Craig Amabello says: having a good attitude in life is very important.... Especially if you chose show biz for your profession.... When your job as a REAL person... Is to make FAKE reality seem real.... It can all get pretty damn surreal, bizarre and twisted up inside your head... So having a sense of humor about it all is so VERY important!

  Unfortunately my attitude confuses people a lot.... I am very sarcastic and dark... But I am also very friendly and helpful and I love to make fun of everything.... And I try my best to laugh and have a good time no matter where I am, what I am doing, or who I am with.

  Unfortunately many times, people confuse my easy going attitude with weakness.... and my clowning around makes people think I'm a bloody moron... So it just sucks when people try to take advantage of my good natured & easy going ways.

  Which leads me to my Topic of this blog..... ATTITUDES...... Hollywood can be a very closed, tight knit place where it is almost impossible to break into the business because only a handful of people truly do run the entire town. And many people develop serious attitudes in their attempt to mask or cover up their own insecurities & weaknesses so they can act all big & important.... It can be most painful & heartbreaking just trying to make it through another day in Hollywood & if you can't find a way to laugh at all this insanity.... You can go CRAZY!

  I left Hollywood after 12 long years of struggling & frustration dealing with so many BAD attitudes and all I was doing was just trying to better my life & get to a higher position & work on bigger & better paying productions.... But for the life of me, I just couldn't find the right door to open, or the right window to climb in to better my position in the hard, cold world of Hollywood.

  All my struggles where in vain... I never did better myself.... My attempt to climb that elusive ladder of success, was a complete failure!.... I finally gave in & had to admit.... That I was a loser & that Hollywood had Kicked me like a raw dog & beaten me to the bone & slammed me into the ground like a chewed up rag doll!

  But I can still laugh & smile when I look back fondly of my days in LA.

  I learned a lot working on many low paying jobs doing camera work and editing. The things I learned could never be taught in a class room, because once you get into the REAL WORLD of Hollywood production... you find that many supposed rules, just fly out the window. The directors drunk & in a bad mood, The actors been doing coke for days & can't remember their lines, the DP was dating the actress & now hates her & wants to make her look horrible, the production manager has only booked talent that he thinks he can have sex with & they have no talent at all, the producer is making last minute changes with actresses because he had sex with a girl the night before & promised her a role in the movie & she can't act at her way out of a paper bag, the owner of the shooting location turns out to be a crystal meth addict & still wants to conduct drug deals while we are trying to work...... & on & on...... but you learn that you still have to get through the day somehow & COMPLETE the project.

  Now I know this may all sound far fetched & weird to you people, & probably doesn't occur on a George Lucas picture... But in the Hollywood world that I worked in... "The Low budget world".... this kind of stuff occurred all the time! And believe me, it was fascinating at times to work around all these obstacles & still get the days work done.... but it just put a lot of undue pressure on me to work under these conditions.

  That's why I so desperately wanted to find better paying gigs with bigger & more professional production companies, but I just had know idea how to go about meeting the right people. I was making $300 a day as my rate as a cameraman & I worked approx. 3 days a week shooting & I also did editing 2 to 3 days a week on top of that for various different rates.... Many projects I shot, I also ended up editing... And believe me, when the cast & crew are all in a bad mood for the entire shoot & the script goes out the window & the shooting is horrible & I end up having a producer breathing down my neck to complete a project because the release date is 5 days away.... THE PRESSURE JUST BECOMES ENORMOUS!

  But I developed a thick skin & learned to laugh at everything & tried not to let it get to me... otherwise you would go insane! I know I have a weird attitude & very sarcastic out look on everything... but no matter who I worked for, or what I was being paid, wether they were big movie stars, (yes, once in awhile I actually did work with big movie stars), or just brand new unknown actors, I prided myself on my ability to be helpful, happy, and professional in the sense that I always tried to do the best that I could under whatever circumstances we were shooting under.

  I found that it was very important to have a sense of humor when you find yourself working 12 to 14 hour days... day in & day out under such pressure to complete projects on time & on budget. But many of the people that I worked with, were just miserable. They would start the day at 7 am complaining and bitching about how they hated everything and it never made sense to me why these people where even in show biz in the first place if they hated it so much. So I always chose to be the nice guy... The helpful guy... If a light needed to be placed I would place it, if a chair needed to be moved I'd move it... If the talent needed water, I would go & get it for them... There was nothing I wouldn't do to try & make the day just a little bit nicer, a little bit happier, so that we could all accomplish the job at hand.... Which was getting the movie shot!

  Now I have only worked on a handful of productions out here on the east coast since I have been back from LA & the one thing that I have found is that all anyone seems to do out here is TALK ABOUT HOLLYWOOD.... Everyone seems so HELL BENT on BEING like Hollywood.... Acting like they think Hollywood is.... Using fancy terms.... Big titles.... almost putting more importance on talking about a shot with the proper vernacular & Buzz words that would make them seem like Hollywood big shots, than to actually just do the shot without all the damn Jingo & jargon that would befit a Hollywood production!

  On one shoot I worked on as a grip making $4.16 cents an hour (yes, I actually figured out how much I was being paid by the hour) I was actually fired after the DP asked me several times to get him some C-64's... This was in front of 6 or 8 crew members (I never could figure out why the hell there was so many crew on this shoot, we were shooting in a small cramped basement room... & none of them seemed to be doing anything.... That's another pet peeve of mine, directors having huge crews just to satisfy & stroke their damn ego's).... Anyways, I scratched my head & felt like a fool in front of all these people looking at me, but I had no idea what the hell a C-64 was..... Finally after almost 2 minutes, the DP looked at me & said, "The Clothes Pin, I need a couple clothes pins!"

  Now why couldn't he have just said that in the first place once he realized that I didn't know what a C-64 was.... BUT NO..... This guy just wanted it all to sink in & deliberately wanted to belittle me in front of a room full of useless people..... He actually enjoyed waiting for me to ask him, "I don't know what you want?"... Should I have known a clothes pin is called a C-64?... Sure I should have, but jesus, couldn't he have cut me some slack?

  Previous to this, he had spent the whole day barley even acknowledging me as I spent the day bending over backwards, keeping my mouth shut, running extension cords all over the place, getting lights, stands, gels & scrims & doing the best I could to help the production along. It wasn't as if I was drunk, screwing around, talking, being disruptive & just hanging out all day doing nothing... I actually worked hard lugging some heavy equipment around & being right by his side to get him whatever he needed & he never once even said hello to me, or even thanked me when I ran around getting stuff like a good little gofer grip.

  I mean, this guy came in with an attitude that was high & mighty right from the start of the day because he was the Director of Photography & I could sense that I was just a lowly grip (not to mention that I was probably twice his age, which made me feel like even more of a loser than I already felt)... & I just went about the day doing what I was told to do with no complaints whatsoever..... And then at the end of the day when he fired me, he seemed to really enjoy it!

