by Colette Freedman | Jul 10, 2018 | Films, Miles Underwater
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...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 9, 2018 | Acting, Films, Food, Miles Underwater, Writing
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...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 8, 2018 | Acting, Artists, Films, Miles Underwater
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...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 7, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater
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....
by Colette Freedman | Jul 6, 2018 | Films, Miles Underwater, Writing
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:...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 5, 2018 | Acting, Films, Miles Underwater
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...
