The PSAs were posted today on Funny or Die. They cycle through all 9 if you go to the link. Enjoy!

So I have 2 shorts this month and then I got another role in a feature at the same time. Oh my! Luckily it’s a small role and will only shoot 2 days, so I managed to squish everything into the same week. They both know I’m doing 2 things at once and have been really flexible.

Then on top of that I have a sort of short deadline at work. Looks like this coming week will be pretty intense. But I can handle it.

Off I go to a rehearsal now!

I decided to try a new photographer for a mini set of headshots today. I know her from workshop, and some other folks from there had also worked with her.
Based on mixed feedback from workshops, I decided that my current shots, while lovely, aren’t capturing my essence. some say my shots look older than I look in person. I don’t see it, but more than one said it about more than one photo. So my goal today was to get a youthful, fun shot that will feel like my personality when I walk in the room.

We shot outdoors around her studio in NoHo and luckily it wasn’t as crazy hot today as it’s been. It started getting a bit hot toward the end, but hopefully it didn’t make my face red or anything. I did my own makeup this time so that it would look just like the makeup I do on a regular basis. My complexion is a wee bit dodgy today, but my hair was good. I timed my last haircut just right so it would be a good length but not so recently cut. I can retouch for blemishes if they are visible.
I should have proofs to check out early next week. Yay!

Looks like Part Time Fabulous reached it’s fundraising goal, so they can finish it and make it all nice and pretty. It’s not acting-related, per se, but it’s a movie I’m in and I’m pretty excited about it. I’m in the documentary contained inside of this narrative. Kind of a neat idea. It’s about a woman dealing with depression and deciding to make a doc about it. So I am interviewed about my history of major depression. I figured I’m a good subject since I am mostly all better now and I’m comfortable talking about it in great detail to help other people who are going through stuff like that. It may be a bit too candid for some people, but I don’t really feel like I need to hide who I was because I know who I am now. I think it’s an important topic for people to learn about and not think it’s some scary thing. Hopefully I’ll get to see it sometime soon.

Other news- Leading Ladies is playing again in Bangor, Maine tomorrow night. I had a pretty great cold-read audition for a feature today. Plus it was a rush call, so it felt extra satisfying to get there in time. Then this evening I was going over the contact info of agencies I submitted to recently and found that I spelled one name a bit wrong, and then just completely made up another name apparently. Like I seriously have no idea where the name came from that I addressed it to. Oops! Ha ha. Oh well.
I have another feature audition tomorrow. Lot of indie features being produced right now. Kind of feels like things are slowly improving in the biz.

Hooray! Outfest tickets went on sale today for non-members. Get your tickets here.

2009 Highlights

• starred in a feature, Leading Ladies, which will be released in 2010.

trained in ballroom dance for a month.

let them cut my hair short (over 10 inches).

shot on location for 5 weeks.

• have had 8 new credits added to my IMDB page this year.
• worked on almost 20 indie projects.

half were leading roles

used fight skills, dance.

full facial prosthetics, plus hair pieces.

learned to smoke a pipe.

ranged from TV, theater, film and commercial.

• Got a Commercial agent

All in all, I can say 2009 has been great for me acting-wise. And I’ve already booked a short film shooting next week. 2010 is already looking pretty good.

My goals for 2010

• to get a Theatrical agent which will hopefully lead to more paid roles.
• I’d like to be getting co-stars and roles in bigger budget films.
• I’d like to become SAG eligible, but I’m still not interested in extra work, so it may take me a bit longer since fewer productions Taft Hartly lately.
• I am considering doing more physical training (dance, fight, etc.), but that will depend on money and time.
• I’m currently writing a screenplay (who isn’t, right?) so I’d like to have that finished, hopefully in the first half of the year.

I went over to my friend Lawrence‘s recording booth and did the VO for the trailer. It’s harder than I expected to get myself to sound natural reading copy like that. I’d be good on like half a take then go weird and stilted and back. It’s like there’s the ‘idea’ of what a trailer VO sounds like and then there’s just being a person talking. There were plenty of good takes and at least one where I did the whole script totally solid. I’m sure DB will find what he needs.

Looks like I could use a VO class if that’s something I want to start doing.

Anyway, hopefully the trailer will be all finished and ready to go with music and such soon. I want people to see it! It’s so great!

Ok, finally something I can show people! Actual screen shots!

Click on the photos link at the bottom!

You know, I’m pretty darn good at ADR. I’ve done it a bunch of times and I usually get that feedback. I went back up to Azusa to record over most of my dialogue and we knocked it all out quick, plus I managed to give them a good variety of reads that they asked for.
I’m looking forward to seeing this one done, not just because it’s finally some footage with my short hair, but because I really liked the script and want to see how it turned out. I liked the guy they cast as Death. Very dry and funny.

We performed the scene for the class this evening so I’m finished with that Columbia College project. I’ll probably be working with her next spring when she does her final thesis.

Then I’ve got 2 casting workshops this weekend and some ADR for Death and Jane. All I have coming up new is a quick featured role in a company promo this weekend. Unpaid, but the company sounds like one that has a lot of miscellaneous productions in the future.

End of the year will likely be slow. Leading ladies will have a trailer out soon though! Can’t wait. Having patience for a feature you starred in to come out is very very difficult.