HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DIAF!

Here's this year's Holiday Card by yours truly.




-DIAF

Student Short-films Pt. 3

Hello, fuckers!

Sorry, that was mean... anyway, here's another student short-film by yours truly.]
It had been uploaded before but youtube fucked the audio up! (thank you, fuckers!) and now I bring it to you again! It's the first video in which I act in spanish so... don't judge me to harshly.

Enjoy!




-DIAF

"Silent Night, Deadly Night Pt. 2: The Anti-Communist Silent-Film Version"

Hello, once again...

'Tis the season to be PUNISHED! haha and so I made this little video parody for "Silent Night, Deadly Night Pt. 2"... Hope you like it.



-DIAF

"SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2" DIAF Trailer!

As many of you are now aware that this humble writer has a certain obsession with
crappy b-movies, and a particular scene which explains why we shouldn't take out our
garbage when there's a dangerous man walking amok our neighborhood, I have cut together
a little tribute trailer for the epic "cheap-quel" for "Silent Night, Deadly Night".

Enjoy!



-DIAF

DIAF goes Radiohead

Cover of Radiohead's song "Videotape" by DIAF.



-DIAF

UPDATED: "BTH2: The Gathering" ONE DAY ONLY!

Enjoy the second installment of "The Hatchet Trilogy" during Nov. 1st!

*UPDATE: ENCORE PRESENTATION DURING NOV. 2nd!




-DIAF

UPDATED: "Bury the Hatchet: Director's Cut"

This is the moment you've been waiting for! "BTH: Director's Cut" is here! ONE NIGHT ONLY!! (Oct. 31st a.k.a. Halloween 2009)

So, park your buttocks and watch this shit!

*UPDATE: VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED. WAIT FOR IT NEXT HALLOWEEN!
**UPDATE: ENCORE PRESENTATION DURING NOV. 2nd!





-DIAF

Student Shortfilms pt. 2

Hello there!

So as I said in the previous post, I have a new video that I did for my directing class. This continues with the list of things I've done in school. Very soon I hope to upload "Voutre Cene" and "Wahsinn in diesen Mauern" (be patient this takes a while).

For now I leave you with "IL DUELLO". Check back for more short films.




-DIAF

DIAF Update!

Hello, fuckers! (I'm sorry that was mean... let me rephrase)
Hello, readers!

Now here's the update for this weekend.

Chances are, and I'm sorry, that "BTH:Director's Cut" won't be available for Halloween (I've been very busy lately). But! I am uploading a little short video I shot for my directing class. It's kinda crappy but it works... in the meantime try to enjoy the TVspot for "BTH" and this little homage I made for a scene from "Silent Night, Deadly Night 2".

BTH TVSPOT


EVERYDAY IS GARBAGE DAY! (DIAF CUT)


ORIGINAL SCENE


LOL


-DIAF

BTH: Director's Cut TVspot

Hello, gang!

Finally the wait is over! This Halloween "BTH" is back in an all-new Director's Cut! And here's the TVspot (in HD) to prove it!



This Director's Cut features:

- Never before seen footage! (That includes a bit more blood).
- An All-New score by DIAF!
- New Sound mix!
- Better Quality film damage! (So you can enjoy the dust and scratches)

So get ready to witness "Bury the Hatchet" as DIAF originally wanted you to.




-DIAF

DIAF UPDATE!

Hello there everyone! Your friendly neighborhood DIAF here...

So, I'll make this quick considering I am working on my next project.

1) Just letting you know I am currently in development for my newest short-film (as I mentioned before).

2) That doesn't mean I forgot about "BTH: Director's Cut"... I am still planning the Halloween release.

3) This Saturday at CECUT (8:00pm) there will a screening of some student films from my school. Among those short-films you will find 2 by yours truly ("Wahsinn in diesen Mauern" & "Voutre Cene"). It's free admission and it's gonna be cool so go check it out!



That's all for now, I think.

You know the drill...

LATERS!

-DIAF

...

-DIAF

DIAF UPDATE!

Hello, once again!

Jesus! It's been a while huh?... I'll keep this brief 'cause I'm supposed to be working.

1) Finished the Muxik deal-y... Saw the whole show with the band and I think they liked it.

2) BTH2 will be screened this Friday Sept. 25th at CECUT. Show starts at 7:00pm and it's free! :D



3) Planning a Halloween Short film showcase with some fellow filmmakers. BTH: Director's Cut is likely to premier...

