Screening in A Small Town
The Erzulie team hosted their first screening for the fabulous sponsors of Erzulie from the town of Gainsville, Texas. erzuliefilm.com
Transcript
Adam Rani 00:26
I also got to mention this on Instagram too, because this is what you just said is absolutely ridiculous. Ladies and gentlemen, Christine thinks that there's only one person but clearly, four people had joined into this thing and she was like, oh, just one person watches the show. This is fantastic. Just, you know, completely pushing aside the other great fans of the Get Reelisms podcast. Christine, are you ready to do the show or what?
Christine Chen 00:54
Yeah, let's do it.
Adam Rani 00:59
Yeah, if you fall asleep in the middle of the show, love it. I would love it. All I have to do is just speak for more than two minutes and then I'll put you right to sleep. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of the Get Reelisms podcast. I am Adam Chase Rani
Christine Chen 01:18
And I am Christina Chen.
Adam Rani 01:20
Wow oh, ladies and gentlemen. Unbelievable. We're here again for another episode. And Christine, like we talked about last week, had had her test screenings, was it dope, or was it.
Christine Chen 01:40
It was dope, it was a little tiny theater]. Cute. It was all the way in St. Joe, Texas, which is like near Gainesville, which is four and a half hours away from Austin. It was a long drive. Oh, yeah. Which it's fun when you're trying to coordinate export time. So, we definitely like had to finish our film the day before. And then the morning of, I was still exporting stuff. And then I ran over to my friend who has a Blu ray burner, and they realize that his stuff doesn't read. He doesn't have the right premier to read certain file. So, I'm gonna go with my colorize place export to film, go back to Scotts burn the video. And then it basically we didn't leave till 1pm And we rolled right up when the event was starting basically with blu ray.
Adam Rani 02:44
Yes, like you guys were like you guys are like like in the Olympics like in the relay.
Christine Chen 02:51
Right? Exactly. I felt like I was like, what am I making right now 40-hour film festival. Like literally I drove up to my colorist and she like had to like through the window I didn't come out I've rolled down my window choose rating on her Porsche comes out with the drive hands me the drive I drive back home. Literally, I really race. And it was this was a lot more stressful than I thought only because it's the first time when all the components of post came together, some most of them a lot of them. So, before that, my film has only been in my possession. So, you know, the I didn't have to worry about the sound mixes there was no snowflakes. The only other component that I may drop in here and there is from my composer, right? There was no VFX there was no color I own all the clips. Well, this is the first time when the colorist had to explore her clips because she just finished coloring the first pass, which she needs time. And so whatever time she gets done, right, and then this is the first time when the composer had to fill the music all the way to the end and the first time, and he has to send it to the sound mixer. Because the sound mixers are mixing the music. So that's the whole thing. So, I think a coordinate, they got to take some time. And then on top of that I've got to be effects people where I'm dropping clips left or right from what they've finished this far. So, I mean, the first two hours of the of the day prior was troubleshooting. Like why isn't our stuff syncing together? Like we were all on apparently not everybody was on the most updated timeline. So, things were like unseen because I had unfortunately had to cut like do another edit after we called picture lock. But wouldn't lock. We weren't picture lock, basically. Soft lock.
Adam Rani 04:56
Maybe I was gonna say a rough lock but soft.
Christine Chen 05:01
A soft lock.
Adam Rani 05:03
you know, that's my favorite genre of music. Soft lock.
Christine Chen 05:06
Is that a real genre?
Adam Rani 05:09
No, it's a play on words of soft rock. Bugs Bunny.
Christine Chen 05:14
Oh, that would have been that would have been cool if it's a real thing. Soft Lock. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, so on soft walk. And so, like that F everything up basically, peep colors are like none of the clips match. And like I swear, only edit the intro, but like, she hadn't updated with the new XML because if you if the update with the new XML, then it’s kind of like undoing a lot of the work. She's done, basically. Which that's not cool. So, it was just like back and forth, back and forth. We finally like got it all in sync. But then, like, there's exporting process and also just stuff but needless to say, I was up till three 3am Before I exported anything. And the Yeah, and then the issue is that the screening was four and a half hours away.
Adam Rani 06:11
That was I was saying like, are you are you just didn't get any fucking sleep?
Christine Chen 06:16
No. I got them and then drove them back the same day. So, I drove for eight, nine hours onn Saturday, they said our Friday, sir Nine hours on Friday, back and forth, right. And then hadn't slept the day before. Because I was trying to get things like exported on time. So, it was it was a lot this was this was a stressful run. But my hope was that this was now we've ironed out all the hopefully most of the issues with working with multiple workflows. Yeah, we'll get to be smoother. Next time. But yeah, no to sell for. I knew this would happen. But like, I didn't think it would be up to full I thought, you know, maybe I'd be up to like one or 2am. But the problem is like, if when things come in, and people are in a rush schedule, things are going to there's gonna be mistakes. And I've got to sit and watch the film the whole way through the hour and a half. That's what's annoying. It's you can't it's an hour and a half each time. You know, like a short film is like 15 minutes, 15 minutes, that's totally fine. Right? An hour and a half each time to quality check it and I'm so I'm catching stuff. And that like makes me more anxious. Because I'm like, there's mistakes all over this place. You know, like, so I'm just like, trying to fix stuff here and there. So, it was just, it was really stressful. But and then this was the stupid part. Yeah. Okay. The stupid part was this. My friend. Very smart of her. messaged me. It was like, hey, somebody fell out of our 40 Hour Film Festival. Team. Are you free on Saturday? I'm being stupid. Look at my calendar.
Adam Rani 08:04
More punishment.
Christine Chen 08:06
I know. It's my own damn fault. So, I look at the calendar. I'm like, Yeah, I'm not I don't have anything scheduled on Saturday. I forgot that I had to drive four and a half hours after screening the day before. And I will be back at like three or 4am and our call time was 7am. So yeah, but yeah, okay, you know, I did a 40 hour and I that's where I got to go after this. I gotta go and approve the edit there. The team is editing it right now. So.
Adam Rani 08:36
I could have sworn like, I was following some Louisiana folks. And I saw you just like pass by through like the Instagram stories. I'm like, is that Christine? And there's like, 24 or 48 hours fast. I'm like, Yeah, wait a second. Yeah, you got a move to edit dude.
Christine Chen 08:53
Yeah, that was stupid.
Adam Rani 08:57
Yeah, I was confused. I was like, Wait, did you not do the test screening? I saw I was like; you know what, I'm just gonna wait till the podcast because I wanted to be. I had questions and stuff, but I wanted Yeah. Going back to away actually, are you finished with the 48-hour thing? Like, what did you do?
Christine Chen 09:16
So, I was the director. So, my job is not done yet. Because I got to approve the edit. Um, it's not done. They had to submit it at seven ish. 7:30pm. So, I have to go to the editor’s house after this podcast to go and look at the edit basically, um, and approve it or give suggestions or notes or whatever. So,
Adam Rani 09:39
You really can't stop working. Yeah, that's hilarious, dude. I mean, but That's so fucking Christine Chen. That's a Christine Chen thing to do. But I wanted to ask you something about Erzulie. Yeah. You spoke. I mean, it made me laugh, but I kind of wanted to talk about it more. So, Like, the fact that you're just so used to a short film, like, like, format, you're watching this movie, back-to-back hour and a half.
