How are you World? A brand new year to look forward to, so much potential and excitement,
that's why everyone loves a new year. Yes?
The New Year started off great for me. Four auditions in two weeks, two callbacks from
the four auditions and the contract from the option should be coming soon in a week or
two. Out of the two callbacks, one was a commercial that I didn't get and the other
is an industrial, which I'll find out next week.
Industrials are those videos that big companies make for their employees. Most of them
are training videos for the employees. Some are advertising videos they sent out to
prospective customers. I've done a few industrials, the pay is good but the subject
tends to be kind of bland.
A problem on the horizon
I've talked about living in Los Angeles and the standard of living here. It costs a
penny or two to live in paradise. Well, a paradise of smog and snobs couple with a
green ocean. The job I have now, waiting tables, doesn't fulfill that standard of living.
I know what you're saying, Charlie stop going out so much. Believe me, I go out to get
fresh air and that's all the going out I'm doing. I've got some cash saved up but I can
see the pile getting smaller and smaller.
I've always thought about being a male escort. Now no one is saying that I'm great looking
or great in bed but I can hold quite a conversation. Yours truly can listen with the best
of them. I do the head nodding, always have something to add to the conversation and won't
cut you off to put in my two cent. If you're paying for a good time, my two-cent can wait.
The problem is that I want to be a straight male escort. Is there such a thing? Nothing
against gay men but I'm not into them. I want to escort women; women of all ages,
shapes and sizes. If anyone knows anything about this, please help. Any advice would be
appreciated.
Agents and Managers
The producers are hammering out the contract for the option of Above Paradise. One
of the biggest problems new writers have in getting an agent is that they won't give them
the time of day.
Agents don't want to bother with new writers. They want writers they can make money off of.
I've heard tons of advice on this matter. Some have said that you need to get an agent to
get work. Some mentions that you need to work and then the agent will come to you. Kind of
confusing, which is which?
What it comes down to is you, the writer, have to write something amazing that people want
to read and make into a movie. Once you've written that amazing spec script, get it in the
hands of producers, directors, actors, whomever with a connection to the film business. They
are out there. It could be your cousin's girlfriend's brother's roommate who works for a
production company. YOU have to find that connection.
I've never had a problem finding a talent agent. I don't know why? I found out in San
Francisco and found one in Los Angeles. My talents and years as a writer double my talents
and years of experience as an actor. I've been trying to find a literary agent for four
years. A few agents have been nice to request a script to read but I never hear back from
them.
The producers who are optioning the script have been nice enough to call a few agents on
our behalf. The agents will see us because we are bringing them a project and people are
interested to make the script into a movie. Which, in turn, will make them money. They
want writers they can sell.
They can sell writers with a produced credit (a script made into a movie) than someone who
doesn't. This produced credit tells the buyers (the studios and investors) they people love
your work enough to make a movie out of it. Making a movie is like climbing up a mountain
of mud in the rain while pulling a wagon.
Hong Kong bound
On Feb 1st, I'll be flying to Hong Kong and hanging out for five days.
How's the weather in Hong Kong this time of year?
I need people to be nice to me and show me around the town. If you people out in Hong Kong
have any suggestions, please let me know.
Until next time...
Written by Charlie Cheng
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