4) I'm embarking in my first director for hire gig since BTH. This one is going to be big though... Everything is confidential for now and I'm way to busy to inform you of the developments.


That's all for now...

LATERS

-DIAF

The mûxìk experience pt.4

So, once again the local band has uploaded some vids and I'm clueless of said fact.

Here are 2 more songs of the show recorded live. Directed and edited by DIAF.

I am almost finished editing this hour long live show, so I'll keep you posted as soon as I am finished.

Enjoy!





-DIAF

H2 DIAF Poster

So I was kinda bored and found out there's a contest for a fan-made "H2" poster.
Here's the DIAF take.

Enjoy.




-DIAF

DIAF Update!

Hello, folks! The DIAFster here, bringing you coverage of the past days.

So, as you all know, BTH2 had it's screening at CC09. The screening was altered due
to a documentary about the Jews in TJ (FML, right?) but it was for the better good.
The shortfilm was screened on Saturday July 11th at 2pm approximately, and we had
a pretty good run, people laughed at some of the jokes and goofs and I am glad that
some of them understood my vision.

In other news, I have finally discovered that Muxik uploaded the first video
of the private live show (Directed and Edited by DIAF) about A MONTH AGO!!!
So I am bringing you the video right here, enjoy!

Stay tuned for more DIAF news. Laters.




-DIAF

BTH2: The Gathering @ CC09!

Hello, once again!

I would like to announce to all of you web surfers out there that my film, BTH2: The Gathering, has been selected for a special screening at Cinemark Plaza Minarete Cinemas, Tijuana B.C. on Friday July 10th, 2009 around 5:00pm till 6:30pm. The cost for the whole festival is $20 bucks for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

So, I hope to see all of youse there.







-DIAF

DIAF on twitter

And so I add another site in my quest for total media coverage on the web.

You can now follow me on twitter.

http://twitter.com/diafpictures


NOTE: The url might change.


-DIAF

2009... a look back

Hello, once again.

I've taken this time to write about (should say brag about haha) my previous work. Now, the past month and these following two months, DIAF & Co. Entertainment is celebrating 4 anniversaries:
"DIAF's The Man Kills" (3rd Anniversary - July 29th)
"Bury the Hatchet" (2nd Anniversary - May 14th)
"DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart" (2nd Anniversary - May 17th - Recut June 23rd)
"BTH2: The Gathering" (1st Anniversary - May 23rd).

And so I take a moment to share some thoughts about each one of them.


- The Man Kills: My first short-film, and the most original for me. This little opus of mine cost me a great deal. Friendships were on the line. I remember we arrived on a Thursday afternoon at Foxploration and shot most of the short, but I was not happy with the results. We ran out of time and I hadn't finished. I remember I was completely stressed out, saying to myself: "Maybe people are right. Maybe I'm not cut out for this shit". Anyways, the next day I convinced my friends to go and re-shoot the whole damn thing. And in 4 hours, "The Man Kills" was born. I re-wrote the whole script the night before and I was really proud of my work. I was determined and convinced I deserved an award for it. The editing process flew by fast and in 2 days my work was done. Later that summer, the Foxploration Movie Awards came and I was thrilled by the fact that I was in the nominees for best film. I'll be honest, I was really pissed off that I didn't receive first place, but when my name was called I knew I've done it. I had proven to all the people that knew me, that I could do it. I proved that a 16 year-old boy with no prior studies in film-making could do a good job. And that is why I am proud of my little shortfilm, even though some people don't like it.


-Bury the Hatchet: Probably my least favorite of all. This movie was actually successful by accident. I was done shooting "The Tell-Tale Heart" when this little baby came along. I mixed together my favorite horror films and gave it a grindhouse treatment. When the 1st screening came along, I'll be honest, I didn't expect it to go well at all. But the audience responded quite differently. BTH was actually a pretty good B-movie. Especially for the way it was done, I mean come on! Shot in 3 days (10 hours of true production), without script, with no actors and everything improvised? It doesn't exactly say "quality" all over it. But I embraced this as my own and it has been sitting on the shelf for now 'cause I am taking it to the next level. I composed an all-new score for it and will re-edit it as my true vision (the previous version was slightly censored). The first chapter of "The Hatchet Trilogy".