Christine Chen 10:08
Hour and a half each time it's watching Game of Thrones, like, it's, it's so long. Yeah. And so, it's every time it's an hour and a half an hour and a half. So, I did like, it's just that's how you have to review everything because you just don't know like, hey, this one time something got turned off or, or not. That was the big problem was like, our sound mixer didn't have much time to he just got the file like a few days ago. And unfortunately, coincidentally, he also got the file where he was going. He was traveling. So, he didn't he had like two days to work on it. So, we impose things in for example, like things are muted, get unmuted. So, when I'm like listening, and QC everything, I'm trying to catch all those things, but even that, like, you still won't catch some stuff. And so, it's just it's a pay. It was it was fun experience. What it made me realize is like how so many things I take for granted with my own experiences in house. That's only probably 10% of the world. So that so to give context. Gainesville is a very small town. Very as a small town. Small southern town.
Adam Rani 11:24
It is it's small. It is a small town. I did a shoot there.
Christine Chen 11:28
In the Bible Belt, LGBTQ And like, all the bad guys are white hillbillies.
Adam Rani 11:44
Wow. I mean, yeah.
Christine Chen 11:47
And I didn't really think about that. And I'm watching this with like, people who are very nice and kind and awesome. And they're like, you know, cowboy wearing cowboy hats and stuff like that. I'm like, Oh, shit. I know. I'm so going to offend everyone. Yeah, so but you.
Adam Rani 12:08
How did it tape though?
Christine Chen 12:09
It didn't seem like oh, it was funny. Leila came with us. Leila plays originally. Yeah. She was like, oh, no, that when the girls were kissing, there were some men there were like, Oh, yeah. And she's like, but it was a positive. Oh, it wasn't like, oh, God, it was. Oh, this is hot. you know.
Adam Rani 12:28
Yeah. This isn't new.
Christine Chen 12:31
This is new. I've never seen that.
Adam Rani 12:34
Yeah, but it's received positively.
Christine Chen 12:38
Yeah, it was,
Adam Rani 12:39
So, it was in the right direction. The sponsors
Christine Chen 12:43
The sponsors are excited to tell me that they were they were looking for this stuff that they sponsored. And they were excited when they saw it. Right. So, I thought that was neat. They were like, there was that's her hat. That's a shirt. That's her. And I was like, that must be fun to see was, you know, what's what ended up in the film? You know?
Adam Rani 13:01
So that's fun for them.
Christine Chen 13:02
Yeah, so um, so it seemed like, it was it was a good time. But, uh, it also what it opened my, my eyes to is, you know, I'm very aware of this happens. But like, when it's just in theory, you don't, it doesn't hit you as hard is that everybody watches films in so many different ways. You just don't know how they're gonna watch it. Right. And so, we've been coloring this film on my perfect cinema grade screens and stuff. And like, we played at this tiny ass, you know, movie theater, that probably has upgraded their system in like 20 or 30 years. And like, my colorist is like freaking out because everything that looks a certain way on her screens looks completely different on the screen, you know, so to give you some an example, right? Is that things that were like, super dark on my end in my on my computer, or like, very bright. On the other screen there is there are things in there that I saw that we haven't seen this before, because I can't see it on my computer. But it was like all crystal clear. On the other one, I was just like, oh, and she's like, that's supposed to be dark. I'm like, I don't know what there's their screen specs are so it's, that's why we do these test screenings, it's to catch is to realize that everybody watches things on multiple devices on different settings and everything. It's not all going to be perfect cinema quality, you know, calibrated screens. And so, it's still gotta play relatively acceptable on all these screens. You know, I'm saying absolutely. So, you kind of had to find like a nice happy compromise for all of it. You know, so
Adam Rani 14:59
So, what was the compromise?
Christine Chen 15:02
I think, I think I think it's just we got to go through and look at the color space and see like, Hey, we're worried that maybe it's an export problem. We're not sure yet. We're still trying to troubleshoot it. So, we're I'm not sure what the compromise we're gonna learn.
Adam Rani 15:19
Deep technicalities.
Christine Chen 15:21
Yes. It's stuff. I don't understand.
Adam Rani 15:25
This is a different language for me. Yeah, no, I get it. But I mean, I can only Yeah, you're right, though those test screenings do help in this long run to especially giving you this moment of clarity that Oh, not all screens are the same.
Christine Chen 15:40
Yeah, not all screens are the same. Not all people have ever seen to girl’s kiss, you know. Yeah. Not everybody in the world. Yeah. It's cool with, you know, African American leads, whatever, you know, it's shocking to some people. So, I didn't realize it like I'm so desensitized, because that's just what I am around what we're around all the time. So exactly. But you want to.
Adam Rani 16:06
It is alarming when you go outside of those of those boundaries.
Christine Chen 16:10
Definitely you're like, oh, I didn't think it was that controversial, but I guess it is, you know, like, I'm realizing certain things about it. I'm like, girl on girl is so last year.
Adam Rani 16:24
Early 2000s. I don't know that was the first time Yeah. Okay. Yeah. It shouldn't? I don't know. But um, yeah, I mean, that's, that's fun, though, at least you so are you do you feel like you're crossing the finish line at like, sooner or you feel like the finish lines getting pushed back?
Christine Chen 16:45
No, it's like a push for those anticipated. Gotcha. Kind of have a built-in deadline. Some of the filmmakers out there now, Sundance regular date submissions is August 25. Right? Well, we don't we want to try. You know, our distributors are like, just make a good movie, stop trying to make a deadline for the distribution. I'm like, but like, if we don't try, then we'll never know whether we would make it. You know.
Adam Rani 17:17
it's like almost like standup comedy. You got to try out the jokes. And if it's if somebody if it lands, somebody is gonna notice it, and you're gonna go up, you know, people want to snatch it. Yeah. Um, no, I'm excited. So, the festival circuits, are you so you have a whole plan for that between Sundance and other festivals.
Christine Chen 17:40
It is kind of loose, but we have a spreadsheet that says like, these are some of the festivals we want to submit to. But I but August 25, is a good gauge, because that is one of the first speaker deadlines, everything around. Well, because Sundance is a winter festival. So, we'll show like January, February next year. Everything else that I aware of like South by Southwest, awesome Film Festival, those, there's a whole slew of spring festivals and their deadlines are around September and October, November. So, if we're ready for the first festival that you know, we should ideally, or in theory, be ready for the other ones, you know, so this is a nice like kicking me in the butt to be like, let's get it done. Let's get it ready. So, but that's when you work with a team its hard people have lives you know, I can't expect that because I don't have a life that everybody else doesn't have a lie. You know, is so I am like can you now, they're like, No, I'm at a party and my fuck what's a party?
Adam Rani 18:50
Yeah, no, I'm with my family. Actually.
Christine Chen 18:53
That's the biggest one. I'm with my family. I'm like, why?
Adam Rani 18:59
Why are you spending time with your family? Yeah, spent enough time out of the womb and everything childhood.
