FAT MONSTER FILMS presents "O2" ... Every. Breath. Counts.

Tim and I had a great day in Hollywood today (just getting home at 1:30 a.m.) First we went by Laurel Canyon Stages and then Renegade Effects where we screened O2 as a thank you to both facilities for helping us. We were really blown away by the response we received and it gives us great hopes that you all are going to appreciate the film.

Then we met Luis (super Luis) in Hollywood to see "The Happening" (it wasn't, by the way) and then all three of us were the guests of Morgan Sheppard

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792003/0)

for his class at the Vince Chase acting workshop. Those of you who are fans of the HBO series ENTOURAGE will appreciate that the main character was named Vince Chase by Mark Wahlberg as a tribute to the great acting coach. We did get introduced to Vince Chase, who briefly came into the class, but Morgan ran the show and really gave us an insiders view of how serious actors work.

It was a real pleasure watching Morgan's students, and even more of a pleasure watching Morgan critique and direct them. The whole night he told stories from his long career in the business (i.e., the time he worked opposite of Michael Caine who told him "f*ck you" right before he delivered his lines, his times with Marlon Brandon, the time he worked with David Lynch, the time he worked with Henry Fonda etc. etc.)

Morgan honored us by introducing us to his class and telling them that he respects us for giving an honest effort to make it as indie filmmakers. He also invited us to provide him with some scenes from our own scripts ahead of time so that next time he could have the class do interpretations from the material for us.

The workshop lasted almost four hours and we found ourselves truly inspired by watching these pros work. Here's a couple low-res pics from the iPhone:

VinceChase01.jpg

VinceChase02.jpg
 
Chuklz said:
I guess this is the film to beat.
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Ha! Thanks for the compliment, but we have little doubt that the film to beat is lurking out there right now. We are just happy to have produced a film that we are proud of. We feel the same way we did last time out with "Where The Heart Lies." The fact that we felt we had done well and had created a film that our hard working crew could be proud of was all that really mattered. We were ecstatic to place third and if we can place again this time it will be gravy. The truth is that we have some amazing storytellers here and all the technical chops in the world are subordinate to the underlying story. The one thing we do promise is that we will keep getting better.
 
MJ is right on. I was talking to Jack about this the other night. More and more in these fests, you kind of never know what quiet little sleeper will come out of the woodwork and blow us all away. That's part of the fun.

But I also agree with MJ, my first and foremost goal is to make something the best I can and learn from it. I already have a list of things to work on in the NEXT short.
 
Mark Johnson said:
Tim and I had a great day in Hollywood today (just getting home at 1:30 a.m.) First we went by Laurel Canyon Stages and then Renegade Effects where we screened O2 as a thank you to both facilities for helping us. We were really blown away by the response we received and it gives us great hopes that you all are going to appreciate the film.

Then we met Luis (super Luis) in Hollywood to see "The Happening" (it wasn't, by the way) and then all three of us were the guests of Morgan Sheppard

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792003/0)

for his class at the Vince Chase acting workshop. Those of you who are fans of the HBO series ENTOURAGE will appreciate that the main character was named Vince Chase by Mark Wahlberg as a tribute to the great acting coach. We did get introduced to Vince Chase, who briefly came into the class, but Morgan ran the show and really gave us an insiders view of how serious actors work.

It was a real pleasure watching Morgan's students, and even more of a pleasure watching Morgan critique and direct them. The whole night he told stories from his long career in the business (i.e., the time he worked opposite of Michael Caine who told him "f*ck you" right before he delivered his lines, his times with Marlon Brandon, the time he worked with David Lynch, the time he worked with Henry Fonda etc. etc.)

Morgan honored us by introducing us to his class and telling them that he respects us for giving an honest effort to make it as indie filmmakers. He also invited us to provide him with some scenes from our own scripts ahead of time so that next time he could have the class do interpretations from the material for us.

The workshop lasted almost four hours and we found ourselves truly inspired by watching these pros work. Here's a couple low-res pics from the iPhone:

VinceChase01.jpg

VinceChase02.jpg
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WOW. Seems like I need to add another name to the list of acting coaches for the great acting class hunt... (I can't seem to find a suitable smiley for this!)

So where's the workshop located?
 
its like the scene from American Pie in my apartment over here (referring to the scene when he is about to score with the foreign chick)...
 
I'm wondering how you guys dealt with the back EMF on the plasma welder? Is that one of the new Stanley Dynamics units with alternating pulse technology? If it is you better be careful... one of my pals over in the Delta Quadrant had one of those jam up on the recoil and accidentally welded his boot to the hull.

In all the other units I've used so far it's really hard to maintain position on the MMU relative to the ship... because the energy beam wants to push me (and the ship) away from each other... and then of course my welds get sloppy.

Please advise... I don't want to end my tour yet, but my commander said the next time we lose a rear view mirror it's my ass.
 
MattinSTL said:
I'm wondering how you guys dealt with the back EMF on the plasma welder? Is that one of the new Stanley Dynamics units with alternating pulse technology?
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This is the older Stanley JDS408 unit (affectionately known as the "stanley steamer" by most of the crew. We wouldn't use that newfangled alternating pulse crap for anything. As people say, "Yeah, our Stanley may be old, crotchety and rather repulsive in appearance, but at least it puts in a full days work - sort of."
 
I know that some of the Stanley units can be finicky... I'm glad your's is holding up well... in the right hands it'll get the job done.

It looks like you're getting a stanley steamer in Rogan's banner pic...?
 
Yeah that old stanley in his banner doesn't work for squat anymore. It just sits around and makes noise. We've learned to just ignore it.
 
Good luck. Can't wait. However, I just want you to know that my expectations are high. And I have no intention of being let down. And, like I just mentioned, can't wait.
 
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