Day 178: Finished writing the webseries pilot, woo-hoo!!! It's a dramedy tentatively titled "Now or Never." Had to trim it down just like I thought I would in order to stay within the 10 page requirements but I'm happy with the results. I sent it to a small handful of friends to get their feedback before I submit it. Gonna keep my fingers crossed that I make it to the next round and if not then I'll look for screenplay contests to submit it to or one day {long after DWP is done} I'll produce it on my own.
Day 176: Listened to the score for episode 4 of DWP and sent my notes to the director.
Day 177: Hoped to get a call from my agents that I booked at least 1 of the 2 commercials I was up for, but alas, that call never came. *Sigh.* It would be really REALLY nice to book SOMETHING this year but until then, onto creating content. I started writing the webseries pilot today. Per contest rules, it can be no longer than 10 pages and I have 7 written thus far. Now my only problem is condensing my last 2 scenes so that it fits within 3 pages or less and I have 2 more days to do so.
And in other news I was blessed to win a Twitter/Facebook contest sponsored by Laser Away for free tattoo removal. The contest will give me 6 free sessions valued at $1600 so I'm thrilled! I had my first treatment today and that bi%$h was painful! Much worse than getting the tattoo itself but it was over in less than 10 minutes so I can't complain too much. Unfortunately though, since my tat is big and kind of a solid mass, it will probably take 10 - 12 sessions for it to be gone completely so somewhere down the line I will have to spend some change. It'll be worth it though.
Day 177: Hoped to get a call from my agents that I booked at least 1 of the 2 commercials I was up for, but alas, that call never came. *Sigh.* It would be really REALLY nice to book SOMETHING this year but until then, onto creating content. I started writing the webseries pilot today. Per contest rules, it can be no longer than 10 pages and I have 7 written thus far. Now my only problem is condensing my last 2 scenes so that it fits within 3 pages or less and I have 2 more days to do so.
And in other news I was blessed to win a Twitter/Facebook contest sponsored by Laser Away for free tattoo removal. The contest will give me 6 free sessions valued at $1600 so I'm thrilled! I had my first treatment today and that bi%$h was painful! Much worse than getting the tattoo itself but it was over in less than 10 minutes so I can't complain too much. Unfortunately though, since my tat is big and kind of a solid mass, it will probably take 10 - 12 sessions for it to be gone completely so somewhere down the line I will have to spend some change. It'll be worth it though.
Day 175: Held callbacks at CAZT for episodes 6 and 7 of Diary of a Wedding Planner. Oh my god, I've never had this much fun at an audition! Episode 6 is actually my favorite one and the actors we brought in did not disappoint. They brought my words to life better than I imagined and they were all really good at improv so the extra bits they added were like icing on the cake. Plus, some of them got to make out with each other {no, it wasn't required for the audition but it will be for the shoot so it was up to them how they wanted to convey "passion"} so the guys clearly had a great time.
My little Stevie is 3 today.
Today he went to Chuck E. Cheese with his auntie & cousins to celebrate his birthday. Him & Jayden will be with them all week having fun swimming, going to the movies, the park and more AND giving mommy & daddy a break. We'll celebrate his birthday with him over the weekend though.
Love you little man!
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| Hi Barney! |
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| Sure I'll sit in the train, as long as you don't turn it on. |
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| Stevie with big brother Jayden and cousins Ryan & CJ |
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| Cheeeeeeeeeeeese!!!!!!!! |
Love you little man!
Day 174: Brainstormed ideas for a new webseries pilot. Now I never planned to write another webseries after DWP. I actually want to focus more on shorts and eventually tackle a feature film but I just found out about a screenplay contest that is for webseries pilots only. The pilot has to feature a black female lead (easy enough) and the winner will have it produced with a budget of up to $10,000 so I figured why not toss my hat into the ring?
Day 171: Natural Foods Commercial Callback- Always funny to audition in a room full of people. This one went well. Commercial drop-off at Michael Sanford Casting, it was near my callback so why not?
