I’ve been holding on to some potentially explosive good news about Serious Rogers. It’s been quiet but the project lives and is in full force. Hopefully people haven’t doubted my ability to finish what I start.

So, after I dessiminate the news to the cast I’ll post it here too.

Be sure to take notice of the T-shirts Mercedes and Jenn are wearing. Our Thanks to The Watermarks and Gossip Grows on Trees for them. And thanks to The Watermarks, Damage Vault, Daniel Coe and Left Outlet  for the awesome music. Look ‘em up, by their music.

Actors have begun submitting to my call for submissions on NowCasting. More details on that here. I’ve contacted a production designer, art director and costumer to see if they’re interested in collaborating. I haven’t chosen a DP yet because I’m not sure what the final visual style will be for the trailer.

The LEGEND OF BLACK LOTUS trailer needs to depict one very important aspect of the film: there will be NO computer graphics. All effects will be handled with practicals.

The first sixty seconds of the first “Avatar: The Last Airbender” trailer gives you a hint of what I’m going for visually, though I will have more dialog and less narration.

That’s pretty much all I can give away now about LEGEND OB BLACK LOTUS. If I said any more I’d have to kill you, and I don’t want to do that

Resurrection of Serious Rogers, my new neo noir action thriller web series is still in post. My editor, Jim Rhodimer (also the DP) is working hard on it. Having an editor has freed me to pursue other endeavors, so I’m very thankful for Jim’s hard work. Check out a sneak peek of RSR below…

Leave a comment, get an advanced peek…

Read the rest here:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2728987/2010_resurrecting_the_neo_noir_web.html?cat=35

Oh, and here’s a news article you can feel free to read and share this PDF.

Poster 3

We are jamming on the set of “Resurrection of Serious Rogers” We shot over 30 pages in 3 days. But what’s important is that the footage looks good and the performances were strong. We didn’t rush. We simply moved hastily

Yesterday we finally had Mercedes and Cooper on set at the same time. The chemistry I saw during the auditions was there. Both actresses posses incredibly natural talent. I think I maybe working with future superstars.

Cooper Harris and Mercedes Manning on set

At the last minute, or rather on my way to the set, I had an idea that would save time and travel to Downtown LA. Most of what we did today was totally guerrilla, so an attempt at guerrilla filmmaking downtown would inherently have more variables. Since we had a woman prancing around with Glock lookalike, it was also dangerous.

We shot three scenes, an emotional breakdown, a kill shot, and an assassination. We used the dolly, handheld shots and this cool contraption that looks like a steering wheel. The camera mounts to the center of the wheel and it’s much better than a DV steadicam unit.

Tomorrow is a bigger day. Two locations. Two kills and we get to meet the Bad Ass Girls.

Oh, and I broke my wrist.

We shot in my home on the first day. We captured a meaningful emotional scene first thing, then we let Cooper Harris have some fun. She killed me. That is, I had a cameo role in the playing a blinged out bad dood.

It starting pouring rain while we were out at the park doing guerrilla shooting and I spent fifteen minutes lying in the cold wet grass with my face planted in the mud. Nice.

Art Direction: Reed and Claudia

We moved back to my condo where the spectacular art direction team, Reed and Claudia had transformed my quaint little condo into a “heroin addict’s bachelor pad.” I remember looking at all the open cans of food and bottles and thinking, “Oh God, my wife is going to kill me.” Yes… it was that scary.

Philip and Nancy were on set and in character. I’ve used my home eight time for films. Cinematically, it’s never looked this good. Everyone had fun. Jim did an amazingly fast job of setting up lighting and shot selections. We got so much coverage it was ridiculous.

It was a good first day but we’ve got a long way to go.