- The Tell-Tale Heart: This project was hard to make. I had been planning an adaptation of the E.A. Poe classic for some years now and finally the opportunity came. I tried to stay as far away as possible from previous adaptations and decided to change my visual style. Normally, I prefer to use a steady-shot, real oldschool, but this time due to the darkness of the film and the time we had for production, I decided to shoot this in a more raw/edgy way. We finally got better quality
equipment and the opportunity to shoot in 24p, giving it a more "cine-look". For this movie, I tried to do a lot of things, visually. I wanted a dark film and I deliverd a dark film. When the first screenings came along, we did fine but people said it was too long (36 minutes being the original cut). After several test screenings, I decided to shorten the lenght and make it more faithful to the short story. Thus, "DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart Recut" was born. On the premiere of this new cut, audiences reacted well. Festivals loved it. Poe fans liked it. It's been my most "challenging" project so far (There were so many scenes I couldn't shoot due to time and money), but I can say with certainty, it is my favorite.


-BTH2: The Gathering: The cheap-quel for my previous film "Bury the Hatchet". As I have said in previous posts, this is the little crappy short film that could. It was basically the same case as the first one, but this time I decided to add a bit more "crappyness" to it. Comical characters, less graphic-bloody violence, something a tad more weak, per se. We would follow the same story line as in the first one, group of friends have fun, killer appears, everyone dies, big climax, the end. But this one blew the other away by a mile. Audiences seemed to love this piece of crap even more. I was certainly amazed of how well received this movie was. After some small screenings I decided to shelf the project and it wasn't until this year that BTH2 is back, recut with an all-new score. And surprise, surprise! Festivals are accepting it! I don't know why but it is such a bad short film, that it actually makes a good b-movie. After seeing the results, I decided to go on and make a third installment for this b-movie trilogy.

That's all I have to say for now on these matters. Keep checking back for more updates on the festival run for "BTH2: The Gathering" and further news on the next projects!

-DIAF

DIAF on Facebook

Hello again!

For those of you who have facebook, I just thought you should know, I have an official page now. So become a fan if you like.

LINK TO PAGE

Check it out for some updates!

-DIAF

"Pete Smalls is Dead"

Hello, bloggers!

I found this promo spot from the film in which I worked on as a P.A. (Production Assistant) last spring break. Although there are no shots of the filming that took place at Ensenada (where I had the opportunity to work), it still looks pretty good.

Check out the spot:



-DIAF

CASTING!!

For a short film I am producing...



-DIAF

DIAF Pictures UPDATE!

Hello, readers!

Well, it's been a while... I know, don't rub it in.
So I'll just tell you what I've been up to.

a) I am back in film-school (yippee-ki-yay).

b) I was hired to edit 2 short films for some fellow filmmakers at SWC (Southwestern College) and it was a new experience for me, I've worked under the direction of a lot of different people (most of the time under my brother's) and each time I learn something new. My friends at SWC were first timers so I was more than happy to help them out and hope to work with them in the future.

c) I am currently embarking in a whole new chapter for DIAF & Co. Entertainment, PRODUCING. That's right you've heard me, this year DIAF is not filming a big movie. Instead I have decided to settle down a bit and help others launch their careers, produce little projects of mine, work in other productions (I was a P.A in the new Alexandre Rockwell film, "Pete Smalls is Dead"), and something that is being more demanding, directing music videos.

d) As mentioned before there will be no big movie this year, due to health issues and money problems. We want to bring this story to you right and in the best quality possible. So, it will have to wait.

e) I am currently in pre-production for a short-film at UDC film school (Universidad de las Californias). More on this as it develops.


That's all for now, keep checking back for more stuff!


-DIAF

The mûxìk experience pt.3

Hello, again!

Like I mentioned previously in this blog, I was asked by my friends (Goyo, Castillo & Ordu) to record their band's private live show. And I did. It was a totally new experience for me, although I had already done something similar before when I was in middle school. Directing a live performance or event is a bitch! Explaining to your camera people what type of shots you want, telling them you don't want zoom-in's or zoom-out's all the time, "keep the camera steady" type of instructions... need I go on?

Anyway, it turned out pretty ok. As most of my work, it is all saved in the editing room. There's still a pretty long way to go. I'm only halfway done with the whole freakin' thing! It runs up to an hour ERT (estimated running time). You understand my pain? No, you don't.

We we're supposed to upload some of the songs by now. We kinda did, but fucking Youtube screwed up the video codec and we had to take it down. So expect a new upload soon. In the mean time, I have taken the liberty of posting some screen caps. ENJOY!



-DIAF

"TESTIFY! The Road to a Genetic Opera"

Boy, that was a long break! Sorry folks, a lot has happened in my life that has kept me from posting on this blog. Anyways, down to business!

