BEHOLD THE USB STICK OF AWESOMENESS!

Hi 

Hows it goin? 

Like the title of the blog post says. 

Behold the USB stick of Awesomeness!

Why is this particular USB stick so awesome i hear you cry?

Does it contain government secrets?

Does it contain naked pictures of your mum?

Does it contain the Doctor Who Season finale?

Now that would be truly awesome!!

No, my friends, this USB stick contains almost all of my paperwork for my first year of college!

YES it's finally done! I have spent the past 2 days essentially working non stop, and its done!

I even skipped lunch today. That't the first time I've skipped a meal in a long time. Anyone who's seen me in the flesh recently will verify this.

To celebrate the completion of my paperwork, and because he felt sorry for me skipping lunch, my classmate Ian bought me a cake.

It was very nice, altho I don't know what type of cake it was. If only they would put labels on these things.

I spent £15 on printer credit at the IT centre and about an hour printing stuff out! The people sitting beside me seemed to be quite pissed off at my hogging of the printer!

After printing I then spent another hour organising and neatly placing into my folder.

My tutor seemed quite impressed. She said she's sure I'm going to get an A based on what she's seen.

but

All she's really seen of my paperwork is a big folder full of paper. She hasn't seen what's written on that paper.

And I am fairly certain that 95% of the stuff in my lovely blue folder is bollocks!

That being said I am particularly proud of my evaluation essay. This essay was written at the conclusion of my filming, and is meant to be a self evaluation of your progress through the creative project and your thoughts on your strengths and weakness's. It's meant to be approximately 750 words long. Mine was 2918.

I won't bore you with the whole essay, so here's a couple of highlights.

After my script was finalized and my location reccie was complete I moved onto the very daunting task of storyboarding. I say daunting because I cannot draw, I have the artistic skills of a drunken monkey, a drunken monkey with no hands, a drunken monkey with no hands, and the use of only one eye.

I came up with what I thought was a genius solution, I got some friends together and went to the restaurant when it was closed and storyboarded using my digital camera. My friends and I acted out the entire script and took pictures of the shots I wanted. Sadly I could only convince three of my friends to help me, and I had a cast of 7 characters, this meant that we had to double up, and 2 of us would have to play both a man and a woman. Myself and my friend donned the wigs and acted out our various scenes, and photo’s were taken. We were not very attractive but for the purposes of the storyboard, it was suitable.

The essay then goes on to explain how at the beginning of this project I was slightly over confident and cocky. Being the idiot that I am I did not see the problems that were right in front of me. I also talked about being slightly let down by a couple of people throughout the whole year. This led me to the conclusion of my essay which I am particularly proud of.

I hope that this time next year, when I am approaching the end of this course, if I am writing another one of these evaluation essays I will be writing about the overwhelming sense of achievement and have nothing negative to say. If all goes according to plan that’s what will happen. I am on the whole satisfied with my creative project and I know that next time I will not make the same mistakes I have this time. Many years ago a great man named George Lucas wrote a trilogy of films, and if I may quote from the the finale of said trilogy, I feel this sums up a couple of my weakness’s.

Luke Skywalker

“ Your over confidence is your weakness.”

The Emperor

”and your faith in your friends is yours”

I feel that sums up two of my larger weakness’s I encountered throughout this project, sadly I couldn’t find a suitably apt quote about suffering from a slight sense of disorganization and depression about personal finances. 

My impossible search continues.

So that's it for the majority of my paperwork. Tomorrow morning I am in the edit suite to hopefully finish off the movie, then tomorrow afternoon I am off to Edinburgh for Ian's Wedding. 

Which I am now looking forward to so much more that the paperwork is out of the way. It's such a good feeling.

A weight has been lifted.

Literally.

I've been carrying around that folder in my bag for months now.

I am still not finished everything. I still need to write another factual script, write a 1000 word essay about starting your own business in the media industry and finish up the edit on the movie. Not too mention fixing all the stuff on the paperwork I just handed in.

