Jimmy Says LA is Magical

I need to go verify that.

You may remember back in August when I wrote about filming Cleo in the Universe, the fantastic short film written and directed by our good friend Jimmy Marble. In a serendipitous twist of fate, some of the footage must be re-shot and Jimmy has up and moved his operations south to Los Angeles.

So, off we go!

Tomorrow Ben and I leave on a Virgin America flight (which I heard is like flying in the inside of an iPod) for the glitz and glamour of Hollywood -- to film a movie no less! A shame production has drawn out so long, but like I said, Jimmy claims LA is magical so I'm excited to go verify that.

Jimmy posted the below still from the Super 8mm footage shot over the summer that he's currently editing. Isn't it gorgeous? Hopefully a trailer will be done very soon.

Other photos from the filming of Cleo, by Abiel Hoff and Greg Boudreau:

space and love

I took a break from internship happenings for a project of a different sort.

This past weekend I spent nearly three days 'round the clock producing Jimmy Marble's latest short film, Cleo in the Universe.The experience (my first on a working set) was surreal, rewarding, exhausting, intensely filled with good friends and, did I mention, exhausting?

The film, I am sure, is going to be gorgeous. We filmed the whole piece in Super 8. Mind you, the film is set in space. Cleo in the Universe will be the most dreamy, soft rendition of space exploration you've ever seen. This I can guarantee.

I played Cleo, the captain of the SS Sweatheart who toils with the juxtaposition of finite love in an infinite universe. I wore a blue spacesuit, took advice from Karl, the onboard computer system, co-stared with the muppet known as Lt. Baby Baby and dreamt about a girl named Duke Jupiter.


Note worthy details from the weekend:

CLEO LEAK from Benjamin Bearclaw on Vimeo.

The warehouse we commandeered.




A picture from one of the many Twitter reports from production.

Big thank you to Jimmy for letting us all be a part of his amazing art. I am very inspired by your unbridled, absurd creative expectations and want to make shit with you for a long, long time. Good luck with post-production!

More to come on the Cleo in the Universe premier. Until then, think really hard about space and love. It'll be good for your imagination.