Workshop

http://www.hulu.com/workshop

So I'm working on this one short up in the Berkeley/Oakland area and the director's name is Andre Welsh. He recently had his web series premiere on Hulu. I decided to check it out and I actually like it. WORKSHOP is a show about a group of actors in LA trying to get work in one of the most brutal and heartbreaking industries. There are characters in this show that really remind me of the actors that I know around here. Plus some of them are really stupid too. What I like about this show, besides the fact that its a full half hour show, is the fact that its one of the only shows that premiered directly to Hulu. The show looks really low budget. The handheld camera just screams cheap to me and I'm starting to get annoyed by all the shakiness. I do have tremendous respect for this series. After all its already one up on anything I've ever done.

Listen, I'm all figured out

Another song from a really good band. I'm releasing all the videos in conjunction with the band so whenever they make a video public I do the same.

I'm gonna finish this damn script.

Editing

all these scenes... i figure like seventy percent of editing is the capturing. oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I'm capturing SD mini dv footage. the slowest thing ever.

Dude. I just watched this movie called Fanboys. I remember hearing a lot about this film and its somewhat controversial storyline. The release for this film was pushed back a ton of times for so many reasons. Fanboys is set in 1998 and is about a group of young adults that go on a road trip to try to break into Skywalker ranch and steal a copy of Star Wars Episode I. Crazy. It also has Kristen Stewart in it before she was super big.

Early Wednesday Randomness

I finally got my new ipod loaded with all the music I have from my two computers. Its good to be able to listen to music whenever I want to. I plug in and drown out everything else. I don't have to hear my own thoughts. Its something that really helps me through the night. At least until the sandman pays me a visit. A long overdue visit. Thinking about that I had to look up the folklore about the sandman. Did you know his first name is Harvey? Seriously, look it up.

Wikipedia is my best friend at night.

I have to film my classes finals tomorrow by myself cause George is hanging out with Tom Hanks tomorrow. Seriously, they're going on a little bro-date to the air force museum at travis. Damn. I need to start knowing some famous people. I have to be at school at around 10:15ish. I better head to bed soon.

Went to Wal-mart tonight and bought some hummus.

Got a shoot in berkeley this sunday. Its a continuation of The Process short that George got me on. I guess we're gonna smash a car so thats gonna be interesting.

Your Addiction

I really like this little psa we did for seth's tv class. I was actually in the studio earlier today checking my email on the computer and noticed the other psa's on the desktop. I had to check them out. and let me just say that those other psa's look so horrible. they were so bad.

This psa was a real test for me. I wanted to get this thing done so bad and slap it up online but we needed some really good voice over. Dj recorded some the day we shot but seth wasn't completely satisfied with it. We even went out in the middle of the night to this other actor's place in rancho solano to see if we could use his audio. but that didnt turn out as planned. eventually we just got DJ to come back to the office and rerecord. and this is what we have here. I think this psa is pretty badass.

Some things

Are just hard. (thats what she said.)

I need to stop going on facebook. I'm trying to decide wether to do a music video for a rapper on saturday. This bandage on my arm is covering up my skin test. I listen to music when I'm feeling down. I also listen to a lot of music. I'm trying to lock down higher profile production jobs. I'm in the middle of shooting finals for my class and I'm always distracted. I miss you. It was kinda difficult eating my sandwich today. I'm sleepy. Goodnight.

Better Late Than Never

This song gets its name from the fact that I wrote this months ago and I meant to record this but it just slipped my mind. Better late than never I say.... Ohh and to the person that commented saying that our music (among many more tasteless things) sucks; yeah... you probably shouldn't listen to it. I know we make bad music but if you sit there and stew over it for an entire length of a song and not turn it off then you're an idiot. Do you not have the common sense to turn it off? Stop torturing yourself. jeez.