  On another shoot I worked on as a cameraman, this young kid, an Emerson graduate, was all talk about Hollywood this & Hollywood that... He talked loud & made damn sure that the 8 people waiting around could hear him and understood that HE was the Director of Photography.... This guy just reeked of ATTITUDE... & It just seemed crazy to me to be so hung up on titles & to cop an attitude in front of all these people..... It was just embarrassing.... But I shut my mouth because I had worked with the director before & I liked him & didn't want to cause problems on the shoot.

  So like an idiot, the director & I did all of the lugging of equipment up 3 flights of stairs, while this DP & his assistant went & got pizza! I bent over backwards to be friendly & polite & asked him what I could do to help & he just treated me like I was some homeless bum off the street looking for a bottle of booze.

  The final straw was when he asked me to go downstairs to grab another sandbag & when I did, he couldn't believe I just dropped it on the floor 5 feet away from him... he actually expected me to bring it right to him & put it exactly where he was going to tell me to! I fumed, but kept my composure for the good of the shoot & just quietly walked way & waited for him to be ready.

  After this DP spent over 3 hours setting up 2 lights & a jib, keeping 8 people waiting... he turned to the assembled cast & said, "Welcome to Hollywood!"

  The point of all this is: That I came back east because I was fed up with the Hollywood attitudes & now all I seem to be surrounded by is people with A HOLLYWOOD ATTITUDE..... And we aint even in Hollywood!

   Its nice to know the right terminology & the proper things you need to do to complete a production.... But so far, out here..... I just seem to run into people were its ALL ABOUT the Show biz Jargon... The Hollywood Glitz.... It's more important to look & sound & act the Hollywood part.... Than it is to just COMPLETE THE PRODUCTION!

   So the lesson to be learned out here kids is this: ...... What's more important to you? To do a good job, be creative, make some money & be proud of your work......

  Or to look & act COOL like you think HOLLYWOOD big wigs would & to slow down the shoot with a bunch of garbage talk, debate, useless fancy terms, Titles, big Ego's & ATTITUDES?????......

  I know there are some really cool & talented people out here just waiting to shine..... And I hope that these people that I have been dealing with are NOT THE NORM..... That they are FREAKS..... & do not represent the basic attitude of most film makers out here on the east coast.

  Good luck people in your search for your dreams..... I hope you do well.... treat people with respect & decency.... & create the ART that YOU want to make!

  I would love it if you PEOPLE would make some comments on what I have written..... Tell me I'm wrong.... Give me your opinion..... Let people know about YOUR experiences in film making out here on the east coast..... We all need to share each others experiences.... good and bad.... Maybe that way, it can help us all learn to make a better film community out here on the east coast that may someday rival Hollywood!

  For I am: Craig Amabello, an X-Hollywood Reject!

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Hello All you good people out there in Boston & New England. Its your fine & friendly X-Hollywood Reject, Craig Amabello, reporting in from the local Nut house... Or is this a Crack house? I always get those two mixed up.

  Anyways, I got a PAYING GIG!.... Yippee, Yahoooo. There actually are real business people out here with money & a budget. Can you believe that? I am one of 6 cameramen shooting a band tomorrow night at the Rock 101 Sky show in Manchester NH at the Arms Park.

  The name of the group is The Gary Hoey band. They are headlining the show tomorrow night & I hear some great things about this band. Some real talented guys playing rock & roll. The buzz is that a few weeks ago Gary Hoey played an acoustic live song "Only Human" at the Rock 101 radio show & ever since then the song has been the most requested song & they have been playing it a lot & it seems like the band is really starting to take off here in New england. So being the smart guys that they seem to be, they want a video shot of this new hit of theirs, so they hired a BRILLIANT & TALENTED guy like myself, along with 5 other cameramen to capture tomorrow nights live performance at the Sky show.

  So if any of you Cool people out there wanna see some really good bands, & the Headliner "Gary Hoey".... Come on down for a FREE CONCERT courtesy of Rock 101 in Manchester NH. They have the greatest FIREWORKS Show you will ever see in New England ( Hence, the name... Rock 101's Sky Show).

  Hell, maybe you people can even say hello to me, or Throw Rocks at me, or Money... (But if your going to throw rocks at me, all I ask is that could you attach a hundred dollar bill to it, so that I can at least pay for some of my Medical bills).

   Also on another note, I have been attempting to help out some Local small business people. (Well actually, it is a girl that wants to start a stripper bachelor party company... But hell, I'm all for young, entrepreneurial women empowering themselves by starting up their own business out here in New England... So I'm always willing to lend a hand). So being the nice guy that I am, I offered her as a sign of good will & faith, to shoot some head shots of her & some sexy outfits to help promote herself on the website she is building. She told me that she has LOTS of other girls that are going to need head shots & Photography & if I shoot her stills first..... FOR FREE....... She would get me a lot of work working with other girls.... Hmmmmmmm.... Where have I heard that before?

  So anyways, I book studio time, on my dime, shoot some decent photo's of her, & the whole time I'm doing the shoot with her, she keeps mentioning that she wants to do a Porn movie. I let it slide & continue the shoot, (being the true Professional that I am) & she continues to mention her desire to do a Porno movie through out the entire still shoot. So I finally tell her, "Look, if you want to do a porn, well fine, we'll book another date & do a video shoot then". Long story short, I finish the shoot, go home, burn a cd, send them out to her that night & I wait a week...... & never hear a word from her. I finally email her, asking how she liked the photo's & she said there were some really nice pictures that I took, but she wished the lighting was better on some of the other pictures. (hell, I admit, my weakness is in lighting & we rushed through the shoot in 2 hours). Then she tells me, "When I learn how to light better, she MIGHT let me do a Porn movie of her!.... & then she stated that ALL these other girls that wanted head shots before were now suddenly only TWO girls & that they wouldn't be available for a few months!".... The Gall of some people.... I was totally SCAMMED by this young chick & you wonder why it is that I FAILED in HOLLYWOOD!

  Then just last week, I received an email from a model that said she wanted me to do a shoot of her for the suicide girls website. She said she needed 3 sets of pictures & suicide girls would pay $800.00 for the entire shoot. She stated that she had no money to pay me but that if I would shoot these stills for her on SPEC, that she would split the $800.00 with me once she got paid. I reluctantly agreed, (still having a bad taste in my mouth after last months still shoot with the little scam artist stripper girl). So I call her & tell her that I have booked studio time & was ready to do the shoot & she explains to me that she wants to do the shoot out doors NAKED at a local cemetery! I tell her that I am not comfortable with that because we would be breaking the law doing nudity out in a public place & that is not how I do business. (As whacky as I may appear to you people, I truly am a professional, & always work within the law). My gigs may seem weird to some, but I WILL SHOOT ALMOST ANYTHING, as long as it is LEGAL... This is how I learned to survive out in Hollywood, & you have to understand that I do not JUDGE people by the gigs I do, or what they do... A job is a job & I always do the best that I can to be professional, do a great job & to treat clients with courtesy, dignity & respect. It is not for me to judge what others do..... And if a client wants to hang upside down, naked, with her hair on fire & crocodiles snapping at her head.... Well that is just fine with me, as long as they understand exactly what it is they are getting into & how potentially dangerous something like this may be! Anyways...... After booking studio time again, & explaining what we could shoot at the studio to this wanna-be suicide girl.... She completely blows me off & I never hear from her again!

