Am hyper-aware of the state of my skin lately. Seeing that I am making a trip out east in two days, where I’ll be on-set playing a sci-fi Alien, this is a good thing. The Alien costume/full body suit requires a lot of special effect make-up and rubber. So there is a good amount of …
My eyes have been feasting on all the great gift guides around. Seriously, I need to remind myself that I don’t need ALL of it. I just want ALL of it. So, in classic mimic-style, I’m sharing too. Most of these are items from independent artists I’ve come across. I like indie artists, certainly because …
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From left: Wearing bald cap as prep for plaster. Drying out. Finished bust of head & neck. Photos courtesy: Crist Ballas Special effects artist Crist Ballas molds my head, neck, and hands. Using the mold, he makes a plaster bust. It’s all for an upcoming project in which I play an Alien, filming down in …
Horror fans, take a look at behind-the-scene footage of how “The Keeper” creature was made for the short pshycological thriller/horror film Dope Sick. (Along with footage of bloodied beauty Ladonna Craelius.) The film has Todd Parker (played by Paul Cram) in a Heroin addled haze, lost in the maze of a run down hotel where …
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When I see the casting specifics for the role of Carl in the comedy film Hair Rules I can’t help but laugh. “Seeking an over-weight bald man, the type of guy that is a loser yet loveable.” The synopsis of the story sounds fun to me. It follows the lead actor Bruce who has it …
Movie directors love to kill me. This truth didn’t dawn on me until a newspaper reporter pointed it out by asking me why it is, with alarming regularity, that I am the guy that gets beat, pulverized, and generally killed in so many of the movies I work on. Ways Actor Paul Cram’s Characters Have …
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“Paul’s got the whole Chestnut Face thing going on” says the movie director. Had I shut the door upon my exit form the audition room a moment sooner, I wouldn’t have heard the comment. What is a Chestnut Face, I wonder? I consider myself to be fairly well read, but I don’t recall having heard …
Special effect make-up looks great. Is fun to wear while performing because of the truth it can add to a scene (nothing like a swollen-shut eye to help me get in character). But the squeaky clean feeling after scrubbing off the layers of fake blood, dirt, and latex is amazing! Just toss in a pineapple …
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List by Lynn Truss they are older they know more than you do they know less than you do they got here first they have educational qualifications in the subject under discussion you are in their house they once helped you financially they have been good to you all your life they are less fortunate …
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Can a casting director or talent agent have a “conflict of interest” when they ask their actors to go out and buy products from a store to audition for that store’s commercials? I suppose casting directors and agents aren’t holding a gun to actor’s head telling them they must buy or else, but they sure are …