Christine Chen 19:05
OMG guys I had it with regards to family and stuff like that. This is separate, but I don't know why this reminded me. I had a moment yesterday when I was directing the 48 where somebody the makeup artist from our team was walking back to the house and they're in the shot. And I was like, hey guys need walk faster. You know me my AD brain. Then she was like, I can't I'm pregnant. I'm like, Ah, fuck. Nice. I know. I'm a terrible person. I just told a pregnant lady to walk faster.
Adam Rani 19:45
I'm carrying another human being.
Christine Chen 19:49
Yeah, such a dick. I felt Oh, horrible. After that I was like, I'm so sorry. I was like, you were just in the shot and like the sun was going and like, I thought I totally agree. Get it. I didn't mean to like, be inconsiderate.
Adam Rani 20:04
Right? Exactly. Yeah, yeah. No, you didn't. I mean, you didn't mean anything by it. And I think she knows that too. It's just its but it is kind of one of those funny things that like, you could be on fire or have your limbs chopped off. It doesn't matter like it, Christine's gonna ask you to move. I know you're stabbed. But you need to leave,
Christine Chen 20:29
You need to leave right now. I know. It's worse.
Adam Rani 20:32
No, it's my Well, I mean, there's plenty of other fucking people who are like, you, you only do it for the sake of like getting the day, like, through in stuff like that and getting on schedule in whatnot. So, it's not inherently all you know, people think as just as, oh, yeah, you just want to be an asshole, no, it's not that it's just you realize that 15 hours in a day is not that fucking much like it is. It is. It is. It is nothing. It is nothing unless you're gonna plan for night shoots throughout that I mean, I guess but still, though. Like, it's 15 hours like Jesus Christ. Like that's, that's, you know. I mean, when you think about it, you're like, oh, that's plenty of time. Why would we? Why would we stress out about it? And then you realize that like, after five hours, the son drastically changes and you're like, oh, that's why shit. Yeah, so. Yeah, I mean, I I'm glad that you had that moment of realization. But uh, it's hilarious effect that you can't stop fucking working. You can't focus one thing at a goddamn time. I would be well that's what I that's the thing. I envy you. I wish I had that. I wish I can have that ability to just be like, you know what, fuck this. I'm just gonna tackle another thing on my plate. Regardless of if you think it's stupid or not. I think it's great. Because that means you're just you're, there's, you're constantly moving. You're constantly.
Christine Chen 22:18
That is like survival skills for me, I feel like I rather it makes me feel good and will constantly it's actually when I'm like, stagnant and like, sitting by myself at a beach where I'm supposed to be on vacation. I'm like, uh.
Adam Rani 22:36
Remember Vacations. Wow.
Christine Chen 22:42
Carly's watching but that's where we are. We both of us have not had any chance to soak in the fact that we are about to leave for LA. And we haven't been able to enjoy the fact that hey, we have a career highlight where we got hired to go to a project in LA. When there's plenty of people in LA they could have been hired for you know. So, we're like, we have to like slow down and like, try to enjoy the fact, we are both stressed out of our minds because we're like, working so much.
Adam Rani 23:23
I'm so excited for you when you are going.
Christine Chen 23:26
I leave on Thursday.
Adam Rani 23:28
Thursday.
Christine Chen 23:29
Yeah, I leave from this week from Austin, we're driving.
Adam Rani 23:33
Well let me know where you're stand. Because I mean, as a guy who is familiar with La let me just say some, I know restaurants and I know places to stuff your faces.
Christine Chen 23:44
Yeah.
Adam Rani 23:46
Hit me up. Let me know where you are going. And I'll be your I'll be your remote guide.
Christine Chen 23:55
Just give us a list. We'll just go I plan trips. I plan trips all the time.
Adam Rani 24:00
Oh, I mean, that's the only way I live. I mean, like because I was a I mean it just as a sidebar. I didn't really have like the ability to drink nor like, because I was younger than 21 Okay, I'm so I when I was exploring all I did was like go to food spots. And it was like the best fucking thing ever. Granted, I gained like, at least 45 to 50 pounds. But they you know; it was it was well fucking worth it. It was. Yeah, it was amazing. So, I was very blessed with that I didn't enjoy like I didn't thoroughly enjoy the experience for other reasons, but it was still LA's is a great place especially for like, food spots.
Christine Chen 24:43
How long were you in LA?
Adam Rani 24:46
I was like for a summer it was for, and I also visit all the time going to Disneyland with my mother. So, we just stopped by LA.
Christine Chen 24:55
Do you have like every year you go to Disneyland or how.
Adam Rani 25:00
We had a, we had a hang on it's not here, but my wallet. I still have my season pass for Disneyland. And I mean it expired years ago, but it's still like one of those token things where it's just like was still one of my favorite places ever. I mean, that's where I got this hat. That's where I got like, I mean, a lot of my Star Wars shit. Yeah, it's one and it's also where I got my tattoo idea to was in was in Disneyland, I drew it like in the middle of like standing in line for a ride. I just I drew one time. And I was like, oh, can I get this as a tattoo? And then I texted a buddy who did this? And he was like, oh, when you come back, let me know. And I did it for my birthday. But anyways, I digress. Uh, you're gonna enjoy it. And yes, you're right. Relish the moment, especially going to LA like, yeah, taken. Although it might be still tent city around there. I mean, depending on where you live, so be careful, but
Christine Chen 26:07
Is San Francisco worse than LA?
Adam Rani 26:11
It might be, I don't know, I'm so out of step with California. I mean, and my friends live in San Francisco too. And I yeah, they're there. It's telling me it's not, it's not great, but you're gonna have a great time. I'm excited.
Christine Chen 26:26
I'm excited about her food. And the production is top of the line. They're all Korean. So, I'm like, Oh my God. I really hope we have really good Asian food on set for once.
Adam Rani 26:39
So oh, are you oh my gosh, the Korean spots and I can name I can name him. I can name them like with my fingers and toes. It there's so many it's so good. Um, yeah, like some good Korean bulgogi it's, yeah, they. It's top notch over there.
Christine Chen 27:02
Yes, yes. Have you ever been to a place called BCD Tofu?
Adam Rani 27:07
It's no I heard of it, though. No, I never been there.
Christine Chen 27:10
It's great. It's like 24 hours. It's awesome.
Adam Rani 27:13
Really?
Christine Chen 27:16
24-hour Korean.
Adam Rani 27:17
Is it downtown LA? Or is it like they have several I think, okay, never mind. So, it's probably like one of those chain local chains.
Christine Chen 27:28
Yeah, there's a few spots it looks like now.
Adam Rani 27:33
I could I tell you; I've heard of it. And I've been to Tony’s but never a Korean place though. I've always seen Japanese places for some reason. I don't know.
Christine Chen 27:43
Really got into 24 hours.
Adam Rani 27:47
Japanese restaurant. Yeah, like this. There's there they have like a there's one place where they had like a 24-hour sushi bar. I don't know if it's still there. It's it was a while ago, and I remembered somebody told me it closed down. But yeah, it was it was my favorite spot. But I know there's other spots that I honestly can't remember. Yeah, but
Christine Chen 28:07
The tofu, BC tofu on Wilshire Boulevard.
