So, after not updating this blog in literally years, I'm trying to turn the page to a new chapter in which I do things like update this blog... and go to yoga, and eat healthier, and write thank you notes :)
I'm starting with the blog.
I'm currently in LA in pre-production on a short film entitled Camera Obscura- it's based off of Miranda's book, The Effects of Light, and the film is set about 6 months before the book begins in the present day. M and I co-wrote the script, and I'm directing.
I'm so excited to be on this productive adventure... but sometimes making a film can be overwhelming! There are a million things to do, ranging from the seemingly insignificant (do we have enough granola bars on set per day for all the hungry crew?) to the seemingly HUGE (casting awesome people, securing locations, etc.,) Luckily I have an awesome DP set up, and the beginnings of a very hearty and laid-back crew.
What makes me feel very secure is that I have the help of my wonderful fellow producers, and the support of my friends and family. I was talking to my roommate about feeling overwhelmed, and she said, "oh yeah, the month before I shot my short I was insane!" So that made me feel better. Kind of.
She also offered this nugget of wisdom: Filmmaking is like brewing a giant stew where the ingredients are hard work, awesome people, and a hell of a lot of luck. Good luck I hope!
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sisters looking through the lens
Miranda and Kai are sisters.
Kai makes films.
miranda writes books about places like this.
About Us
- voxjaws: Miranda and Kai
- Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is a writer. Kai Beverly-Whittemore is a filmmaker. They have been sisters since, well, Kai was born and Miranda was seven. Both girls benefitted enormously from the benign neglect of academic parents. Young Miranda wrote novellas; young Kai built tiny robots and furry creatures. They documented Shakespeare plays with their PXL vision camera. They were photographed by family friends Jock Sturges and Mona Kuhn. By the time Kai was in college, Miranda published her first novel, "The Effects of Light" (Warner Books 2005), which was loosely based on their experiences growing up being photographed. Meanwhile, Kai began working on her first feature-length documentary, "Body of Work", which examines those same experiences with a different eye. In 2007, Miranda published her second novel, "Set Me Free" (Warner Books). Now that Miranda and Kai are "grown-ups" they seek to do "grown-up" things. Like blogging about being working artists, art in America, and how sometimes Art and America don't seem to go together all that well.
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