Features and Shorts

Its been a while since my last update. Here are a few projects I have been working on.

My latest feature has the working title of "Second Chances". It's a story about a girl that is put into foster care after her father kills her mother in an abusive rage. She is raised from then on by a great foster family, but is then wrapped up in drugs, alcohol, and an abusive boyfriend. She has to decide if she wants to fall back into the nightmares of her past, or rise above and embrace the opportunities and new life her foster family has provided for her.

It is a great story inspired by true events.


I was lucky enough to work with more incredible people! Lisa Spurrier and Bill Gillaine were the producers and my co-stars. I loved every second of working with them! Josh Samson is the director of photography, editor, etc. etc. He is very talented and it was a great opportunity to work with him.


It is going to be a great film and I can't wait to see it. I will keep this blog posted about trailers and the premier as soon as I have more information!



A couple weekends ago I got to work on a really fun comedy for the X96 Radio From Hell Film Festival. Thom Rockwell is the mastermind behind the short. I play a spy by the name of Alexis St. Claire. It was so fun to do a spoof on action movies. I'll keep you posted on this as well.

American Rejects

Here is the poster to my latest project! It is one that is very near and dear to my heart! It is a great story that makes you think a lot about who you are and being ok with it. Twisted up in a love story and drama. The latest trailer can be seen here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fLkpaJV-QDU The film is set to release September 22. More info to come on when and where. Below are a bunch of pictures on set.

This is my character Trina. She is sweet, kind, and has a case of compulsive hoarding. She is a "reject" and is the main character Maynard's love interest.



This is Maynard and Trina. Maynard is played by the very talented Rodney Carlson.


This is the first day of shooting.

This is me as Trina.

Early morning. Ready to shoot.

Trina with her bags and Maynard helping.

Day 2 of filming. Wasn't my wardrobe just amazing! haha

Day 3 of filming with all of the rejects. Me and Dustin Miller.

The group "American Rejects" We have a narcissist, kleptomaniac, pants wetter, cutter, stalker, a guy who stutters, Maynard who is OCD, and Trina who hoards everything she owns. This is the place where they go to feel normal.

Hanging out at the last day of filming!

Trina feels bad . . . want to know why? You'll have to see the movie! :)

Filming

Getting directions from our amazing director Brandon Young!

Trina and Maynard

The End!

I want to give a HUGE thanks to Solar Shock Pictures, Entropy Pictures, and especially to the director Brandon Young! This was an absolutely amazing project to be a part of! I had the time of my life and loved getting to know such an awesome, talented group of people! To everyone with Solar Shock, thank you for letting me be Trina. She was such a fun character to play and helped me grow so much as an actress! You truly are such a talented group of people and I'm excited to see all the amazing things you will accomplish! I can't wait to work with you all again!

48hr Film Project

The 48hr film project is now finished. Our film was crazy fun to be a part of. . . and just pure crazy! haha The cast and crew were amazing and we had an absolute blast all day making this film. It's pretty out there and cooky, but where's the fun in being normal? So here are some pictures of my crazy adventures on set of Cirque Du Sumpa and the link to watch the film yourself.
The picture above was one of my characters. I was lucky enough to be double cast!

This was a scene at a funeral home. We are bringing Yasmeen back to life!


Everybody getting ready for a little voo doo!


In hair and makeup. I wish I was pampered like this everyday! :)

Me, Johnny Depp ;) William Blackburn, Yasmeen Jwhar, and Kalisha Loeser

My first look coming along.

Here is most of the cast and crew on location filming!

Thanks to Damnation Pictures,and directors: Kathy Nation, and Aron Davila for letting me be apart of this film! I had a blast working with all of you and hope to work with you all again in the future!

To watch Cirque Du Sumpa click here:

http://vimeo.com12744453

American Rejects

My latest project is a feature film called "American Rejects." There is a new teaser trailer for it on youtube. Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBpYGaqKug

I'll post pictures and updates soon!

Edit #2

Here is another edit of the short we did.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vimeo.com%2F12504108&h=5b7act7WZ58O_jj7UYjeHOe6GRw

I think this one shows my reactions more! However I love different things about both edits!

Marmalade

There is a film competition that is coming to Utah this weekend called the 48hr film festival. What happens is any film makers in Utah create teams and in 48hrs have to create a short film from scratch. So teams can't cheat the night it begins each team is given a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue that they must use in their film. I am really lucky to be involved with an amazing team. This last weekend we did a mock shoot to practice. The above picture is a still of my character Karen in the film. Go to this link to see it! Let me know what you think!

http://photos.damnationpictures.com/GalleryFilmstrip.aspx?gallery=366229&mid=2241&mt=Video

High School Indie Film

"Return" was an independent film I was in right after high school. It was about a group of friends that went their separate ways after high school and then meet up a year later during the summer.

Then a bunch of mishaps happen and they have to deal with it as friends and foes. My character's name was Alex. She is a year younger than all the other characters so she is just finishing up high school. She is friends with all of the other characters because of her older sister Cameron. My character gets caught in a web of conflict between her sister, her secret boyfriend, her boyfriend's ex, a best guy friend who is falling for her, and loyalties to long time friends.

Alex was an extremely fun character to play and very challenging at the same time. The director wanted to try a new type of acting by placing our characters in situations that we knew nothing about and had to improv their reactions without prior knowledge. It was very challenging but a lot of fun!

Unfortunately the director still hasn't finished the film after 4 years, but I'm hoping maybe one day he will. I'll update when it happens.