  So does this give you people some kind of clue as to why I am a failure in life, with my show biz career, with my directing, with my video & photography business.... & my UTTER FAILURE IN HOLLYWOOD? After all these years in show biz..... I am still naive & foolish enough to take people at their word. To allow people to LIE to me... To SCAM me..... because I still want to believe in people & take them at their word & not try to judge them.... When the hell will I EVER LEARN???????

  Well, that's all I have to say for now good people of Boston.... I hope some of you out there are being productive... Making money... Creating some cool, Fun Art...... I know I am still struggling everyday to barely get by, but I refuse to quit!.... But I have to admit.... there isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish I was back in Hollywood!

  This has been another show biz blog on "Notes from the edge"... from your friendly X-Hollywood Reject..... Craig Amabello.

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It has been brought to my attention that I appear to be committing Creative & Professional suicide with my very Delicate & Fragile & never even having quite gotten off the ground Film Career.

Even though Death seems to have been hanging around me these last couple of years & people around me have been dropping faster than Elvis & James Dean on a Joy ride with John kennedy in Dallas.... I most certainly have no Intention of Committing Suicide of ANY KIND!....

SO for any of you Ghouls & Thrill seekers that think they smell death & the Putrid, Rotting Decay of a Mal Nourished & twisted mind on display for all to see.... You have most certainly, have come to the Wrong place!

For I am only affecting FREE SPEECH..... ARTISTIC CREATIVITY.... CALLING IT, THE WAY I SEE IT....

FOR I DO NOT CREATE THE WORLDS REALITY..... I JUST COMMENT ON IT!

I have found that most... If not all of the Boston Film people that I have come in contact with are:

FULL OF THEMSELVES.... BRAGGARTS.... & FOOLS...... DELUSIONAL PSYCHOPATHS THAT SEEK TO SUCK THE DREAMS FROM OTHER DEMENTED, LOWER TYPES... & IN THE PROCESS, BUILD THEMSELVES UP INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT.....TO TURN THEMSELVES INTO SOME MAD DEMENTED VISION THEY HAVE OF HOW "TRUE" HOLLYWOOD TYPES ACT & LIVE... BUT BOY, HAVE THEY GOT IT ALL WRONG!

I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING FED THIS DERANGED DELUSION OF HOW THEY THINK HOLLYWOOD REALLY IS... BUT THESE SIMPLETONS & FOOLS THAT MIMIC WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE "REAL" HOLLYWOOD ARE SO INSANELY WRONG THAT IT MAKES THOSE OF US IN THE KNOW.... WANT TO PUKE!

THERE ARE SOME CREATIVE BUSINESS TYPES OUT IN HOLLYWOOD THAT ARE KIND, DECENT HUMAN BEINGS THAT STILL MAKE A FANTASTIC LIVING!

Is it wrong to say what I believe???

What I know to be true???

Is this Suicide??... To speak ones mind??

To say what truly is... As opposed to playing a part of the status Quo that has it all ass backwards, wrong & upside down???

Could I be wrong?... Sure I could..... But I aint!

Am I to be Stoned because I dare to speak my mind?

This is not Professional Jealousy here folks... This is just one man's opinion... ( Mine), & you can take it, or leave it....

All I am speaking about comes from years of attempting to connect with Pro film people out here on the East coast with absolutely NO LUCK AT ALL!

I have tried everything.... Humor... Seriousness... Small talk... Business talk... Jokes... to simply passing out my resume ( a resume, I might ad, that isn't at all very spectacular, but by most standards out here in the Boston circuit... I'm freakin Spielberg! )

So I am left with the completely tormented knowledge that I am NOT QUALIFIED TO WORK FOR EVEN THE MOST LOWELY OF PROJECTS OUT HERE... FOR THE MOST BASIC OF COOKIE CUTTER PRODUCTION COMPANIES ON THE EAST COAST....

When a man comes from Hollywood California... Back to Boston.... & attempts to connect with almost anybody in the local film community... on any level & is practically begging for PA work & still cannot find it...... SOMETHING MUST BE DRASTICALLY WRONG!

I GET ABSOLUTELY LITTLE RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE ON THIS BEANYWOOD SITE... (Except a few cool people).

I AM ACTUALLY TRYING TO OPEN A HONEST & REAL DISCUSSION ON BUSINESS ETHICS OUT HERE.....

THE WAY HOLLYWOOD IS PERCEIVED BY NEW ENGLAND FILM WANNA-BE'S....

I LIVED TO SOME DEGREE "THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM"...

ALBIET.... "THE CLASSIC..... HOLLYWOOD DREAM GONE WRONG"... BUT NEVER THE LESS.... I LIVED THE REAL DEAL.... THE HOLLYWOOD LIFE... MAKING MY LIVING IN THE CITY OF LOST ANGELS WHILE THE DEVILS SURROUNDED US DAY & NIGHT.

THESE DEVILS WOULD GET OFF THE BUS EVERYDAY & POINT AT US AS WE MADE MOVIES IN FRONT OF GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE...

WHILE WE SLAVED AWAY EVERYDAY IN THE LOST CITY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS THAT SHINE DOWN FROM THE HILLS OF MADNESS & BROKEN DREAMS....

LOSING OUR FOOTING ALONG THE WAY... DAY AFTER DAY.... BUT NEVER QUITE FALLING.... & STILL CLIMBING THAT NEVER ENDING MOUNTAIN TO THE TOP OF THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS....

ONLY TO FIND THAT WE WERE STILL... TRULY IN THE GUTTER... & AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE BARREL... & HAD TO START OUR ASCENT ALL OVER AGAIN.... TO REALIZE YET AGAIN... ON ANOTHER DAY... THAT WE WERE STILL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PROGRESS IN SITE....

TO JUST START EVERYDAY.... ALL OVER... TIME & TIME AGAIN... LIKE SOME BAD EPISODE FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE.... AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL!

THIS IS THE HOLLYWOOD THAT I CAME FROM... THE HOLLYWOOD THAT BEATS YOU DOWN DAY IN & DAY OUT WITH NO HOPE IN SITE......

THEN OUT OF NOWHERE...... BANG!....

