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Val

Channeling my inner Sam Raimi.

About Me

I am ALWAYS right, when it comes to anything that I consider good, bad, "cool", or original. Basically, I am always right. ALWAYS. WORLD WAR Z: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ZOMBIE WAR by MAX BROOKS is one of the best things I have ever read. I should be the one to adapt it into a motion picture. I know exactly how it should be done. I also have some great ideas on how to adapt THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE to a feature as well. I am not orthodox. I've got original, out of the box and entertaining movie ideas, like Donald Trumps got money. Every genre. Short and feature length. Seriously. I'm so damn serious, it's comforting. On my VAL FLICKS myspace page, I will be putting up some free form audio-visual sketches, experiments and short films I've been working on; ideas that I demo. Basically, you'll find out any information on the audio-visual projects that I am working on, there.

My Interests

Audio-visual storytelling and watching movies.

I'd like to meet:

EVERYONE. YOU. Fans of Horror, Crime, comedy, Independent and Action Films! Actors, Agents, Managers, Animators, Distributors, Producers, Producer Reps, Studio Execs, Marketing and PR Execs, Directors, Filmmakers, Documentarians, Screenwriters, writers, Cinematographers, Editors, Composers, Songwriters, Visual Effects Artists, Digital Artists, EFX people, Production and Set Designers, PAs, Still Photographers, Costume Designers, Make-Up Artists, Choreographers, Stuntpeople, Casting Directors, Game Designers, Music Video Artists, Musicians, Clapper loaders, Gaffers, Grips, anyone serious about experimental audio-visual storytelling (film-making), anyone wanting to get to know anyone that is serious about experimental audio-visual storytelling (film-making), anyone bored with the condition cinema is in right now, anyone that is serious about giving audio-visual storytelling (CINEMA) a breath of FRESH air, anyone that is serious about helping cinema evolve. We are in the 21st century now and there are many different ways to execute audio-visual ideas, anyone that wants to approach audio-visual storytelling or film-making in a different way, anyone that wants to approach traditional story ideas in an experimental way, anyone that wants to experiment in any creative field, first-time actors, anyone that would like to be involved in any way with experimental audio-visual storytelling (film-making), anyone that chooses not to follow the traditional screenwriting format, when writing screenplays, audio-visual storytellers (film-makers) that choose not to even use a script, anyone that wants to SERIOUSLY EXPERIMENT with image and sound, film Fans, Hollywood Celebrities, models, comedians and anyone passionate about movies.

Music:

Everything accept for country.

Movies:

TIME BANDITS is the first movie that I remember watching in a movie theatre. 1970's CINEMA. Anything violent. Anything that makes me laugh. Anything that makes me mad. Anything that scares me. Anything amazing. Anything that tells a good story in an ORIGINAL way. Anything done by these directors (NOW NAME DROPS): JEAN-LUC GODARD, STANLEY KUBRICK, JONATHAN GLAZER, MEL GIBSON, GUILLERMO DEL TORO, PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, QUENTIN TARANTINO, DAVID FINCHER, ED WOOD, TIM BURTON, SPIKE JONZE, MICHEL GONDRY, JARED HESS, AaRON MORGAN, ELI ROTH, ZACK SNYDER, EDGAR WRIGHT, JON FAVREAU, DANNY BOYLE, JOHN CARPENTER, JOHN LANDIS, TAMRA DAVIS, SAM RAIMI, GEORGE ROMERO, TOM DICILLO, GEORGE LUCAS, MARTIN SCORSESE, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, TERRY GILLIAM, KUROSAWA, STEVEN SPIELBERG, BRET RATNER, DAVID LYNCH, RICHARD LINKLATER, RIDLEY SCOTT, THE COEN BROTHERS, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, SERGIO LEONE, FRITZ LANG, THE HUGHES BROTHERS, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, JAMES CAMERON, ROGER CORMAN, PETER JACKSON, ANG LEE, ALEX COX and DAVID CRONENBERG.

Television:

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

Books:

AUTHOR RICHARD MATHESON IS A GENIUS. THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE. A SCANNER DARKLY. THE WATCHMEN GRAPHIC NOVEL. ANYTHING BY RAY BRADBURY. STEPHEN KING OF COURSE. THE ROGER CORMAN BOOK 'HOW I MADE A MILLION MOVIES WITHOUT LOSING A DIME'. MANY, MANY OTHER BOOKS ABOUT FILM MAKERS, MOVIE MAKERS AND ALSO MANY BOOKS ON MOVIE MAKING. SCREENPLAYS ARE FUN TO READ. NOT A COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR OR FOLLOWER, BUT I DO LIKE TO READ THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY CERTAIN ARTISTS AND WRITERS. STARTING TO ENJOY READING MORE AND MORE CHILDREN'S BOOKS BECAUSE I AM A FATHER AND HAVE KIDS. CREATIVE SCREENWRITING MAGAZINE IS GOOD READING. RES MAGAZINE. VIDEO MAKER MAGAZINE. THE SUNDAY COMICS ARE ALWAYS GOOD FOR A CHUCKLE. THATS ABOUT IT.

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NOW CASTING FOR INDIE FLICKS AND SHORTS!

Right now, I am casting for two feature length projects and 5 short films, that I have written and registered. These projects will all be shot in and around the same period of time, starting in Augus...
Posted by Val on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:12:00 PST

SYMPHONY OF HORROR

SYMPHONY OF HORROR   These are the projects, that I have written and registered and will be shooting back to back. A movie and it's prequel. A SYMPHONY OF HORROR and THE SYMPHONY OF HORROR. &n...
Posted by Val on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:44:00 PST

SOME FILMMAKER AND CINEMA RELATED QUOTES

"Often times, films are made in post production." - Roger Corman "A screenplay is meant to be seen, not read." - James Cameron "Something filmed is automatically different from something written, and ...
Posted by Val on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:56:00 PST

NAPOLEON

NAPOLEON. Now that is a movie I want to make. I actually want to shoot the unproduced draft that Stanley Kubrick wrote back in 1969. I was reading said draft off of  the simply scripts site....
Posted by Val on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:44:00 PST

Creative visualization PART 2

Visualization is a creative means to develop imagination to positively transform any situation in life. Its power becomes real when the idea of creating our own reality" becomes experience rather than...
Posted by Val on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:29:00 PST

Creative visualization

What is Creative Visualization? Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life. In the past many of us have used our power of creative visualiza...
Posted by Val on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:23:00 PST

CINEMA

CINEMA is only 100 years old and screenwriting is even younger than that. My point is that cinema is still evolving and there is not one way or one right way to do things. That is the lesson of the d...
Posted by Val on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:35:00 PST

Fake Shemp

Fake Shemp is the term someone is credited with who appears in a film under heavy make-up, filmed from the back, or perhaps only showing an arm or a foot. Although use of the term is limited, it is fr...
Posted by Val on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:01:00 PST

SOME LIFE PHILOSOPHY FOR YOU

"If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton....
Posted by Val on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:50:00 PST

GANDALF TALKS ACTING!

This is great.Sir Ian McKellen explains "acting" on ExtrasAdd to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Val on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:50:00 PST