But for this weekend, I am no longer the gigantic ball of stress I once was. 

I'm a medium sized ball of stress.

In other news I have finally managed to track down a Boat Hat.

Regular readers will be aware I've been looking for a suitable boat hat for Kevs Stag Do for a while now. 

Thank you very much to my friend Laura for pointing me in the right direction to find the most perfect stag do boat hat you've ever seen.

It has been ordered and delivery is within the next 5-12 days. I leave for Kev's Stag Do in 7 day. 

So here's hoping it arrives in time.

Anyway off to Ian's wedding I go.

I haven't posted about Ian's stag do yet, I wanted to get the wedding out of the way first. Plus I have been incredibly busy with the previously mentioned paperwork. I'll get round to it sometime within the next couple of weeks.

Now I must leave you. I'm off to celebrate handing in my paperwork with a bowl of spaghetti and a caramel slice!

Thats All For Now 

Until Next Time 

Have A Nice 

Andy G 

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Production Diary Entry 8: That's a wrap!

Hi

Hows it goin?

Filming has been completed on my movie.

Thank fuck for that!

Last Thursday myself and my camera man Ian went to the restaurant and filmed some close up's and cutaways and the wide shots with my extras.

I sent around 10 people a text asking if they can come along and be an extra, only 2 responded.

Seems I may not be as popular as I think I am.

A massive thank you to Stevo, Nik, Sean and Lara who came along and played the roles of the other customers. They did a fantastic job and I am very grateful to all of them.

They worked well the lines of dialogue I came up for them, having watched the movie approximately 217 times this week while editing, I have come to the realisation that the majority of this film is a series of in jokes that only 3 people at a time will get.

That is slightly worrying.

But at least those 3 people will enjoy it, well, hopefully they will, they should at least smirk.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to all my cast and crew.

Everyone did really well, despite my lack of organisation.

Now it's onto the edit. Which so far is proving to be a challenge.

I am not the best on Avid editing software. I have 3 weeks to go until everything has to be handed in, so at the moment I am a giant ball of stress.

Here's a pic of the scene I spent editing yesterday morning. It features the always awesome Jonny Mountain, and John King as The Rude Man and James Payne as Steve The Waiter.

With any luck I will be finished editing within a couple of weeks and then if its any good ill put it on you tube, but if it's crap I will burn it to dvd, then I will put that dvd in a box, then I will take that box to a secret location, then when I will throw that box down a well, then I will blow up the well with dynamite.

And no one will ever see how crap my movie is, it will become the stuff of legend, it unseen movie of Andy G, people will talk about it for years to come. People will say it was TOO good, it was TOO entertaining, the human brain could not cope with the levels of awesomeness contained in that film, that's why Andy G had to blow it up with dynamite, to protect the world from too much of a good thing.

It certainly had nothing to do with the movie being complete and utter crap!

That's All For Now

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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Production Diary Entry 7: Hiatus

Hi

Hows it goin?

Filming is currently on hiatus, the main reason for this is the college is closed for easter holidays. Also for the past few weeks the majority of the equipment has been very difficult to get hold of. Also I have been a very disorganised and under motivated, lazy bugger and not done much.

I am hoping to finish filming by end of April at latest, this gives me all of May and June to get the edit done, assuming I get off my fat ass and actually do some work.

In the mean time I will be helping other people on various productions.

I am acting for Sol, you can read about his film HERE.

I am also acting and helping Cat on her film, I can't remember what job I have for Cat. I think it's runner, which is code for Bitch.

I am also meant to be doing sound on Natalies film, and I think that's it. I may have forgotten someone, sorry.

So that's it.

Since I haven't done much lately, I have included some videos that my classmates have done in recent weeks.

You will no doubt notice that they are all very good, and my classmates are vastly more talented than I.

