“Funny Pains” (2020) is now free to watch
It’s been a long road to get here. L O N G. But here we are, not only did our documentary come out during the weirdest year up to date, but we were able to land a deal with the Tubi (tubitv.com), owned by Fox, Tubi has come in to compete with the biggest streamers...
“Funny Pains” is going to the Cannes Film Market!
YES! Hewes Pictures has selected our documentary to show at the Cannes Film Market during the festival. It feels like a dream, but it’s true and I cannot be happier! It took us a year to land all the amazing talent for 3 awesome roundtables discussing comedy, but it was so worth it. We have...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 8
I’m the type of person that cannot live without music, I have a soundtrack for all the different eras of my life, I have a song assigned to most people in my life, the undeniable power of music has a strong hold on me. You can catch me listening to The Traveling Wilburys in the...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 7
Making it funny. That’s what this is all about. This is the story of a woman that wants to make you laugh, wants to make you have a good time and in her words, “make you forget about your shitty life for a while”. A lot is said about the New York audience during the documentary,...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 6
“Be like water my friend” has to be one of my favorite quotes, it comes from the great late Bruce Lee, it refers to our ever-changing world and how we must try to adapt quickly and try to have a good time while doing so. This quote lives with me every single day. I’m still struggling...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 5
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Ok, I got that out of the way. Sorry. I’m in between of being very excited about the film, tired from all the hours I put into my work and thinking about being a new father in April, all the same time. The most recent cut of the doc looks great, it’ so easy now...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 4
“Fresh eyes” is the name of this past week. I stepped away from the editing station to shake off any tunnel vision I might have had during this process (after some great advice from my brother in arms, Princeton), it’s served me good because I immediately was able to point out spots in the doc...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 3
At this point, my brain is a bit fried from all the editing. I came at it head-on, fearless because I knew the story in and out and I knew what was needed to be shown. Or did I? Just like everything else in life I’ve changed in the past 2 years, I see and...
The power of yet: lessons learned from “Funny Pains”
Sesame street beat me to this topic, but I feel like writing about the power of yet, especially now that I’ve reviewed all the footage I shot for “Funny Pains”. When you are shooting a documentary, trying to keep up with the action taking place in front of you, it’s inevitable to make mistakes. “Funny...