Name:Moses Country:United States State:Washington Metro:Seattle Gender:Male
Interests:film, music, literature (basically the arts as a whole), working out, martial arts, shaking my butt to my ghetto blaster, acting like a 7 year old, and most importantly trying to do the work for the Man upstairs...
Directed by: Joriah Goad Produced by: Joriah Goad & Moses Olson Assistant Director: Kyle Smith Director of Photography: Joriah Goad Director of Audiography: Ryan Davis Chief Lighting Technician: Alex Walsh Costume and Make-up Artist: Janice Jena Pak Film Editor: Joriah Goad Script Supervisor: Seong Yoon Starring (In Order of Appearance): Moses Olson, Anita Goodman, Demone Gore, Shauna Aprecio, Gretchen Black, D'Angelo Midili, J.P. Giulotti
Ok, so maybe not...but man, does Joriah Goad (director/cinematographer/editor extrodinaire) make everything look pretty. What started as a location scout turned into a mini-shoot. Joriah used only natural light and the objects that caught his eye. We made this little vignette to help me prepare for my character in the upcoming short film, Bitch. Production begins next month. Keep your eye out for it, because it's gonna be a real beaut'.
"Just cause you're beautiful, that doesn't mean that you can treat people like they don't matter."
It's a line from 10 Things I Hate about You. It's a guilty pleasure of mine. If you haven't see the film, it's Shakespeare wrapped in a very accessible, easy to swallow teenage rom-com package. The line is said by the always solid Joseph Gordon Levitt, playing Cameron (an homage to Cameron Crowe) by way of Cambio/Lucentio. He becomes frustrated and says this line to the girl he loves.
That was the thought in my head as I argued with my friend. I didn't say it out loud, but I thought it. I didn't realize it then, but my selfish thought spoke volumes about the argument I was in the midst of. As the argument started, all I could think about was how beautiful my friend is. Inside and out, she is captivating. I've known (and loved her) for years. I know her quirks, which laugh means what, and even her fears but I, even I, being the people person (I believe) I am...the one who counsels...the one who should know better...allowed my pride to get the best of me.
I was in "that" argument. The one that's huge and typically about something simple, but it actually has nothing to with the simple thing and more to do with stuff that's been itching beneath the surface. Ok, so maybe less itching and more clawing...Wolverine-adamantium-claws-kinda-clawing.
I wanted to keep my few acres (aka pride) and thought I could take the high road and not fight this time.
Instead, I brought us to:
Fight with Friend: Round 2
Never bring up the past.
When arguing with a (I assume it might be different for female) friend, don't do it. Girls remember everything. Now, that everything might get twisted and convoluted, and look nothing like the past that you remember, but they sure remember it. They remember it well. Know what else? It's stinking ugly.
A list of evils that I had done were strongly presented before me. Hmm...ok, a list isn't fitting enough. It more so resembles Santa's list of naughty children, except I was the only kid, and the whole parchment was filled on both sides. After the list was presented, even I hated me. I'm pretty sure if my dear mother saw this list, she would wish that...well, I'll let your imagination run with that.
I continued to cling to my pride, but I found myself pretty much holding on to hurt.
Fight with Friend: Round 3
His knees begin to wobble. The cornermen debate on throwing in the towel. What happened to the gameplan?
Instead of giving the answers and response(s) I should have, I attacked with the big gun. I went with the holier than thou. "Is this really worth more than our friendship?" I meant it. I was reduced to questioning years of friendship. I thought that there was no way that we could be at that place. Ride or die, right?
"Goodbye."
Her response made my mouthpiece go flying as I hit the canvas.
Fights are ugly but at the end of the fight, you're supposed to help raise the hand of the victor. You're supposed to hug it out. You're supposed to thank each other for the amazing display of passion. You aren't supposed to hate your opponent.
Knockout
Emotionally, I feel like what the receiving end fighters of UFC: Ultimate Knockouts 5 look like. I'm still not quite sure what happened. I go back and watch the fight footage over and over, but only things like, "You are an egotistical, manipulative...," ring in my ears. My pride wants to kick in and blame her, but I know that any relationship does not weigh upon just one person. It simply doesn't work that way...
I do know one thing:
It wasn't about her treating me like I didn't matter, it was about her treating me like I mattered too much.
In truth, and all my heart (and I would hope they are the same), I believe this story will end on a positive note.
I chose to unprivate and share this, because sometimes, just sometimes, sharing ones mistakes or failings may help another. Maybe there's comfort in knowing that you've gone through this too. Maybe, it's about showing those that you love...well, that you love them more by backing down a bit (or bringing in more). Maybe it's understanding that...well, you know what? I will let you make whatever interpretation you want to. You're a smart person, aren't ya?
Genre: Suspense/Thriller Directed by: Ali Mohsenian Written by: Boe Duransier Starring: Scott Gabelin, Moses Olson, James Wang and Shauna Aprecio
Notes:This wasn't for a 48 or any other film project. This was just for fun, and what a ton o' fun it was. I now know why everyone says it's more fun to play the bad guy. It was really wonderful being able to work face to face with an actor who you can play off of in a scene. Scott did just that. He's a great guy and I wish him the best out there in Tinseltown.
The extremely talented Boe wrote the script (in about half an hour I must add), and we filmed in a single evening (around 3 hours to be exact). The lovely Jonelle Ashby ("The Fix") came in and made Scott look as awesome (or horrible) as he did with her wonderful makeup effects. There's are cool little cameos by James (who received a 5 minute screen fighting tutorial from me) and the always beautiful Shauna Aprecio.Enjoy!
