Screenplays.

Fish my short film being in color now (YES), there are other scripts waiting for me. It's been interesting pitching them. What do they compare to, what style. I hate to compare myself, but you need to, to be able to give people an image and make them understand. So the words: "A visual mixture of Shame, Drive and (500) Days of Summer, with a story like -", now that I'm not going to tell you, but those words have left my mouth a lot lately. Why am I not going to tell you the story? We're all becoming paranoid here - I have signed a lot of wavier forms within the last couple of months and have learned, that; if you have a good idea, you will not spill it, unless to the right person. That's how it goes.
Being able to find my comparessents I did a lot of screenplay reading lately, and I think I found my favorite thing ever in the script of (500) Days of summer:

Wonderful, simply wonderful. And now I will return to work.

Sodium = Natrium & Postassium = Kalium

I like studying, I really, do, but at one point you will loose your temper (or at least I loose mine), when for years and years in Highschool, you learn things that suddenly are different. I'm not saying that what I learnt in highschool was wrong, simply that we spoke german at our highschool, so suddenly what you have known all your like as Natrium (which was hard enough to remember), suddenly is called Sodium, and Kalium changes into Postassium. How the fuck do you expect me to remember things like that, I've never been a chemic freak in the first place.

Academy Awards

I have just spent about two hours talking to my roommate about movies, the mistakes and the glories of the oscars. There are a lot of movies we have to catch up on now, we already entered october: october and november being the oscar months when it comes to movies, although, let's not kid ourselves, the dark knight will get nominated rises will get nominated and so will les miserables. My guess for this year up so far is: the dark knight rises, les miserables, looper (from what I've heard), same with The Master. Anna katarina will probably get nominated for best costumes (i still have to see that one too), and perks of being a wallflower for best adapted screenplay (heard wonderful things, on my list too). I really, really hope 'Moonrise Kingdom' gets nominated for like everything. If i haven't told you yet how amazing this movie is you should probably be glad, because once I start, i can't stop anymore. And now i will stop. Lots of love.

24 hours.

We're on an other 24 hour spell.
Sabrina's boyfriend got hit by a car, so we were in the ER till like 5 am in the morning, the dog ate chocolate, I locked myself out of the apartment (and my car for that matter) trying to get said dog to a vet and now the dog has skin cancer. Nice. This needs to be over, now. I'm exhausted, I don't even know how exactly Kali is still standing, she has hardly slept at all. 2 more hours and we're good, then it's done.

Guilty Pleasure

Break. Churches, Urns, Wallets, Roses, MONEY. Break.
My break? Watching previews for the new season of 'Hart of Dixi' - yea, my little guilty pleasure. The south just does it for me...

Dressed in Black Photoshoot

Shooting date is coming closer and today we did the Photoshoot for it. Trent and Lorelei look lovely together - thank you so much, I had a blast doing this. Stay tuned to be updated what happens as we get closer to the shoot, during and after it.

10th of September

It is here. The premiere week of the new season. The new seasons open this week, pilots, everything. Exciting time to be in LALA land. Soooo many series that are going in to the run this year, let's see what survives.

Time.

I owe you some news I believe. There hasn't been a lot of up dates lately. I'm trying to keep my hands off the computer and my eyes on what I want to do.
So News: We're shooting in 2 weeks, Mica is coming in 3 weeks - Book of Mormon, this automatically means that Mery and Yasmin are coming in 4 weeks. I am officially a student of the Independent Studies at BYU. And LA is still hot as fuck.
Yesterday it rained, well not really, but some water found it's way down to earth for the first time in a really really long time.
I like being back. Bunny is fine, dog is fine, we are fine.
The first Academy Company series started and since we hit september: Welcome to pilot season.
I guess that's it. Back to live.
Goodbye.

Oh Canada.

Toronto, it is always a pleasure. After 11 wonderful days in my favorite little town I'm now on canadish ground. I just like flying Air Canada, probably because immigration is suddenly soooooo nice. I like canadian people. And now i feel ready. I'm ready to go backto LA, i really am. I can't wait to see Kali, pick up bunny and just be in the staates again. Mustang, car drives, sea, sand, sunshine, it is pretty there, even though i like to complain from time to time. Switerland it was wonderful, canada as always a pleasure and LA, you don't know me yet.
In a month Mica is comming to visit and them Mery and Yasmin. This is going to be good. Really good.