Our class was recently asked to participate in the celtic film festival, the entry requirements were to make a one minute film based on the theme, Green. You can interpret that anyway you want. I didn't enter anything, mainly cos lately I have been a miserable bastard and couldn't motivate myself to make anything. Just as well I didn't, as the films made by my classmates were very good and they would most certainly have beaten any shite I came up with.

Please find below several videos made by my very talented classmates. But if you're reading them on facebook then you won't be able to see them!!

So CLICK HERE

Maija's entry. With this she has secured a place in the festival and is getting a free trip to Ireland.

Another winning Entry from KP and Laurence. They too are off to Ireland for free

Becca's Entry

Ian's entry

Sol also entered a film and also won a place on the free trip to Ireland, he hasn't uploaded his yet.
It's very good tho.


This next video has nothing to do with the Celtic media festival, it's something my classmate Scott made in his own time.



if you like this there are 7 more on his You Tube Page.

Congrats to the guys who are off to Ireland, hope you guys have a great time.


Have a Guiness for me.


Thats All For Now

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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Production Diary Entry 6: Filming Day One

Hi

Hows it goin?

Day one of filming is over, and it went very well. I got every shot I wanted plus a little extra. 

I spent Monday morning acting in a Struans' (one of my classmates) film. 

His film is called "Strands" and is a series of sketches which take place in a restaurant, his film is far better than mine and I look forward to seeing the finished product. 

In "Strands" I play a french chef with a bad attitude and a problem with alphabeti spaghetti. Since I am playing a chef in both Struans film and my own, we decided that they should be related. So we decided that the chef in my film will be the twin brother of the chef in Struans film.

So technically Struans film is a prequel to mine. This does concern me slightly as my film will likely be viewed as the inferior sequel to Struans.

But never mind.

Filming started at 4pm on last Monday, we managed to get almost all of the kitchen scenes done and a couple of the front of house scenes.

I would like to say a massive thank you to all the cast and crew who were in attendance, and in particular Dave Morrison, who is playing himself. 

I knew he would be the best man for the job.

The next day, myself and Ian( the camera man)  viewed the rushes with our course leader, Paul. He was impressed and said he was looking for good direction and he saw it!

HELL YEAH!

Andy Speilberg!

Admittedly there were a couple of minor camera issues but that's only a couple of minor re shoots and not much hassle.

Filming continues this Sunday with the rest of the cast, where we will be filming most of the front of house stuff. I will be needing extra's in a couple of weeks. I'll post details on here when I have a better idea of scheduling. 

I don't want to put any footage from the actual film online yet, not until it's finished. But as a little treat I'll let you have a look at some of the rehearsal footage. I don't want to give away any major lot points so I've just compiled together a few clips of the scenes of the rude man and of the kitchen staff.

Hope you enjoy.

If anyone from Tapas Towers happens to be reading this, make sure when you watch the video you pay particular attention to the dialogue in the kitchen scene. 

Where are the table of 15 going?

If you can't see the video above then stop reading this crap on facebook and click here.

Here's a couple of pics of the cast in character.

The French Chef from "Strands"

 His twin brother in "The Playhouse"

Henry The Head Chef, Christopher Kennedy and Chef Dave.

Steve the Waiter and Christopher Kennedy.

It's hard to make out but in Steve The Waiters pocket that is a fork. This film is essentially filled with in jokes that only a fraction of the audience will understand.

The fork in the pocket being one of them.

Thats All For Now

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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Production Diary Entry 5: The Cast

Hi

Hows it goin?

The cast is locked and loaded, shooting commences in 5 days!

Crap!

I realised the other day, there is a chance this will be the only movie I will ever make. So I'm damn well gonna be in it. I have taken a small role, only a couple of lines. I did consider playing the rude man so I can portray how much of an asshole some customers are. But I need to be behind the camera and The Rude Man is a major character and I want to be behind the camera more than in front of it.

