The Mopper

Adrian and I acted in a film last year for a friend.

We were great.

Its called The Mopper.

Logline...
A mopey Janitor has a run in with a Co-Worker that lingers... in the mind... and the heart... and the soul... of a man... who is probably going through something pretty significant.

David is great.

So here is the deal, in a couple weeks the Senior Exhibition is coming up at the UTA Gallery. This is a pretty cool deal. You should all go, I am screening a new cut of North Street Bummer, it will be different, if you have seen it before it will be different. I just said that twice. Indeed I am confirming the allegations, Big Hands is moving into post, I am very proud of Aaron and this little film, it really showed up at a good time and I am looking forward to seeing it with audiences. Then I am also doing a bunch of work and other people's stuff just like Adrian always is. I will be Color Correcting Josh Palmer's new stop motion film, I will be playing the toy store owner in Jayson Mekala's film, The Moving Rows, and mostly I'll be ADing on Frank Mosley's new film Hot/Cold. I am also working with Chris this afternoon on his new film. I think I said film 9+ times in this blog. So I will also be flipping burgers this summer to stay a float.
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OMG... it's started! by Adrian

So the LEMON is rolling! I sent out an official casting notice and so far have received at least 10 responses in the first day for all the positions EXCLUDING Leeroy the Clown. What's wrong with playing a clown?! I would do it! Hmm.... Maybe I WILL do it! Yay for clowns!
"Gillface", another short film I (Adrian) produced just won BEST STUDENT SHORT at the Fearless Film Festival in Ft Worth, which is part of the Main Street Arts Festival. The director, David McGinnis is very happy that festivals have started to recognize it's AWESOMENESS... and so am I! It also won Best Short Film up in Illinois in the Reality Bites Festival, so HOORAY for Gillface! If you wanna check out how awesome Gillface is, and show your friends, just comment on this blog and say, "I WANNA SEE IT!"
Actually... if you want to see anything that I've produced, let me know and I'll send you a copy or I'll upload the film and put a private password on it just for you and you can watch and enjoy anything that has the ADRIAN MAKE MOVIE name on it!
Daniel just wrapped a film he produced called "Big Hands", by Aaron Holloway. It's supposed to be incredible and I have no doubt that it will be. I'll be producing "The Moving Rows", by Jayson Mekala, two weekends from now and I expect big things.
Everyone around these parts know what "Produced by Adrian Testolin" means.... It means it's gonna be GOLD! Hooray for Gold! Yay for movies!
If you want to be a part of an Adrian Make Movie production, comment on our blogs and we'll get in contact with you!! We are ALWAYS looking for crew and cast and love working with new people!
We produce many shorts and soon we will be producing features!
AND while you're at it, buy some of my old DVDs!... and this old tire I found on the side of the road last week!

Sorry... I was re-reading what I wrote and it sounded like I was trying to sell you all something...

"You all"... I'm seriously starting to think that Daniel and I are still the only ones reading these blogs... oh, and Alfred.

Thanks for tuning in Alfred. We'll get you an "Adrian Make Movie's #1 Fan" T-shirt soon.


Keeping my head above water...
Adrian

Adrian's back from the dead...

