Fools by Martin Walker

Friday, January 23, 2009

Serendipitous Moments in Creating Work

The coolest thing happened to me last weekend.

Watson, our music supervisor, had given me a cd of some songs to consider using for Diving Lessons. I took a listen and totally fell in love with one particular track by an artist by the name of Adam Yorke - you can check him out on myspace.com - his song is called "In Love and Doubt" - a great upbeat number and I really want to use it for the opening of Diving Lessons. I must have listened to it about a hundred times.

My co-worker invited me to go listen to her boyfriend's band last Friday night, at some random bar in North Hollywood (of all places!). My boyfriend and I arrived thinking that we were going to miss the band - he was scheduled for 9:30 but discovered that all the acts were late and the boyfriend's band was scheduled to go last. So we stuck around - and when the second act came up, Mr. Yorke, came out with only an acoustic guitar, and suddenly started belting out the words to this song I'd been obsessing over! I couldn't believe it. I had to take advantage of my luck and so I approached him after his set - and chatted with him for a bit. He's a really nice guy, and is definitely interested in working with me. If I could only be so lucky with the rest of the music...

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About The Three Shorts

Christine Le wrote and directed the 1st story Love 10 to 1.
The first story explores the life of a 29-year-old virgin, Jenny, who desperately wants to lose her virginity before her 30th birthday. As she encounters one loser after another on dates, Jenny pines after her boss, Dustin. While at her grandmother’s retirement home, Jenny learns a powerful lesson from her grandmother about sex and the meaning of life.


Christine Le (right) directs Shireen Nomura Mui (Jenny) & Justin Klosky (Jim).

Lucy Rodriguez wrote and directed Love Song.
The second story revolves around Shane, the lead singer of the L.A. rock band, Dirty Virgin. Shane has her pick of admirers but it’s her roommate Dustin she wants to be with. Shane confesses her feelings on Jackie and Jared’s show but when Dustin meets Cali, Shane’s shot at love starts to dwindle. With Dirty Virgin about to embark on a world tour, will Dustin realize that he’s the object of Shane’s affections? Will they risk their friendship to give this Love Song a chance?


Lucy Rodriguez & David Villar (Dustin)

Laura Somers wrote and directed Diving Lessons.
The final story picks up where Love 10 to 1 left off, but from the perspective of Jim, the guitarist of Dirty Virgin. Jim sees Jenny at a swimming pool, trying desperately to overcome her fear of diving. In fact, he finds out that she’s making a list of everything that she’s afraid of and trying to overcome them, one by one. He is instantly smitten and tries to convince her that he’s not just a rock star who ‘loves ‘em and leaves ‘em’. Can a rock star find love with a virgin?


Shireen Nomura-Mui, Laura Somers & Justin Klosky




Leah Anova is the Director of Photography for Love 10 to 1 & Diving Lessons.

Additional Cinematography on Diving Lessons by Erik Forsell

Matthew Boyd is the Director of Photography for Love Song.