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| ReNewzit |
A couple of
weeks ago, a project that I contributed to, in a small way, was completed. The
project was the short film, ReNewzit, by screenwriter and producer Randy LaBarge and director Nat Saenz of 2047 Productions. ReNewzit is a locally
produced comedy short about an amazing cleaning product.
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| Randy LaBarge |
I can’t
show the actual film, yet, but I can show the ‘Behind the Scenes’ video. I know
that ReNewzit proper is entered as a short film at WorldCon in Messukeskus, Helsinki,Finland, from August 9th to the 13th. ReNewzit is also entered
in the Tri-Fi Film Festival in Richland, Washington in October. If the producer
enters ReNewzit into other
film festivals, I’ll post an alert. As soon as the
season’s film festivals are completed and I have permission from Nat Saenz, I’ll
post a link to the film itself. It’s a crack up.
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| Nat Saenz |
As I said, I
had a small part in the production. The credits list me as a ‘Script Assistant.’
I actually spent part of my time as a ‘grip’ and part of my time carrying a clipboard
and recording scene sequence information (that’s the script assistant part.)
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| Jeff Bailey |
While I
didn’t actually have a role as a writer, I learned so much that the experience
was almost overwhelming. Seeing how these artists put a scene together and how
much effort was applied to every detail was an education in itself. I was
surprised at how much I found that I could apply to the process of writing a
novel. I immediately came home after the final day of shooting and rewrote some
of my chapters. I have started advising new writers to write a scene as though
you were describing a movie to a blind man. I’m still applying some of what I
learned to my latest project. For me, the experience was like cross-training in
the sports world.
As authors, if you ever get a chance to
work/volunteer on the writing and/or production of a film (of any length) with
a truly professional crew, I highly recommend the experience. I can’t wait for
my next opportunity to work ‘behind the scenes.’
My name is Jeff Bailey.
I write nuclear thrillers for a reason, I’ve worked in nuclear related
industries, from nuclear weapons to nuclear research, for fifty years. Deer Hawk Publications released my
first book, The
Defect in June of 2016. In The
Defect, I tell the story of a terrorist attack on a nuclear
power plant and why the government covered it up. The
Defect is based on true events. Deer Hawk Publications is scheduled
to release I’m
a Marine in the summer of 2017. I’m
a Marine is about a female aviation firefighter in the U.S. Marines who
witnesses the murder of two M.P.s. She decides that it is her duty to stop
them. Keep in mind that I write nuclear thrillers. The
Chilcoat Project, to be released in spring of 2018, is about the theft
of nuclear weapons secrets from a national laboratory. The
Chilcoat Project is also based on true events. My current project, Wine
Country, is based on the true story of the Radioactive Boy Scout, but
with a more sinister twist.
Welcome to my World