Now I had this project in a shelf for some months and I finally got around to it.
I was assigned a documentary for my screenwriting class, so I took the shot and turned "RRT3" into a 30 min "wanna-be" documentary (my first actually).

What I am trying to do with this video is to show what Repo! is. It is basically Ralqui and me on our way to L.A for RRT3, in that time there's an explanation and back story of Repo! (very general aspects) and how I discovered it. There's some footage of RRT3 and various videos (of which I don't own the rights!).

Anyways, I thought it to be a pretty decent piece of work and will try to upload it if I can (I'm afraid of all the lawsuits involved due to copyright). Here are some screencaps. Enjoy!


-DIAF

"BTH2: The Gathering"

In the year 2007, after filming "DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart", I embarked on a little production to help some friends out. It started off as a "Scream" parody, then it became a horror movie parody, and finally it became a B-movie. But, not just any B-movie, an indie-B-movie by DIAF.
A mix of "SAW" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with a little speck of romance and "Bury the Hatchet" was born. I tried to compensate the fact that the people in it were not (and are still not) actors, plus the shoddy quality of the camera we had and the small amount of time for filming, by making this indie-B-movie a Grindhouse Tribute. We did it in 10 hours and after some serious editing, the first screening came by. Now I was not expecting this to be a good movie, but the audience loved it! And so, I closed the chapter on my B-movie adventures.

Forward to 2008, another similar situation. I had no film whatsoever that year and I needed one for my english composition class. Now, I had a group of poor-english speaking non-actors, a digital minDV camera this time and 2 weeks to do it. My classmates decided to do a horror movie because I was in their team, and they know that blood is one of my specialities. So, I wrote a little story about a group of friends and a party they had and how a maniac kills them all. Now after writing this film, we decided that the title would be "The Last Gathering". For me it sounded as a cheap alien flick, but it worked. First day of shooting, we finished one third of the film and I head on home. I was sitting on my computer when I look at my hatchet (which has been used in "DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart", "BTH", "BTH2" & "Voutre Cené") and it suddenly came to me, this crappy movie will be the "cheap-quel" for my previous crappy-B-indie-movie "BTH"! And it totally worked! The same Grindhouse formula was used and this one had even more success.

And now I am proud to announce the RE-RELEASE of "BURY THE HATCHET 2: The Gathering" with an ALL-NEW score by DIAF.

I know what you're thinking, "oh, it's the same movie only with different music"... WRONG!
It is still the same movie, but I changed the look of it. It has different shots, remastered sound, better effects and a bunch of stuff more! This is the definitive version of "BTH2".

Where can you see it? Well, the re-release is targeted for Halloween '09 along the original "BTH" (Director's Cut w/new score), but... You may be able to catch an early screening if you go to "Corto Creativo '09" (@ Cinemastar Plaza Americana, Otay - Date to be confirmed).

So now, I leave you with a trailer for this re-release!

Enjoy!



-DIAF

DIAF Update!

'ello, 'ello! What's all this then?

Ugh, sorry for the absence... food poisoning is a bitch! That and school plus work! haha but I am back now! Here are the updates:

1) Finished the re-release trailer for BTH2 (post coming soon, maybe tomorrow)
2) Finished cutting the redux version of BTH2, now I'm doing the fx work... expect something cool.
3) Almost done with RRT3: L.A. RT.
4) The first cut for "Mala Civilizacion" is on it's way... I've done a very - very - RAW cut.
5) I will begin to edit Mûxìk's Private Show these following weeks (future post for more details).
6) I've finished doing my director's cut on "Voutre Cené", still waiting for the never-to-be-realized soundtrack by Ricardo Diaz.

That's all for now... expect more posts!


-DIAF

Student Shortfilms pt. 1

Hello again!

Well as some of you may know, I am a film school student, and I have had the opportunity to do 2 little shorts in these past months. The first one is called: "Wahnsinn in diesen Mauern" (Madness inside these walls). It's basically the story of a madman and how he overcomes his mental illness. This video was "Co-directed" by me, but my main task was DP (Direction of Photography, along-side my fellow student Edgar Velilla) and editing later-on (The first cut was edited by camera).



This short was the first experience for many members of the crew, but I think we pulled it off nicely. The short will be uploaded soon, there's still some tweaks to be done in the editing process and add original music by Ricardo Diaz (the dude in the weird jacket).

And today, we finished filming the 2nd project of which, yours truly, was the director. We're on the editing process right now so stay tuned for more updates.

