• recording production sound for a week before our wonderful sound guy came on board
• renting my Canon 7D camera, lights, hard drives, and other useful stuff to the production
• managing the digital workflow for set-to-editor-to-director-to-post, as well as managing dailies
• general help on-set and off-set
• even some graphic design! (see the photo of a fake poster above)
• maybe sound design.

The cast and crew is incredible. We are halfway through 25 days of shooting, followed by some additional pickups and various projects to get the film ready for completion. The editing process will take several months of massaging the footage to make it serve the story. Our hope is that it will get picked up for a few film festivals in early 2011, and then see theatrical distribution sometime during the year.

Our cast is outstanding, anchored by John Kapelos (remember Breakfast Club?), K Callan, Brigid Brannagh (Army Wives), and the amazing Tony Hale (Arrested Development).

Check the movie out:

• Not That Funny Facebook page
• Not That Funny website (to come)

Buddy Zapata is a good friend, a great collaborator, and one helluva musician. We took a few cameras over to Beantown in Sierra Madre, set up, and let Buddy play for a few hours. It was a magical evening. Not only have we filmed him, but

• Hearken Creative built the Buddy Zapata website,
• Mr. Zapata collaborated with Loren A. Roberts on The Fair Trade soundtrack, and
• we’re now working on some new material for the upcoming Buddy Zapata album.

Pretty cool? Yes, but even more so when your business colleagues become some great friends in the process.

See more Buddy Zapata music clips here!