Happy Halloween--Writer/Director Kenny Beaumont and Family

Before there was A Nightmare on Elm Street, before Alien there was "The Tingler" (1959). A parasite that attaches to your spine causing hallucinatory nightmares that kill you. It grows stronger when you are afraid. This film is a classic from the mind of horror director/producer William Castle. When the film came out there was also a device attached to seats in some movie theaters called Percepto! which when activated by onscreen action violently vibrated your seat. How cool is that?

October

October is my favorite time for being a movie fan/geek. There are so many crazy films from present and past available with just the click of your hand on the remote. I just watched Roman Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). Comedy horror at it's best well before Shawn of the Dead. What is also great is the European title for this film Pardon Me, But Your Fangs Are In My Neck!  Stay tuned for more.

I kinda love all the things hidden just out of frame in this shot - watch out for the boom when you shift.---Cinematographer Eduardo Fierro

Rob Tuscani

Film Crew Slang

Bump: A bump is a one-time pay bonus offered to a crew member for a specialty service performed such as a stunt, operating special equipment or being a Special Business Extra.

Special Business Extra: An extra who has been coached by the director to perform a specific action during a scene. They might be answering a telephone, dropping an item, guarding a door etc. In the credits you will see them listed as Policeman#1 or Man on Phone etc.

Extra: Actors who may walk around or appear in a scene but do not speak on screen. They are background and some may mime speaking.

Friend's Pics

I took this photo right before we started our screening yesterday. Over 10 years of hustling to get to this point. Free jobs, pack your camera in your car jobs, favor jobs, jobs in the desert, jobs through the night, gaffing for other DP's, working in photo as an assistant, working as a PA, getting coffee for others, relationships, lost time with my kids, upsetting the Union, Joining the Union, paying to stay in the Union, making other people successful, recognizing your Achilles heels and developing them. All those pounds of flesh we threw into the fire. This circuitous route has led us here, to this screening room, screening our movie as tears roll down the faces of the some of the most elite powerbrokers in the film business as they expeditiously determine what is next. The buzz, that lightness knowing, there wasn't anymore you could do, that you put it out there on the line not for just this movie but for your entire life.----Cinematographer Leo Jaramillo

Today was hard.
But I am happy with what we got.---Cinematographer Eduardo Fierro

Well I think I did well.
For not having the right tools.
Helping my friend do her Opera Prima. Good job so far 😜💥👊🏼💪🏼 Jena Rice "Me, You and Gasoline"