All Dressed Up received a lot of positive responses from viewers in Palm Springs. Thanks to all those who watched!
Some of my favorites from the festival included Cigarette Candy, Brotherhood, Blue-Eyed Mary, Desert Wedding, Stop Requested, The Stars Don't Twinkle in Outer Space, My Four-Inch Precious, Lost Paradise, Multiple Choice and This is Her. If you can catch any of them at other festivals, I highly encourage it! They were all wonderful.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Dances With Films Premiere of All Dressed Up starring Rebecca Jupiter
Here is a pic of the Q & A after the film.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Dances With Films Opening Night Party - in costume of course!
I had so much fun meeting the other filmmakers and wearing a beautiful costume! Here are two quick pics - in the background you can see the interviews being done. When I have a link to my interviews I'll share those!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Amazing review on MyDisguises!
All Dressed Up is so blessed - Manny Mayor of My Disguises has reviewed the film *glowingly*
Please take a look! Click here to go to mydisguises.com.
You'll see some photos of costumes that appear in the film. Fun!
Please take a look! Click here to go to mydisguises.com.
You'll see some photos of costumes that appear in the film. Fun!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
All Dressed Up Trailer is now live
Watch the trailer here!
If you like it, post your comments on the youtube page and forward to everyone you know!
If you like it, post your comments on the youtube page and forward to everyone you know!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Tix now available for All Dressed Up premiere!
http://www.danceswithfilms.com/09_schedule.html
Fusion Shorts Group 1
Monday June 8th at 5pm
$10 before June 4th
$12 after
Can't be there? Consider buying a ticket and donating it back so I can invite industry guests - agents, casting directors, etc.
Thanks!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
All Dressed Up World Premiere June 8th at 5pm!
Come join in the fun and fantasy as quirky Daphne searches for her true love... in costume!
Monday June 8th at 5pm
Dances With Films festival
Sunset Laemmle 5
8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
Tix available soon at www.danceswithfilms.com
Coming to the premiere in costume is welcome and encouraged!
If you're excited about the film, please join our fan page on Facebook!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
All Dressed Up has been accepted to its first film festival!
I'm thrilled and proud that "All Dressed Up" has now been accepted to its very first film festival!
I hope you'll join me in early June in Los Angeles - as soon as I have the confirmation and exact screening date and time I will post it here.
I have also purchased www.alldressedupmovie.com and I am working on the website, trailer and graphics.
The film is now on imdb - just search for All Dressed Up and make sure you look at the one made in 2009 - there was an old film with the same name. It's also easy to reach from my imdb page.
Thank you for the outpouring of love and support - I know that you will enjoy this film! It is funny, uplifting, sweet and unique.
logline: Quirky Daphne's love of costumes gives her another chance at love after a series of hilarious dating disasters.
I hope you'll join me in early June in Los Angeles - as soon as I have the confirmation and exact screening date and time I will post it here.
I have also purchased www.alldressedupmovie.com and I am working on the website, trailer and graphics.
The film is now on imdb - just search for All Dressed Up and make sure you look at the one made in 2009 - there was an old film with the same name. It's also easy to reach from my imdb page.
Thank you for the outpouring of love and support - I know that you will enjoy this film! It is funny, uplifting, sweet and unique.
logline: Quirky Daphne's love of costumes gives her another chance at love after a series of hilarious dating disasters.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
"All Dressed Up" is ready for festival submissions!
In case you have just met me or somehow I haven't told you about my film...
I am producing "All Dressed Up" a short (14min) film - a romantic comedy about quirky, slightly neurotic Daphne, who has trouble meeting the right guy until she focuses on her love of dressing up in costume. That's when Mr. Right comes along.
The final cut is done, the dvds are in, and I have already submitted to one festival. More to come.
Hooooraaaay!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Three film roles, update on "Shortened"
With Pradeep Paga producing, I shot "Struggle" - I played a girl on a blind date with my friend Kevin Ashworth. We met on the internet, and he may have neglected to mention a key piece of information... we go from connecting deeply to me dumping him in a matter of minutes!
With Aaron Sherill producing, I played the mother in flashbacks to the 1970s, complete with Farrah Fawcett hairdo. So much fun.
Then I shot the role of a board member in USC film "Over and Again."
I'll keep you updated on all these films.
As for Shortened, which I shot a while back, Ed Magalong tells me there's a rough cut so things are moving along!
