Quote of the Day

"Put some gloss on that, B_ _ _ _ _!"

~ Anonymous

Me and Dianna Lately...

Script Art

Well, if you're gonna write about a rescue in a boat - you have to visualize a boat, right?! Script 7 - Unknown Soldier Visual Assist!

Morning Melody

Every morning I'm awakened with sweet songs from Red Tipped Starling! Beautiful!

Episode 4 Under Pressure

The fun of the show's has been creating a "theme" -- episode 4 is called "Under Pressure" -- so Queen's song offered great fun and inspiration!

It's about a guy under the pressure of a girder and has to have his leg amputated!

Describes Me...

Her work celebrated 

what she knew and loved best...

Charley Rescue in Episode 1

Sweet Note from Director Phil Scarpaci

Hi Guys,

Wow! What a wonderful time I have had with all the action and the
emotion that fill these stories.... really, just a great blend. Love
it!!

I want to thank you for the opportunity to join in at such an early
stage with your baby and trusting me with the work.
You guys have such a love for this project and it has been a real joy
to be around.

I wish you all the success you deserve and want you to know if there
is anything I can do to help along the way please feel free to contact
me.

And know I would love to be part of the journey.

I'm heading back to L.A on Thursday and will send a little sunshine
your  way....

All the best,
Phil

Song of the Day

Four Season in One Day by Crowded House -- TOTALLY the winter weather here!

Beyond Gorgeous!

Katie Meehan is the perfect All American California lifeguard. 

She was a junior lifeguard in real life from Huntington Beach!

Inspiration for Episode 1

Our friend Mitch Kahn's story inspired the first episode called Hero's Last Mission!

Sweetest Note from Casey Brown

Dear Beautiful Tai,

Wow!! on episode 5, it had me choked up here at work.  Very very sweet story.  What great moments, visually arresting.  Silence and shadows will play magnificently in this episode.  And when he walks toward Colby, what a moment.  And when Colby says "I love you."  The company that makes Kleenex will probably be giving you a lifetime supply because of the run up in sales that is going to result from that moment.

Very well done.

Best,

CB

Quote of the Day

"Life seems to go on without effort, 

when I am filled with music."

~ George Eliot

Third Cast Read Through

Read through of scripts 4 and 5!

Reporter Rita!

So excited my friend Rita is the voice of our news reporter on the show! I named the station MMBN News -- which stand for her three sons -- Michael, Matthew Beck, and Nicholas (who is my god son)

Headquarters in Progress

Lunch break with Dianna checking out the set.

Finally Shooting the Cove!

We have waited for weather to shoot Episode 1's cove scene where Charley rescues two little girls. The water has been rough and full of foam. Finally, we shot on one of the coldest days so far. I felt so terrible for Katie Meehan who plays Charley. I pray she doesn't get sick. She and both little girls did an amazing job acting! This sequence is going to be great!

Loved hanging with JR on the set today!

Katie and the girls filming.

Progress On the Set

New Toys

Quote of the Day

"That's nice!"

~ Dianna Ippolito

Our Work Is Uniquely Us

Nobody can duplicate your work because there's no one in the world like you. They can imitate, but they can't duplicate. Your work is born of your sensiblities, temperament, experience, emotion, passion, perseverance, attention to detail, idiosyncrasies, and eccentricities. When You're authentic, so is your art.

Dizzy's Party

First Cast & Crew Party at Dizzy's!

SAF3's First Cast & Crew Party at Dizzy's in Camps Bay in Cape Town!

Katie Meehan, Tai Collins, Danielle Anderson, Jocelyn Oscorio, J.R. Martinez, Lydia Hull, George Furla

Robert Frost

"No tears for the writer, no tears for the reader,

No Surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader."

Scouting Fire Burn Tower

 

It's A Party!!!

OTW (On the Water)

Lunch Break

Texas In A Bottle

Shot from episode 3 -- Jocelyn's first day and first episode!

Ernest Hemingway Says It Best...

"Write the truest sentence you know."

Names...

I try to use friends, family, etc. in every episode.
Colby in episode 1 is named after Colby Lyman Moore
Gloria in episode 1 is named after my friend Gloria Cuccione
I almost always use a Tim in everything I write because my brother is Tim

HQ Underway!