I am going to be acting in 3 of my classmates films, these will all be shown at The Forum over summer so anyone who wants to see my amazing acting skills as well as my little film on the big screen is more than welcome to come.

Anyway, without further a due, It is with great pride I present to you, the cast of my upcoming movie.

"The Playhouse"

 Althea Campagnoli will be The Rude Mans Wife

 Andy G will be Head Chef Henry

 Daniel Wellard will be Christopher Kennedy

 Chef Dave Morrison will be Himself

Fiona Jayne Massie will be Nikki The Waitress

Graham Mcconnell will be Vinnie The Owner

James Payne will be Steve The Waiter

John King will be The Rude Man

Jonny Mountain will be Bobby The Barman

Jonny has the honour of being the only person to name his own character, he was so happy when he decided on a name he called me at 2am while very drunk to share the news.


Which was nice.
I was thinking if this film is well received, then I might make some more and develop them into a web based series.  I found this video which has some good advice on how to make a web series, It's quite helpful and it has Mr Belding from Saved By The Bell in it. 
So you know it's good.

If you can't see the video above then stop reading this crap on facebook and CLICK HERE


Thats All For Now

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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Production Diary Entry 4: The Auditions

Hi

Hows it goin?

So as you may be aware I held auditions last week for my upcoming movie.

I had my crew in place and I was prepared for any crowd control issues.

After some slight technical difficulties we managed to get the camera up and running.

Sadly the attendance was not what I had hoped for. I had about 20-30 people tell me they were coming, 

only 9 showed up.

9 good ones tho.

I have given the script a small re write and written out one of the waitress's, and I am now short of just one character. I have asked someone to take the role and he said he will get back to me on Monday if he is interested. I don't want to say too much incase it doesn't happen, but if it does it will be AWESOME, cos this guy is really, really good. 

But if he's not interested, then I'm buggered.

I've also decided to take on one of the roles myself. If I'm gonna make a movie I'm damn well gonna be in it. 

Only a small part, I'm gonna play the role of Henry the head chef, It's only a two line part and I will have experience in chef acting as I am playing a chef in another classmates film.

My first Audition of the evening was the wonderful Althea.

As you can tell she was pretty excited to be part of this monumental event.

I was slightly concerned as I was technically hiring the restaurant for my own purposes, I didn't want anyone coming in looking for a meal. I made a polite notice and that seemed to do the trick.

So that's most of the cast sorted out, and hopefully I'll have them finalised within a few days.

Thats All For Now

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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Production Diary Entry 3: Audition Information

Hi
Hows it goin?


As some of you may be aware I am making a movie.
And to make a movie you need actors.
And to find actors you need auditions.
So with that in mind, I will be holding auditions for my film on

Monday February 8th.




If you are interested then please come along.

If you would like more information then send me an email and I will forward you an email with all the details, including filming dates and times, the script, and various other information.
Andy@randomandom.com
If you want to audition but can't make the date above then send me an email and I can arrange another date.


I have 8 characters up for grabs plus extra's.

For details of the character please click here

Come on you know you want to!!






Thats All For Now


Until Next Time


Have A Nice


Andy G

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Production Diary Entry 1: The Script

Hi

Hows it goin?

As some of you will know I have to make a film for school. I have asked around for a cast and a few people have said they would be in it. I have finished the script. There have been 3 so far.

My original script was far too long, I wrote a second script which was again too long. I now have my third and hopefully final version. A few people have read it and said they like it. Although they might just be being polite and secretly thought it was shit. This would not surprise me. All 3 of my scripts are based around real things that happened to me throughout my quite dull life as a restaurant monkey. I have tried to jazz up these incidents but I suspect it needs more work. Just some fine tuning. Its not so much a comedy as it is a satire. I am back at school tomorrow and then the real work begins. I am hoping to start filming by February. If your interested in being in this film then get in touch. You won't get any money but you will get paid in beer. Filming will be every sunday at Vincents, (the restaurant which is good enough to employ me)

Before filming I will need to get all my paper work sorted, this is a pain but needs to be done. This also includes a storyboard, sadly I have zero artistic skills so I will be using photo's. I plan to head over to the restaurant within a week or two and start taking hundred upon hundreds of pictures of the location, and the various shots I will be using. I have had the past two weeks off but have done very, very little, I only left the house 3 times.

