Today we drove to Thousand Oaks (a really neat town west of L.A. on the way to San Francisco) to wrap FADED MEMORIES' EPK (we've been doing this for months).   An EPK is an electronic press kit which is basically behind the scenes interviews you do of the movie to give the media & stuff.   Cory "Mr. Safety" Williams of YouTube was running the show interviewing me & Brock (my co-star in the movie).  We climbed on top of a hill with an incredible panaromic view & did the whole thing in about 2hrs.  For you techies out there, Cory is using a pro Sony HD camera (one of the smallest ones around).  i'll post some videos online down the line.   Chill out, Anne-So.

This week, we submitted the movie to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA rating) & we'll find out this summer what it is (PG, PG-13, etc.).   We have a screening set for July 22.  The way it works is they analyze the whole movie (scenes, dialogue, etc.) & decide what audience it suits.   They have a very nice office in Sherman Oaks (in the "Valley" area of Los Angeles)*

 

We have to submit a DVD of the movie just a bit before the screening date.   Once we have the rating, we can put it on posters, in movie previews, pretty much everywhere.   What's interesting is that without a rating, you can't even show the movie in schools or many public places cause parents want to know what their kids are getting into!   i'll keep you posted on progress.  

Check out their Web site, you'll learn all kinds of neat things:

http://www.mpaa.org

Have a great wkend.  PS: here in Southern California we're kinda under a heat wave nxt few days.   We're heading to Palm Springs Saturday with some family friends from Canada -- i'll make sure to post some pixs!  Anne-So

we went to Palm Springs this weekend (about 2hrs east of Los Angeles) w/ some friends from Canada & to celebrate my mom's birthday.  it was like sooooo hot, like 100, & it was cool to be near a pool.  Here're a couple of pixs.  Anne-So.

taken during our last day of shooting near Zuma Beach in Malibu... we were all totally pooped & in the zone.   in order: me & my co-star Brock Kelly; one of our producers, Bruce Devan (he was a co-producer on Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven -- a $130 million movie!); Eric, the production designer, taking a little nap; last picture - the blond guy on the right is Patrick Ryan Anderson (do you recognize him from the Disney hit show "Hannah Montana"? PS: some say Brock looks a little like Brad Pitt... it's for you guys to judge@@@... but believe me, i'll never be star-struck.., i'm just not into that scene.  For me, someone like Sofia Coppola is a real star - she makes the movies she wants to make & she's got her own voice, right?  i think that's what it's really about.

 

 

i went to Europe for the first time a few months ago & still remember it like yesterday.   We travelled to Swansea in Wales (UK) where i picked up a best young filmmaker's award.   we travelled by train from London (about 3hrs) & visiting Wales was the greatest experience ever.  People are just so nice there (Anthony Hopkins's hometown is like 15 min from there).   Did you know that Catherine Zeta Jones is from Swansea?   i'll always remember Swansea because that really got me started as a filmmaker. 

 

After graduating from the NY Film Academy in Hollywood, this is probably the second big highlight of the year that started everything for me.  it's funny how you always remember this early stuff, even if you become real successful later.  i'm sure i'll remember Swansea & the NY Film Academy even if i win some big awards or make some big movies one day.   I never wanna forget how it all started, right?!    Anne-So