With Aaron Sherill producing, I played the mother in flashbacks to the 1970s, complete with Farrah Fawcett hairdo. So much fun.
Then I shot the role of a board member in USC film "Over and Again."
I'll keep you updated on all these films.
As for Shortened, which I shot a while back, Ed Magalong tells me there's a rough cut so things are moving along!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Latest news and projects
The world is flying by, folks!
I can barely keep up with myself.
On Saturday I shot the role of the mother in "Tunnels" directed by Ryan Ovadia.
On Sunday I helped out on the set of Jonathan Dane's "Just Married (aka Taxes)." - the pic is of him and his "new wife" - Christine Lakin, as well as the director and some other folks.
Today I recorded the vocals for the final song of "All Dressed Up." The track is called Dreamworld, and like most of the score for the film, was composed by Jason Rabinowitz of The Bloodsugars.
Tomorrow I have the first day of shooting for a UCLA project directed by Elizabeth Wallace.
I'll never complain about being busy, but I do think I could use a day off...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
ESPN Australian Open spot
So, my day was actually pretty cool...
I was shooting a commercial for the Australian Open that will be shown on ESPN. They asked me to be their "Russian ballerina" so I was wearing a fluttery skirt doing a lot of leaps and pirouettes and footwork.
One of the most exciting things was that they were shooting on the new "Phantom" camera that shoots hundreds, thousands, even a million frames per second (it depends on the resolution) so the shots looked AMAZING. I hope to put the link on here when the spot is ready. There will also be a fire breather, gymnast, trampolinist and others on the commercial, so it's pretty high-concept.
We were shooting at Quixote Studios next to Griffith Park, which is where they shoot Criminal Minds. Anyone watch that show?
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Music Video and Commercial
Okay, it's 2009 and I'm ready to work!
I just booked a comedic music video "Hey Man" and a commercial for the Australian Open. In the music video, I will play a sexy ringside girl at a boxing match, and in the commercial I will play a Russian ballerina doing a leap.
I hope to share more good news with you soon. In the meantime, I'm interning 2 days a week at a casting agency, and I'm almost finished with my short film "All Dressed Up."
Happy 2009!
I just booked a comedic music video "Hey Man" and a commercial for the Australian Open. In the music video, I will play a sexy ringside girl at a boxing match, and in the commercial I will play a Russian ballerina doing a leap.
I hope to share more good news with you soon. In the meantime, I'm interning 2 days a week at a casting agency, and I'm almost finished with my short film "All Dressed Up."
Happy 2009!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Hoping to go to the inauguration
The Obama campaign asked why I'm excited about the inauguration (in a few words.)
As a Jewish 14 year-old from San Francisco, I flew 3000 miles to attend prep school in New Hampshire on an academic scholarship. I was in a dorm with 33 other girls from all over. The girls I became closest with were all African-American girls from New York City. We understood each other as products of urban, not-so-wealthy neighborhoods. We all took a trip down to Boston to see "Fires in the Mirror" by Anna Deveare Smith. I wished at that moment that race relations in our country could improve, and that we could begin to move on from our past, not by ignoring it, but by changing the future. So I have been so excited about President Obama's potential to begin our healing as a nation. He has many, many gifts, not least of which is his ability to bring people together. Togetherness and dialogue will be our strength.
As a Jewish 14 year-old from San Francisco, I flew 3000 miles to attend prep school in New Hampshire on an academic scholarship. I was in a dorm with 33 other girls from all over. The girls I became closest with were all African-American girls from New York City. We understood each other as products of urban, not-so-wealthy neighborhoods. We all took a trip down to Boston to see "Fires in the Mirror" by Anna Deveare Smith. I wished at that moment that race relations in our country could improve, and that we could begin to move on from our past, not by ignoring it, but by changing the future. So I have been so excited about President Obama's potential to begin our healing as a nation. He has many, many gifts, not least of which is his ability to bring people together. Togetherness and dialogue will be our strength.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Latest Projects
Tomorrow I'll be shooting a short film called "Shortened." I play the main character's boss. Ed Magalong is producing.
I'll also be shooting the pilot of "America's Best Cheerleader" with Apple Cart Productions. Let's hope it gets picked up so you can see me kicking, cheering, cartwheeling and doing the splits!
Visit Apple Cart Productions to see other projects they've done.
