Alive In Joburg

This short by Neill Blomkamp depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. Producers: Neill Blomkamp, Simon Hansen, Sharlto Copley, Shannon Worley.

Wow, this is a film by the guy who will direct the Halo movie! It is amazing!

Larry got back from Europe on Saturday so he was back at work today. He had me do some tests with the Mole Beam Projector lights- that was fun! I learned how to replaces a 20K globe(the biggest globes you can get in the industry... and the most expensive) by myself! We went over the schedule for the next couple of weeks and then Larry went home to get over the remaining jet lag. I went home, made dinner, and Andrew and I watched Studio 60!

Saturday, Sept 23rd, 2006
Saturday I got picked up at 3:00AM by Edwin, a cinematographer friend of mine who I am helping out by gaffing his feature. We drove out to Burbank to this club where we were going to be filming from 4:00AM - 4:00PM. However, the director(who is also the producer) forgot to confirm the location, so the club was closing as we arrived and the employees went home. So I was driven back home around 4:30AM.
I slept in a few hours and then got up, made breakfast, played video games, cleaned a bit and then I took a bus quick bus over to Silver lake for the wrap party/BBQ for the desert movie Pitstop that I was Keygrip/Best boy on. It was fun, we had burgers and hotdogs and the 1st AC, the gaffer, the grips and I all got into this huge discussion about cinema and film history and film school.
And USC won their football game- fight on!

Sunday, Sept 24th, 2006
The next day, Edwin was going to call me with my call time for the same club location, but it ended up getting canceled and they weren't using lights so they didn't need me. Yay! Jenna came over to pick up her iPod that Andrew ordered for her because he got a new Mac Book. Andrew and I made pancakes(declaring Sunday's as Pancake Day like in the TV show How I Met Your Mother) and watched whatever football games were on. Later that night we watched The Inside Man, I loved it, a very good looking film.

PhillM tip-of-the-day:
If you are directing, don't be the only producer. The director is supposed to have the vision, the producer is the one who helps deliver or not deliver that vision. You can't have someone who is supposed to be money conscious also be the one with the vision. If you are directing/producing, always have a couple other producers to help you and DON'T be afraid to spend money because you get what you pay for.