Documentary Meeting.
Website Wednesday- took care of updates.
Website Wednesday- took care of updates.
Day 172: Lunch with Leshelle, a friend of mine who's just got promoted to PR Director for Tavis Smiley's book division and is moving to New York next month to get started. Congrats girl!
McDonald's Commercial Audition at Kathy Knowles Casting. Was paired up with a guy who I had really good chemistry with so I fully expected a callback!
Day 173: McDonald's Commercial Callback- this wasn't nearly as smooth as the audition. We were brought in in groups of 5 and one of the girls I had to interact with was a hot mess. I don't know any other way to say it. She was needy and gave so many excuses as to why she didn't bring what they asked for and talked a mile a minute about irrelevant crap to the session runner right before he said action. We were supposed to do some improv and then say our lines and I had to keep feeding her her opening line and it was just... irritating. I'm sure there was something I could've done better too but in the moment I was just thrown off by her weirdness. Of course, in this industry there's no rhyme or reason to any of this so she could easily book this spot and leave me scratching my head wondering what the hell they were looking for in the first place.
Day 173: McDonald's Commercial Callback- this wasn't nearly as smooth as the audition. We were brought in in groups of 5 and one of the girls I had to interact with was a hot mess. I don't know any other way to say it. She was needy and gave so many excuses as to why she didn't bring what they asked for and talked a mile a minute about irrelevant crap to the session runner right before he said action. We were supposed to do some improv and then say our lines and I had to keep feeding her her opening line and it was just... irritating. I'm sure there was something I could've done better too but in the moment I was just thrown off by her weirdness. Of course, in this industry there's no rhyme or reason to any of this so she could easily book this spot and leave me scratching my head wondering what the hell they were looking for in the first place.
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Day 170: Called the regional agency that I emailed last week since the agent hadn't opened her email yet. Turns out the address on IMDb Pro isn't one she actively checks anymore so she gave me another one to send it to. She said she was happy that I followed up with her so hopefully she'll be just as happy when she sees my resume and reel.
Day 169: Mailed my headshot & resume to a manager on my target list who I've emailed before. Thanks to IMDb Pro I found out that one of my classmates from the audition bootcamp was represented by her so I asked her what her thoughts were on this manager. She said she's been with her for a number of years and loves her so I decided I might as well send a hardcopy submission. My classmate will let her know that I'm submitting so hopefully this will make it a bit easier to get a meeting.
Day 167: Last day of audition bootcamp and I'm sad it's over already. Today we were put on camera which is always eye-opening and somewhat difficult to watch yourself. The girls read from Cougartown and the guys read from The Mentalist so we had mixture of comedy and drama. As always, it was great to see the transformation from when we read at the beginning of class to when we read at the end of class. I'm still having a hard time with the comedy technique but I'm getting better at it and I know the more I work at it, the more natural and second nature it will eventually become. We all agreed that this class was worth the investment, not only because we all learned something each week, but more importantly because of the safe environment that Stan has created. Don't get me wrong, he will give it to you straight which we all appreciated. But he's honest without being mean-spirited so you're not afraid to just try it and see what happens. Plus we got a chance each week to see how the two other teachers, Elaine & Dajuan, work so that we can see if we can connect and learn from them as well. Needless to say, I'll be continuing in one of the ongoing classes.
Day 168: Read Hollywood Reporter {I love that my night job has a subscription!} and watched a marathon of Game of Thrones. If you don't have cable please find it somewhere online, this is must-see TV!!
Day 166: Natural Foods Commercial Audition at Alyson Horn Casting. I had a blast in this audition! We came in the room in groups of 4 and were paired up with a spouse. I was "married" to a pleasant white guy and we had a little guy named Stevie {I named him of course} that we were rooting on as we watched his soccer game and snacked on healthy granola bars. This actually went really well so I'm hoping to get a callback with this one.
