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A Little R&R

It's been a while since my last update. I'm back from the beach, which was super fun. Chilling out for seven days with three of my best friends in a beach-front house ... it's hard to beat that. Good food, good beer, good times, and good people. There's really only one thing I can think of to make that sort of trip perfect, and if you can't think of what's missing that's your problem. Topsail Island is not exactly a swinging singles type of beach, but hey (our catch phrase for the week) "... you're at the beach!" Most of all it was HOT, and I was there, right in the thick of it, walking 6 miles straight in 95 degree heat and 80% humidity. It was slightly annoying, but the double digit winds and water took care of most of the cooling down. Unless you were running a marathon, you'd have been okay. Definitely the highlight of the summer.

When I got back my order from Amazon was on my bed. I purchased Rebel Without A Crew by Robert Rodriguez, and I'm looking forward to reading it. It seems to be his personal diary of filming and promoting his first feature film, El Mariachi (a direct-to video movie shot for $7,000 in 1992 and prequel to Desperado), and a couple of appendices one of which is titled "10-Minute Film School" the other is the original El Mariachi script. I'm pretty much finished with $30 Film School until I actually shoot something and have to start editing, so I'll cover that material as needed. I found the book a good place to start, although I still haven't received the CD-ROM for it which is kind of a pisser because I sent for that a week before my Amazon order. I'll e-mail the company again and if they're not responsive, I'll drop by Walden's and see what they can do. As deep as I am into it, the book really isn't as helpful without one. I also picked up a book on basic shot set ups, movements and storyboarding. I'm anxious to read all of them. I haven't paid much attention to my story since before I left. I didn't get much reading or work done down there, but then I never intended on it.

posted by bumbletbw @ 3:52 AM