Mark Troy’s Drums and Hope

by Colette Freedman | Mar 6, 2020 | Acting, Artists, Films, Lacrosse, Music, Random Musings, Sports, Writing

For all intents and purposes, I am musically inept. Growing up in suburban Baltimore in the seventies, my musical exposure was limited to  Jewish folk music and Broadway Showtunes that my parents played on our turntable. I didn’t mind, I used to do roller skating...

Why I love collaborating

by Colette Freedman | Jul 24, 2018 | Anomalies, Books, Films, Lacrosse, Miles Underwater, Sports, The Affair, The Consequences, The Thirteen Hallows, Writing

I love collaborating. Once upon a time I was a die hard athlete and I purposely chose to play team sports. I thrived on the competition more when I had teammates to share in the intense highs of the victories… and the painful stings of the losses. So, it was...

Miles Underwater – Day eighteen – It’s a wrap –  July 22

by Colette Freedman | Jul 22, 2018 | Acting, Films, Miles Underwater, Writing

Our San Antonio principal photography is COMPLETED! It has been an extraordinary fifteen days. We still have a little bit of principal photography to do in Los Angeles and some intense upcoming green screen work, but the bulk of the film is IN THE CAN. When we...

Miles Underwater – Day seventeen – Ouroboros – July 21th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 21, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing

Miles Underwater begins and ends in the same place. The writers wrote it. The producers encouraged it. The director actualized it. Miles Underwater takes place in one day. The messages and symbolism in the film will be interpreted for years…but, for now,  it...

Miles Underwater – Day sixteen – hitting emotional peaks – July 20th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 21, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing

In Quality Problems (now avail on VOD, Amazon, iTunes, etc… do you have YOUR copy yet?) Max Purdy KILLED IT in the scene where he discovers his mother has cancer. On set, the then ten-year-old hit his emotional marks EVERY SINGLE TIME…. His emotional depth...

Miles Underwater – Day thirteen – Bridges – July 16th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 17, 2018 | Films, Miles Underwater, Poetry

Today, we spent the day on bridges. There are bridges in Miles Underwater. Why wouldn’t there be… it is a film with the word underwater in the title. And we are shooting in San Antonio, which is a city filled with a lot of water and a lot of bridges....