Working with professionals.

Bird is out of the nest. My first attempts to fly. Holly freaking fuck. Working with your friends is one thing, you know each other and you kind of plan by ear - uh-huh, not anymore:

Production: Ernest Briggs
Production Assistant: Kelsey Leonard
Director: Nadine Nonn
Director of Photography: Daniel Leary
Lead: Trent Walker

Sure, some of my friends are still part of it, but I need some people around me that I know and then the people who are moving me forward. Baby steps, but steps, and it feels like I'm working with professionals and I'm loving it. Going back and forth with Ernest talking about SAG-AFTRA paperwork (who is currently in Minnesota - yea, that makes the whole thing easier haha), talking with Trent about character history, setting up shooting schedules, having a DP who talks about storyboards, and shot diversity - because they all actually know what the fuck they're talking about! Holly shit! I feel like these are my first attempts to fly. Wow, fuck. I don't know how I feel, but at the same time I feel amazing. So much to do. Thank god Kels is there - there's a reason I made her poduction assistant. If I'm about to drown that woman will pick me back up again. This is actually happening. What the -. Now breath. One step after the other. This will work out. It will.

Something else I found - remember when I wrote a play and we did a stage production of it haha, these are some screen captures of the interview we had for Fringe TV:

Heat!

Holly freaking fuck it's hot! My first year spending August in Los Angeles - how do people stand it? It has been in the upper 80° lower 90° for what feels like forever and I'm melting! It's not the same kind of heat we know in switzerland, it's different, plus it gets really sticky here, since this has been going on for a while. Thank fucking god for the A/C! Today I've literally been doing nothing, which if partly because of the heat but also due to the fact that our freaking door is still not working and I can't get out of my apartment for the life of me. Shit. Nah, let's see what happens. WHERE IS A POOL WHEN YOU NEED ONE?!

Just don't bend

You can slam, punch, curse it - our front door. Within the last couple of days it has become more and more cricked, to the point that opening it becomes our mission of the day. The day before yesterday, the attempt with the balcony, and yesterday a good 15 minutes battle with Kali inside and me outside where we just kept banging and hitting it, but nothing happened. Now all that banging, lifting handles, pushing handles down, has left a mark on my wrist. If I wouldn't be so amused by it, I would probably cry. This is comedy stuff...

Lost to a Chicken Nugget.

Oh summer.
Yesterday was a wonderful person's birthday: Marina Ma. 20 years of Marina Ma. I'm so thankful she is in my life, not really sure she knows how much I love her. But yesterday was a wonderful day, with wonderful people, where we went down to the beach and I actually swam in the Ocean for the first time here. Yes you heard right after 2 years (which anniversary will be coming up VERY soon) I finally swam in the ocean. It was beautiful. We were all running around in the waves, running around in the sand, walking on the pier eating corn- and hot dogs. It's the family you're going back to, and that's all we need.

Something somewhat beside the point, but still: THE ROOMMATES is out. The web series created by my dear lovely friends Hunter, Ernest and Barlow. Show your support and take a look, if you like them, like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theroommatesseasonone - thank you very much and have a wonderful day.

Iiiiiinternet

We have internet. Voilà, this is wonderful. I don't know what else to say. My top works too and I look stunning. Good life, good life.
<3

Cars and work and surprises.

So, my car is now my car, I still don't have internet, my bunny's not a bitch anymore, I'm doing Yoga twice a week, my top is getting fixed tomorrow, I still love my apartment, it's ridiculousely hot in LA, I hate the gas prices, I might go up to San Francisco this weekend, if I manage to unpack and pack everything beforehand, Leonies birthday is coming up, I'm out of coke, don't ever trust a salesman, I'm writing a lot of e-mails, I just got my two letters of employment, I'm now officially a DP for a podcast, I know too much about comicbooks, we're working on a web series, 'The Roommates' is out, Working a lot for Vance, having a producer is awesome, not knowing if you have your lead is not, I'm reading a lot, my apartment is still a disaster, my insurance still needs to pay me my car, my deposit things like that, I'm driving a lot (it takes me 1 hour to get to where I now work), I'm not writing enough, it's really sad, and I think that's it. My nails are still blue and I have pretty feet, because I finally got a manicure for the first time in my life.
Pan and Claudia should be in San Francisco by now, they're leaving tomorrow.
Yea, that's it. Thursday, Friday I'll be busy watching examplays (only the ones of the promising students - it's mean). Friday's also Marina's birthday.
Okay, enough enough, I need to go do groceries and have the promised movie night with Kali (but we're definitely NOT watching Drive (never ever again)).

