The Apocalypse (Otherwise known as Jourdan has finally written on the blog)

After relentless pestering, Michael has finally guilted me into writing on the blog.

As an actress in the film (and dedicated reader of the blog), I suppose it was about time. It wasn't that I didn't want to...but how do you sum up such a huge experience in a few blog posts? of course, that thought process is ridiculous. Michael has about nine million more things to think about and do for this film, and he's managed it.

I guess I should start from the beginning. Michael pitched the idea to me some time last year, and I immediately fell in love with the idea. It was such an interesting concept. I was intrigued y the idea of two young women who have grown separately but in similar ways. I immediately related to the character of Marcy, who at times is paralyzed by her fear of failure. Perhaps the prospect of failure at blogging is behind my delay. Regardless, I remember telling Michael that I had never been as excited about a project than I was about this one.  We both felt that this film would be a turning point--the culmination of what we had learned from Michael Tucker films past. All of this before we had even fully developed a plot.

Perhaps the most interesting experience was finally meeting Shashona (who plays Emily Marbleberry) for the first time. We had never met somehow, even during the making of the Prologue. I had heard about her, seen her work, and had developed  a slight panic at the thought of actually meeting her. I'll admit it: I was flat out intimidated. She was the Santa Cruz version of me. How weird is that? Even stranger was the fact that in all my years making movies with Michael, I had seldom worked with another female. The extent would be a brief dialogue and then I'd be back to acting with the boys. This film would be an adventure to be sure.

I am happy to announce that Shashona and I clicked immediately. The first night I met her, it was literally like encountering a dear friend I had not seen in several years. I thought, "This just might work." And work, I believe it did. Whatever you have seen of Shashona in other films, let me just tell you... you ain't seen nothing yet. This girl is the real deal. Shashona is this fantastically perky spirit--but when she snaps into the character of Emily, it's like a switch has been flipped. Her character and change in demeanor are almost palpable. It's unreal! The way she can take herself in and out of that character is insane. I can't wait for all of you to see just how phenomenal she is.

I intend to write more about the people involved in the production of this movie (not to mention, the fabulous director, who deserves a blog post of his own, to be sure), but I think I'll leave it at this for now. This is a pretty meaty blog post--and if I write about everything now, what will you have to look forward to?

Until next time.

The Poster of Amilia Marbleberry and Marcy Stills

Hello hello.

I present the poster for The Reunion of Amilia Marbleberry and Marcy Stills.

I've been working on it for a little while now, and with a little help, it is now ready to be shown to people.

Other updates:

- Still working on the fine cut, and soon it will be put through the sound editing process

- Starting to go about getting music clearances for festival showing

- Still finishing up that feature that we are editing

- New website is being worked on...with the launch of the new website will come the trailer for the movie, etc

Side note--we went to disneyland this weekend!  It was awesome!  We all had lots of fun.  That's all.

More news as it breaks.

~Michael

Update -- Rough Cut Done

The rough cut of the movie is done.  It has been shown to a number of people...and I've gotten a lot of really good and helpful feedback.  It's also been nice because all of the feedback has been very positive!

At the moment I'm sitting next to Alex in the Colemanfilm studio (my friend's place) where Alex and I have been editing this other feature film project.

Today, however, we're taking a break and going over each others' movies to help each other make a final cut.  Hopefully he'll have his picture locked by tonight, but at the moment he's editing the first pass of a trailer for The Reunion. So far, it looks awesome, and I'm glad he was excited about doing it because it's hard to be objective enough about your own film to edit a trailer for it.  So anyway, that will be coming soon.

As always, I will try to keep you updated.  I'd like to take this opportunity to say that if anyone who reads this (I think there are some) has any questions or comments, suggestions, requests, etc. please let me know!  Any kind of anything to help give me some direction and structure would be awesome.

So, let me know!  Until next time,

~Michael