Adam Rani 28:11
So oh, okay. That's way far from where I lived. But yeah, yeah, that's like on the opposite.
Christine Chen 28:17
Where did you live in Los Angeles?
Adam Rani 28:18
I live well, more outside. I stayed with the with a bunch of friends of mine and a house in Pasadena.
Christine Chen 28:25
So okay. Yeah. Pasadena is a good.
Adam Rani 28:28
It's really far. Yeah.
Christine Chen 28:30
It's like, Pasadena isn't LA?
Adam Rani 28:34
Well, that's what I mean. Like, that's, that's why like, people get mad at me whenever I say oh, yeah, I'm from LA. Like, Oh, yeah. Right. Where like Pasadena. Like, that's not here. Get out of here. Oh, that's like,
Christine Chen 28:47
say like, Hey, I live in Round Rock versus Austin. Right?
Adam Rani 28:54
Oh, yeah. Oh, no, I don't feel like that. No, that's different though. Chrissy because like, Pasadena is like 45 hours away from downtown LA. Like from Hollywood. So Round Rock is like fuckin 30 minutes or less.
Christine Chen 29:13
With traffic it's like an hour.
Adam Rani 29:16
Oh, give me a break. Oh, I will say you will. Oh, I'm so happy. You're gonna experience LA traffic. You're gonna have the gross I'm your fucking life. And I know for a fact you're going to be on the 405, shit gets backed up once it's 3:30 Lady.
Christine Chen 29:34
Luckily, my AC is fix and I got plenty of podcasts to catch up on. Oh, yeah, traffic doesn't bother nearly as much as it used to. So, I'm like, alright, well use this time to learn something. Yeah.
Adam Rani 29:46
And thank God, if it was like if we didn't have music or radios or any of that fucking shit, I would go. I would go out of my car. I would step out of my car at some point it would be a nightmare.
Christine Chen 30:03
The concept of time or existence. Nah, no, I have constant time. It's just distance. Yes. Distance. I have no concept of time. That's for sure.
Adam Rani 30:15
No. But what is? And that's very true, actually. And what's funny.
Christine Chen 30:23
Distance is true. And I've, I've had multiple friends be like, because I'll be like, oh, yes, walking distance, and then three miles later, they're like, this is not walking distance.
Adam Rani 30:31
Exactly.
Christine Chen 30:32
Well, I can walk to it.
Adam Rani 30:34
I can walk to it. And I do it all the time. It's like, Yeah, this is a workout, Christine. This is this is this is like if we're if we're doing like cardio training, or some.
Christine Chen 30:45
guys that my friends have stopped asking me about where they don't trust my judgment when it comes to where things are.
Adam Rani 30:54
Yeah. Well, I mean, time in relation to dis. Kelly said, yeah, yeah. Wow, Kelly, you're just dropping some Christine math. Time equal relation equal distance mc squared. Um, there was something else I was gonna say, too. That you Oh, it is so funny to like, it can be only 30 seconds. And it's like five minutes in Christine time. Yes. After 30 seconds. It's like so do you have the thing? It's like, you just asked me 30 seconds ago, and now you're telling me an ETA?
Christine Chen 31:38
Shelly is smart enough to she literally has a stopwatch, and she can tell me exactly how long has passed really? That way? I can't argue with her. She'll be like,
Adam Rani 31:50
Are you watching this still? Please tell me that's true. That's something
Christine Chen 31:53
she goes you asked me that two minutes ago. And I told you we 10 minutes. And so, it's 8 more minutes left. Like if she sends me a screenshot of her timer, can't argue with that?
Adam Rani 32:13
No. Why can't I? And then and then your complaint is why can't time move faster than time does move really fast? And then you're like, I need to slow down. Oh, Carly's on Facebook and she says it's true. Man. that is incredible.
Christine Chen 32:35
she makes me eat my words, Carly, what is the ETA for? I told you five minutes ago that it was.
Adam Rani 32:44
Did I stutter
Christine Chen 32:48
Right. According to my stopwatch, it still needs 810 more minutes. I'm like, Oh, great.
Adam Rani 32:56
Okay, I guess I guess I'll just wait, whatever that means. Hate it. Yeah. You really, I don't I really don't understand. I mean, like, because. And this is no, because my mother's the same way. My dad is also two in many ways as well. Like, he like my mom and my dad both have a really.
Christine Chen 33:20
My parents are like this. Mainly my dad, like, my dad will get mad at my mom all the time. And she'll be like, we need to leave at this time to go to whatever event and stuff and the thing is like It's like going on vacation with my parents is very stressful. It's not a vacation. It's just like, anybody I trust. But my parents are like, my dad plans everything to the tee like everything. Yeah, he like. He stresses all of us out because he's like, we were going to be at Epcot at three you know. 3pm It is 3:05 right our whole schedule is ruined. I'm like it is vacation.
Adam Rani 34:04
Dude, that's how my parents are too. That's why they didn't last after when I was like five years old. They're like peace. We're gonna divorce we can't even agree on the same fucking shit when it comes to time in relation to distance, shut up. Yeah, no, they my dad is very, very impatient. When it comes to lines. Man, my dad is looking for a fight at the DMV all the time. Like getting a driver's license is a crisis. And even like talking about Disneyland to like standing in line for anything like its pain, it's painful with parents. Other people are usually like they just wait, you know, just like normal people, but my family are just like, what is this shit? Why are we doing this? We're too old for this shit to wait, get out of here without waiting for shit. We are leaving.
Christine Chen 34:58
Yeah, you know, we've mastered the art of waiting in lines at Disneyland.
Adam Rani 35:07
Yeah. Oh, sorry. Go head.
Christine Chen 35:09
This is what we do. We go to Chinatown and buy a crapload of food. And we just eat it the whole time we're in, in the line. When you are eating in line, time goes fast, by a lot faster.
Adam Rani 35:25
So, is that why you like, eating standing up sometimes?
Christine Chen 35:30
That's possible. Yeah.
Adam Rani 35:32
There were a few times where I caught you like, like during production, it freaked me out. I don't know why. People eating standing up. I get really nervous. Like, what are you doing? Sit down like you're supposed to do.
Christine Chen 35:48
I'm so used to being on my feet.
Adam Rani 35:50
You are like socializing and eating and just like, you know, and there's nothing wrong with that. It was just like, weirding I'm like, stop it. Stop this. Why are you doing this? ruining me eating standing up? It's a threat. It's like, like a predator like hunting out its prey. It's just like, I don't like that. It's like I'm holding a plate of food asshole. Shut up. Yeah, so you buy a whole bunch of food stand in line. So, you just completely like, take away that whole experience.
Christine Chen 36:26
We're now eating and having good time eating and it's like it's anything you can do passively is smart in my opinion. Because yeah, that's why I love having a treadmill my why edit because I don't realize I'm working out like, because I'm so fixated.
Adam Rani 36:44
And we talked about that we both we both hate working out. And let me tell you something. I pulled out my mother's old dumb, uh like the bicycle thing that just like stands in place, pedal and shit like that. Yeah, I did that. And I played. I got back into playing video games. I know. I know. You don't care. But like I'm playing cyberpunk. And it is fantastic.