 

Uhhh, we also had a photoshoot with vance and them, and there's a picture I adore. Anthony was wonderful to work with, so natural, and, believe it or not: I met my match when it comes to sarcasm. Try to top that:

Life without internet.

So, for the last couple of days there was no internet. Generally, not a bad thing, but suddenly checking your e-mail makes you sweat and getting in contact with someone seems nearly impossible haha - that's why I'm at the AADA library at the moment, sitting next to Annie (YEY) doing her Prompt script. I kinda miss that.
Other then that, good things happened. I am feeling really content in my new apartment, and bunny seems to like it too. I have blue nails, my life is turning blue. This morning I went to Yoga class, it was freaking amazing, only that doing the warrior, suddenly in the back row I spot Charles, Bianca and Ryan, that was slightly funny.
My clothes are all over the floor, and I need to get the freaking re-writes into the new script. I really like living with Kali, I really like living in this apartment. I get up in the morning, turn the radio on, make breakfast and start my day, something that I never really did at my old place. Luigi still hates me, but not that much anymore, plus he's terrified of bunny haha.
I think those were the basic updates.
Pan is in town, gonna show them around this afternoon. Life is good, LA is not to hot today, so perfect weather for everything.
Love what you do and you can do it.

August.

I moved out and in and all around, gonna pick up my car today and hand in my keys.
Thank god it is August. July is gone, history. No more bad news (at least not in that capacity), no more brothers missing trains, planes and any other kind of transportations, no more missing Blue Balls, no more Fruit flies, no more broken convertible roofs, no more, no more, no more, but more of writing, new beginnings and things like that, signing things to start working and make this count. It's August. Happy Birthday Switzerland.
For the next two weeks I'll probably not have internet, and then there's a surprise.
At the moment I'm spending my last 50 minutes in my old apartment, it's so empty, and suddenly it seems so small. Weird how I think It was bigger with all the furniture in it. Well, that is it.

Enjoy August, it should be rather good.

P-A-C-K-I-N-G

The last 12 hours have begun. Tomorrow at 8 AM the movers will stand infront of my door and there's still so much shit that has to find it's way into boxes. The kitchen is the fucking worst - and I didn't even have gas - imagine that! But yea, it's going to be fine. Just music on, and working on...

Quizz Puzzle

So, the car I bought is not actually the car I drive, because the car I own is in the garage, while the car I have been driving for the last week, which I thought was mine, because it was handed over to me by the dealer, has been lended to me today by the dealership, till they're getting the car back I thought I was already driving. Confusing right?
Well, believe me I'm confused as well. I don't know anymore if I bought the wrong car, they sold me the wrong car or they gave me the wrong car, but one of those options is apparently right.
Facts are: The car I drive is not actually mine.
Never mind I like it. I'm getting mine on wednesday, till then I have YOGA CAR, but that's a whole different story. Oh LA.

Packing

After we have successfully proven that Marina, Kelsey and I combined are not good in packing my stuff I realized that I'm pretty much on my own, and my stuff seems to multiply by the minute.
Sooo much stuff.
Now when we "tried" to pack, Marina and Kels both managed to break my wine glasses which resuluted in the conclusion that we should drink my wine while I still have glasses, which ended in a lot of Rent songs, which were sung really loudly. My girls are wonderful. By the way, later that day, Mikaela broke another one of my wine glasses, I'm really running out of them. But let's stick to my mothers motto: "What you don't have, you don't have to move" Very true.

THE MASTER PLAN.