The Goddamn Proclaimers

So it started a few weeks ago. the first day on the set of the "Your Addiction" spec PSA. Someone starts humming this damn song. It was all down hill from there. This song has been sung on four different sets. in three different cites. and none of us know the actual words to this song. And don't get me wrong, Benny and Joon is an amazing movie, in fact, one of my favorites. But this thing is as catchy as the clap in a t970's texas brothel.

Lets get busy.

I was cleaning today and this must have fell behind my desk cause thats where I found it. So much dust in here! I've probably been breathing this in for the past year so hopefully I've developed an immunity to it. Hopefully.

So this friday and saturday Seth and I got a shoot up in San Francisco. The sound guy from Human Root, Paul, got us onboard with him. Its like a 10 page short thats set in a park or something, Idk I still have to read it. Oh and also after the shoot on Saturday I have to fly up to Santa Rosa and shoot a music video with the crew from Roaring Mouse. Looks like I got a weekend ahead of me. Then straight back to school. Still shooting finals. Which reminds me, I still need to edit. Damn.

We're All Asleep

This is a re recorded version of the crappier one from below. hope you like it.

come home more work see me your hurt no sleep no fun lets go lets run i think i hate your time your great make sure you're safe always debate those things we'd say come back don't stay just speak or text just don't regret you'd think im hurt face facts yes sir these things I'll say don't mind don't sway lonely sinking these things im thinking

you cant fault a guy for thinking

of the time when we were dreaming

we shared our thoughts and things we were feeling

this is lame and i don't care about this song

its only hide the fact that I feel very lost

showed up broke me cool breeze failing at school at work feel lost feel hurt foolish i am tired so sleepy long wait restless fuck sleep don't need it hopless and losing pathetic and drooling still thinking of you're face of your smile of you're taste thoughts of the waiting in time things changing I'll smile you'll wave we'll hug we'll stay we'll kiss real hopefull im hopefull im hopefull

please dont take offense, I have to do something about all this and this is the only way i know how. i hope we can talk.

Ok.

Lets see if we can crank out this newer version of an older song we never finished. I went to Wal-Mart and stole an audio cable so I can record. Fucking thief, I know. Its for a good cause, I promise. lol

I Can't Even Find Words For This...

I can't sleep. Its not like I havent been trying. Im so bored. haha

Lets face it. I play guitar so much better than i can sing. it took me like 20 takes to get this one passable take haha. I dont care about the quality right now I just wanted to finish the song. I just felt like i needed a win right now.

in this looney bin

we stare at eyes

that stare back

and we could have been

im scared to think you may never win

in this looney bin

the doctors prescribe me the right kind of medicine

its the only thing that i find consistent

in this looneybin we'll escape these rules and world that never gave an inch

the doctors keep on losing their patients

but its a dream, we're all asleep

in our beds wrapped in hospital sheets

we're all asleep, we're all at peace

sleeping in our beds tonight

intros looney bin we're just a shell of the selves that we have checked in

this place has sucked the life from those who've lived

in this looney bin we love the side effects from the drugs that we're taking

its like a movie but just without a good endingå

intros looney bin we believe all the lies the doctors put inside our heads

its the only thing that ever makes sense

tonight tonight tonight, we'll be all right

love this song

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taking a break from recording myself singing and playing guitar. my fingers hurt and my throat is getting all fucked. I wrote this song a few months ago. I just felt like finishing it.

Just got back from Santa Rosa. Awesome folks up at Roaring Mouse productions. There's a possibility of a music video shoot this wednesday. Oh well, I gotta head out to Fairfield to pick up a check. Real estate video tours = easy money.

