing.

- - from The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide

(coming early 2008)

AF's Tip of the Day

The truth of the matter is that your friends, and some film critics, don't know shit when it comes to making a movie, so don't expect them to.

- - from the Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide
(coming early 2008)