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 fifteen – a screaming T Rex – July 19th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 20, 2018 | Writing

Today we held for a dinosaur (a screaming T Rex in the San Antonio Zoo) who roared every time someone passed his motion sensor. Today we held for a homeless couple who were having a fairly intense domestic dispute. Today we held for 16 trains.    Sound is...

Miles Underwater – Day fourteen – #ChooseHope – July 18th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 18, 2018 | Writing

#choosehope is our hashtag   This entire film experience has been about hope: Leaping and hoping that the net will appear. Giving out call times and hoping that we will make our days. Hope that an entire cast and crew will be inspired enough by this story to...

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....

Miles Underwater – Day twelve – Schlitterbahn – July 15th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 16, 2018 | Miles Underwater, Writing

While our producers worked their Tuchuses off scouting locations & prepping for the second 1/2 of our shoot, our cast went to Schlitterban – Texas’s biggest waterpark. We have two days off in our fifteen days of filming. Today was our second day off....

Miles Underwater – Day eleven – Black Panther – July 14th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 15, 2018 | Acting, Films, Miles Underwater

It does not matter if you are shooting Black Panther or Miles Underwater: In filmmaking, there are three stages of production: Pre-production: Planning, scripting & storyboarding, etc. Production: The actual shooting/recording. Post-production: Everything between...

Miles Underwater – Day ten – The 4 pillars – July 14th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 14, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing

Today’s four pillars. There were too many moments of general happiness today on set to narrow down in tonight’s blog: To have a singular voice. To share something profound or inspirational which four people diligently read (thank you Doug Purdy, Mom,...