Liberty Lane Pre-Shoot

On Saturday, 03/14, Brandon shot a scene from the film LIBERTY LANE. Brandon is being considered for the role of Tim. We had so much fun on the shoot and we hope that Brandon (and his friend, Joey) are cast in the final project. We are keeping our fingers crossed.

2009 CARE Awards

On Sunday, March 15th, Brandon walked the red carpet at the 2009 CARE Awards. This was the 5th Annual CARE Awards and was held at the Globe Theater in Universal City, CA. This was Brandon's 3rd year receiving an award and it was just as much fun as the 1st time. The CARE Awards (Child Actor Recognition Event) was created to award child actors for not only working professionally in the business, but also maintaining good grades, good citizenship, volunteering, and maintaining a positive image. Brandon received his engraved trophy, as well as a nominee gift bag worth over $400. Congrats to Brandon!!

Week of March 9th

Things are slowing down for us, but I know they will pick up again soon. You always have busy and slow periods in this business. We started off the week getting a haircut (which was needed). It turned out nice and I am happy with it. The photo in this blog post is of the new cut. On Tuesday, 03/10, Brandon had two auditions. One was for a TARGET print job and one was for a voiceover (an animated Dr. Dolittle). Target had hundreds of kids....so, tough one to book. Voice-over seemed to go well, but we have not heard anything yet. Wednesday, 03/11, Brandon had an audition for a new pilot called THE GOOD WIFE. They were casting for a 14 year old and so all the kids were older. But, we went with the hope that the casting director would see him and keep him in mind for future projects. Fingers crossed! Today, 03/13, he has an audition for an independent short film entitled: GOOFYFOOT. He totally fits the character description, so we are going to keep our fingers crossed. It shoots in April. Tomorrow, 03/14, Brandon has an audition for a USC Grad Thesis Film entitled SWISH. This role they have decided to see boys and girls...and will change the role based on who they choose. That one also films in April.

On another note....Brandon booked the lead role of Kyle in the indie short film, TRANSCENDENCE. He will be filming in Palmdale March 20-23rd. He is really looking forward to performing this challenging role & I will be sharing photos. :-)

Brandon auditioned last week for the film LIBERTY LANE. Well, we got a call that the director has some kids he is considering and he wants to see their chemistry together. So, tomorrow (03/14), Brandon will be rehearsing and filming ONE SCENE as a practice to see how things go. If the director likes it-we may be offered the role. Fingers crossed on this one....SUPER COOL!!!! Brandon is being considered for one of the lead roles: Tim. I will post photos from the shoot tomorrow. The film website is: http://www.liberty-lane.com/.

And of course, this Sunday (03/15), are the CARE Awards. We will be posting a blog from that with photos and all the exciting info....stay tuned.

Week of March 2nd

Well, our week was a little slower than last week...but we still ended up with 4 auditions. :-) As per the post below, Brandon attended Andy's birthday party at Pickwick Bowling Alley. The kids had TONS of fun!! On Wednesday, 03/04, Brandon had an audition for "Dennis & Gnasher" a spec voice-over project (which he did NOT book, as it recorded on Friday). He also auditioned for a film called "Liberty Lane." The audition for that went well and he got to stay and read with 4 different sets of partners. On Thursday, 03/05, Brandon had another voice-over audition. This one is for the K-9 Advantix dog (you know-the cute one that sings in the commercials). Well, this time-the dog is talking and NOT singing. It records next week, so we should hear something (if he books it) by TUESDAY. That same day he also auditioned for the Disney pilot "A Million Hits." While Brandon was too young for the role (they were asking for 15 and most kids were 18 to play 15)....it was GREAT to get in front of the casting director again. While at his audition, he was told that he was sooooo close to booking the feature film SNOWMEN. They said that 1/2 the people wanted Brandon and 1/2 the people wanted Bobby (the kid who booked it). The casting director, Joey, said Brandon was her 1st choice, but director had final say and went with Bobby. UGHHHHHH Who knows why? Could be because he is 2 years younger, or the fact that he is pale and small compared to Brandon, or maybe because he had some big credits behind his name? At any rate, we were thrilled to just hear he was THAT close on a MAJOR STARRING role in a feature film. The CD (casting director) said he is back in a corner now and it is only a matter of time before he books! So, we are keeping our fingers crossed......we hope everyone is right!! Yesterday, Brandon & I went to the movies with his friend, Kayleebeth and her mom. We all saw the movie TAKEN. What a powerful movie! LOOOOVED IT! This weekend--we are just relaxing. Brandon has to write a paper on "Black Death" for school and we may just hang out. We are bummed to be missing Xander's birthday party....HAPPY BIRTHDAY XANDER! His birthday was March 2nd and he is officially 6 years old. Man-time flies!

Brandon also has another credit that has been added to IMDB for the film THE PSYCHO OF HAPPINESS. You can now check out his profile at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2182241/

Andy's Birthday Party

Today after school, Brandon went to Andy's birthday party....Andy is repped by the same manager & they are good friends. His party was a lot of fun! It was held at Pickwick Bowling Alley with pizza, fruit, vegies, and cake!! Of course, Brandon did well bowling. A few strikes and quite a few spares. He was happy. :-)