A Perfect Component In An Imperfect Machine

Recorded live at 2am. The Kitchen Sink hasn't played any music in months. Coming back to it after a long break discovered a newfound sense of maturity in the style of music we're now producing. lyrically, and musically I'm at a point where these things are more and more becoming a necessity to survive. Heres the lyrics below:

you move your lips to music you don't understand

you hold your head up high inside an empty hand

this is how you sleep at night

you took a lifetime of losing

scored a symphony of regret

the soft sound of failure, so soothing

your own underrated duet

if you put up enough walls you'll build it

a house with no windows or doors

and although the sunlight wont fill it

you'll still have a home to call yours

this is how you sleep at night

you're a perfect component

in an otherwise imperfect machine

and although you don't show it

the thought of success is frightening

Keeping busy

Went location scouting today. This town we went to seriously looks like the 50's. Just work out and crappy looking.

My current soundtrack

The Clockwise Witness - Devotchka

This Love Is Over - Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs

Dog Days Are Over - Florence and The Machine

Beneath The Balcony - Iron and Wine

She's A Rejector - Of Montreal

Lisztomania - Phoenix

Dream Girl - Taller Than Trees

Button - Taller Than Trees

Heart Skipped a Beat - The xx

Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Boats and Birds - Gregory and the Hawk

Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse - Minus The Bear

These are some really nice songs. I totally suggest checking them out.

Life in one page.

You can click on the picture to enlarge.

If you've noticed (if you've ever read my blog... actually I don't even know who you are.) I do a lot of script writing exercise that over the years, I've come to develop. This one is called Life in one page. Its basically where I try to write a complete scene in one page. These could just be little snippets of a full story. In screenwriting, we are taught to always start a scene in the middle. It just makes coherent sense and makes for a more cinematic read. The scene starts with Joseph and Amanda already sitting at a park bench in the morning. For the sake of the story, we don't need to divulge in whatever it was that lead them to that point. Starting a scene like that gives the reader the opportunity to come up with their own circumstances. I like to think that they were hanging out the night before, they talked the entire night and eventually kissed. Then before they knew it, dawn had arrived. At least thats what I'd like to think happened to them.

Ending a scene. Now thats a whole new story.

so the short in berkeley got postponed. damn. this weekend kinda sucks.

Scream 4

Theres something about the combination of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson that I really like. I had to get out of my house today. I got a haircut and just decided to go watch Scream 4 by myself. I haven't seen a movie in theaters in quite some time. I was looking forward to the latest installment of the franchise that rebuilt the modern horror from the ground up. As a franchise based upon real life and the rules that surround the horror genre, the latest film had to keep up with the times. I really enjoyed this film. I've always said that Wes Craven is the new Hitchcock in terms of suspense. Solid cinematography kept me glued to the screen. Especially the masterful use of utilizing the depth of field as a suspense enhancer. As for the story, damn was there a twist. The obvious choices for who the killer is fly through the window. Its was like watching the first film and hoping one of the main protagonist is actually the killer. for real, that shit through me through a loop.

This blog is so bipolar

hey I'm coping. I'll be fine. I'm gonna try to take the artists route of dealing with it. lets hope it works.

Damn. I always think of the perfect things to say after everythings been said.

That was probably the worst night ever. even my dreams were feeling sorry for me.

I couldn't sleep last night. There was something about laying down and closing my eyes that didn't agree with me. To quote the narrator from the movie Charlotte's Web: When your stomach is empty and your mind is full, its hard to sleep.

Hello my name is Jaime

I'm Jaime. I'm 23. That I know is for sure. I say that because if I were to say I was a musician, you'd ask "Well, have I heard any of your songs?". If I were to say I was a filmmaker, you'd ask "Well, have I seen any of your movies?".... The truth is, none of my songs have been on the radio, and none of my films have been in the theater. The only thing for certain is that I'm Jaime, and I'm 23. When I make a film or write a song that really truly matters... Thats when I'll say I'm a filmmaker and a musician.

(p.s. I'm working my ass off to get to that point)

Welcome to Screenplay this Disaster

-Jaime

I started this blog on February 8th 2010. I was going through some shit and I needed a place to vent out. I chose the the title Screenplay This Disaster because I thought at the time it was fucking hilarious. Also all the bullshit that was happening would probably make a damn good script in the long run. But what I have come to realize is that, with the track record that the world has deemed fit to give me, nothing will ever turn out the way things are planned. I understand that this is the way the world has worked since the beginning of time. These things I get with relative ease. Do I want them to happen? Well I wouldn't be writing this post if i did.

