I’m really excited to have booked another NY gig! This job is an industrial for a new app which will be hitting the market and is targeted to professional news gathering organizations. I play the role of a news producer. It was cool to see the production team were all so young… they were all…
I booked a SAG national commercial! Wooohoooo! “SAG” is the acronym for “Screen Actors Guild”. All actors love SAG commercials because they pay well and pay residuals! The commercial was shot on Long Island about 15 minutes from La Guardia Airport. It was a huge set and screw… this was a very expensive commercial to…
I’m really excited! I’ve been in NY for 3 weeks, I have an agent… and today, I found out that I booked my first commercial job! Woohooo! The commercial will be a series of 3, featuring ESPN anchor Jay Harris. I’m thrilled to have booked a job so fast… it’s always reassuring, specially after making…
Yesterday we wrapped shooting a short film produced by me and Lazmel Melendez. It was quite a feat to produce this 17 minute film. There are so many details, both large and small, that need attention. For example, here are a few things we had to organize: Script supervising, prop creation, lighting equipment pickup, script…
No, this commercial has nothing to do with a Mexican sombrero! This is what happens when I have a lot of down-time on a commercial… you start finding entertainment. And wardrobe & props is always a great place to find some fun! I have no idea why they had a sombrero, but I immediately saw…
I was thrilled to get the call that I had booked a co-starring role on Charlie’s Angels. It’s a big deal… not just because it’s a TV show, but because it’s a network TV… those are always tough to book. You’re often competing with a large number of people… and the network actually approves each…
I was very happy to receive the news that our short film had been accepted into the Idyllwild Film Festival in California. This is a difficult festival to be accepted into because of its proximity to LA. There are tons of entires, so I was happy they picked our short to be a part of their…
Today, I was able to enjoy a big and empty Dolphin Stadium. I was hired to do a commercial for a fan handheld viewer thingy that will be used within the stadium. The commercial will be viewed on the Jumbotron screen in the stadium (you can see one of the Jumotrons in the picture above…
Yesterday day was a fun day on set. Well, mostly. But I’ll get to that in a second. First, you gotta love Miami and the beautiful scenery, vegetation, blue skies and aqua waters… and that’s exactly what I was able to experience on this shoot. The location was a gorgeous water-front home with views to…
My friends often ask me “doesn’t it suck to have to wear makeup for the camera?”. Hmmm. Let me answer it this way: The makeup is typically done by a woman (there are accept ions, of course). A cute woman. So, for about 10-15 minutes, I have a cute woman in front of me, pampering…
For those of you who know me, I’m a proactive kind of guy. I had been toying with the idea of doing one of these 48 Hour contests, whereby you have to write, shoot, edit and publish a short film within a 48 hour period. It’s difficult, stressful and exhausting, but so much fun. So…
One of my favorite things about shooting in Miami is that every craft service truck serves Cuban coffee. And A LOT of it! Boy, do they keep it coming. Today, I’ve had four shots. That’s not the healthiest amount of jet-fuel strength coffee, but hey, I don’t drink this much all the time. I think…
“Hurry up and wait” is a phrase often heard around set… specially from actors. And boy, is there a lot of truth to it. My call time was 6AM. I arrive, check in, great everyone, get settled and find some breakfast (which are typically very good… made on site by craft services). After settling in, I…
A while ago, I was asked to play the role of an “extra” as a cop in a movie with one of the original Duke’s of Hazard stars (John Schneider). It wasn’t a speaking role… just an ‘extra’, but it was cool because me and another ‘extra’ got featured in the scene we did. We were investigating…
This is the kind of stuff that only happens in LA. A buddy of mine who lives in Hollywood and happens to be a successful actor, Jim Pitt (recently in Avatar), invited me to play catch. You see, he’s preparing for a role he recently booked in the sequel to “The Bad News Bears”, the classic 70’s…
