SF Filmmaking

I was recently u in San Francisco for a week to work on an SFSU thesis film and, boy was it fun! No- it's not what people are used to in LA but it was still great to work on. Joe and I had our 2 favorite crew members on it, Justin Plummer III and Martin Strauss- Justin was my Best Boy Electric and martin was Joe's Best Boy Grip. They both worked with us in these same positions for Heart of the Argos and they will continue to work with us on whatever we do up in SF.

Here are a few pics from the shoot and our trip:

I miss this city...

They set this whole thing up by themselves!

<>This is a good one of Steve and and even better one of Satuski!

Satsuki assisting Erin with her eye patch.

Yes, Erin knows she has that tape on her eye...

The buddhist temple in Oakland.

The orignal owners of Joe's Icecream Parlor in Geary Ave.

The edge of the world.

Crew rocking it old school!

We ended up not doing much for Halloween, but that was fine, the Castro was canceled this year and we were so tired from the shoot anyway that we didn't even bother going out. Joe, Bianca, Laurnan, Karolina and I stayed home and watched Sleepy Hallow and ate dinner, it was nice and relaxing.

We have also decided to begin preliminary work on the studio, we will be starting the LLC and business accounts so we can start saving money for the space we want to get up in Oakland. We are also starting to develop a couple of feature scripts to have ready by the time Argos is in festivals. Oh, speaking of festivals, Two men in Suits, our film we had in the New York Film and Video Festival won Best Action Film and that film, Keys, won Grand Jury Best Film of the festival. Hahahah, so the two films with the Matarrese Brother's name on them won best picture awards!

PhillM tip-of-the-day:
Remember, you can't beat the sun with any light... so you might as well use it to your advantage by trying to time your shooting schedule accordingly to work best with your location.