“MAINLAND” – A few sweet pictures…

We all just got back into town from the MAINLAND shoot, late Saturday night (except for the local-hire Camden, Maine members of our awesome crew, of course).  And…I cant even begin to express how unbelievable and profoundly memorable my experience on this film has been.

I’m so thankful to be a part of this film.  It’s going to look so beautiful…even better than this original video (thank you Film & Weather gods!), but even more importantly, it’s rooted in such a well-written narrative that centers around one of the most well-rounded characters I’ve ever gotten to play on film.  I really lucked out, guys.

If you’ve seen my Facebook Fanpage anytime these past two weeks, I know you’ve seen just a few of the 14872478926751897 pictures taken throughout the shoot (and those are just the few that I or others took via my Instagram feed).  And now, as the all of these awesome pictures begin to pour in from my friends in the crew via Facebook, I just wanted to share a couple of those pics with you now.  So here!  Take a peak!

Click on one and scroll through them all!

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

©2013 Mark Edward Dawson

Found these still saran wrapped at a local general store. Just what Jake was looking for!

Aaaand that’s just a little bit of us after shooting was done for the day on one of the longer days. #SorryImNotSorry

“MAINLAND” – My new LEAD in a Super 16mm

Hey Guys!  So, last week I was heavy into two Columbia MFA films (PEEPING TOMMY, which I wrote about last time, and another film called STAY, that I became a part of while on the set of PEEPING TOMMY).  They were both amazing experiences.  They were each a really talented group of young filmmakers.  I really can’t wait to see the final cuts of each.  And I’ll definitely share each of them here, with you, if I can (or at least short clips from it). But now, I’m in something that is beyond one of the most exciting film acting jobs I’ve been a part of in years!!

I’m playing the lead role in a new film called MAINLAND, shooting right now, here in Camden, Maine.  And it’s being shot on Super 16mm (the same film used to capture this past year’s BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and BLACK SWAN), which I personally find so, so cool!!!   The locations are awesome, the footage has been looking incredible, and the script is really something else.

I’ve actually been here since this past Sunday (January 20th), and we just wrapped on (another very long, yet insanely fun…and COLD…) Day 4 of filming.

I’ve already taken quite a few on-set pictures that I’ll share soon, but we also have two on-set photographers.  So someday, I’m so excited that I’ll also have access to SO MANY neat photos that will document this incredibly memorable experience.  Hellz yeah!

But anyway, instead of having me tell you a little about the film, let me just show you the MAINLAND teaser/featurette, where my director and production team will give you a little taste of what’s to come. I hope you guys enjoy it!!

CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR, & FILM FILM FILM

Wow, for someone who knows and preaches so much about Social Media, the blogosphere, and its ability to be an awesome way to stay in touch with everyone, I sure sucked at taking action on that knowledge throughout the holiday season. Haha.

So much has happened since the last blog post. SO MUCH! So many awesome, cool events and opportunities that I’m so excited I got the chance to be a part of. So many auditions, callbacks, holiday celebrations, play readings, audition tapes, special screenings, and a little bit of time back home for Christmas and New Years…way too much to catch anyone up on within a single blog post.

I’ll start doing some “backlog blogging” as soon as I get the chance.

But for now, I just wanted to say “hello” from on the set of my latest film endeavor. I’m playing one of the leading roles as a funny, perhaps-too-curious kid named Tommy in one of Columbia University’s MFA winter film shorts, PEEPING TOMMY.

It’s a great little story, and there’s actually an entertaining little story on how I already knew the director from years ago, even though we both didn’t realize that we previously knew each other until after that first audition. (Thankfully, it was an audition that went really well. Haha.)

Anyway, I gotta go for now, but I have a lot of exciting, new things that I can’t wait to share with you soon! Thank you so much for following me along my journey, and I’ll catch ya again in a little bit.

~Bryan