Now before this post gets anymore emo lets stop right there. I started this blog with the hopes that these silly little scripts will be a testament to the life that I chose to live. Thinking back I realized that I used to enjoy writing. In script form or through song, I haven't been writing. Its time to change that. And as a disclaimer, shits about to get personal. I used to write to fill the time of my countless sleepless nights. I foresee that happening indefinitely .

Welcome back... its been a while.

Right now I'm sitting in the hospital. I went back to the shoot just to finish the day. I'm not sure what to do now. Filmmaking never took precedence. I always said, what's the point of doing anything if you don't any anyone to share it with. Things are gonna suck from now on.

lets get ambiguous

You are ridiculous. who cares. if a door is locked, dont take it upon yourself to unlock it. conflict of interest. quit hogging the LCD. stop writing like an idiot. your friend is a hobo. that person is hella dead, get over it. learn to spell. no more favors. drive yourself. refurbished. prestige? one perk left to go pro. i want this house. oranges... eat more of them. start eating real food. eat a couch. stop stealing. Clean everything. big break. Breaking Bad. Dramarama. Music Video. T3i. WTF.

Just sayin...

Tongue Tied Live

Performing their hit song.

Seth and I have been editing the three bands that were at this show. we're almost done. Now on to the next project. My friend Andre is a gymnast and wants to do a freerunning video. Since I'm currently on hiatus from working with egotistic useless whiney actors, that seems really interesting to me right now. I'll post a video of this really badass freetrunning video that i saw the other day.

I can't believe what gets on TV these days

you can right click and enlarge the photo. haha

So I watch Greys Anatomy. yeah..... There was this one episode where there was a school shooting and all the people from the community were outside with candles singing the school song. The picture above is a screenshot and if you look closely its a very poorly photoshopped effect where they take like 20 people and multiply them into the scene to look like theres two hundred. You can notice the same people, especially the emo looking guy in the red jacket. Granted this shot was only used no more than three seconds before they cut to closeups, that seems just lazy on the filmmakers part. For a show as serious as Grey's Anatomy and being on a major network and on a prime timeslot, they really skimped out.

refreshed

Its been a while since I've really written an actual blog post about anything relevant. I took a little vacation. I didn't go anywhere, I just took a break from all the filmwork I've had on my plate. My vacation ended with a trip to southern California to film some bands. Not bad for my first gig back. Lots of music, good friends, and the lack of sleep rounded out the trip. I did a little personal reflection and I thought about the paths I wanted to take in my career. And after a week's worth of playing Call of Duty: Black Ops, I came to discover that I really don't want to do that much narrative film anymore. I'm talking about short films, sketches, and documentaries. I just don't have fun doing them anymore. I've never made a successful or popular sketch. And I'm starting to loathe actors. And not the real actors like the nice people I met while on TTBC. I'm talking about the no name, nothing, community theater, egotistic, non appreciative actors. Those people. I pretty much figured out that the most success and fun I've had involves music. I've played music for damn near a decade and theres something about the chillness of a musicians personality that I'd choose over any actor any day. They're just better people I think. So in conclusion, and ever so definitively in the matter... I just wanna do music videos.

I went to the beach with my very lovely girlfriend and we sat on the beach, ran from the waves and fought off the seagulls. It was just what I needed. My sister said that me going to the beach was of of character. I'm fine with that.

I finally went to Sacs Hotdogs on Springs road in Vallejo. The line was out the door and apparently that place has been there forever. I took a girl from Vacaville to take me to a classic hometown staple.

Backseat Pilots - Angel

Tongue Tied

Came back from LA last night. One of the many videos from my friend Luis Mendoza of Taller Than Trees.