A SMALL GLIMMERING HOPE OF ESCAPE COMES YOUR WAY & LIKE A PUFF OF SMOKE IN THE NIGHT....

POOF........ YOUR DREAMS DISSIPATE RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES & FADE BACK INTO THE SHADOWS... LIKE THE MIST IN THE NGHT..... FROM THE HOT SANTA ANA WINDS THAT ROLL THRU THE DESERT AT DAWN.

THESE ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT SHATTER YOUR SOUL...... BREAK YOUR MIND..... DESTROY YOUR CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF & YOUR FELLOW MAN.....

& THEN THE DAY COMES THAT YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH.... THAT YOU CAN TAKE NO MORE OF THIS TORMENTED DAMNATION...

THAT YOU CHOOSE TO COME HOME TO PEACE OF MIND & SANITY.... TO FIND SOLACE IN THE DECENCY OF GOOD OLE HOME TOWN AMERICA!

ONLY TO FIND A DENIZEN OF DEMENTED DREAMERS LOST IN THE WANNA-BE LAND OF THE FAST TRACK HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE...

AND ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS....................."SCREAM!"

IS IT COOL TO BE FAKE?????

IS IT RIGHT TO ACT WRONG????

IS RUDENESS THE ONLY "SHOW BIZ" WAY???

WHEN YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TENTH OF THIS HOLLYWOOD BULLSHIT...

YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THIS FEMALE... THIS DREAM... THIS WOMAN KNOWN AS "HOLLYWOOD"... IS THE BITCH GODDESS FROM HELL...

& THAT SHE WILL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL ALIVE & SPIT YOU OUT THE BOTTOM...

A WASTED SHELL OF A HUMAN THAT YOU ONCE WERE...

THEN.... & ONLY THEN... MIGHT YOU HAVE A SMALL CLUE AS TO WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH & WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGH OUT ALL OF MY BLOGS HERE ON BEANYWOOD.....

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO OVER LOOK & IGNORE PEOPLE'S ARROGANT, RUDE, TO COOL FOR SCHOOL BEHAVIOR ON WHAT THEY 'PERCEIVE" THE REAL HOLLYWOOD TO BE LIKE.....

BUT I AM TRULY FED UP WITH THESE CHILDISH & UTTERLY ABYSMAL HUMAN TYPES THAT FEEL THEY ARE "TRUELY" MEANT FOR HOLLYWOOD.... & WITH THAT......

THEY FEEL THE NEED TO LIVE OUT SOME FAIRY-TALE...GUM SHOE Z-MOVIE VERSION OF WHAT THEY THINK "REAL HOLLYWOOD" IS LIKE!

SO THEY SPEND ALL THERE TIME TRYIN TO MIMIC THE HOLLYWOOD BIG BOYS BY PISSING ON ALL THE SMALL DOGS THAT THEY CAN....

ALL THIS DOES IS BREED ILL WILL.... CONFUSION.... & ACCOMPLISHES NOTHING FOR ANYONE!

WHEN THE HELL ARE YOU UPPITY BOSTON FILM TYPES GOING TO GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BUMS & OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE REAL WORLD???

A WORLD THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO CRUSH OTHER PEOPLES DREAMS TO GET AHEAD....

A WORLD WERE PEOPLE CAN STILL BE DECENT TO ONE ANOTHER & STILL CREATE SOMETHING GOOD & PROFITABLE...

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I RAIL AGAINST....

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GAUL ME MOST...

UNMITIGATED UNNECESSARY HUMAN RUDENESS!

WAKE UP PEOPLE OF BOSTON......

DON'T LET THE POD PEOPLE TAKE OVER COMPLETELY......

HILLARY CLINTON IS NOT YOUR FRIEND......

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY DEVILS IN MAKE-UP.....

FOR I AM ONE TO KNOW..... FOR I HAVE SEEN THE DARK-SIDE OF THE LONG NIGHT IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS...

WHERE VERY FEW....... EVER MAKE IT OUT ALIVE!

All I have been doing these last few years is to attempt to find a way to make a God damn Honest & legal living out here on the East coast in the film community....

& I HAVE FAILED MISERABLY!.....

If you wonder why I appear to have an ATTITUDE.....

WOULDN'T YOU?

Signed,
Craig "The X-Hollywood Reject" Amabello

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Hello Everyone, this is your X-Hollywood reject & truly Demented reporter, Craig Amabello, reporting in from the front lines of New England productions.

DISCLAIMER: Once again, I truly do not mean ALL of you people out here in New England are bad, I know THERE MUST be many fine, talented, creative, hardworking individuals out here.... I just keep running into the truly deranged, egomaniacs with such astounding arrogance that it would even put Gene Simmons from Kiss to shame!

Why, I ask myself am I always running into Braggarts, Simpletons, Fools, Losers, & such untalented Hacks that act like they just came off a feature film working for Martin Scorsese, & taught HIM all that he knows????

I am constantly being treated like absolute shit from people in the New England production community.

Are people like dogs? Am I giving off some kind of SCENT that people can pick up on & I am just totally unaware of?

I swear, every time I am booked for any kind of shoot to work in any capacity on, I am always the LOW MAN on the Totem Pole & yet, I smile, take it like a man, & still put out a good attitude.

I show them a willingness to work, to help others to do WHATEVER it may be to MOVE the production forward. I exude a form of HUMBLENESS that is not FAKE, it is quite real, & yet people INSTINCTIVELY SEEM TO PICK UP ON THIS & START KICKING ME LIKE A DAMN MANGY DOG THAT JUST PEED ON THEIR FAVORITE RUG!

WHAT GIVES?.... What the Hell am I doing wrong? It is truly very Frustrating.

As a child I used to Argue Vehemently with a dear friend of mine (who eventually Blew his Brains out all over the carpet), that "KINDNESS IS A STRENGTH.... A very Powerful form of Strength & Confidence, Caring & Humanity to your fellow earth Beings". He would always say that I was a fool & that I was wrong & that "Kindness was a weakness & will always be perceived as such, by anybody on this planet!".... I am exasperated to think that after all these years, after all my efforts to Exude an Honest, sincere, form of Kindness to Human beings that Danny was right!

PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET SEEM TO ONLY UNDERSTAND STRENGTH.... ARROGANCE... VILE CREATURES THAT BULLY PEOPLE WITH THEIR RUDENESS & DERANGED CHARM.

"KINDNESS APPEARS TO BE A WEAKNESS TO ALL THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED"

So where the Hell does that leave a guy like me???

Do I have to become a complete Scum-bag? A complete Rude Pig of a human to get what I want?

How do I get people to take me seriously, without Punching them in the face after they treat me with absolute disrespect?

I truly do not seem to know any more... It disheartens me to be at such a cross roads after so many years of failure with not only LIFE ITSELF... But with the way other Humans beings treat me.