Christine Chen 37:13
You bike while you play video games.
Adam Rani 37:15
Yeah, it's the best fucking thing it's not bad.
Christine Chen 37:20
Cuz, you don't realize it's not bad. You probably bike harder when you're like trying to like win something.
Adam Rani 37:26
Basically. Yeah. Or well, no, me. So, there was one time where I really like I fucked my shoulder up so goddamn bad. Because for some reason, when I didn't realize this until I this happened, when I play video games, I always lean every time I move my character.
Christine Chen 37:42
I do the same thing.
Adam Rani 37:45
I don't know why I do that. I never thought I've ever done that. And I even asked my friends of mine. I'm like, have you seen me do that? Like yeah, we thought it was the goofiest fucking shit when we were growing up. Like, why don't you take something. And one time I was playing, and I move like I did like a sharp turn. Like when I was driving in the game, by the way I was driving. And I made a sharp turn and I did this. And I whipped. I fell straight to the floor right on my shoulder. Oh, no. Like, my legs are just dangling right off the exercise bike. So I was I mean, I was out of commission. But listen, it's it works. It's good. I just, I just kind of know what the fuck I'm doing. You know?
Christine Chen 38:34
I do the same thing. I just I feel like the TV will feel me.
Adam Rani 38:40
Yeah, yeah. It Well, I don't know why, but I feel like my responses, I guess in my body movements responds better with the controller. I don't know. It doesn't make any fucking sense. Adam doesn't make any sense. But this is why you guys tune in. And this is why I love you guys so much. Yes. Christine. So go ahead. Sorry.
Christine Chen 39:04
I was gonna say I'm gonna see my brother. We're trying to do like a family meet up in the two weeks that I actually am not on set in September. I'm like actually there'll be a up for it because Henry hasn't been to Disneyland. My little nephew. Maybe that'd be pretty good.
Adam Rani 39:25
Yes. Oh, taking it. Like I took I took my little cousin one time to Disneyland. I was like 20 I was 21 at the time, and it was the best. It's the best because you get to experience Disneyland a whole another way. With like, I know it sounds really weird. I'm not saying like, hey guys go to Disneyland with small children. I'm not saying I'm saying I'm saying if you have a family member who never been take them. Like if you have an if you have a family member who is just like have always wanted to go Disneyland, take them. It's going to be the best experience you'll ever have. Trust me. It's like taking a new person, you get a call. And I don't know how many times you've been to Disneyland and shit must change, you know, in those few times. And I know a lot of shit change. I haven't been Disneyland since I got here to Texas.
Christine Chen 40:16
Was what? Five years?
Adam Rani 40:20
Who? Me? No, it's three years. I'm Oh, no, I'm hitting I hit three years.
Christine Chen 40:26
Has only been three years.
Adam Rani 40:28
. And this, uh, August, August 15. will be three years I've known you.
Christine Chen 40:36
Only three years. Yeah. Because you jumped.
Adam Rani 40:39
2018.
Christine Chen 40:41
So yeah, 6 words were only three years. Man, time for me. Like, yeah, no concept of time. I get it now. I'm like, that was like 10 years ago.
Adam Rani 40:51
And every single time you bring up six words every single time without fail. You're like, Yeah, you were on that. Right. You were a PA on that? And I'm like, no, I was at all.
Christine Chen 41:05
I did the same thing with Kelly. I think she's on every single set I am on. it weirds me out when she's not like Yeah, remember when we did I just think I wasn't. I was like.
Adam Rani 41:14
I don't know what you're talking about.
Christine Chen 41:20
Then who was the production there?
Adam Rani 41:24
Yeah, no, no relation for time. Yeah, no, it's been only three years for me. But a what a journey. It's been for you.
Christine Chen 41:35
Yeah. Do you think do you see yourself going somewhere else after Austin? Or is Austin Where you are going stay?
Adam Rani 41:44
Yeah, Austin's where it's at, baby. Come on. Now. Don't give me Don't give me that sass and frass and by the way, I can say I am the first Californian aside from probably other people who I don't know. But I'm the first California that I know that has been here before Joe Rogan. So, before the Rogen Exodus, I've been here tried and true for two years. In 2018, you know as a as a humble barista, then turned PA into the film industry. With the thanks of Christine Chen, of course. But uh, yeah, I it's been. I mean, you know, I can never see myself moving again. I mean, like, I A I fucking hate moving. So, moving from out of California. I was like, oh, yeah, no, this is a done deal. Like, I'm not gonna leave Texas. So after I and I was also worried to you because like, whenever you move to a different state, I don't know if it's the same thing for you, Christine or for anyone who moved out of state before. You get a feeling of like uneasiness, like the first couple of months for me. Like the first month or two. I felt uneasy. I was like, oh, this is this is strange. You know, I don't I don't know how I feel about this. But then I realized like, after a while, I was like, Oh, it's just another city. shits more spread out. Things are cheaper. Gas isn't. I mean, when I left California gas was a 488 per gallon. Yeah.
Christine Chen 43:27
4.88!
Adam Rani 43:29
488 per gallon. When I left and I Yeah, and that was June 14, or 15th. Something like No, no, no, no, it was like June 17. Or 18th. Anyways, but it was 2018. So, I don't know. I have no fucking clue what it is now. I can't even imagine what it is now. You know? Yeah. Especially in the Bay Area where I'm from. But yeah, I don't know. I mean, like, unless like LA gets better maybe but I don't know. Like, Austin is just so much better. I know. I know. People are gonna fight me in the comments and that's fine. I'm willing to I'm willing to stand my ground.
Christine Chen 44:15
I think it's just it's a pleasant place. There's a lot too many things to do to like I don't see how people can be bored in Austin.
Adam Rani 44:25
Oh, no, not at all. And that was a thing with LA, and that was the thing with LA is just everything was just so much just shoved at you like all the fucking time, and you can throw a rock and you can hit like 19 restaurants you know, it's insane over in LA I love it. But I mean, every time I'm there every time I see La Bay Area is my home. So, I definitely see the bay area my home but I see La for me as like kind of like a vacation destination. So even though I live there for a minute, I still felt like it was vacation even though I drove a car. Yeah, I brought my car and I worked even in LA. Like, I it was still weird to me. Yeah, but except for being stuck in, you know, three and a half hours of 405 traffic. Yeah,
Christine Chen 45:20
I do. I remember that. How bad that traffic was like bad because I literally saw I was there I lived there for three months in 2011 I believe which was during common what they call Carmageddon with 405 shut.
Adam Rani 45:41
Yeah, holy shit. You were there. I mean, I was in the bay area at the time so that's crazy. How was That's nuts. So, you're like, you couldn't drive anywhere like you couldn't you couldn't.
Christine Chen 45:54
You knew what was funny was that they publicize it so much about hey, four or five is going to be close. Yeah, they home that the rows are great. Carmageddon was great. There is no Carmageddon. Yeah,
Adam Rani 46:13
You guys are still we're just like, fuck you. We're driving.
Christine Chen 46:16
Yeah, we're like speeding down on 405, it was fantastic.
