Miles Underwater – Day nine – Father & Son – Friday July 13th
I cried twice today on set. Both times watching real life father and son Doug and Max Purdy masterfully portray a complicated relationship with dignity, poise, emotional depth and clarity. All day long, I found myself humming a tune... and I couldn't make sense of it...
Miles Underwater – Day eight – Day off July 12th
The concept of "day off" when you're shooting an indie film is a misnomer. While it means not physically going to set or turning on a camera, it does not mean we're not working. The actors are preparing their lines for the next day, the producers are scouting...
Miles Underwater – Day seven – A lot of badass women – July 11
Jen. Jhennifer. Brooke. Colette. Liz. Clea. Stephanie. Sofia. Emily. Katy. Katherine. Jessica. Alexia. Jazmine. Maqui. Miranda. Shavonne. Casey. Riley. Alexia. Amanda. Gidget. Kira. Scout. Justina. Iris. Hannah. Jackie. Alixzandra. Anne. Yanaylet. Aleisha. Kaira. ......
Miles Underwater – Day 6 – the ultimate location July 10th #choosehope
Locations are often the unsung heroes of films. Yet, who can forget iconic locations like the Firehouse in Ghostbusters, Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard, the Overlook Hotel in The Shining, the baseball diamond in Field of Dreams and Hogwarts from Harry Potter. On Miles...
Miles Underwater – Day 5 – 18 beignets & why writers should be on set
My friends Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus wrote the Avengers Infinity War films and they were always on set. It always fascinates me when directors and producers don't invite writers to set (it happens a lot). I believe this is mostly due to a director's...
Miles Underwater – Day Four – Designing the director’s vision
Our young leads need a studio teacher. Even though their parents are on set and they are surrounded by a team of producers who have literally watched them grow up, SAG rules are that kids need a studio teacher. And we like to follow rules. One of the rules is that the...
Miles Underwater – Day Three – Climbing Mount Everest in flip flops
Second day of production and second day at the school. Shooting a 21 day shoot in 15 days is, in a word, taxing. Sometimes, it feels like the stormtroopers are closing in and the only place to hide is in the trash compactor... and we all know what happens next....
Miles Underwater – Day Two – the Ultimate Multitask
Our director made her day. And she did it while nursing her nine month old son. This pictures sings 1,000 words. It emblemates everything our team represents. Badass, powerful women... and a bunch of amazing men... making art and not letting anything stop us: Lack of...
Miles Underwater – Day One Travel Day #choosehope
My greyhound is going deaf. The bad news is that she can no longer hear the vast array of Broadway show tunes which are the soundtrack of our life or my voice when I tell her that I love her. The good news is that this is the first July 4th she didn’t have an...
Wonder Woman and the future of heart
When I was nine, I wanted to be Drusilla…. Wonder Woman’s little sister. Every Friday night, I was glued to the television watching Lynda Carter repeatedly save Lyle Waggoner’s ass. I religiously studied Diana Prince’s twirl, lasso moves and I even perfected my own...