No Free Rides.

People piss me off.. I had some guy contact me about making his movie. From the first conversation I could tell that this clown was NOT the kind of person I wanted to collaborate with. For the purpose of telling the story, I’ll call him Bob. In our first phone conversation Bob was rude, arrogant and very unprofessional. Out of some morbid curiosity I humored Bob’s constant blabbering. I really held the conversation to see if he was legit, or if he was just one of those people that talk about how successful they WILL be. Long story short, after our initial conversation I didn’t call Bob back. 

The crazy thing is that one of Bob’s friends, is a really cool person. I invited her to come to the set of one of my short films to help out. I’ll call her Sue, for the sake of storytelling. Sue was professional, intelligent and had a lot of great ideas on set. We shot the film and everyone left happy. Well, a few days later Bob calls me on my cell. Bob says he’s upset that I didn’t call him back, but, he would give me another chance. When he said that I couldn’t believe the arrogance… I’ll be the first to tell you that I’m not the best director, DP, screenwriter or anything else, but damn this guy was FULL of shit. Bob asks me why I never called him back and I told him that I caught a bad vibe from our previous conversation. I went on to tell him that in order to collaborate with someone artistically on a project, it’s important that the collaborators have mutual ideas, creative direction and respect for each other.  He agreed and we hung up. Well this morning I had 3 emails from Bob. 

Bob told me his idea for a movie.. basically, it was about a group of teens lost in the woods being pursued by a killer. In a very professional way, I told him that I was not interested. Here’s his response.

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BOB to me
show details 11:11 AM (5 hours ago) Reply
That’s a load off my mind. Out of my relationship to SUES’s husband, and for no other reason, what I provided you was nothing more than an opportunity to prove yourself to me. You’ve only convinced me that you don’t have what I need in a DP.
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Justin Mosley to BOB
show details 12:01 PM (4 hours ago) Reply
I do not have to prove myself to anyone, especially someone looking for a free ride.   It was nice talking with you. Good luck with your first film.

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Seriously folks.. If you’re interested in shooting a film and you want a collaborator to help make it happen, I’m ALL ABOUT IT. I love art. But if you’re a person that’s never shot a film in your life… DON’T be an arrogant prick to people you want to work with! Even if you’re a celebrated filmmaker.. DON’T be an arrogant prick.

It’s a good day… but,

I spilled coffee all down my right side. The coffee wasn’t hot (thank god) but it did leave brown stains on my pants and shirt. I’m glad I drink my coffee black… I still smell horrible though. My boss buys this coffee called Jamaican Blue because he’s a penny pincher…Yeah it pretty raunchy, but it’s not too bad. 

Anyway, I’ve got three different roofing companies looking at my house. I’m trying to decide which one is gonna screw me over for less money. They all seem like decent people but business is tough these days…But I can understand their situation… All self-employed individuals are quaking because of our unstable economy. (Thanks George). My situation looks fairly optimistic.. Just shot a short film over the weekend. Production was fun and everyone had a great time. BUT!!!! Now it’s time to edit. Editing is usually my favorite thing to do. The reason it sucks this time is because I don’t have all the footage I need to complete the film. My good friend Allen directed this particular project, so I blame him. I’m not too worried though. I’ll find some half-ass transition point to substitute for a good one. I’ll composite some crazy shit in After effects to make up for the lack of usable footage. Speaking of unusable footage… I had a few new crewmembers join the Sub_American team for this last project. They were awesome individuals that brought creative ideas and energy to the set. However,…. almost all the footage has boom mic in the frame. I don’t blame the operator, I blame my camera… apparently the actual frame is larger than what the LCD shows. So, literally 85% of the shots have the dipping shotgun mic. But that’s cool.. I’ll fix it with some compositing and digitally remove the mic. You see where I’m going with this???? I have to fix EVERYTHING in post. As if that wasn’t bad enough, I have 8 days to submit this film for a festival in JUNE… yeah, I’m fucked, but I’m happy     

 

Hellcrawler.com: Undiscovered Artists

I’ve always been a huge fan of unique art. So, instead of keeping this undiscovered treasure to myself I decided to make a website dedicated to bringing more attention to Audio, Visual and Motion artists! The Internet is so cluttered with junk that it’s hard to find the good stuff, so I made www.Hellcrawler.com to help people find quality artists. Granted, most of the artists featured on Hellcrawler are of the dark sort (SORRY KIDS, NO PORN lol). I love artists that take us to new places within ourselves. I ONLY list the BEST undiscovered talent. Go check it out! Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks, Justin