On Tuesday I'll be doing a comedic photo shoot of "Strangeness in Suburbia" with Jesse Strigler. I play a dominatrix, people. What could be more fun?
Visit Jesse Strigler's site to see his beautiful photos!
I'll also be shooting the pilot of "America's Best Cheerleader" with Apple Cart Productions. Let's hope it gets picked up so you can see me kicking, cheering, cartwheeling and doing the splits!
Visit Apple Cart Productions to see other projects they've done.
On Tuesday I'll be doing a comedic photo shoot of "Strangeness in Suburbia" with Jesse Strigler. I play a dominatrix, people. What could be more fun?
Visit Jesse Strigler's site to see his beautiful photos!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Remembering Papa on World AIDS Day
I called him Papa.
He was born Floyd Edward Engle in Mount Holly, New Jersey on a dairy farm. That really didn't suit him, so despite being the eldest son, he packed up his stuff at the end of high school and made the trek to New England to enroll at Harvard. Class of '58. The Class. (Erich Segal novel...)
He had a lot of adventures in life before I came along - intelligence work in the Air Force, stationed in Taiwan listening to Chinese radio, traveling the world. He was married before he met my mother.
The truth is, I don't know my father that well. It has been 14 years since he died, and I was only 15 when it happened. I loved him and had a lot in common with him. But one day while I was home on break from Exeter, I got a call from a friend of his. He was very ill in the hospital after an experimental medication. He had AIDS.
What a blow. We had no idea. The questions. If I ever dare to tell anyone that Papa had AIDS, without fail, the first question is "How did he get it?" I have to say, it really pisses me off. Does it matter? I actually don't know the answer. He was a very private person, very steeped in his Presbyterian church dignified ways. So I may never know.
What I do know is that AIDS tears families apart. Losing the father I loved, then growing up without a father is not easy. I still struggle with the feeling that I don't have a real family. (And of course losing Hannah has compounded that problem.) AIDS needs to be stopped.
He was born Floyd Edward Engle in Mount Holly, New Jersey on a dairy farm. That really didn't suit him, so despite being the eldest son, he packed up his stuff at the end of high school and made the trek to New England to enroll at Harvard. Class of '58. The Class. (Erich Segal novel...)
He had a lot of adventures in life before I came along - intelligence work in the Air Force, stationed in Taiwan listening to Chinese radio, traveling the world. He was married before he met my mother.
The truth is, I don't know my father that well. It has been 14 years since he died, and I was only 15 when it happened. I loved him and had a lot in common with him. But one day while I was home on break from Exeter, I got a call from a friend of his. He was very ill in the hospital after an experimental medication. He had AIDS.
What a blow. We had no idea. The questions. If I ever dare to tell anyone that Papa had AIDS, without fail, the first question is "How did he get it?" I have to say, it really pisses me off. Does it matter? I actually don't know the answer. He was a very private person, very steeped in his Presbyterian church dignified ways. So I may never know.
What I do know is that AIDS tears families apart. Losing the father I loved, then growing up without a father is not easy. I still struggle with the feeling that I don't have a real family. (And of course losing Hannah has compounded that problem.) AIDS needs to be stopped.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Laugh in 17 Seconds
I'm constantly being asked "Are you kosher?"
Here's my answer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3NsnAUo44
Let me know what you think! Should I put more comedy clips online?
Here's my answer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3NsnAUo44
Let me know what you think! Should I put more comedy clips online?
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Last Night
I ended up at Short Stop in Echo Park with Marissa and a bunch of people I actually knew were there - Shtibl people. And I met someone. Not someone to date, because Wes plays for the other team. But someone who reminded me of some things I should not forget.
I saw him dancing - he looked pretty unique among the crowd of jeans uniform wearers - he had a greenish tinted mohawk and had his baby face painted the way people do at Burning Man. So later when he ended up dancing next to me, we talked and we opened each others' eyes. I told him I liked his style, and and he responded "I'm so horny!" Ok... I can't help you there, not being a guy myself. He asked my name, and figuring he was probably a burner, I told him my Playa name was Harmony, but that my "real" name was Rebecca. He liked that. He said he had always wanted to go to BM but was terrified that if he did, he would realize once and for all that he really isn't unique. I totally disagreed of course - everyone there is unique. We smiled and hugged. He ended up telling me that he is a male prostitute (I wasn't sure whether he meant literally or figuratively) and that he had self-abuse issues. Mmmm, I told him he needs to take better care of himself, love himself, be gentle with himself and know that he is unique and has something special to offer which is his spark. But the funny thing was that before any of that started, when we were just talking about his style, he had said that I looked beautiful because I radiated goodness from the inside and he could just tell from looking at my face that I was a good person.