Why am I rambling on about all of this anyways? I just finished a gig the other night where I was working with 2 College grads from a very Expensive & Important Theatre Arts school... These two Clowns, (& that is being really Cruel to Clowns) were completely Rude, arrogant, self absorbed, LAZY, Self Pretentious, WANNA-BE ARTISTS that had no freakin respect for ANYONE or ANYTHING except themselves!

These two "Well Schooled" Morons were so lazy, arrogant & Inept that it took 3 & 1 HALF HOURS TO PUT UP TWO LIGHTS & SET UP A JIB!

Let me repeat that again.... Just so you can really UNDERSTAND & it can Truly SINK IN....

It took 2 guys 3 & 1/2 hours to set up TWO LIGHTS & a JIB!

Is it me, or is that about 3 hours to freakin long?

Let me explain:
I met these two guys on the set, the Director introduced us ( It went something like this.... Craig, this
is my DP, my director of Photography Matt & his cinematographer Joey. This is Craig... he has been
helping me out... THEY were given TITLES & I was given just my NAME & that I HELPED OUT).

Now I know it sounds like I'm Nit Picking, but why is it that every time I'm on a shoot & everyone starts
bandying about Titles, these people usual end up being untalented hacks & rude Idiots that just
cling to their freakin Titles & Demented dream of Hollywood Delusions!

Wherever I go... I'm just Craig Amabello... NO TITLES.... NO BULL.... Just Hi, I'm here to work, help
out in anyway I can, do a good job, get paid & go home...... Is that so bad? Is that so weird?

Do I need to introduce myself As the Grand Wizard of Reality & the Ruler of all Mankind from the
past, present & future?... Is this how one goes about getting respect here on planet earth?

Using big Convoluted 10 cent words & titles that more than naught end up being gibberish for the
foolish to gnaw on like an old bone is to a junkyard dog?

I hate titles... And I truly feel that many people that have NEVER BEEN to HOLLYWOOD.... Or
WORKED in HOLLYWOOD.... CLING TO THESE STUPID TITLES FOR DEAR LIFE... Because they
feel it will Validate them to the uninformed masses.

TITLES ARE BULLSHIT!...... There is truly no need for titles out here.... Yes in Hollywood, where there
are Unions & Guilds & all that powerful stuff, Unfortunately you need titles to play the game... But for
Christ sake people.... WE ARE NOT IN FREAKIN HOLLYWOOD...... Can't we just Mellow the hell out
& be a WEE Bit Normal? Have some damn fun? Create some cool stuff? Without the need to prop
ourselves up with INSANE Bullshit Pretentious Titles that are pretty much just empty words
anyways?......

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... I get so damn frustrated playing these silly, foolish childish games Over &
Over & Over.... But I NEVER... IN A MILLION YEARS EXPECTED TO PLAY THESE KINDS OF
GAMES OUT HERE, IN NEW ENGLAND WITH SUPPOSEDLY, NICE, Homespun, easy going
Country Folks!

Anyways, my story continues...........

Right from the beginning after meeting these TWO IMPORTANT, WELL SCHOOLED, HOLLYWOOD
types, I said, "Hey what can I do? What do you guys need? What lights are you going to be putting
up? Do you want me to get them? etc, etc, etc..... I was bending over backwards to help out... (Like I
always do on every shoot that I am on), To show these two guys that I was there to HELP the
production run smoothly. To not give attitude, to not disturb the Power flow... (If they were in charge I
thought, So be it. I will make it work & still be polite & courteous to all involved in this production. I am
here to do a professional job & be paid.... I might as well attempt to make it a pleasant experience as
I always do).

I pretty much got NO-RESPONSE.... A couple Mumbled, "I'm Thinking", " lets see", "give me a
minute" etc., type answers, but they both just seemed to be floundering.... DOING NOTHING!

(I must explain here that When these two jokers first showed up on the set the first thing these 2
losers did was to RUN to get PIZZA & left me & the director to carry up almost all of the equipment up
3 flights of stairs into the studio where we were shooting at).

To me this act alone spoke VOLUMES about their Integrity, work ethic, & Presumptuousness!

But even after this, I still bit my tongue & tried to work with these guys.... To help them in anyway
possible to get this shoot going & off the ground instead of laying there like a dead fish for almost 4
hours of senseless waiting!

(I must also explain that the director seems to be a very nice, kindly, quiet man who has never
directed before, he is BRAND NEW to all of this production stuff. So he seemed very much lost as to
how to get the whole show on the road & Unbelievably left it in the hands of these two simpletons
that seemed to Revel in their New Found Power!).

So..... My long winded story continues.........

After doing everything in my power to help out, get the lights out, bring them to the set, get the
scrims, stands, extension cords, etc... IE: I DID ALL OF THE PHYSICAL GRUNT WORK.... THEY
STILL DID NOTHING BUT STAND AROUND & USE CUTE SHOW BIZ WORDS ON EACH OTHER.

I was utterly amazed & appalled by these College Grads behavior.... (Unfortunately I must admit that I
am a lier.... I have seen this type of behavior & attitudes on Sets many, many times before, from coast
to coast & It is just Sickening, aggravating & nauseating to me at this point in my life)

Then the other genius starts acting like he is now the Art director/ Set director etc & wished we had
real live sticks, twigs & rocks on the set to make it more realistic.... So the next thing I know I am out in
the park at dark with the director picking up leaves & junk while the 2 college art boys must have
been laughing their asses off at their ability to act all special & important & DO ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING & how truly easy it was to get flunkeys to do their bidding!!!!!!!!!!

But believe it or not.... I still maintained my cool... I still was not about to sabotage this nice mans
shoot because two rude arrogant, lazy, shiftless punks had somehow managed to TAKE OVER THE
ENTIRE PRODUCTION...... There was Talent on hand... I did not want to poison them with a bad
attitude..... Why should I hurt them? Get everyone upset? So I just shut my mouth & kept being the
LAP DOG to these TWO jokers.......

HOURS HAD FLOWN BY & NOTHING WAS DONE.... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.......

(The only work that was done up to this point was clearly only the physical work that was done by
the Director & myself)...... Otherwise those two jokers stayed locked up on the set doing God Knows
what & kept at least 8 people waiting).

The director then asked me if I could go down & get a 25 lb. sandbag that the DP was in need of... I
almost said, "let the chubby lil bastard go get it himself"... But no... I put my tongue in my mouth... my
tail between my legs & quietly stewed as a struggled to bring this sandbag up 3 flights of stairs......

When I arrived onto the set & dropped the sandbag, the DP said to me, "Can you bring that over
here?" ... I just walked away & said that I was tired. He then very quickly & curtly stated.... "NO?...
Well thank you very much for your cooperation". It was as if, he was almost in some form of state of
shock that the PEON didn't jump to do his bidding... Very bizarre dweeb this guy was.

