On any shoot when “Wrap,” is called you want to finish and get out of there as soon as possible. When working on the road or on a longer project and it finally finishes, the urgency to be done is
Characters-Not so Goodfellas
Yesterday I wrote about some of our favorite good guys we have met during our travels. Today I am going to share some of our favorite not so good guys. Mr. Air Tran customer service representative. Jim and I were
Characters- Good Fellas
One of the best parts of this job is getting to travel and meet people. I have already reported about some of our encounters with celebrities, but today I want to talk about a few of our favorite regular people
Cooking with Gas
One of my all time favorite film jobs was for Weber Grills. Weber hired us to make two “how to grill” films that they included with each new charcoal and gas grill purchased. When the project was finished the footage
Atlanta is Burning
Yesterday I wrote about what it is like dealing with an out of town producer, today I am going to tell the other side of that story and what it is like to be an out of town producer coming
Film Business, Business
Earlier this week Jim took a call from a producer in California who wants to shoot here in Chicago for three days in July. He began the conversation by saying how easy the job will be and his tale grew
Grading Creativity-part 2
Yesterday, I got an e-mail from a student of mine from this past spring semester. He is one of the most creative students I have ever had. He spends his free time, when he is not working on someone else’s
Modern Times
“Nostalgia is death,” I think Bob Dylan said that. If not it sounds like he could have said it. If none of the above then I said it first, so give me the credit. Where is the line between reminiscing
ADHD or Creativity?
This is Gillian Lynne, world famous choreographer. She did Cats and Phantom of the Opera. How she got there is a fascinating story and a reason why teaching to the students you have is so much more important than teaching
Grading Creativity
I had breakfast the other day with a friend who told me that when he was a kid he painted a picture for an art class. The teacher gave him a “C” and said something about perspective. My friend took