Burning Man was definitely about creativity for me and thousands of other people, and I have found my creative voice much more since August (the film I'm making is a great example of that.) But even more important to me, I got in touch with my essential goodness on the Playa. And that goodness drives everything that I do in some way or another. Sometimes it can be so hard to be as good as I want to be, because it's not socially correct. It's not socially correct to stand there with a bunch of my Jewish friends talking to a random, costumed gay boy about his issues, but at that moment I felt a lot of compassion and love for him, and I wanted to give him the gift of self-love. Being good is important to me because it is my core. Everything that I do or make as an actress or a filmmaker or anything else comes from that well of goodness inside.
I'm a very sincere and earnest person, and growing up, that was not a good fit for the searing judgments I encountered all around me. But finding a community of non-judgmental, creative souls has opened me up again and allowed me to trust myself. Now when I encounter negativity, I know that it is probably not about me and I don't have to take it to heart just because it's coming in my direction. I can center myself with my own beliefs, my own truth. And I can give to others without needing something back from them, just knowing that it's the right thing to do and that somehow it will seep in and have an effect.
I saw him dancing - he looked pretty unique among the crowd of jeans uniform wearers - he had a greenish tinted mohawk and had his baby face painted the way people do at Burning Man. So later when he ended up dancing next to me, we talked and we opened each others' eyes. I told him I liked his style, and and he responded "I'm so horny!" Ok... I can't help you there, not being a guy myself. He asked my name, and figuring he was probably a burner, I told him my Playa name was Harmony, but that my "real" name was Rebecca. He liked that. He said he had always wanted to go to BM but was terrified that if he did, he would realize once and for all that he really isn't unique. I totally disagreed of course - everyone there is unique. We smiled and hugged. He ended up telling me that he is a male prostitute (I wasn't sure whether he meant literally or figuratively) and that he had self-abuse issues. Mmmm, I told him he needs to take better care of himself, love himself, be gentle with himself and know that he is unique and has something special to offer which is his spark. But the funny thing was that before any of that started, when we were just talking about his style, he had said that I looked beautiful because I radiated goodness from the inside and he could just tell from looking at my face that I was a good person.
Burning Man was definitely about creativity for me and thousands of other people, and I have found my creative voice much more since August (the film I'm making is a great example of that.) But even more important to me, I got in touch with my essential goodness on the Playa. And that goodness drives everything that I do in some way or another. Sometimes it can be so hard to be as good as I want to be, because it's not socially correct. It's not socially correct to stand there with a bunch of my Jewish friends talking to a random, costumed gay boy about his issues, but at that moment I felt a lot of compassion and love for him, and I wanted to give him the gift of self-love. Being good is important to me because it is my core. Everything that I do or make as an actress or a filmmaker or anything else comes from that well of goodness inside.
I'm a very sincere and earnest person, and growing up, that was not a good fit for the searing judgments I encountered all around me. But finding a community of non-judgmental, creative souls has opened me up again and allowed me to trust myself. Now when I encounter negativity, I know that it is probably not about me and I don't have to take it to heart just because it's coming in my direction. I can center myself with my own beliefs, my own truth. And I can give to others without needing something back from them, just knowing that it's the right thing to do and that somehow it will seep in and have an effect.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Law & Order, Star-Ving
I have some small (non-speaking) roles to tell you about!
Law & Order episode 7 - should be coming out in about a month. I played an ADA in arraignment court. I believe the episode is called "Sweetie."
Star-Ving: it's a new web series that you can watch on crackle.com starting in January. I played a banker coming to repo a porn shop from David Faustino and Corin Nemick. Very funny and over-the-top.
So far, LA is good!
Law & Order episode 7 - should be coming out in about a month. I played an ADA in arraignment court. I believe the episode is called "Sweetie."
Star-Ving: it's a new web series that you can watch on crackle.com starting in January. I played a banker coming to repo a porn shop from David Faustino and Corin Nemick. Very funny and over-the-top.
So far, LA is good!
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