(Also, as a side note I found out later that this punk is a Christian Youth Minister... Can you Freakin
Believe that? This crappy attitude & bullshit behavior all coming form some Pretend Christian/
Religious Scum-bag teaching HIS ETHICS to young children? And you wonder what the hell is
wrong with this country at times?)

Anyways....... After this Punk had the audacity to give me lip after I had done nothing but be helpful,
polite & kind to him for the last several hours.... I wanted to FLOOR HIM!

Strangle the lil bastard right then & there..... ruin the shoot...... All because this arrogant, lazy little
puke was for some reason or another under the MisInformed impression that I was HIS LITTLE PA... (
Or should I say, Peon).

Well I don't wanna bore you folks any more with the details, but the shoot finally got under way
almost 4 hours later.... I had done most of the Physical work myself & those two guys where
constantly being deferred to as the Director of Photography & cinematographer etc., while I just stood
around looking & feeling useless & dumb!

And do you know what the first words out of his mouth were once the whole cast, friends & family had finally assembled onto the set?........ "Welcome to Hollywood"..... I wanted to Kick his teeth in.... Last I recall, we were in Freakin Lawrence Mass!

My whole point is this.........

AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS KIND OF CRAP HAPPENS TO OUT HERE WORKING ON NEW
ENGLAND PRODUCTIONS???

Have any of you people out there ever had a situation like this happen to you? If so, could you
please share it with us....

I know that I can not be the only person out here that crap like this constantly & consistently happens
to.....

I would love to hear others stories of nightmare shoots gone to hell....

Not because I want the negativity... But because maybe, others can learn from this very disturbing &
dysfunctional behavior & know that it should not be tolerated any where on ANYONES SHOOT!

I would truly love to know what you other production people out here think of my little tale of
disturbing, lazy, attitudes by College Art school Majors....

Thanx's & I hope all of your shoots out here in New England are fun, productive & Profitable & not
anything like the NIghtmare shoots from Hell that I seem to be working on.

Your X-Hollywood Reject

Craig Amabello

( & yes, the Irony is not lost on me that I DO USE TITLES!... But for all the right reasons)

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Hello my dear Bostonians... Craig Amabello here... Your Truly Twisted & Demented X-Hollywood Reject phoning in from the front.

How are all of you film makers doing out there?

Are you living your dreams?

Are you attempting to live your dreams?

Do you just want to explode sometimes with frustration over not being able to create the Art that you truly know is inside you & SCREAMS to get out?

I know that I DO.... Everyday that goes by without another thing accomplished is truly another day wasted!

I am attempting to change my ways.... Lift my life above this crummy haze of dementia that spills over me like bad Whiskey.

Do any of you ever feel that nobody truly understands you?

Do you just want to get up & scream..... Time for a change!... Time to make my Destiny come true!

I know that I surely do.

I am a lost soul.... A brother of no man... A wandering Rock & Roll Gypsy that has his foot stuck in the big bad bear trap of life!

Time to shake off these shackles & get back to Reality....

Hollywood is calling my name.... I can hear her whispering my name in the winds...

Why won't SHE leave me alone?

Why do I hate & LOVE her so much?

Do any of you ever feel the same way that I do?

Or is it just me?... Trapped in my own mind... Shattered thoughts of Tattered dreams... Running around inside my head while all the rest of the voices Scream...... FEED ME! ... SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YOU CAN DO! ... TIME IS PASSING BY... I have no time to die.. Because I have a vision, A goal, A dream, that can not be shot down from the sky.

All those mean, Bitter, twisted, Hollow, Shallow people that get in my way, try to make me think I am a loser... The world is full of these angry people & I just do my best to ignore them. The Nay sayers shall not change MY visions... For I have a destiny... Show Biz is in my blood... Film Making is calling me... Creative energies just spill out of me, I just need to learn to FOCUS & re-direct my energies to accomplish all of my goals. ( don't let these people get you down folks... They will always be around every corner... Don't let others stop you from living your dreams).

Why is loneliness so bad? Better to be Misunderstood... Than a fool that follows the pack & regrets it on your death bed!

Heres a brief synopsis of my week in rewind...

Shot some great footage & interviews of Motor-cross X-game jumpers last weekend for a documentary that I am doing. (All very cool. Very down to earth people. Especially for guys that spend half of their day Flying, spinning, & jumping thru the air risking their lives like Evel Kneivel could only dream about).

Worked for the ER doctor again on his Documentary on Disillusioned Doctors. Shot some interview footage with his mom & actually asked some good hard hitting questions. (after shooting, I told the doc some stories of my childhood & he & his producer said THEY should be making a documentary about MY life!)

Saw myself on TV again last week in that whacky movie "Army of Darkness". Sam Raimi's 3rd Installment of the Evil dead series. A Cult classic starring my only true Hollywood friend, Bruce Campbell. This movie was shot many, many years ago & I actually am only on screen a few seconds here & there but I still get a kick out of seeing myself on television as I squander my time out here on the east coast struggling to find my place in life.

Heard thru my Hollywood connections that a big time Porn Director by the name of Jim Powers was on the Howard Stern show the other day & they ended up showing some of MY footage that I shot years ago that shows the crazy world of Adult entertainment.

Gotta work (as a lighting guy) on a Bernie & Phil furniture commercial next week shooting some new spots for them.

Today I am back in the studio shooting girls in the Mud pit. (yes, we actually put girls in a mud pit & they then recite some lines of dramatic dialogue as they Submerse themselves completely under!)

Gotta meet a guy next week to start shooting weddings... (yes Weddings... Arghhhhhh... I am such a whore.)

All next weekend I will be shooting Hockey matches for the league. (Hockey, what a disgusting charade. Its just Violence disguised as a sport.)

And that about wraps up my week... Quite a diverse little character I am huh? My life is so surreal, so demented, so utterly boring & yet, exciting at times, that sometimes I just can't do anything but smile & giggle to myself thinking is this a normal life? Do other people live this way?

As I walk this tight rope that is my life juggling kittens, hand grenades & digital content, I always wonder if I am going to fall... Or have I already fallen & I just can't get up?

My life is a bad B movie... & I have to turn it into a billion dollar franchise blockbuster & win over the masses so that my true talent can shine thru & the money piles up bigger than the gold in fort Knox. I know I have it in me... I just gotta get it OUTTA ME!

My best friend thinks that I am insane & that my Ambitions SUPER-CEDE my ABILITIES....

  AM I just a fool? A dreamer? A child lost to the world? You bet I am... But it is all I have... It is all I have ever had... My ability to SEE REALITY for what it truly is & to still not let that throw me... Life is to short kids... Ya gotta have fun... Grab life & kick it in the Ass & giggle at the madness that surrounds us all...