Adam Rani 46:21
I bet. I bet. And I mean, yeah, that's crazy. Because I remember like reading that on the news. And like, I was like, wow, how? How weird. That's crazy. Is it? Like is it is it post-apocalyptic over there? Like what's happening? Crazy. It's like you guys are just like, no fucking cars. Alright, well, best of luck to you is. That's like saying this is like going to New York and saying like, yeah, no more trains. No more subways. You guys are gonna have to walk your app. Yes. This is like, oh, fuck you do? Um, yeah. That's crazy. Uh, so when you live? Did you work in the you worked in the industry at the time, right?
Christine Chen 47:01
Yeah. This was the period when I was going to start a like a fill, like my production company moth to flame. I decided to go and intern there. 20 Century Fox. I was it was one of the few positions that had like had pay, they give you a stipend, and stuff. I what I did. I mean, it was $2,000 stipend for three months. That's it's not gonna pay like your rent. That's fine. It's not gonna do much. But so, i took a lot of odd jobs and the jobs I took were all basically, like, post production jobs. So, I got to meet a lot of a lot of people that way. Um, that was the first time I saw somebody grow weed in their closet. Yeah, I was like, whoa, I never seen that before. Yeah, so it was like, wow, yes. No, it was it was it was cool. I think LA. What it is for me is that everybody, there's so many transplants and everybody there wants to make something happen. So, there is an energy there. And if
Adam Rani 48:19
Would you eventually live there?
Christine Chen 48:21
I don't know. I wrestle back and forth about it. I really enjoyed being there. And there are so many business deals are done there. But I also know people saying that like, hey, if you work if you live there, it's not like you're gonna really work there because everybody takes the filming. Yeah, everybody takes their filming out to places like Louisiana, Atlanta. Yeah, places that are a lot cheaper to you know, do stuff so. I don't know. I think I'd much of all places that I've seen. I think Seattle is pretty cool. I can see myself there.
Adam Rani 49:04
I've never been I would love to.
Christine Chen 49:08
And like I said, I love I was in love with Hawaii. Like in love with it.
Adam Rani 49:12
Oh, I mean, yeah, of course. Yeah. I mean. I mean, I say I wish but I'm like maybe it can happen. Maybe you can I don't know. I don't like I see myself living in a Hawaii. But at the same time, I'm like, what, what I want too though. I don't know.
Christine Chen 49:32
Like, I mean, you didn't like Hawaii?
Adam Rani 49:35
I love Hawaii. No, I love Hawaii. It's just I don't because I'm such a city guy. I'm I was born in the city, you know, in the Bay Area. So I don't know why I'm just I'm city trash like West Coast. What's up, you know? So, I like a metropolitan area. That's why I like when people are like, I'm going to go to the countryside like what are you 95 years old? A year. Sitting For live homie talking about now I see why. You know, especially here in Texas I definitely see why like the country side of life is a little more you know, I don't know, it's just it's a little more calm. It's just a little, you know, quiet, which is nice, but it's the fun is happening you guys isn't the city's? Um, I guess so. I don't know. I don't know what I'm talking about half the time anyway, so what the fuck cares? But isn't that crazy though that you being there in 2011 in the beginnings of moths to flame 10 years later, Christine. Yeah.
Christine Chen 50:44
Still here.
Adam Rani 50:45
Moth to flame is coming back in the big bad fucking way. still here.
Christine Chen 50:52
Yes. Still here, still doing the thing.
Adam Rani 50:57
But no, that's like No, just the journey just in those 10 years in retrospect, I must be fucking that must be wild.
Christine Chen 51:05
It's weird. I am. I wasn't a podcast. And they say that the part that people underestimate is that they think they have, I'm definitely rock that boat. The whole concept of time, they think they don't have enough time. And there's a lot more time than they think they actually like. Like, the 10 years doesn't feel like 10 years. To me, it's felt like maybe five years it's gone past you know, so it's weird. That and then in the, in the when I had time, I would always edit my, like personal reels and stuff every year. So that I can look back and in realize how much I've actually done. You know, because it because to me, I'm just going that I don't really realize that it's just like I'm on to the next thing and not the next thing and so is like what's happening with that next thing? And yeah, sometimes.
Adam Rani 52:08
You just you just been nonstop and.
Christine Chen 52:12
Yeah, and then but like when I have time to sit at that's why I think that's why I like car rides and driving long distances. It's like the one time I you are forced to not do anything else. I mean, I I've learned how I can learn things while I'm driving, but like through podcasts and stuff like that, but like you can't you have to focus on the road. So I can't like do a million things. I when it's the time when I just like, really process and reflect I guess that's the word I'm looking for reflect? Absolutely. Yeah. And then realizing oh, yeah, I didn't. Oh, originally was not even an idea. Since last year. It wasn't even full script. Since last December. You know, things like that is really weird for me to think about because I'm in the moment right now. I'm just like, oh my god, this is taking so long as I do is edit, have no life and but in the grand scheme seems like holy shit. Like we got a lot done within a few months. You know?
Adam Rani 53:26
I mean, you guys I mean, we all you operate on all cylinders, and even during production we all operate on all cylinders. It was Yeah, we were we were excited. You were excited. Yeah, we were we wanted to. We wanted to do that. And I'm glad that you I mean, now after 10 years, you've got a chance to have a mermaid feature underneath your belt. That's fucking That's fucking rad. Yeah, this is nuts. Dude to think about that. Fuck. Yeah, you guys. You're like on base. To me. You're on the Mount Olympus of directors. Now you hear you're up there. Now you're you can. To me you can shake hands with Coppola and Spielberg and all those.
Christine Chen 54:11
I don't know, right.
Adam Rani 54:14
Say hi to Nolan for me.
Christine Chen 54:17
I was I was listening to a podcast where M Night Shyamalan was talking, and he was saying how he was editing. Sixth sense that he kept thinking this is the last time I remember going to work again. He still thinks that way. That's how I feel. I'm like editing this this thing. And I'm like, you know what, this is probably the last time they're ever gonna let me direct anything ever again.
Adam Rani 54:40
Yeah, this is this is it you guys, this is my.
Christine Chen 54:45
I'm going out retiring.
Adam Rani 54:51
Oh man, I must be fucking daunting. I can't even I can't even think about because like, half the shit that I write. I'm already so critical of, so I can't even imagine like, once I'm into pro postproduction, that's, that's gonna be that's gonna be a whole other beast I'm not at all aware of I'm excited to learn more about it and experience it. But, yeah, just my perspective of what you've been going through. Um I still I still want to do this. It's I mean, it's like, it's hard. It's hard, but I still I'm like, Yeah, it's fine. I'll do it. I'll do it. I don't I don't care. I will still get I will complain though. There's gonna be moments of me just like going off. I mean, I do it already in therapy. So, I'm just like, You know what? I gotta, I gotta pop off. For just five minutes. I'm gonna come back. I'm gonna reel it back in and then we're gonna we're gonna resume is scheduled. But anyways, yeah, no, I I'm excited for you, Christine.
Christine Chen 56:02
I am sorry for all of us. I just really hope that people like it.
Adam Rani 56:08
Ah, yeah. And if you people don't like it, uh, let me know. Because I'm willing to fight you. Absolutely. Erzuliefilm.com ladies and gentlemen. Voice your complaints to me. Today.
