"ajar" - a david jerome film
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david jerome
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Director's Log - december 27, 2006
This is a busy month. Not a good time to make a film that's due Feb 1st. But now is not the time to have doubts. I will leave the doubts for the couple weeks before Feb when I still haven't shot the first frame. The good news is, it looks like the first hurdle has been crossed. Many more ahead. I found my lead. He was in the back of a small tin building separated from the Wagon Wheel flea market I went to Sunday. No body was in this building and it was full of junk and stuff that was so filthy it must have been rejected from the flea market. Junk that is below the other junk. I was walking through this building when I saw this big ugly chair on wheels. No one was around so I went even further into this dark dust hell. Then I met Bobby. He was sitting half asleep in a chair. I asked him about the big chair with wheels and to that he answered, "I am so fuucked up", and he was so right. And then he said, "You're fuucked up to aren't you?" I really didn't know how to respond so I said, "Ya, I'm totally fuucked up." Then I started gagging on the dust in there. It was not your normal dust. It was more like powdered moss. The big chair I wanted was covered in about a quarter inch of it. It got stuck in my throat like a hair ball. I couldn't talk. I was hacking and hitting my chest and trying to talk but I couldn't. This made Bobby feel pretty good. Three days later I can still taste the dust in my mouth. Bobby decided to go with me to get my truck. He held down the small wire fence so I could drive in. We squeezed through the crowded food venders and made it back to the building. I loaded the chair. I gave him forty bucks and wheezed all the way home. I don't know if my lead can act yet, but he sure likes to party. Big surprise.
david jerome
This is a busy month. Not a good time to make a film that's due Feb 1st. But now is not the time to have doubts. I will leave the doubts for the couple weeks before Feb when I still haven't shot the first frame. The good news is, it looks like the first hurdle has been crossed. Many more ahead. I found my lead. He was in the back of a small tin building separated from the Wagon Wheel flea market I went to Sunday. No body was in this building and it was full of junk and stuff that was so filthy it must have been rejected from the flea market. Junk that is below the other junk. I was walking through this building when I saw this big ugly chair on wheels. No one was around so I went even further into this dark dust hell. Then I met Bobby. He was sitting half asleep in a chair. I asked him about the big chair with wheels and to that he answered, "I am so fuucked up", and he was so right. And then he said, "You're fuucked up to aren't you?" I really didn't know how to respond so I said, "Ya, I'm totally fuucked up." Then I started gagging on the dust in there. It was not your normal dust. It was more like powdered moss. The big chair I wanted was covered in about a quarter inch of it. It got stuck in my throat like a hair ball. I couldn't talk. I was hacking and hitting my chest and trying to talk but I couldn't. This made Bobby feel pretty good. Three days later I can still taste the dust in my mouth. Bobby decided to go with me to get my truck. He held down the small wire fence so I could drive in. We squeezed through the crowded food venders and made it back to the building. I loaded the chair. I gave him forty bucks and wheezed all the way home. I don't know if my lead can act yet, but he sure likes to party. Big surprise.
david jerome
jeremytuttle
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Congrats on finding your lead!! That is one sweet looking lead at that. Unique to say the least... hopefully it isn't a drama queen and always demanding a larger trailer full of roses and red MMs.
Kyle Stebbins
AD GURU
jeremytuttle said:Actually we have a long family history in repairing air conditioning units that go all across the country, especially in Brazil... here is a pick of one of our distant relatives just finishing up with a happy costumer.
David,
Good luck with the project and finding the right chair. I love the "throwing your hat in" pic.
Oh man I can't tell you how excited I am that you knew what I was talking about! -- Mark Johnson and I actually watched that film on the way back to the midwest on the plane! What a good time!
-kyle
Paul Coleman
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Hmm, I could live my whole life in that chair.:love4:
Paul Coleman
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Update please.:beer:
tmpafilmer25
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ajar huh??? Kinda makes me think of my Mother's old 87 Chrysler New Yorker. You open the door while the car was on, the mystery woman made sure you knew about it. "Door is ajar, Door is ajar." Good luck with your film David, hopefully I can compose some music to your liking for it. You are one crazy mofo, you know that???:thumbsup:
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david jerome
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Just now walked in the door from Holiday vacation. 13 hr drive from Bowling Green. My butt is killing me and it won't stop farting. It's time to really get to work. I will give an update soon.
