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lizriz
Los Angeles
Life and Love in the La La
Interests: Directing, Cooking, Reading, Yoga, Life, Love, Los Angeles
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One of the best things about "Zero Sight: Bad Call" hitting the web this week was unexpected. So many of my friends and mentors watched it and sent me the most wonderfully thoughtful responses. One thing I love about directing,... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Everyday Goddess
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I read an interview once with Ed Burns where he said that he cast himself in The Brothers McMullen because then he always knew that at least one person would show up on shoot days. Well, I'm not an actress,... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
On May 1st I did something I've never done before. I changed my New Year's Resolution to something completely different. Those playing along at home may remember that my New Year's Resolution was to Break Some Rules and Kick Some... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
Have you seen this new video from Dove? I kinda hate it: For a while, I couldn't quite put my finger on why. It's rather treacly and contrived, which I find unpleasant, but just this morning I realized that what... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
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It's a common saying in the industry: Instead of going to film school, you should spend that money making a film. It's always bemused me, this notion. Because so many people in the entertainment industry have money and come from... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
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This is a letter to a 26-year old girl who sat on a beach in Boca Raton, and faced for the first time that the path she was on was right for everyone around her except for the person who... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
2012 was a good year, a hard working year. I started the year with a list of things I wanted to take care of, get through, and I did those things along with a ton of directing work. It was... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
Dating Advice from Liz: You're probably not looking for a posse; you're probably looking for one person who's a good fit for you. Making anything anyone thinks they can say is universally true about "men" or "women" rather irrelevent at... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
OK, I'm letting go of the 12/12 annual reading goal (12 fiction and 12 non-fiction). I made it in 2009, and surpassed it in 2010, but both those years contained a fair bit of unemployment and then a fair bit... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
December 2012 was the first time I thought to myself, Maybe I Can't Do This. I turned my mind in a direction it had never gone and wondered what if. What if I wasn't working on directing anymore? The irony... Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
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I spent large part of December scared out of my mind. After a year of super low-budget shooting, I'd scored an opportunity to direct a film short for Stage 5 TV's YouTube show, The Continuum. I had a fantastic script... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
Last year and last year's resolution were a rousing success! In 2012 I resolved to: Ask for what I need. Accept what others can give. Give what and whenever I can. It may seem a bit silly, but having this... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2013 at Everyday Goddess
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This time of year I catch news stories about shopping, and I marvel at the sheer amount of product purchasing that occurs out in real life. Because I'm not a big shopper, and a lot of the shopping I do... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
And rules were made to be broken, of course. When you want to. So I haven't blogged too much sex & relationships in recent years, but, you know, dating leads to revelations, and I'm a sharer. I was thinking the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
When I FINALLY found a new, stable full-time job in October 2011, I gave myself the first few months to learn about my new position, settle into a new daily environment, and get through the holidays. It was a good... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
If I ever told you, anymore, when I'm losing the faith - a little trip down the rabbit hole - You could say to me. You could say, Honey. Play The Love Mix. Tear up when it's Nickel Creek. Remember... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
I was filing away some papers recently when I found a list of life goals I made a few years ago. It's clipped to a prioritization grid a friend had given me to do as an exercise. Because these are... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
Skip the bloggy stuff and take me straight to the workflow! Around 2009/2010 I acquired two things: A Flip HD video camera and a copy of Final Cut Express. The Flip HD I came by through my relationship with Nintendo.... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
Enter here to win an iPhone 5 from BradsDeals! Contest goes through 9/26/2012 at 11:59PM CST, and you can enter once per day. Here's the 411 on the BradsDeals iPhone 5 Giveaway. I can't for the life of me figure... Continue reading
Posted Sep 21, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
When you declare bankruptcy these days you have to go through (and pay for) two sessions of mandatory financial counseling. You can do it online. I took my courses at Greenpath. I'm actually (ironically?) fairly financially savvy, and the courses... Continue reading
Posted Sep 7, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
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I enjoy humidity. Yes, it's crazy, but it's true. This Florida girl doesn't miss the bugs, or the hurricanes, but I do miss the rain, and I miss the moist air. Summers in SoCal are HOT HOT HOT and superdry.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
So the "Missing Miranda" Kickstarter Campaign didn't fund. It was an amazing experience and about a million times harder than I thought it would be even having done tons of research and prep work going in. And it's interesting to... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
One of the things I've been working on since the beginning of the "Missing Miranda" Kickstarter Campaign was a blog post about the use of crowdfunding by female filmmakers. We created a variety of press releases with different angles, and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
I dusted off my Final Cut Express for The Missing Miranda Kickstarter campaign. First I cut together a video of the cast and producers talking about their favorite moments in "Missing Miranda", and then last weekend I cut together this... Continue reading
Posted Aug 1, 2012 at Everyday Goddess
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Let's talk a moment to consider the absurdity of reviewing Dove body wash in the middle of the "Missing Miranda" Kickstarter campaign. Things have been very intense in my world, and very busy - It turns out that it takes... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2012 at Everyday Goddess