"Closure"

Yesterday was hectic. Filming for "Closure" was set for 5:00 pm; but that was the time I needed to have Mike at the airport for a flight to Nashville. Then one of Joanne's friends called Wednesday; asking if she could stay over for the night with two kids going to a jump rope event in Norton. So that meant keeping the fire going in the old part of the house; which meant splitting wood and drying it on the stove. Some bill paying and banking, too.

So I got to Virginia Marti, where the filming was to occur, at 6:30 pm--just a few minutes after Len Ganley, the director, and film crew arrived. A hectic day for them as well, I guess.

Filming went well, although I am still not completely comfortable. But hopefully three takes will produce enough tape for the project. If it all gets pulled together, it will be submitted for a Doorpost Film Project.

Oh, I got to play Detective Engel; caught in a private drama as a young girl tries to reconcile her love of her brother; with the love of the one who killed him. Vanessa Flores played Julia--and was terrific!

Salt and pepper

After I dyed my hair New Year's Eve for the "Julio" audition, I ended up looking like Rod Blagojevich. Just too much black hair. It was really embarrassing when I went to the dentist's office or bank--but I did it for "my craft!"

I finally got it cut off yesterday; and feel a great deal better. It's pretty much a buzz cut; and strangely, some of the hair remained black, as if it hadn't grown out. Leaves a nice salt and pepper effect.

I shouldn't make too big a deal over it; but it will be the last time I go to the extreme of a drastic--and semi-permanent--change in appearance just for the chance to do an audition in Cleveland, Ohio.

At least when I did the "Indiana Jones" audition in New Haven, CT, and dressed like a professor from the 1950s, I could change back to my normal style without having to wait six weeks for my hair to grow out.

Visit China!

The official website for "Visit China" is up! It looks really great.


I had a chance to see a clip during the "Julio" audition; but can't wait to see the whole film. It couldn't be more timely.

Go to:

http://www.visitchinafilm.com/

P.S. That's me - third character from the left - in the poster above (click on image for larger view).

Disheartened

I probably expect too much. The last two auditions seemed to go very well. Directors, DPs all very encouraging. Went all the way on the last one--dyed my hair jet black--which I now totally regret. Looks like Dennis Kucinich after a bad day at the beauty parlor. The time before that was an audition at Akron U on the very worst day of the winter.

The one before at the comic shop in Strongsville was never much of a prospect. The part was probably already cast before I got there; but they let me read a few lines. Like a bad audition on "American Idol." They were very nice; but seemed truly bored.

The clincher, though, was last Friday night when I tried to explain my plot concept to a friend about what I thought would be a killer zombie movie. She couldn't get away fast enough. And then I sulked away.

Ooops--just heard from another director. The DVD for "Unsatisfied" (I'm the only actor in this recent student film) is on the way!

Things aren't so bleak, after all.