Category Archives: Life
danielbeanfilms on tumblr
Check out my new tumblr blog! (Click here ==>) danielbeanfilms on tumblr I will probably be posting much more frequently on tumblr, because their iOS app is the best and easiest-to-use blogging app out there. The WordPress iOS app leaves much to be desired… Nevertheless, I plan to continue this blog with more in-depth (albeit less […]
Shooting the Feature Film Mise en Abyme
Last Saturday, along with Mike Call, our D.P., I started shooting my feature film Mise en Abyme. It was actually just a test shoot, but it got me excited for the weeks and months to come as we shoot our feature film. Seeing what I was able to do with Predestination emboldened me to go […]
How to Get a Good Education as a Filmmaker
So I’ve been polishing my feature-length screenplay, which I plan to shoot this summer, and it keeps getting better. I love rewriting, because I simply just go back and read what I wrote, and immediately I know what to write. “That’s no good, this is what I want it to say…” and boom, there it […]
Raindance and Facebook (Quickie)
I’ve been staying super busy, so haven’t been posting to my blog as much as I would like to. I finished writing my 102-page screenplay on Wednesday. Next week I’m going to NAB and then to Coachella to film that with Patryk Kizny. Today I submitted my short film Predestination to Raindance. I also created […]
Predestination – Coming Soon to a Film Festival Near You
It’s not without irony that I find myself, in the midst of making a film about existential crisis, in an “edit-stential crisis.” I’ve got about 5 or 6 versions edited, all of which I like, but I can’t decide which route I want to go. It’s a real Kierkegaardian Either/Or dilemma. Predestination explores the concepts […]
Dreams Don’t Come True – Not By Themselves Anyways
5 years. 5 Films. 5 Novels. That’s the goal, right? Well let’s see how we are doing so far. First off 2012 was an awesome year…except, I didn’t reach my goal of shooting my feature film in 2012. Not good. Frowny face. Explanation point! I did however shoot write and direct 3 short films, write […]
Predestination Spoilers *UPDATED*
Just got back from Porto Alegre, Brazil, and shot a short film while I was down there, with Antônio Nunes as D.P. (“Tonhow” was also D.P. on Brains Vs. Brawn). This time Idecided to storyboard the short film, which turned out to be a smart move. I was running here and there and everywhere in […]
Double Sevens, Part I
I was born in the lucky year of 1977. I’m a gemini, so that’s double the luck. I grew up in California. I didn’t realize how cool California was when I was growing up. I did a report on Arkansas in 5th grade. I thought, wow, diamonds are mined in Arkansas. I wish I was […]
Secret To Everything: Believe In Yourself
[This is actually a journal entry that I decided to make public.] I think the secret to everything in life is first to believe in yourself, and then to never stop believing in yourself. I think all success can be traced back to one believing in oneself and all failure can be traced back to […]