The infinite wisdom of the ages is never lost on one such as I... As I watch this country growing closer & closer to the She-Devil that is known as Hillary Clinton I sometimes wonder am I the only one that can sense the madness? Taste the Fear? Nobodies gonna pull the wool over my eyes... The sheep go Bahhh & the Politicians are stirring up their Wicked Caldron of Befuddling madness to confuse the masses with their Bullshit & lies....

We need a new hero... Am I the one? Can I truly take on & accomplish all that I desire? (To create Cool Entertainment for the Befuddled masses), Or am I just a fool with a handful of mud & left over dreams from a bygone era?

Only time will tell.... For I am.... Craig Amabello Hollywoods Lost Child.

Time to PUT UP... Or shut up.

WIsh you all well in your pursuit of happiness & dreams... I sure could use some Positive thoughts.

From your friend on the edge of Insanity... Craig Amabello, your truly demented reporter & X-Hollywood Misfit.

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I am not a fancy man.... I did not go to any fancy college.... I am self Taught.... I used to get jobs by word of mouth in Hollywood..... Out here in Boston, I do not know anybody.... So I have been searching for professional production work for several years out here with absolutely no luck at all!

The only way I know how to get work from new clients out here is to send them my resume.

When I do......... I NEVER HEAR BACK FROM ANYONE!

Can anybody out there give me a clue as to what I am doing wrong?

This is a Typical example of what kind of responses I get when I send out my resume to people. Most people never even have the common courtesy to even bother to email me back. But the few that do, ALL seem to have a tendency to be QUESTIONING the validity of my Resume.

POTENTIAL EMPLOYER MR X RESPONSE:

On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:42 PM, MR X wrote:
It's a nice resume but I couldn't find anything about you or Prey of innocence under michael deluise.


MY RESPONSE:

Look Dude.... What the hell do you expect to find?

  I met Michael Deluise while working on Waynes World. We spent a day working together & he got to know me. He liked me, told me he had just shot this little film that he was working on & needed it edited. So 3 weeks later, after Waynes world was wrapped, Michael & I spent 3 days editing his film. At the time I was doing all my editing in my shitty lil apartment in the Valley.

  Editing is intense... Editing under a 3 day deadline is EXTREMELY INTENSE. Michael had already pre-booked a theatre in Burbank to showcase his new film & we had to finish this so that it could be brought to the lab to be blown up to 16 mm film for projection.

  We spent those difficult 3 days, Rolling on the floor laughing... Yelling... Arguing.... Laughing some more... crying, (from laughing so hard) & then we finally finished the edit. It came out pretty good. He liked it. I was happy with it.

  I don't recall if I even put my name on the film as editor. Many projects that I worked on never had my name attached. All I wanted was to be paid & that, was that. I didn't care about stupid credits then, (I do now). Money was all I wanted. I was never expecting to be famous from working on other peoples projects, so payment of services was all I ever cared about. (besides, delivering a good product).

  Michael screened his movie 1 week later to a decent crowd & it was well received. I never went to the premiere, (because that's not the kind of guy that I am). Like I told Angela Bowie a few months later.... "I don't do parties or premieres". I am just weird like that. Screw name recognition, I just wanted money. (Now I do want recognition & MONEY...... Funny how things change with time).

Maybe Michael changed the name of the film. I don't know. Actually, I don't  even remember now what the damn film was about.

Do I have any proof of actual, tangible, photographic or Video evidence of this encounter with Michael Deluise, or my editing work on his film?........................................................................................................................................... NO

Do you think I had a Freakin Biographer following me around & documenting any of this?...................... NO

Was it an academy award nominated film? ......................................................................................................... NO

Did it pick up a golden globe? ................................................................................................................................ NO

was it on tv & recieved 5 Emmy's? ......................................................................................................................... NO

Was it a nice little short film that Michael & his Brother enjoyed making & then hired me to edit?............ YES!


WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU EXPECTING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS MOVIE?????

THAT MY NAME WAS ON THE CREDITS?

AS FAR AS MYSELF IS CONCERNED.....

AT THIS POINT IN TIME........ I'M A GOD DAMN NOBODY.........

WHAT WHERE YOU LOOKING TO "FIND OUT" ABOUT ME?????????

I never claim or claimed that I am anything other than what I am....

A talented professional with a life time in Show business. Which also includes, 25 years experience in the craft of Video Production. I am also a Long time veteran of working & living in Hollywood California, Where I did all kinds of Freelance gigs, for all kinds of Crazy people.

I have just not "Made It" as of yet. It doesn't mean that I am a Lier. My resume has nothing but Low level gigs, that paid crap. But this resume seems to antagonize, agitate & aggravate more people than not!

I have sent my resume out to over 1,500 people in the last several years & I have gotten absolutely ZERO Work from it!

In fact.... I almost never even get a REPLY BACK.

I send my resume out to people in the Boston area that are looking for professionals.

I almost never send my resume out Unsolicited.

These are people with online ads that are specifically looking for professionals.....

SO WHAT GIVES??????

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I AM THOROUGHLY BAFFLED....... FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN NOT EVEN GUESS AS TO WHAT I AM DOING WRONG THAT MAKES PEOPLE QUESTION EVEN A CRAPPY RESUME LIKE MINE?

It's so damn insulting to repeatedly... send my resume off to.... (more than likely, some damn NOBODY).... Not that that  should matter, because people are still people... humans are still humans... We all deserve some sort of respect...

But........ Why do I have a sneaky feeling that its just another bum, with a high & mighty attitude, JUDGING ME.... BECAUSE I SEND OUT A RESUME THAT LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD.....

I AM SICK OF BEING JUDGED MY WHOLE LIFE BY NOBODIES!

DON'T HIRE ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.....

BUT DON'T CONSIDER ME A LIER BECAUSE YOU.... FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT MY RESUME IS REAL.

I AM JUST LOOKING FOR GIGS........ NOT TO BE JUDGED ON WETHER OR NOT I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE WHAT I CLAIM I HAVE DONE...... OR IF I AM LYING!

HIRE ME..... GIVE ME 5 MINUTES ON YOUR SET.... & YOU WILL KNOW WETHER OR NOT I AM SOME FAKE, PHONEY, LYING, SCUMBAG REALLY QUICKLY!

AM I INSANE TO FEEL THIS WAY?

AM I CRAZY TO MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OF, YET ANOTHER PERSON, NOT HIRING ME.... BUT GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO JUDGE ME... QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF WHOM I CLAIM TO BE!

WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THAT..... I AM NOT CLAIMING TO BE SOME BIG TIME DIRECTOR LIKE SAM RAIMI.... I AM JUST CLAIMING TO BE A SMALL, LOW LEVEL PLAYER IN A HUGE FIELD THAT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD....