Talking cars in 87. Where the hell was I. I'm sure you got some beautiful music Noel that is gonna make me cry like a baby. Rough cut should be done about six hours before deadline. That ok?
david jerome
tmpafilmer25 said:
Talking cars in 87. Where the hell was I. I'm sure you got some beautiful music Noel that is gonna make me cry like a baby. Rough cut should be done about six hours before deadline. That ok?
david jerome
Mark Johnson
The Dude Abides
That chair rocks ..... jeez, I actually wrote that before realizing it is a semi stupid pun!
david jerome
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Mark Johnson said:
Your are to clever for your own good Mark. Actually, that chair does scotch on the rocks........ very well. Or maybe to excess would be more accurate.
tmpafilmer25
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david jerome said:Talking cars in 87. Where the hell was I. I'm sure you got some beautiful music Noel that is gonna make me cry like a baby. Rough cut should be done about six hours before deadline. That ok?
david jerome
hmmmm, I can try. I hope you have a backup plan just in case. I may be able to do something really short, like a ring tone. Yeah thats it, I'll just track my ring tone and loop it a few times, you ok with that???:huh:
david jerome
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Director's Log - january 10, 2007
(Me and my girlfriend)
It's crunch time. First shoot is this weekend Jan 13 & 14. I've been on vacation the last two weeks so everything has been on hold. Thank God I found my chair before I went on vacation. I still need some more props for this weekend. Good news is I've got an actor who has committed the next two weekends for me. He will co-star with the chair. And my friend Noel is also helping with the shoot. So with Noel, the crew has now doubled. While on vacation I got engaged to my girlfriend of five years. She is now busy making plans for the wedding so I have a feeling her help will be limited. So I am really glad Noel is helping. If my friend Preston can help I might even get this done. I've included a picture of me and my girlfriend. It's her favorite. She's a little bit on the freaky side but that is all very good. That's the good news. The bad news is I am still not done with the script. And not even close to a shot list. And I will have to get the location ready. I think this weekend I will have to do alot on instinct so I hope I am on my game and alot of things just work out. I really want to make something decent. I like the story so far but I really have to focus to get this done. I can't believe my ability to avoid working. Just thinking about working makes me tired. So instead I watch a good movie and try to learn from it. Really take in how the director is interpreting the story. Which is great if I had the time. But I don't. Damn that day job. I need to focus and get to work. Tonight I have a commitment so I have Thursday & Friday to finish my script and get ready for the shoot on Saturday. God I hate cramming last minute. But being under pressure is probably the only time I ever get anything done. Sad but true. I have serious problems, but so do dead people. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS. Hey, that's not such a bad motto for a filmmaker.
david jerome
(Me and my girlfriend)
It's crunch time. First shoot is this weekend Jan 13 & 14. I've been on vacation the last two weeks so everything has been on hold. Thank God I found my chair before I went on vacation. I still need some more props for this weekend. Good news is I've got an actor who has committed the next two weekends for me. He will co-star with the chair. And my friend Noel is also helping with the shoot. So with Noel, the crew has now doubled. While on vacation I got engaged to my girlfriend of five years. She is now busy making plans for the wedding so I have a feeling her help will be limited. So I am really glad Noel is helping. If my friend Preston can help I might even get this done. I've included a picture of me and my girlfriend. It's her favorite. She's a little bit on the freaky side but that is all very good. That's the good news. The bad news is I am still not done with the script. And not even close to a shot list. And I will have to get the location ready. I think this weekend I will have to do alot on instinct so I hope I am on my game and alot of things just work out. I really want to make something decent. I like the story so far but I really have to focus to get this done. I can't believe my ability to avoid working. Just thinking about working makes me tired. So instead I watch a good movie and try to learn from it. Really take in how the director is interpreting the story. Which is great if I had the time. But I don't. Damn that day job. I need to focus and get to work. Tonight I have a commitment so I have Thursday & Friday to finish my script and get ready for the shoot on Saturday. God I hate cramming last minute. But being under pressure is probably the only time I ever get anything done. Sad but true. I have serious problems, but so do dead people. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS. Hey, that's not such a bad motto for a filmmaker.
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Ted Arabian
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David, awesome stuff here. A great read!
Congrats on the engagement. That's wonderful.
Really looking forward to your film. As I have said before, I loved Sonic Man and can't wait for more of your work!!!
btw, that chair is f'n great!
-Ted
Congrats on the engagement. That's wonderful.
Really looking forward to your film. As I have said before, I loved Sonic Man and can't wait for more of your work!!!
btw, that chair is f'n great!
-Ted
david jerome
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Thanks Ted, how does that saying go, "Gain a wife, lose a crew member." Honestly she's great. I'm actually very lucky. About the chair. I'm having enough trouble with him as it is. More compliments like that and before you know it I'll be talking to his agent.Theodore J Arabian said:
Thanks Jon, I have to look at it as a challenge and not something I'm unprepared for. It's a challenge I'm not allow to prepare for, yah, I can do that. "Jacked into the Tube" for some reason I really like that phrase.jontuttle said:
tmpafilmer25
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david jerome said:
I'm looking forward to helping you David. Hurry up and finish that script, are you done yet? How about now?:laugh:
Ted Arabian
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I don't know about you but my wife is STILL on crew when I need her!!!david jerome said: