We start shooting today. Rather than wear the god-awful outfit Devi had in mind for me (she wanted me to wear fucking suspenders…come on!) I opted to cook up some fresh-ass Zed-threads on my own. Thus was created the awesome ass BZTD logo which appears on my shirt in the movie and would later become the official band logo. Read the rest of this entry »
“I needed the fucking shirts an hour ago, dude!”
Posted in Cast, Making trippin', Zed's Pipe DreamsJuly 30th, 2006 by Zed Wilson (actor?)
Welcome to Zed’s Pipe Dreams…
Posted in Zed's Pipe DreamsJuly 29th, 2006 by Zed Wilson (actor?)
Disclaimer: The Deviant Downers are sketchy on being affiliated with “illegal” activities…of course, nothing illegal WHATSOEVER will be going on during the production of this flick.
So, my goal with this little journal is to log some of my favorite and not so favorite parts about the magic of movie making, and hip some of you fuckers to the for real skizzness on the production of my awesome fucking movie. Okay, Okay. Correction: Our awesome fucking movie.
1 Week Before the Shoot…
Posted in Diary of a Directrix, Making trippin', On the Fest CircuitJuly 28th, 2006 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
With but a week left before principal shooting, there were a ton of last minute details to contend with – finalizing storyboards, shot list and shooting schedule, script revisions, travel coordination and the list goes on. So naturally, our producer Agustin and I did what any over-worked, stressed out indie filmmakers would do under the circumstances… go to Comic-Con! Woo-hoo!
In all seriousness, that’s exactly what we did and it turned out to be a lifesaver. It wasn’t an impulsive decision. Our short film Confederate Zombie Massacre! was finishing up its fest tour their and we weren’t about to miss that. Read the rest of this entry »
Becoming Mickey…
Posted in Cast, Making trippin'June 28th, 2006 by Heathyr Clift
The audition was exciting for me on a personal and professional level. I remember walking into that little classroom at Columbia, thinking how strange it was to be back there. (I got my Bachelor’s at Columbia). I had been digesting the sides and “improv” for weeks, and was thrilled about the opportunity to audition for Mickey. Read the rest of this entry »The trippin’ Casting Couch…
Posted in Cast, Making trippin'June 6th, 2006 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
Casting trippin’ was quite the production. We held live auditions in Mishawaka, Indiana, Chicago and Cleveland and we also accepted video auditions from all over the world. 
I was receiving about 50 e-mails a day for the better part of 6 weeks and I responded to each and every one personally.
It’s a lot of work, but I highly recommend it. You can weed out a lot of scary folks just by their e-mail correspondence. My favorite was the guy who kept mentioning his father was Dennis Farina, then quickly saying, “but don’t bring my father into this because I’m only interested in being cast because of my acting and not because of my connections.” Dude, then why bring it up every chance you get? Jeez. Read the rest of this entry »