If anyone out there has any other stories that are relative to this I would love to have you post them. I am seriously wondering if it is "JUST ME"...... Or have other people in Boston experienced this odd Phenomonen about the Boston Film community.

Hope you are all having a good life...... Having Fun,

Your Truly Demented reporter & X-Hollywood Reject,

Craig Amabello


On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:42 PM, MR X wrote:
It's a nice resume but I couldn't find anything about you or Prey of innocence under michael deluise


From: Craig Amabello
To: MR X@hotmail.com>
Subject: editor gig

Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 01:14:43 -0400

Hi,
   I noticed your post.... I would be perfect for this!...... I am a  Editor & I Specialize in video & audio for the Web.
   I am fast, Professional, & I do great work. I have enclosed my  resume for you to look at.
Thanx's
Craig Amabello
Located in: Southern New Hampshire.

To see samples of my work Check out: http://www.americanartistsinc.com


PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Over 25 years experience in video production as a Director, Camera  Operator, Photographer, Editor, DVD Author, Graphics Artist & Web  Designer. 12 years spent working in Los Angeles California as a  Freelance Director & production company. Extensive skills, talent,  and knowledge of the entertainment Industry.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

FILM PROJECTS & RELEASES:

BEHIND THE SCENES SPEC DOCUMENTARIES:
Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Army of Darkness", "Wayne's World",  "Where the day takes you", & "The Bodyguard".

PREY OF INNOCENCE:
Editor: film by Michael Deluise of "21 Jump street fame".


TELEVISION PROJECTS & AIRINGS:

HISTORY CHANNEL: "The History of Drugs" Series.
Editor/Colorist: Timothy Leary's segment contributor.

VH1's PORN TO ROCK II:
Cameraman/editor: Segment contributor on Johnny Toxic piece.

HOLLYWOOD ROCKS Pilot Episode:
Cameraman/editor: Featuring Ronnie James Dio, (Black Sabbath), Lemmy  Kilmister: (Motorhead), & Don Dokken: (Dokken).

BOB VILLA'S SHOW:
Audio Tech: Segment on the Cape.

FINIS TV, STATION 1:
 2nd Camera: Interviews with Bon Jovi, M.C Hammer, and Kiss.

THE REAL ESTATE SHOW:
Cameraman/Editor: Various segments on New Hampshire.

HARD COPY:
Audio Tech: Interview with Burt Reynolds.

WNDS TV "CANDLEPIN BOWLING":
Cameraman: Entire season of their #1 Show.

GERMAN TV:
2nd Camera: Bay Watch segment. Interviews with David Hasselhoff & Pam  Anderson.

KTLA NEWS SEGMENT:
Audio Tech: California Governor Documentary piece.

FOX NEWS:
Audio Tech: L.A Mayor reporter piece.

POLITICAL CAMPAIGN PIECE:
 CLINTON 1996 RE-ELECTION PROMO SPOT:
Audio Tech: Various TV Celebrities promo piece for the N.H state  primary.


MUSIC PROJECTS:

SPEC MUSIC VIDEO:
Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Black Label Society".

JOHNNY TOXIC MUSIC VIDEOS:
Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Superwhore", "Slam Jam", & "Happy".


THEATRE GIGS:

HOLLYWOOD ACTORS STUDIO:
Cameraman/Editor: An afternoon with, "Sir Anthony Hopkins".

SCIENTOLOGY CELEBRITY CENTER:
Cameraman: An original Play with Bart Simpson.


LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION:

LIVE CONCERTS AT: "HOUSE OF BLUES", "THE VIPER ROOM" & WAAF'S,  "LOCOBAZOOKA":
Director/Cameraman/Editor: Various Bands & Members of: Aerosmith,  Kiss, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, David Lee Roth, Guns &  Roses, Tesla, Shine Down, Skindred, Clutch, Shadows Fall, Saliva,  Quiet Riot, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, Kansas, Mr. Big, LA Guns,  Cinderella, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Tin Machine, Rainbow, and many  other bands, Individuals & Artists.

CALIFORNIA BEAUTY PAGEANTS:
Technical Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Miss Hollywood", "Miss  Burbank", & "Cal State Miss Teen".

CALIFORNIA FITNESS PAGEANTS:
Technical Director/Cameraman/Editor: All State Fitness Championship  shows.


PROMOTION PROJECTS & AD CAMPAIGNS:

PEPSI COLA PROMO:
2nd Unit Camera/Audio Tech: Internal Company party Promotion.

TIMOTHY LEARY'S, "last video project":
Graphic Design & Post Production: For Retina Logic.

UNITED AIRLINES:
2nd Unit Camera: Promo Commercial Check.

UNIVERSAL STUDIO'S PROMO:
2nd Unit Camera: Producer Sales Pitch.

M.T.M STUDIO'S PROMO:
Audio Tech: Internal Documentary Piece.

PAPA SKYNYRD:
Editor/Sound Design:  book promo for Lynyrd Skynyrd biography.

BACKSTAGE PASS:
Cameraman/Editor: Angela Bowies Promo For book tour.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES:
Cameraman/Editor: Promo for "The Mommies TV Pilot".


INDUSTRIALS & COMMERCIALS:

SKEECHERS:
Audio Tech: Commercial

AVIS RENT A CAR:
Audio Tech: Commercial

NORTHROP INDUSTRIES:
2nd Unit Camera/Sound Design: Industrial Internal Video.

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Audio Tech/Editor: Interview of Chief Darrel Gates for Internal use.

METROLINK SAFETY VIDEO:
2nd Unit Camera/Audio Tech: In-house Training video.


SPECIAL SKILLS:

Director, Cameraman, Still Photographer, Technical director, Jib/Boom  Operator, "Rock solid" hand held camera operator, Live Multi-Camera  Switcher, DVD Author, Off-line/Online Editor, Web Designer, Graphics  artist, Musician, Sound Designer, Etc.

EQUIPMENT LIST:

I CAN GET ANY PIECE OF GEAR, IF GIVEN 24 HOURS NOTICE.

But I do Own:

3 Macintosh Desktop Computers: (Dual 1 Ghz G-4 / G-4- 450 MHz / Mac  9500) Digital Video/Audio/Graphics Production Editing Suites Set-up  with: (Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Photoshop,  After Fx, Pro Tools & Digital Performer.
Cinema Products: 16 MM Crystal Sound Sync Film Camera.
Sony VX-1000: 3 Chip Digital video camera.
Sony Mavica: 4 Megapixels Digital Still Camera.
Canon Rebel: 35MM Still Camera.
Basic Lighting Package: 5- 650 Watts Lights. 1-1K. Umbrellas &  Reflector.
Basic Audio Package: Wireless & HandHeld Mics.

Thanx's
Craig Amabello

Contact me @:  Laconnection101@aol.com


To see samples of my work Check out: http://www.americanartistsinc.com

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