First night of shooting is done, and it looked great. Here’s 2 of our documentary about the making of #mandromedafilm . #indiefilmmaking #writerdirector #blackandwhite

Jonesy:

Storyboarding my shots for this week’s shooting:

It’s weird how I don’t get a bajillion ads for Wackjob Kennedy Jr. on my other social medias… just this one.

FYI if you skip past all the Jack & Rose scenes, Titanic is a nail-biting 80 minute thrill ride about Pride + the Fall.

One thing I don’t usually get to do is document my filmmaking journey on a project from inception through release. This time I’m doing it: #mandromedafilm

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Important casting notice today for my new film! The role of Rex the Iguana will be played by Cheeto the Bearded Lizard. Welcome aboard #mandromedafilm , Cheeto!

When I worked at Little Caesar’s in high school we offered round or square pizza and people would constantly ask what the difference was.

418 grams doesn’t sound like a lot, until you’ve been holding a camera for 12 hours.

Everyone trash talks their opponent during Scrabble, right?

Aaaaand we just lost two filming locations because 2 of our 3 leads are severely allergic to cats! #mandromedafilm

A horror anthology but all the stories are set in the hometowns of the characters in M*A*S*H: Crabapple Cove, Maine. Ottumwa, Iowa. Toledo, Ohio. Bloomington, Illinois. Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hannibal, Missouri. Boston. San Francisco.

Call it MONSTER M*A*S*H*

Insisting on complete creative control over MANDROMEDA means I’m currently making the smallest-budget film I’ve directed in 15 years— and it’s totally worth it. #mandromedafilm

Like a baroque masterpiece: my friend Molly’s cat George on his sofa.

Peacocks calling out at dusk sound EXACTLY like a small child calling for help, and being surrounded by a bunch of them when they’re doing this is exactly as disturbing as you’d imagine.

Backseat lighting tests:

I woke up with a really sore throat today, but I toughed my way through 2 hours talking about “The Creature Walks Among Us” for my podcast because a) I’m a professional and b) I love my monsters…

But now: hot tea. Lots of hot tea.

In 2007 on the CBS Radford lot, I saw a guy pull a full-on Jack Tripper: crashing his golf cart into a trailer because he was distracted by Grace Park walking to her soundstage.