-DIAF

Repo! in TJ

Hello!

This weekend I received the wonderful news that Repo! The Genetic Opera was going to be presented to my fellow TJ peeps. I've been fighting like crazy to get a TJ audience for this film and I hope we can get some more members in the TJ army. Now this is a video presentation, my main goal is still to get this film to be screened in theaters here. I would like to extend my congratulations to my fellow Repo! fan Jesús Brijandez, without whom this film wouldn't be presented. For those of you who want to go to this awesome show, here's the info:

First Show: March 10th, 7:00pm @ Casa de la 9 (Calle 9, entre Quintana Roo y Pio Pico)
Second Show: March 11th, 6:00pm @ Le Drugstore (Esq. calle 4ta y Revolucion, Zona Centro)

If you are or want to be a part of the Repo! TJ Army, YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH or at least one show. I know I'll be there, mainly at the first one.

So... Everybody, everybody - oh, yeah! - SSStand up! - don't be shy - People, people, people! - Get up! get up! - Everybody!... TESTIFY!!!(8)


I'll see you guys there...


-DIAF

The mûxìk experience pt. 2

Well, there's no easier way to say this, the show was a complete success (yay! confetti!).
We started a little late and we had some technical difficulties (moth got stuck in a lamp and melted) but we definitely pulled it off.

Now here are the details for this shit:
1) The whole show will be edited in the following weeks.
2) We will upload only 8 songs without the hilarious interruptions that occurred between songs.
3) The other 5 songs will be available EXCLUSIVELY in an UNCUT DVD VERSION.
4) Expect a full article with photos and stuff soon.

For further details, visit myspace.com/muxiktj or keep checking this blog.

-DIAF

Filming "Mala Civilización" pt. 2

'ello, 'ello!

Well, principal photography for "Mala Civilización" was finished on Friday. You can read all about it at Mr. Walls' (Paredes) blog CeroBudget or at Rodrigo's Blog FILMBUFFalo Producciones. I, on the other hand, have nothing else to add except that the post-production of this short-film is going to be hell.

Toodles.

-DIAF

The mûxìk experience pt. 1

Hey, guys.

First of all, thank you for checking out this blog.
Now, down to business. This Friday, a local band known as "mûxìk" will host a PRIVATE SHOW and they have asked yours truly to capture it all on video. I usually don't agree to this sort of thing, being that I am more of a storytelling kinda guy, but I accepted the offer. Now these guys should consider themselves lucky, DIAF don't do a video for anybody no how haha.

So, this should be pretty interesting. Keep checking back for updates on this and for a possible exclusive behind-the-scenes video.



-DIAF

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Many are not aware of the existence of this film. And I say "for shame!"

Now I'll begin this article by saying how I became acquainted with this movie. It all began in 2007 I think, when I saw at www.comingsoon.net that Darren Lynn Bousman had made a short-film musical as a pitch for studios. But not just any musical, a bloody-rock opera! I had just fell in love with violent musicals after seeying Sweeney Todd, after reading this, I knew I had to watch it. Now, I wasn't that much interested in it 'cause I heard that Paris Hilton was in it (I have nothing against her, personally I like her very much). So I decided to wait for a trailer. Later that year, at the SpikeTV Scream Awards, I totally became hooked on this film. After hearing the song "At the Opera Tonight!" and watching the teaser trailer, I knew this film was for me. It was supposed to be released on April 2008. But Lionsgate refused to do so since it argued that there was no audience for this movie. They were wrong! Summer 2008 at Comic-Con was the icying on the cake. A new clip was revealed: "Zydrate Anatomy". This song became my all-time favorite Repo! song. And after watching that clip, I fell in love with the film. Also the new release date was announced, November 7th. Unfortunately, it was a limited release.

On November 7th I knew I had to find a theater to watch it, and I did. Sunset 5 Theaters at Hollywood. I called my good friend and producer Raul Quiros (Ralqui). He was thrilled and agreed that we should totally go. We met early the next day and left for L.A. We arrived there at 1:00pm, just in time for the screening. We loved it! And we wanted to share it with the rest of our friends.

