Cam McHarg's random musings

Okay, I've just finished my first feature script...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:25 -0700

It’s called, Sitiado.
It’s sort of a mistaken identity/western/thriller set in 1971 Mexico with a little dash of Easy Rider tossed into the mix.
It’s got a lot of fixing up and tweaking needed now, but that feels pretty damn good.
:)

Nostalgia Lane

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:51:22 -0700

Just for fun, I put some old stuff on my iPod that I used to listen to between the ages of about 10-18 years old and went to the gym.
I literally can hardly even remember being there.
It was like being immersed in some kind of nostalgia movie.

Memories like these filled my mind:

-Practicing with my nunchucks Bruce Lee/Dirk Diggler style and bruising the sh*t out of my elbows, knees, and the back of my head in the process.

-Spending entire afternoons everyday practicing BMX racing starts and sprints on my beloved Skyway T/A bike and my 80’s checkered pads.

-Having breakdance break-offs on cardboard in between races at the BMX track in the summer while someone’s Boom box blasted something from Beat Street.

-Being mortified when I saw my former babysitter (just a few years older than me) making out with some dude with feather hair, painter pants, and a Journey concert jersey in some park.

-Later memories of huge bonfire parties in the woods with endless cases of beer and/or drinking cheap beer in church parking lots and keeping the local police employed.

-Bootlegging beer from some local dipshit named “Rosebud” (he didn’t even ask for money to do it, and we would fight over who had to sit next to this guy in the car).

-Driving my old Pontiac LeMans with my buddies through the country in the summer with the windows down and music blasting on the way to go bridge jumping in local river.

-Making a feeble and probably failed attempt to impress the ladies by jumping off one of these said bridges in the complete dark of night. (I have no idea how I escaped ending up like Stephen Hawking or even getting killed.)

It was a fun trip.
:)

Here’s my interview from the Del Weston on Film show.

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:21:36 -0700

Here’s my interview from the Del Weston on Film show.

Zealous - Discover / Create / Promote / Inspire - Free Portfolio

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:03:13 -0700

Zealous - Discover / Create / Promote / Inspire - Free Portfolio:

My Zealous…

The End (2012)

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:38:00 -0700

The End (2012):

I’ve had some great write ups in shots.net, The Reel, Film Threat, The Hollywood Reporter, 1.4, Cannes YDA Blog, and several others about my short film the end, but even with all of that, you really can’t beat having a drinking game made for it!

Screenshot of upcoming interview from Del Weston on Film.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:48:30 -0700

Screenshot of upcoming interview from Del Weston on Film.

Really nice.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:06:15 -0700

Really nice.

Me at about 8 years old with my little sister, my cat Shadow,...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:48:05 -0700

Me at about 8 years old with my little sister, my cat Shadow, and a rad pair of tighty-whiteys.

I just now was finally made aware of this nice little write up...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:56:06 -0700

I just now was finally made aware of this nice little write up and mention about me below in the great film blog Celluloid and Whiskey by Australian film critic and writer Travis Johnson.

http://www.celluloidandwhiskey.com/2012/11/grand-theft-auto-rise.html

GTA: Rise - GOLD Winner of the 92nd annual Art Director Club Awards in Miami last Friday!

Congrats to director Gevorg Karensky!

(If you haven’t seen it yet, watch for me having a bad time with a pen in the party bus scene… )
;)

the end was accepted into the Official Competition. We are now...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:07:04 -0700

the end was accepted into the Official Competition.

We are now in the running for one of these awards:

• Cluj Shorts Trophy - Best Short Film
• Best Director
• Best Picture
• The Audience Award

http://clujshorts.ro/official-competition/

A little newer, a little shorter, and hopefully a little better.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:20:25 -0700

A little newer, a little shorter, and hopefully a little better.

Ireland Before the Discovery of Alcohol… Happy St....

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:06:26 -0700

Ireland Before the Discovery of Alcohol…

Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

Monroe Log is now on a temporary hold. Right now, I am working...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:30:00 -0700

Monroe Log is now on a temporary hold.

Right now, I am working on finishing the script for SITIADO - a new low budget feature film.

Sitiado is basically sort of a gritty western meets Easy Rider set in early 1970’s Mexico.

While Monroe Log is a very personal passion project that I intend to direct at some point, Sitiado is actually being written with me in mind for one of the lead roles possibly as soon as this year.

Look for more in the near future!

Read about Monroe Log here:

www.facebook.com/monroelog

Monroe Log posters by

Kate Whelan
http://katewhelan.tumblr.com/

Yasmin Nadhirasari

and

Kevin Dixon
http://ruffydrier.wordpress.com/

Here are four interviews with me. The video above is a brief...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:57:22 -0800

Here are four interviews with me.

The video above is a brief film festival interview.

The three links below are all print interviews from 1.4, Cannes Young Directors Award Blog, and Daily Grindhouse.

http://www.onepointfour.co/2012/07/23/the-end-is-the-start/

http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/no-budget-nightmares-interview-with-the-end-director-cam-mcharg/

http://youngdirectoraward.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/yda-catchup-cam-mcharg

It’s me! The Vision in the new Avengers comic book! ...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:47:14 -0800

It’s me!

The Vision in the new Avengers comic book!

It’s selling out everywhere, but one of my buddies found a copy somewhere and just tweeted this to me.

It’s kind of both funny and surreal to me at the same time.

Film Shortage is a website that showcases some of the best short...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:13:25 -0800

Film Shortage is a website that showcases some of the best short films in the world.

In my opinion, you’ll see better shorts here than you will in most film festivals anywhere.

They’ve just released a new trailer, and the cool thing is that it includes both a short that I’ve directed (The End) and one that I’ve acted in (GTA: Rise).

Watch for me as The Vision in the new Marvel Avengers comic...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:31:00 -0800

Watch for me as The Vision in the new Marvel Avengers comic book.

I’m serious!
It really is me.
Take a close look, and you’ll probably recognize me.
What you don’t thankfully see, is me posing in a cape and underwear for it.
It comes out February 6, 2013.

Here’s a sneak peek:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=71622

Jesus Christ… here Ryan Gosling goes again on his...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:23:10 -0800

Jesus Christ… here Ryan Gosling goes again on his relentless and kind of pathetic bid to sell himself as a tough guy. His publicity guy must be working around the clock on this.

(This time he has tough guy tattoos to go with his new satin jacket.)

Ugh.

This is a really interesting director, though.

Merry Christmas, wherever you are!

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:29:07 -0800

Joyeux Noël! Fröhliche Weihnachten!Рождеством Христовым! Різдвом Христовим! God Jul! Feliz Natal! Feliz Navidad! Wesołych świąt bożego Narodzenia!
Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! Buon Natale! Nollaig Shona! Boldog Karácsonyt! Gleðileg Jól!
חג מולד שמח! Vrolijk Kerstfeest! Veselé Vánoce! Glædelig Jul! Sretan Božić! Geseënde Kersfees! ميلاد مجيد! 圣诞快乐! Hyvää Joulua! Krismas ki Subhkamna! Noeliniz kutlu olsun!

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Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:08:11 -0800