Christine Chen 56:22
Please let me direct more after this.
Adam Rani 56:25
Oh, yeah. Are you kidding? No, you you're gonna be. Don't you worry, Christine. You're gonna I mean it now. And now that you're gonna you have your eyes on like these festival circuits and stuff like that. Holy, holy shit. You're gonna pop off. Tell me I'm wrong. Instagram. Tell me. I'm wrong, Facebook, do it.
Christine Chen 56:49
We are going do it. We're gonna do it.
Adam Rani 56:52
You're gonna do it. Dude. I'm so fucking excited. I really am. I know, I keep saying that. But it's truly as thrilling. And I purposefully, every time like, I will look, I feel like I'm spoiling myself every week for the podcast, because like, every time I go to your, like Instagram feed, I'm just like, I like you. This is so much information that I need to process. I know Christine's gonna be talking about this. So let me just let me just save this.
Christine Chen 57:23
Yeah, how's your how's your script going?
Adam Rani 57:27
I'm almost wrapped. I'm almost done.
Christine Chen 57:33
When am I? When I when I going to be able to read it?
Adam Rani 57:38
Well, listen, I told myself and I made a promise to myself that if I don't finish this by the time, I turn 27, I've amounted to absolutely nothing.
Christine Chen 57:52
You got to finish it by the end of this month or something?.
Adam Rani 57:55
Yes. I'm trying I'm trying.
Christine Chen 57:57
When is the real deadline?
Adam Rani 58:02
Well, there's no real deadline? I mean, I set it down.
Christine Chen 58:04
That is the problem, you must set a deadline.
Adam Rani 58:07
Right. But yeah, I mean, yeah, that's true. That's I'm gonna
Christine Chen 58:10
I am going to set a deadline.
Adam Rani 58:15
Please don't, because then it's just gonna stress me out, then I'm gonna resent it and shit like that. I'm already at the tail end of it, too. And also, I'm doing storyboards as well. I'm learning. For those of you who just joined in the podcast, learning how to draw this. This pretty boy is learning how to draw.
Christine Chen 58:30
Can you show some?
Adam Rani 58:32
No, because I'm embarrassed.
Christine Chen 58:34
Are they really? I mean, you draw though, right?
Adam Rani 58:37
No, no, no, I don't. I never I mean, like, I drew when I was growing up, but like, they were terrible. They were absolutely awful.
Christine Chen 58:45
Just No, they can't be worse than my drawing.
Adam Rani 58:49
No, I mean, and I'm not trying to be some crazy ass artists. I just I'm trying shit out, I guess, you know, because I have a this the script is, is it's really interesting, because like, I have a whole soundtrack laid out around this entire script, like already. So, it's kind of it's like one of those things where I have there's this there's this entire story that backs up this the soundtrack purposefully. And, and I'm trying to make that come to life, essentially. And I and I'm also a visual learner, as well. Yeah, I don't know exactly what I want. So, there's been a couple of times where it would be like me setting up my old ass DSLR camera and go into the backyard and shooting random shit with me just like running in and out of frame and shit like that. Oh, no, it's I mean, it's one of those things where I don't know what I'm what I am trying to look for, and then so when I when I, when I'm just like, I don't know, I don't know what I'm trying to do here, I don't know what I'm trying to express here I go back to old movies, and then I'll try to like, not mimic them, but do my absolute best to make my own Napoleon Dynamite version of a shitty version of whatever the fuck those action sequences were. So yeah, I mean, it's literally a process and I never wrote a script before either. And God bless my writing mentor. I still, it still is taking me this long because I'm still that unsure about the script, when I probably should be more reassuring like myself, like, instead of just harping on myself, and then also there's life shit that just happens too that you know, about, you know, it's just, you know, things, things like this happen. And then once I get back into the rhythm of writing, which is where I am now, or at least trying to, you know, yeah, it to keep it. I know, to just like, keep fucking going and just keep working. But I know for a fact I'm dangerously close. dangerously close. I just gotta I just gotta keep going.
Christine Chen 1:01:24
That's good. Um, yeah, when it comes to flow. I had an experience with my composer. Where I am, I thought I was the only person who did this. Apparently. You do. He was. We were in a session together. He was like, I really need to pee. But I don't want to pee because I pee and we lose this flow and I laughed so hard. I was like, Oh my gosh, I need to I use that all the time. Where I'm like, if I go and tend to right now, I'm going to lose this whatever this.
Adam Rani 1:01:59
Right? Yeah, that's where I shine the most is anywhere between 11pm and 2am 3am. That's where I enter the best fucking flow state is when everything else around me is just absolutely shut down and quiet. Even the dark quiet. Like, I can literally like be here in my office. And just like, go crazy. My pink light, look at this.
Christine Chen 1:02:28
Yeah. Cool.
Adam Rani 1:02:31
And then also Oh, you can't see that. I don't know if you can see that Instagram, but it says a Facebook you can see this is Adam needs background. So, it's a reminder for myself to make sure Adam needs background.
Christine Chen 1:02:43
That is so funny because you're in the art department.
Adam Rani 1:02:46
Yeah, and one might assume that I would put in a little more effort into the art department stuff and I do. Um, but it's my house. I want to do shit.
Christine Chen 1:03:02
However you want it.
Adam Rani 1:03:03
Want to do whatever however I want to do it? No, I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm trying. I'm gonna get something here. Eventually. Kelly has been making fun of me about not having anything here. The lights are better. I had absolutely nothing here is just this light.
Christine Chen 1:03:19
You have a board. You can at least write something.
Adam Rani 1:03:25
And I kept thinking, and I did. I did the first like couple of weeks of doing the podcast. I realized after like going back through editing I had I mean, it's not spoilers, but like, there's like notes from my script on the whiteboard. That I didn't erase at all. So you see like, Wait, who's who? Sandra? Who's dumb? Who's just like, yeah, it's it was fun. But now not anymore. I learned my fucking lesson. And I didn't even notice it. My pod had fuckin ass didn't even notice until like, three weeks into the fucking podcast in COVID.
Christine Chen 1:04:09
You had all your secrets.
Adam Rani 1:04:12
I'm like, Oh damn it.
Christine Chen 1:04:16
Do you have your pet, on episode 33 guys, Adams bank account number is also on video podcast?
Adam Rani 1:04:29
Yeah, right down. I write down my passwords.
Christine Chen 1:04:32
That's what we should do. We should tell people which episodes have hidden clues so that people will go and watch those episodes and look for those.
Adam Rani 1:04:43
I might do that might actually go back and actually see I can really make out everything but there's a couple of things like I could have seen and I'm like, Ah, yeah.
Christine Chen 1:04:56
Totally do that. Like have like I have a special on the on the on the board on our board and see how many people notice what's on there.
Adam Rani 1:05:07
Yeah, I there's a movie that that did sort of the same I can't remember which one, but it was it was a clever It was basically like in the middle of the movie and it just gave away the entire third act on this really whiteboard. And they did edit like the shot is only like three seconds long. So, you're in and out. Like it's gone. But it's there. Like there's a little whiteboard and it shows the entire plot points of Act Three.
