Short Sir Cut

Two of my shorts, Ballet Diesel and Girl for Life, are now available for download from TLA video!

(unfortunately you can't do it on Macs - only PCs)


The shorts were picked up by Iron Rod Motion Pictures who put them on a DVD called "Iron Girls 4." You can't yet purchase the actual DVD, although when you download the compilation from TLA, it's much cheaper...

Let me tell you a little bit about Ballet Diesel, the lesbian who looks like a diesel dyke but walks like a ballerina. Ballet Diesel is near and dear to my heart. It was the first comedic film that I made, and despite the fact that we didn't have a budget for it, it's still one of my favorites (don't tell Butch Jamie).

It was also the first festival-bound short that I did, and I ended up naming my production company after it - Ballet Diesel Films. The company name isn't just a reference to the film, but is also a term of its own - "Ballet Diesel" meaning something that is a hybrid of both feminine and masculine.


I posted a clip from the film in my blog a couple of months ago; here's the link if you want to check it out.

Here are some facts about the film:
- It is based on real people (the actors who play the characters are the people the film is based on)
- The film is 99% improvised
- Howard, the cat actor from Butch Jamie, has a cameo
- The actress who plays "The Femme," Leah Williamson, helped produce Butch Jamie and also acts in that movie as "Bathroom Girl"


- My character, named Ballet Diesel, bites into an actual onion in the film; we only had one onion, so each take we did I hid the previous bites with my hand
- Ballet Diesel drinks actual beer in the film; we only wanted to use one beer, so each take we did, I filled the bottle with water
- Ballet Diesel trips in the film and that's a real trip
- Ballet Diesel gags on an onion in the film and that's a real gag
- Ballet Diesel spills beer on herself and that was a real accident


I'll tell you about my other short on the compilation, Girl for Life, next time...