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The Routes of Wild Flowers
Jon Brence’s The Routes of Wild Flowers studies its four main characters through a lens of compassion, agreeing rather than mocking or objectively observing their struggles.
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Living the Dream
Independent producer Justin Barber will donate bone marrow for film, but he won't unclog your toilet. Or maybe he will, for a few bucks.
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Making It In Los Angeles
Less than a year after completing work on The Routes of Wild Flowers, actor CJ Hammel packed his bags and moved out to Studio City. In the last six months, he's already landed two national commercials and hopes to pursue work as a character actor. Below he talks briefly about what it takes to make it in Los Angeles.
"It’s just a matter of working hard. It’s a tough work to break into becoming a full time actor, but you just have to have the will. It’s a war of attrition. A...
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Notes on Collaboration
"As much as all of us—at least I do—have this stupid boy fantasy of, “I want to be famous one day,”…in the end I’m much more interested in seeing what you—the hypothetical you—can bring to the table in terms of working together and collaborating. The one thing that made The Routes of Wild Flowers and my movie Planet successful was that they were really collaborative experiences. Everyone had different skill sets and different experience sets. It was interesting trying to push, ...
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Others' Opportunities
"I'm not necessarily attracted to simply stories that I write, but I would really love to develop stories that people just have a strong vision of and need to do--primarily new works; I'm not too crazy about the revitalization of classics. I'm really hoping to help people establish themselves...I see too many people who give up. They go to the cubicle job; they take their parents advice and take the easy route. I really want people to follow their dreams. I really want to give people as much op...
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Thoughts About Improvisation
"It’s great to have the script, but it’s also great to have the freedom to fully explore your character through improvisation. Some of the best moments can come out of that--when all of your characters are reacting to one another and not necessarily focusing on what has to be said."~ Clare Fogerty (The Routes of Wild Flowers)
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