November 15, 2005

• Today officially marks the day I cut down my film from 2 hours 24 minutes to 1 hour 38 minutes. Man, that was painful indeed. But for the sake of increasing the pace of the story, we had no choice but to do it. Certain restructuring had to be made because when you cut down one scene, there will be parts of the story that doesn't make sense (maybe because you lose an explanation or a lead up action) so making one small change could result in complications.

  Me and the producer had to give up scenes that we were in love with. Don't worry Parry, your favorite scene in still there. But that's all part of movie business. Perhaps one day if The Gene Generation takes off, I can have my full 2 hour 24 minutes cut with lots more ultra violence...heh heh....blood...mmm...drip drip.....

  Parry Shen called me yesterday. That was nice of him, wanted to 'check' up on me, made sure I was behaving myself and editing him properly. And not outside drinking Diet Coke and smoking Cigarettes. The next time I do a film, my producer promised me a smoking lab! Woohoo...can't wait to walk in seeing a floating mist of nicotine and tar! It's like working outdoors in LA with all the carbon monoxide...and people say I should be healthier...I love being in the outdoors

  With that said, this week has been great. 2 of my friends got their SAG card so I'm happy for them. The film industry is very unforgiving about crap like that. It's quite an achievement due to the over populated dreams of wannabe actors. The way I see it, SAG filters out the determined with the not. I think SAG is a great thing (maybe cause I don't do the paperwork...hahaha) but it really helps filter them out from an otherwise unmanageable list of people I would have to go through.

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