Christine Chen 1:05:37
Oh my gosh that is crazy. Oh, that's so cool.
Adam Rani 1:05:42
So, if you if you pause it and if you blow up that just the frame, you can probably make out what the plot points were in that act. I can't remember which movie is it? It's called um, it's called the it's called the crazies. Um, oh, man. It was like kind of like a mockumentary, but not really. Um,
Christine Chen 1:06:06
I kind of want to do that now. Like make that my thing like hide something in a film in my film where it like spoils everything.
Adam Rani 1:06:16
Yeah, no, it's a clever. It's a clever little directing thing.
Christine Chen 1:06:21
That's so cool. Yeah. Well, that's so funny.
Adam Rani 1:06:24
Oh God, what was that movie called? I think it's called the creek the crazies. No, that's not it. It's no, it's not the craziest. Uh,
Christine Chen 1:06:35
I haven't seen that.
Adam Rani 1:06:36
It is Georgia film. No, it was from a different guy. I forgot what it's called. But basically, like, it's about it's a heavy subject, but it's like, it deals with like, school shootings and stuff like that. But they're it's a fictional, it's a completely fictional story, but it's, it's amazing. It's, and it was made by these two kids from Ohio. And they shot it with like, one lavalier mic, and one GoPro, and a DSL an old ass DSLR camera that like he borrowed like, one of the main character who directed and wrote the entire thing. And stars in it with his buddy. Um, like, borrowed his dad's DSLR all that and just like shot his own thing with like, one lavalier mic. Like that's like, that's the only thing.
Christine Chen 1:07:32
Can you figure out where the title is. You don't have to do it now .
Adam Rani 1:07:36
Yeah, it's gonna I know about once it once it comes to me. I'm gonna write it down to Yeah.
Christine Chen 1:07:41
Because I want to watch now.
Adam Rani 1:07:43
It is a really good movie. It's like it's and it's also not long. It's like an hour and 20 minutes. It was like supposed to be a short film. And Kevin Smith. I think executive produced it. And yeah, it became like a bigger, bigger thing. And, like it one awards, I want to say but yeah, it's Oh, I think dirties that what is called the dirties. Yeah. It's called the dirties. The dirties. It's Canadian, Ohio. Well, I'm out of my mind.
Christine Chen 1:08:22
The dirties.
Adam Rani 1:08:23
The dirties.
Christine Chen 1:08:25
Okay, from 2013
Adam Rani 1:08:32
That's Yeah, and it's the this story is incredible.
Christine Chen 1:08:36
it says the dirtiest movie.
Adam Rani 1:08:39
no, the dirties is just the dirties.
Christine Chen 1:08:45
Oh, I see. I see. There's a screenshot of it on IMDb that has the whiteboard.
Adam Rani 1:08:53
Yeah, does it.
Christine Chen 1:08:54
It got points on it. shot.
Adam Rani 1:08:59
Yeah, and it's an if you like pause it you can see the spoilers essentially.
Christine Chen 1:09:05
That's awesome.
Adam Rani 1:09:06
Before you can even finish the fucking movie. And the guy too. He didn't notice it till post. He was on a podcast and he was like, I honestly there's no such thing as dailies. There's no such thing as me looking at previous footage. I just literally dumped everything edited and I saw it and I was like, Oh fuck. Well, it is what it is. They did it together. They just still went for it. He still went away with it.
Christine Chen 1:09:34
Well, I dailies is a is a luxury like I when I did. Unemployment, zero dailies.
Adam Rani 1:09:40
Yeah, you had your laptop, and you know, just like, did it yourself? Yeah, yeah. But the dirties is a great movie. It came out in 2013. The year I graduated from high school, and I remembered it Because I went to the movie theater with my buddy and we didn't know anything about it, we just like we just randomly like we went to the movie theater in Oakland and like the independent cinema, which is an independent movie theater, such a great movie theater. I hope it's still there. If anybody there go in Oakland area, please go to the independent cinema. It is fantastic. Anyways, I saw it there. And it like it. I had no clue going in what the movie was about and walking away from it just like blew my mind. So, it's a great, great movie. You guys the dirties? Yeah, fantastic movie. Yeah, um, we're about an hour and 15 We did a we did a pretty good we did a little nice damage to the to the to the to your guys’ time. And thank you so much for joining you guys. Instagram. We appreciate it. Facebook. Um, yeah, yeah. Was there anything else you wanted to bring up Christine?
Christine Chen 1:11:06
No, I gotta go check out a 48 hour film, edit and see how it goes.
Adam Rani 1:11:16
But at least you're like, I mean, you're back to the familiar ways. So, these this is kind of like it's probably like, I don't know, cathartic for you to fly back to the 40 an hour.
Christine Chen 1:11:28
Yeah, it's fun to be like, Oh, even though I'm more experienced now. It doesn't make it. It is easier, but it's not like oh, this is like it's still hard.
Adam Rani 1:11:39
Oh, no, no, I'm but I'm saying like it's still it's something what you've done already so much. And you know, yeah,
Christine Chen 1:11:48
No, it's fun.
Adam Rani 1:11:50
Yeah. Yeah. Well, you guys, I think we're out of show ladies and gentlemen. Instagram. Thank you so much. We love you. Facebook. We love you. So yeah, that's been the get Reelisms podcast know, we're gonna be back next week. Go to Erzuliefilm.com
Christine Chen 1:12:10
Oh my gosh, I might be in LA by next week too um, I brought all my stuff.
Adam Rani 1:12:15
Gonna say bring you bring everything well, if your ports not working.
Christine Chen 1:12:20
Well. It's only because I was exporting something. I think we do it. Yeah. So, by I think we other port. Let me just try.
Adam Rani 1:12:27
Neither here nor there.
Christine Chen 1:12:29
I just finished the export so I can unplug the drive to try it.
Adam Rani 1:12:33
So, the next time we'll see Christine, ladies and gentlemen.
Christine Chen 1:12:38
Ah, see, look. It works now. I think it's green.
Adam Rani 1:12:43
Well, yeah, it works. Yeah.
Christine Chen 1:12:48
It's a better okay. Yeah. Yeah, it was just it was literally because the other port I think is damaged.
Adam Rani 1:12:54
Gotcha. Well.
Christine Chen 1:12:56
I need a new computer. Yeah, I need one.
Adam Rani 1:13:00
All right. Well, I'm glad Christine figured out the microphone situation at the end of the podcast. That has been the Get Reelisms podcast for the book. Pick up the books. Come on. What are you doing with your life? Get the posters, the stickers. The stickers. You guys. Come on deck. There wasn't like stickers, and Erzuliefilm.com to catch all of the Get Reelisms podcast. Season three Erzulie stuff over there. Um, so yeah, that's it, Christine. I think I'm gonna go and make myself a hamburger.
Christine Chen 1:13:38
That sounds lovely.
Adam Rani 1:13:40
It is actually going to be lovely. I'm very excited. I got it all soaking in like soy sauce and stuff. It's gonna be the deal. So, uh, you guys, that's it. That's it. I'm done. Instagram. Goodbye. We love you. Thank you so much. We appreciate you