I pretty much have a plan. I think that's what that title is trying to say.
But I'm here to let you know something else. I bought a car. It happened last Friday. I dressed like this:

because, I had seen the car online, and I was pretty sure that NOONE would ever sell me that car, not in a million years, so I dressed up, put on heels and went down to Santa Ana. The car was a babe. If you like cars, you'd love this one. It's a 2001 Ford Mustang GT Convertible - It's a fucking babe. I hardly make seductive comments about anything, I've been doing nothing but making exactly those for the last couple of days about my car. Pictures soon. Her beauty needs to be captured in Pictures.
Lots of love.

Blue Balls

So, the Blue Balls has started. Hmmmmmmmmm.... That's about what I can say. I miss it.

Highheels

Okay, attention please, this might be a one of a million thing: I'm going to complain about High Heels. After running around in flats for the last two months, I grabbed my highest shoes today and walked around ALL DAY. Now, I thought that wouldn't be too bad of an idea, since I am used to running around in freaking high heels, but apparently it was. My ass hurts as if I have been working out for a week straight, it's really bizzar. But yea.
I guess that's it.
Good night.

Learning by doing

Be nice to your actors.
If you have stand-ins, be nice to them as well - their job sucks.
Be as organized as possible.
If director or DP, your fustration is nothing the actors should have to deal with.
If you're a producer, talk as little as possible.
If you're a DP, rolling the camera without letting the actors know is sometimes worth pure gold.
Get a good crew, it will be worth the world.
Nothing's perfect, get over it.
There's nothing you can't try.

- I had a 9 hour shoot today. While I was on set for 12 hours, I learned some things. Great things if you ask me. I like being a DP. With some training, I think I could actually be really good. Who knows, life is guiding me.
Enjoy life, it's the only one you've got.

If you believe in Life and the Universe

Just got back from the meeting with Ernest.
Facing the fact that Trent is SAG-AFTRA, I'll be doing a lot of paper work haha, or more Ernest will (YEY to having a Producer!), but everything seems to be moving rather fast now, we might still be able to make the Festival season 2013, which would be amazing. I know great people, the universe is right. July seems to have redeemed itself.
And then there's always music....

My own new identity.

So. I'm moving into a new apartment, I need a new car and a job, preferably HBO, that is my life right now. I'm getting antsy sitting on my ass, it's not good for me. And still I'm doing a lot.
But yea, it kind of feels like I'm getting a new identity. Interesting ey, isn't it. And I can be who ever I want, so that sounds kind of fun. I figured out what and who I want to be, now the only thing that needs to work is someone who says: Yes, I like this, we'll help you with that. Waiting for job replies is very, very not fun. But it'll work. yey! Music helps, so here you go:

I know this is far away, but I am really and truly excited for this (every girl deserves a break from looking for a car).

Finally!

Finally, someone is not scared of airing something like this. This is amazing. Thank you very much.

The joys of adulthood

So, getting into a car accident is not so much fun. Remember my little piece of shit car? Like the one I hated, but at the same time loved so deeply, because it was mine and all his weird tics and things what it did belonged to it and it to me? It's dead. I'm still waiting for it to declared dead, but it's pretty much done.
Good thing I'm in an amazing garage, they handled everything with the insurances and now all we're waiting for is for someone to claim liability. Nice one. At the moment I'm driving a rental. A VW, it's nice, really nice, with like leather seats and working gas and shit, but I still miss my little silver thingy. I know, I'm weird. But yea. I'll miss you my beloved car.

Ahhh! Resume!!!

Ok, Ernest canceled the meeting, time for me to write my resume. You'd think that should be easy, you'd think I'd look good on paper, and I would totally agree, but then again - who good do I really look when applying for an HBO internship? I really want that motherfucker, really really bad. This would be brilliant, I mean everything! Just listen to the sound of it: "I'm interning at HBO" ahh, wonderful. But yea, fucking resume. Whatever, I'll do it. Because i can and because I'm wonderful.
At least I have music guiding me through this insanity...

Busy Bee

Getting ready for a busy day of work. First meeting with Ernest to talk about "Dressed in Black", then we're heading down to Santa Monica for another Flash Mob and later on drinks with some Fringe People. It's what I need. Then Monday Mara's in town, so I'll show her around Hollywood and in the evening we'll go to NoHo to an Open Mic night. Tuesday will then be productive again, I have the whole reserved to talk to Kels about the Web-Series and the short which will start shooting end of July. This is good, it should be, it needs to be. Very nice.
xoxo