Just wanted to let you know that I've re-architected my blog so that it's based completely on twitter. There's a link to the new RSS feed at weskim.com/blogs. Or you can just go straight to the source at twitter.com/weskimcom and subscribe from there.

Anyway, thanks for your interest. Maybe you can join twitter too and we can all be twitter pals. (Twitterers? Twits?)

Best,
Wes

I'm helping out with a corporate shoot this Friday -- they desperately about ten Asian men (or even some men with black hair!) for a scene in a vocational tech classroom. It's low-budget, so the most they could offer would be a $10 per diem. But if you've always wanted the chance to participate in a professional video production, this is your golden opportunity.

When: Friday, January 19, 3pm call

Where: Seattle Lutheran High School
4141-41st Ave SW
Seattle, 98116 (west Seattle)

Compensation: $10 for expenses

Please call 206-719-6261 if you're interested.

Do you have a white boxy truck that could double as a "milk truck," especially when decorated with this sign -- www.weskim.com/dairylogo.jpg?

"Cookies for Sale" is a SAG project shooting on HD by award-winning filmmaker Wes Kim. The film has guaranteed distribution on 35mm as a short film to be shown with features at Northwest Film Forum and other regional theaters.

We need a milk truck for our shoot in Bellevue this Saturday and Sunday -- does your vehicle fit the bill? We also need a makeup artist! Please direct any leads to wes@weskim.com. Thanks!

Need milk truck or white delivery/moving truck that can pass for a milk truck for a film shoot Dec. 2-3 in Bellevue. Can pay modest rental fee. Thanks!

WANTED: Suburban-style house for film shoot, Dec. 2-3

I'm shooting a short film for Northwest Film Forum the weekend of Dec. 2-3 (that's a week from this Saturday and Sunday), and I need a house location that meets these characteristics:

* Nothing too special -- a typical suburban tract home in the Spielberg/Burton mold. (Which is ironically not that easy to find in Seattle.)
* A modestly-sized home -- no McMansions.
* A front door at street level, or at most, a few steps up. And on the front of the house, not to the side.
* A relatively low-traffic street to accommodate a small amount of vehicle action.
* A front door with a security peephole is ideal.
* Mostly exteriors and the area just inside the front door.
* Extra credit:
o An in-ground sprinkler system that you're willing to fire up. (If this is all you have, let's still talk.)
o Any additional interior availability -- kitchen, living room, etc.
o Availability for test footage during this Sat-Sun Thanksgiving weekend (yup, this Saturday and Sunday).

FYI, this is for a program called Signature Shorts -- I was one of four artists invited to create a 2-3 minute short film to run before features at Northwest Film Forum and other regional movie theaters. It's a very exciting project for me -- we've got a great cast and crew lined up -- and if we can just find a suitable location, we'll all be breathing a lot easier. (Getting the weather to cooperate is another issue...) For your information, the film concerns a girl scout trying to unload her last box of cookies on a grumpy neighbor. Trust me, hilarity ensues.

Compensation consists of inclusion in the "Special Thanks" section of the credits, DVD copy of the film, and invitation to a cast/crew screening TBD.

Feel free to spread the word -- and be sure to email me if you have any leads -- digital pics of your home a plus. Thanks in advance for your help!

The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, is sponsoring the "Blanks on a Blank" challenge wherein competitors must create a parody of the upcoming film SNAKES ON A PLANE based on a randomly assigned animal and vehicle.

I'm very proud to announce that the film "Aardvarks on a Tank" is now available for viewing online at www.blanksonablank.com.

* "When belligerent aardvarks commandeer a tank, the military calls the one man who can defuse the crisis. But can our hero overcome personal demons to do what must be done? A story of terror, suspense, love...and aardvarks. On a tank."

Please take note: The films rated most highly by viewers will win prizes -- third prize is $250, second prize is $500, and first prize is an expenses-paid trip to LA to attend the premiere of SNAKES ON A PLANE.

Now it would be unethical for me to blanketly suggest that you VISIT WWW.BLANKSONABLANK.COM AND GIVE A SCORE OF 100 TO "AARDVARKS ON A TANK" BY AUGUST 10!!! Instead, I will simply suggest that you visit site, watch the films for yourself, and apportion scores to them as your conscience dictates.

*** WARNING! The film is rated R for language, per the rules of the contest. I'll be creating a PG version and posting it to YouTube later for those of you who prefer not to hear strong cuss words. ***

Extra silly note: In a Shyamalan-esque move, I myself play a key role in the film. But there are no narfs, scrunts, or any other nonsensical creatures in the film. Just aardvarks. Who dance to Kool and the Gang.

...and if you want to know more, visit my real blog at weskim.com/blogs.

Don't forget -- the "real" blog is at www.weskim.com/blogs.

And for anyone in SF, please check out "Profiles in Science" at the Hi/Lo Film Festival in San Francisco today (4/6) and Saturday (4/8)!

Full schedule at www.hilofilmfestival.com





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Sunday, February 26 at 3:00 PM

Seattle premiere of "Price of Letter" (Ugyen Wangdi, Bhutan, 2004, 68min), Best Documentary - 2005 Brooklyn International Film Festival

Venue: Central Cinema at 21st and Union, Seattle
http://www.central-cinema.com
Admission: $5
Presented by Tasveer: http://www.tasveer.org

Lingshi is a mountain village situated at an altitude of 12,000 feet in the Great Himalayan region of Bhutan. It is a four-day trek through the wilderness from Bhutan's capital city, Thimphu. 49 year-old Ugen Tenzin has been Lingshi's postal runner for 26 years. This documentary follows his journey in the winter when the route is snowbound and in mid-summer when the monsoons lash out. Ugen spends twelve to fifteen days of the month traveling. Despite the risks and the tiring ascents and descents of high mountains and valleys, he plans to continue until his retirement.