HEY! Where have I been?
Well... SXSW is way over... it was a great festival and I wish it was more often than once a year because I loved it.
AFI, however, was a different kind of great. It was a film festival as well but held a different caliber of cool and had a more commercial program.
I met Adrien Brody, we high-fived, I meant to say, "Adrian's rule the Earth!", but instead I said, "Adrian's gotta stay high!", and held my hand in up the air for way too long. He looked at me, then up at my hand, then bak at me and said, "Yeah."
I also met Guillermo Arriaga, the writer of "Amores Perros", "21 Grams", "Babel", and writer director "The Burning Plain". I told him I watched his movie twice and I enjoyed it both times and he said, "Really?". I guess he didn't believe me.
I also met other really cool and very interesting people from all over the country. They were all very nice.
So since AFI, I have been job hunting because I realized that this is my last semester and I have no money saved and I have financial aid that I have to start paying back, and I don't want to be that 30yr old guy who still lives with his mom and plays video games everyday... which is what will happen if I DON'T start making some money. I've been working with this photographer to try to set up a wedding video/photo team to make some quick cash on the weekends. I've been slowly talking with some friends to start up a freelance commercial team. I applied at AT&T as a "Cell-Phone Seller", but haven't heard anything back from them yet.
Besides that, I've been helping multiple students try to put together their short shoots and I've been looking for locations for everybody, (including me).
My friend Jayson's car broke down one day on the way to AFI, so I've been picking him up and taking him to school and taking him to car dealerships and taking him home, so that takes up some time, but I don't mind, he's my friend and he often gives me good advice that I choose not to follow.
I've been missing deadlines with my ONE class and I had a deadline 2 weeks ago (during AFI) with the company I'm interning for that I missed, and I actually still work on in my very limited free time, but I'm not sure I still even have a "job" with them, because I haven't called to try to explain why I didn't make my deadline for the task they gave me... I guess I just didn't want to do something "half-assed", so I didn't show anything at all.
RIGHT NOW, I'm acting in Raziq Brown's "Psychopomp". For some crazy reason Raziq thought I would be able to act in a lead roll with emotional scenes and I honestly didn't believe I would be able to pull it off, but I DID! The big scenes were yesterday (Saturday) and I think I did pretty well! I can't wait to see the footage so I can say, "Oh yeah, I was right, I can't act.", but until then, I'm gonna go around and tell everyone that I'm awesome and I'm an actor!

Today is the last day of principal for "Psychopomp", it's Easter, and I slept in until 1pm. I have a headache, but other than that, I feel great! Acting is fun! It's weird to be on the opposite side of the camera. I notice all kinds of mistakes being made with the production and I get to witness how they correct those mistakes, it's fun, and very educating. It is difficult for me NOT to say something when I see something wrong that no one is attending to. I need to work on that. I'm awesome and I'm an actor.
I'm working mostly opposite Nicholas Cormier III, star and director of the "The Runner", we have a good working relationship, and he's helped me out a lot with performance with his professionalism as an actor. I also worked with Krishna Smitha, who is beautiful and has these enormous, gorgeous eyes. She is so sweet and kind and amazing on screen. She's much much better than me and it just comes naturally to her. Raziq is the other character and he's doing just fine because in a lot of ways this script is very personal to him and he can just act out his real life... or something like that.
I'm worried about Lemon.
I haven't had a lot of time to concentrate on it. I need to find more actors, I'm still searching for locations (Pediatrician doctor's office, a big backyard that is just grass and flat, a purple bedroom), and I'm dreading shooting the second weekend of May because I don't feel that I have enough time to get everything together by then.
I'll figure something out, I always do, but until then, I'm leaving the futon, and going back to BUSY.
I've missed you blog... and I hope we see each other again soon.

On a side note: Birra Porettis in Arlington, by I30 has half priced pizza every Tuesday night, and it tastes great. Order a medium, eat half of it Tuesday night, then eat the other half later the next day for lunch... or if you're like me... eat the other half the next Tuesday morning (yes, 7 days later), then go back to Birra Porettis for a refill. Here it is.

Still Truckin'

Adrian

i just can't help it

I have been thinking about this and many, many other people have.
Since most of our readers don't follow the same blogs I do, I will share this with you.





and yes it is the same footage recut in a different order, but it also brings new meaning to the footage.

AFI is almost over...

It has been a pretty crazy week, I've spilt beer in front really cool people. Tripped over a curb, walked out of movies, went to hooters, bombed interviews and Q & As, and hoped and prayed that my film spoke for itself. I forget that only a month ago this person that has been going to these festivals and talking to people who are much cooler than I, didn't really exist. I have never done or experienced these things, not even close. I've done lots of dumb and embarrassing things in my life, lots more like tons, but I think collectively my behavior at these festivals has been something of a mystery to me. I don't get it. I'm just a kid from Mansfield, TX. Prior to two weeks ago I hadn't been to more then 10 bars in my life, for the sole purpose of drinking and talking to people (I am excluding the tours with PFA, because I think I only talked with the people in our crew). I guess what I'm saying is I have never put myself out there like this. I have gotten to meet filmmakers from all over the world who think and take the same risks as me. Some more social then others & some more drunk than myself.

AFI Dallas, was pretty good to my film, the festival staff treated us well, and people enjoyed our film. I will be posting a "new" cut of North Street Bummer sometime next week, with one extended scene and no opening titles. I am doing this to get some feedback from you people as to what you think. I will post it on my website, and there will be a questionnaire below it and I'd like to hear what people think.

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