When A Town Comes Together, We All Win
April 3, 2008 by pablo · Leave a Comment
Okay, so this is what we are looking at for our event on Saturday - we are expecting close to a hundred people to attend our cocktail party/reception/fundraiser! This literally blows me away, the kind of support we are getting from the Old Pueblo (Tucson). Read more
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What Is It About Kids and Cameras?
April 1, 2008 by pablo · Leave a Comment
Quick story: During the shooting of Runnin’ At Midnite there was a scene that required our lead, Manny Vidal, to ride a bike through the streets of South Tucson. Now, being as we made the @$# movie for, oh, about 50k, we didn’t have any car rigs or camera mounts to speak of - but what we did have was a pickup truck. So, Robert Ballo, our DP, and myself, we strapped down our Sony 700 HDCAM into the back of a pickup and tried to get the footage that way. Read more
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How The Savior Complex Hurts Us All
March 29, 2008 by pablo · Leave a Comment
While I was raising funds and awareness for Runnin’ At Midnite a common criticism I received was that I was trying to fill inner-city kids heads with unrealistic dreams and aspirations of being actors or filmmakers. Their thinking went something like this: these kids are trying to survive day-by-day, and here I come with all these ideas and opportunities and then “whoosh”, I’m gone, and the kids are left with their previous lives, which may or may not be more daunting than before. Read more
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Why Not A Documentary? Part 1
February 25, 2008 by pablo · Leave a Comment
In a recent guest lecture I gave at USC, I was asked by a student whether or not Libertad was a documentary, and if it wasn’t, why not? Interestingly, a lot of people thought Runnin’ At Midnite was going to be a documentary. I understand why, too - I’m covering social issues in my films; the people and neighborhoods I work in are real; and they are usually based on real circumstances or events. All true, and most of those elements are usually found in documentaries and not feature narratives. Read more
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