- 10:35 AM, Tuesday,
April 26th, 2016:
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- Annoyed. But maybe
temporarily.
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- So Mark wants to
make a Grohl episode of Chasing Heroes and needed me
to make a reel to get the go-ahead to put some money
into this. This is confusing so I need to describe
this with scenarios that are all over the place, bear
with me:
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- - Production
Companies put a fuckton of money into pitches
including tens of thousands of dollars into sizzle
reels that they then pitch to networks. For example,
as we know Collins Avenue has a development team that
comes up with ideas and then they pitch to
THEIR OWN BOSS (Jeff Collins) to get the
funds to shoot and produce the reels, etc. He then
takes that and pitches to networks, etc.
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- -In this case,
Mark is Collins Avenue and Jeff Collins all in one.
Teague Town Productions. So who exactly I'm making a
reel for is a bit grey - he already likes it. Either
he wants to pay to shoot the Grohl episode for a reel
to pitch to the networks or he doesn't. It would seem
he wants his agent to see something and presumably get
interest from the networks before we shoot ANYTHING.
OK, well I have enough shot to make SOMETHING for
him to do that.
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- -So I spent
the weekend trying to piece this together without any
actual footage of what the show would be about and
realized the biggest deterrent to getting a greenlight
for this is "who the fuck is Adam Kontras"?? And why
the hell would we let him anchor the MAJORITY of the
show now WITHOUT the celebrity. With Hats &
Minigolf the celebrity is more than half the draw, for
Chasing Heroes they're 1/4 of the show at best. But
that's what reality wants apparently so that's what
they get. So all I could do in this reel was show
who I am, why I'm capable of this and show what
I've already done. And truthfully? It's an impressive
3 1/2 minutes. At the end of this I really want
to see an episode and see how this dude finds a way to
get to these celebrities and invite them to his
backyard. He seems like a guy who will get it done
because of all the shit he's pulled off already
(including the ridiculous yard). And here it
is:
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- Mark's reaction?
Doesn't like it because it's all about me and doesn't
show what the show will be about.
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- Uhm,
duh.
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- Yeah, I know.
It needs to be shot dude. I can't make that up.
The show will be set-pieces of me going around doing
all these things to get their attention... you already
want to make that, but you wanted a reel BEFORE we
made that... so what the fuck else could the reel have
been?!?! I said this to him, and he understood my
point. LOL. No other way to put it really, because I'm
not much of a submissive conversationalist at 40. I'm
blunt. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever enjoyed a
business conversation more than the one I had
yesterday with him. I just have no fucks to give
anymore. Hopefully we can work like this. Where we can
go at each other and not take it personally and just
get to the best possible product. I need him to be
able to speak honestly (and often poorly) of this
"Adam" character because I sure as fuck am critical of
him. I know I'm the most famous anonymous person
EVER. No one knows who the fuck I am, yet everyone has
seen something I've done. It's bizarre... but it just
is. If a show around me won't sell? Fine! I don't
care. I can't make me anymore than I am.
I just keep making shit. It's up to you guys to
decide if you want to put your money where your mouth
is. I'm already doing it.
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- And that's what
this really comes down to. Yes, that reel should be
establishing who I am
WITH CLIPS FROM THE DAVE GROHL episode,
not clips from Comedy Central or CBS. Absolutely
right. I'm not an idiot, I understand that. But
you asked for a reel NOW and that's all it can
possibly BE now. The ball is firmly in your court. If
you think you can nail down Dave Grohl, nail that shit
down. If you want 50% of the concept of course you're
putting the money into the shooting of this. I'll edit
everything (and provide
the MINIGOLF COURSE and DELOREAN TIME MACHINE
and ALL THE CHATRACTERS, AHEM), this
won't cost a fortune, but you'd better believe if Dave
fucking Grohl is in my backyard that's a professional
shoot. 3 cameramen, a ton of go-pros, sound guy,
lighting the whole 9. Heh. The whole 9. Because we
need to be able to have footage that's broadcast
quality because that WILL be the pilot and he
AIN'T comin' back.
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- This is also why
I've stopped doing Hats & Minigolf
episodes... I'm now wasting these celebrities on shit
that isn't broadcast quality. I have a bunch of
people that want to be on the show but I have to put
them off because it's a total waste right now. We
can't waste Dave Grohl.
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- Now do I believe
he's gonna make this happen? Uhm, no. Honestly.
I think we will have to use Jim O'Heir or Mo and
I will have to write the entire thing and shoot the
entire thing with $0 budget. And I probably will,
because what the fuck else am I gonna do, right?
All to make the reel slightly
better.
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- Ugh. But here we
are. Let's see what happens next. $10 says Collins
Avenue responds before Mark and then we're in that
whole mess. Time to go run. (I'm finally, barely, in
the 150s!!)
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- Adam
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