I’m definitely interested in giving this a try. Not sure if my window has few enough bars on it, but what a rad way to make your grocery bill that much lighter!

And teams up with George Clinton and Too $hort(!) along the way!

(Via Maximumfun.org)

This Friday my close teacher/friend and I will be traveling to the New York Federal Reserve Bank in New York City with a very carefully selected group of students. Carefully selected because everybody don’t know how to act. But, it’s not their fault. Check the cartoon for how some folks have portrayed black and brown peoples for years.

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This is a new section for things that we endorse. These joints are $99 and they send you 5 pairs to try on at home (like Netflix). After making your decision, you send them back and THEN they send you the pair you want back with your prescription filled in. Got it? That’s DOPE. Shout out to bringing designer frames to the masses. Peep below for their story:

A New Concept in Eyewear. Warby Parker was founded with a rebellious spirit and a lofty objective: to create boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point.

A collaboration between four close friends, Warby Parker was conceived as an alternative to the overpriced and bland eyewear available today. Prescription eyewear simply should not cost $300+. The industry is controlled by a few large companies that have kept prices artificially high, reaping huge profits from consumers who have no other options. By circumventing traditional channels and engaging with our customers directly through our website, Warby Parker is able to provide higher-quality, better looking prescription eyewear for under $100.

We meticulously crafted our first collection of 27 limited run styles, plus one monocle, using only the finest custom acetates and materials. The Warby Parker aesthetic is vintage-inspired, with a fashion forward twist – and every pair is custom fit with anti-reflective, polycarbonate prescription lenses.

Available exclusively through the Warby Parker website, our glasses retail for $95.
Eyewear with a Purpose.

We believe that everyone has the right to see. Unfortunately, millions of people around the world today don’t have access to proper vision care. To help address this problem, Warby Parker partners with renowned non-profits, such as RestoringVision.org, to deliver one pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair that we sell. In doing so, we enable you to share the gift of vision with someone who can’t see today and give them the opportunity to read, to work and to live a fuller life.

Hilarious.

In theaters this April. Thoughts?

Peep my Tanqueray latest on “We Resist Simple”. Ten Directing tips I learned the hard way. Well worth your read…but don’t take my word for it! Check it out HERE!

On the next episode of The Double Down Film Show we’ll discuss the craft of directing with Writer/Director, Darnell Martin.

Darnell is a D.P. turned director who started out as an A.C. with Spike Lee’s outfit, 40 Acres and a Mule, before launching her own successful directing career. Apart from her most notable films, I LIKE IT LIKE THAT and CADILLAC RECORDS, Darnell has established a reputation as a skilled and efficient director of more than a decade of hit tv shows including LAW AND ORDER, HOMOCIDE, OZ, SAVED, and dozens more.

· What does she always try to do on the first day of production?

· How well did film school prepare her for Hollywood?

· What’s the different about being a Black female in Hollywood?

· What the hardest part of television directing?

· How has motherhood affected her directing?

Find out on the next Double Down Film Show. Plus, we’ll be announcing the prize winner’s for this week’s raffle for early registrants of Indie Film Boot Camp. Join us for another session of film school through the back door.

Listen in live from your computer HERE
or from your phone @ 646-929-1956.

Last night we shot the exterior scenes for “Girls Night Out” (captured on Canon’s 7D). It was cold and chaotic (Broadway in NYC on a Saturday night!) but we held it together and shot 6/8 pages in about an hour — 8 shots in total. Below is a shout out to the talented cast and crew who did a great job despite the conditions and me scrapping my shot list thanks to Murphy’s Law. I’m thankful for their time and expertise and looking forward to this weekend when head to Jersey City to capture the interior scenes that set the story up.

THE CAST
Tami Jordan as “Lea”
Stephanie Parrott as “Asia”
Nia Fairweather as “Jennifer”

THE CREW
Pete Chatmon – Director, Producer
Candice Sanchez McFarlane – Writer, Producer
Brett Allen – Producer, Ass’t Director
Lonnie Hart, Jr – Producer, Script Supervisor
Leyla Rosario – Cinematographer
Chris Dadap – Ass’t Camera
Edgardo Parada – Sound Mixer
Tysha Ampadu – Costume Designer
Shade Boyewa – Hair/Makeup
Tristan Nash – Grip/Gaffer
Greg Payton – Editor
Giga Shane – Behind-the-Scenes Documentarian

This project is a complementary component to the original 1-hour drama, “The Bridge”, created by Brett Allen and Lonnie Hart Jr.

More pics via Leyla’s BLOG!

Tonight (3/6) at midnight YOUR 10% DISCOUNT on the $99 Early Bird Registration for INDIE FILM BOOTCAMP expires!

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to learn everything my team and I acquired over 25+ years of filmmaking and entertainment industry hard knocks.

On Saturday, March 27th in NYC you’ll be immersed in 6 classes, 3 instructors, and 8+ hours of content. INDIE FILM BOOTCAMP is designed to fill the gaps left by traditional classes and seminars, providing film and media makers with the insider tips, tactics, and techniques that will take ANY project from script to screen. As always, we will deliver the motivation and inspiration necessary for you to continue to put these elements into practice.

***LET ME BE CLEAR!
This isn’t just for directors. INDIE FILM BOOTCAMP is for producers looking to learn how to put a team together … actors who need to increase their web presence … brands/corporations interested in distinguishing themselves with new media content … it’s for any and everyone aware that the moving image is the key to success in today’s world and it shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg to reach your goals.

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$99 (w/a 10% discount) for this kind of access doesn’t come around often.

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Standard registration of $119 begins at 12:01am tonight.

~ Pete Chatmon