Films & Such

Sutudu

The latest project: an attempt at a total overhaul of distribution in the content industry. The idea: a place for filmmakers to license their films that doesn't take the majority cut of profit. Total transparency, and tools for the creators to be able to make a buyer ready package.

We weren't taught the business side of filmmaking in film school, it's time for a platform that helps the filmmakers with exactly that.

Try acting, it's a hoot

Back in college i did take an acting course that i vaguely recall. So, as it happens my friend and i, the writer director of the first film i shot, we're on our way to the wedding of the lead actor of that very film. We were in Target looking for a gift from the registry.

We were dressed for a wedding, and apparently, looked enough like we worked there for a patron who was looking for help, to ask us if we worked there.

The next movie idea was born: a pair of underachievers who inadvertently start "working" at a store.

Nowhere, PA

Everyone has to start somewhere, and this is it: The first film i shot with college friends. Was it great? You already know the answer to that. Almost no one makes a great film on their first go, and we were no exception. I'll say this: there's definitely worse films out there.

Making films when you're young is a great learning experience, and it's nice to fail at things when the stakes are low. For instance: i failed pretty impressively one afternoon: we filmed some scenes, got back to the house, and we remarked to each other how oddly well things actually had gone. Then we looked at the dailies: The sound was gone.

It's great to laugh about these things years later, i say don't suppress, don't forget, just keep learning and improving and enjoy the misstep memories