Why "Blood Diaries"?

Hello all

First of all, why a blog? And why a blog named "Blood Diaries"?
Well... a blog because I felt like sharing some of my filmmaking experiences with anyone: all the frustration, stress, hard work and poverty an indie filmmaker goes through to bring a little film to life.
"Blood Diaries" because the title of this short film is "Brothers in Blood". And it's taking me blood to make it happen....

First of all, a little introduction. I'm a master student at New York Film Academy, in LA. I just wrapped my thesis film, a short called Brothers in Blood, shot on location, with the RED One camera (yeah, I'd shoot 35, but... no money :S)

This short film is based on a feature script I wrote. Hopefully, with this short I'll try to get some investment into the development of the feature...

But first things first. This one. Tells us the story of two mexican brothers: Emilo (32) and Alex (20). Alex keeps getting in trouble, trying to be a respected gangster in East LA, but keeps screwing everything up. His Brother Emilio, a respected teacher in the community ends up ruining his life to save his brother, after he messes with the wrong people. That's when we realize Emilio was, 10 years before, the guy his brother is trying to be...

And where does this story fits in the feature script? The feature is an ensemble piece about three families, each one of them with enough disfunctionality. They don't know each other, but events lead them to the same place by the end of the movie. This short is one of these three stories.

I figured the best way to get financing to do the feature would be shooting part of it.
Because I have three stories in the feature, each one of them works independantely, and that way work by itself on a short format.

With this blog, I'll try to tell a little bit the hardness of trying to get a movie done with no money... Believe, no money at all...