Some of my class mates and I have set up a youtube page so we can put up some vlogs about our film making experience. As I said I haven't done nearly as much as I probably should have so there's not much for me to say yet. Hopefully more to follow

Thats All For Now

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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Casting Call

Hi

Hows it going?

As I mentioned the other day I am making a film for school, and as such I need a cast. And I have decided to turn to you!

Would you like to be in my movie?

There is nothing dodgy going on.

The Film is called The Playhouse, filming is scheduled to start in mid-late January every sunday, this will probably take a few weeks. Be warned we will be starting in the morning and working throughout the day. Filming will take place In Aberdeen, in the restaurant where I work.

Sadly, as this is a student film, no money can be offered as payment, this is because I have none. I will however be very grateful and will buy you lots of drinks!

This film is being made as part of my course, so it will be shown to everyone doing my course as well as all my lecturers, and if it is good enough it may be shown in The Belmont Cinema in Aberdeen.

How cool is that?

Imagine if you are lucky enough to get a part in my film, you could tell people your away to the Cinema to see YOUR FILM (well more specifically my film, that you are in.)

This Film has been written by and will be directed by me.

Be warned, If you choose to participate in this film you MUST COMMIT! If you don't turn up for one days filming then you will really fuck up my film, and my chance of graduating.

If you are interested please get in touch, Although please be aware just cos you send me an email it doesn't mean you'll get a part.

You need to Audition, In order to get this into the belmont I need people who can act.

The first draft of the script has been written, It will probably change cover the next few weeks and there is a chance that certain characters may be written out, and new ones brought in to replace them, but at the moment the characters are as follows

Christopher Kennedy

He is The Manager of the Restaurant, Its his whole life, He is very very dedicated to his job, and for the most part is quite good at it. He is slightly gullible and the staff occasionally take advantage of this. He loves his job and gets on very well with the customers, mainly because he sucks up to them so much.

Steve The Waiter

A smart arse, but a good one. Full time waiter in the restaurant.

Doesn't really care that much about the job, but gets on with it.

Generally well liked by the staff.

Waitress 1

She's a waitress, this is a small part with only a couple of lines but integral to the story.

She will also be seen in the background.

Waitress 2

She's a waitress, this is a small part with only a couple of lines but integral to the story.

She will also be seen in the background.

The Rude Man

A rude customer in the restaurant, very arrogant, this is a main character,

and the whole story revolves around him.

The Rude Mans Wife

A non speaking part, she attempts to speak but gets cut off by her rude husband.

Vinnie The Owner

A very Intimidating person, owns the restaurant, very rich, very well dressed,

looks a bit like a gangster. Doesn't take shit from any one

Henry The Head Chef

Head Chef of The Playhouse, older guy, doesn't like most of the staff.

Just gets on with the job, gets angry when customers complain about the food for no reason.

Second Chef Dave

This is a small part, one one line of dialogue but I am thinking about

expanding this character in a re write.

As well as the above characters I do need several "Background Artists" (extra's). The film is set in a restaurant and as such, I will need people in the background who are eating dinner. The cheapest microwaveable food known to man will be provided as props. This will be a true test of your acting ability as you will need to look like your enjoying it.

Anyone wanting to be an extra will also get a free drink. If your eating in a restaurant then you will be drinking won't you.

Anyone interested in auditioning please get in touch and let me know what part you are interested in.

Andy@randomandom.com

Until Next Time

Have A Nice

Andy G

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