United States
1. Your script is entered in our Best Script Award. What is your
film about?
It's
a tv comedy about four friends that set out on their journey for
heavy metal glory. Family,community involvement,it's in the show.With
heavy metal as the fun part that keeps the characters driven.
2.
What are your ambitions with your project?
To
see the tv show come to life. I've worked on many different shows and
movies as an actor on NBC,Netflix,TNT,and many others and to have one
of the networks pick it up would be fantastic.It's fresh,it's new,and
nothing has been on tv quite like it.
3. How long have
you been writing the script? What was difficult to write this script?
I
started writing the script in 2020. As soon as I finished it,I saved
it and started submitting the script in to film festivals. I wanted
to see how my peers felt about my natural ability as a writer. The
results have been outstanding. Time is now a 5 time award winning
script.
The
difficult part about writing the script was keeping the idea in place
as I was writing. I didn't want to have too much cramed in to a half
hour show.
4. For what target group is your film?
My
target groups are families,teens,and adults. It's supposed to be a
fun show for everybody.
5. Why should distributors buy
your film?
The
subject is new. The characters and the story really shed some light
in to the lives of people who have used heavy metal as a foundation
for their goals and dreams. It's really fun.
6. How
would you specify your work? What characterizes your film?
My
life experiences being around bands,concerts,crowds my whole life. My
dad was in bands,then I was in bands. But we were both different. So
were the scenes we jammed in. All filled with the ups and downs from
life that make for an awesome story.
7.
Why did you decide to become a screenwriter?
I had
always dreamed of being an actor. Once I got that going then I
started branching out to directing and acting. I even took some
courses in filmmaking and screenwriting at The University Of New
Mexico to see if what I was learning on set was the same as what was
being taught in school. The two go together.Education and
experience.
8.
Who is your greatest role model?
Faith.
It's in every single being,creature,everything. The yes I can achieve
positivity feeling. To me that comes from God. God Faith is my role
model.
9. Which movies are your favorites? Why?
Back
To The Future, all of them, because the movie was fun. The action,the
characters,everything.I love it.
Casino
because the story of Sam Ace Rothstein as portrayed by Robert De Niro
was powerful. Ace was a prisoner to the mob and all he could do was
live it out until the end. Very moving.
Beetlejucie
because wackiness and death never looked so good or was as
funny.
10. Where do you look for inspiration for your
films?
My
inspiration comes from the things i've done and lived,people that
have touched me in such a way that it drives me to create positve
results in my work,and my imagination.
11. Which
topics interest you the most?
Current
events,music,film and television. Inde culture in music and
films,like the underground stuff no one has really heard or seen yet
but you yourself know it's super so you share it as much as you can.
Big inde fan.
12. What do you consider your greatest
achievement?
Sharing
some of my accomplishments with my mother before she passed away. I
know she would be proud of me today.
13. What do you
consider most important about filming?
Never
comprimising the artistic vision. The idea that comes to life is like
a baby,you want to raise that baby to see it grow in to an awesome
human being.
14.
How would you divide your script into parts? (exposure, collision,
3act ..)
The
beginning is like the elbow bump at school. Like hey,let's have some
fun after class kind of thing. Then the body of the story goes in to
some fun action and glues everything together. And the ending is
sweet success with cheers all around. That's how it felt inside kind
of when I was writing the show.
15.
How would you rate current filmmaking?
A+
100% and a let's go for some ice cream. Filmmaking today is
fantastic. I'm so proud of all my peers.
16. What
can make you angry in a movie?
Detachment
from the story because the continuity was messed up. Yeah it
happens,and it's a bummer.
17. Who supports you
in your film career?
Family,teachers,peers.
I am a super nerd who stays out of trouble. I will always be that
way.
18. What are the reactions of your surroundings to
your film?
People
like the show. It's won 5 awards so far in The United States,
England,France,and India. It truly is a dream come true.
19.
Have you already visited any of the prestigious film festivals?
Not
yet because of Covid,but I hope to some time in the future. Time won
in Houston at Worldfest which is the world's oldest inde film
Festival.Great Festival,great people. Thanks Worldfest Houston.
20.
What are your next projects?
My
next projects are to finish writing the first season of the
show(second episode is done already) and to film a horror movie with
the help of Tom Savini and Giancarlo Esposito. Awesome guys and a lot
of fun working with them in Better Call Saul and From Dusk Till Dawn
The Series as an actor. I am a huge fan of the Tom and Giancarlo as
people,the person they are,as well as their work in filmmaking.
Timeless.
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