Now, skip forward to December 13th. Repo! came to San Diego. And not only that, Darren Lynn Bousman, Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith showed up. Unfortunately I had to go alone, Ralqui was unnable to join me. There were 2 screenings, one at midnight December 12th and the second on December 13th at midnight. I bought my ticket on Thursday. On Saturday I left for the movie theater, crossed the border and hoped to get there in time. I arrived at 11:30pm. I met these guys and let me tell you, they're amazing! You would've thought they were some stuck-up douchebags just standing there so people could watch the movie... how very wrong that would've been! I got there and thought they would deny me an autograph, no they didn't. I remember I first looked at Terrance wondering if it was really him, my exact words to him were: "You are the 'Graverobber' right?". He looked at me with a doubting expresion on his face (I asumed he was thinking: "Yeah... who else would I be?"). He answered: "Yes". I was kinda starstruck. I spoke briefly and told him who I was, he then introduced me to Darren Smith (a really cool guy) who then introduced me to Darren Lynn Bousman (DLB himself). He autographed a SAW 2 DVD that I took there, we took some pictures and then headed inside for the movie.


Inside the theater, the guys introduced the movie and then headed out to a local bar. After the screening, we had a little Q&A. And after that some pictures and autographs, I decided to bug these guys for another pic and I am glad I did. Then I spoke to all 3 of them about a possible Tijuana or Mexico Road Tour. They were interested, specially Darren Smith. After that, the theater closed and I headed home, not believing what had just happened.

Now we move forward to January 20th, the DVD/Blu-ray release of Repo! I went to buy my copy at Walmart (Blu-ray, obviously) and I was shocked that only 2 copies were available.

Anyways, I started promoting this film amongst my friends and hoped for another screening. My prayers were answered. Repo! Road Tour 3 was making a final stop, at Los Angeles on January 24th. Now L.A. is a 2 and a half hour trip from were I live. Again, I called Ralqui. He agreed and we went! Now this time it was an experience I will remember for the rest of my life. I woke up at 1pm on Saturday, and crossed the border at 4:20pm. Ralqui picked me up and we went to buy some supplies for the trip (food, markers, beverages, etc.). We entered the 805 freeway and headed straight for L.A (Santa Monica Blvd.). I'll spare you our antics during the trip (Don't worry, I recorded the whole thing and it will be available shortly). We arrived at the Royal theater at 7:30pm and wow! there was already a line and there were still 2 and a half hours to go. We found a parking spot two blocks away from the theater and headed to the end of the line. Ralqui remained there while I documented some things on video for posterity. We slowly watched the celebrities arrive. We met some interesting people while standing outside the theater.



After a while, DLB arrived. I said hi and got him to sign my Repo! BD. Then came Darren Smith, now this was funny. I stood in front of good ol' DS, recording his arrival. He looked at me and said: "Hey, I remember you... You're from Tijuana". Believe me I was surprised when I heard that. I thought he wouldn't remember me. I felt great.



After that, Terrance arrived. I recorded him but didn't get a chance to say hi. Then came Ogre, Alexa Vega and Bill Moseley. Now I wanted Bill's autograph, so I approached him and asked him kindly if he would sign my BD, he said: "Not right now, I'm not allowed". Oh, well. Then DLB walked along the long line outside the theater, I took the opportunity and gave him a DVD of my short-films. After a long time, Paris Hilton arrived, she is hot! haha. She walked along the line with DLB and said hi to all the guys.



Skip to the entrance. We entered the theater and grabbed a seat. After that I wandered all around the theater. I went to the "celebrity" section on the back of the seats and found Terrance sitting there alone. Ralqui approached me and said: "Look, is Terrance". I said hi, he looked kinda freaked out by it. I asked him if he remembered me and he did. Again I was surprised. I asked him if I could get an autograph after the show, he said: "I can sign it now, if you want to". He signed it and I told him if he would accept a DVD with my work. He agreed but told me to wait until the end to give it to him. After that, I spotted Alexa Vega signing autographs. I rushed over there and cut in front of the line (like a good mexican). She signed my Repo! BD and Spy Kids DVD. Then I headed back to my seat, I was looking for Paris but she was nowhere to be found. Later, I went out to the lobby and found Alexa again, taking pictures. I recorded her and asked for a picture. She said: "No!"(joking around). "You'll regret it, someday I'll be famous" I replied. "Oh, in that case, yes!" she answered, we laughed and took a picture together.


After that, Spooky Dan took the floor and showed us his fan-film: "Repo! The Puppet Opera" I walked around the walkway and found Paris Hilton, I stood beside her during the "puppety" screening and after that I rushed to my seat for a camera. I ran back to where Paris was standing and asked her for a photo. "Take as many as you want she said" I looked around to see if anyone could take the picture. When I found one, I was denied the chance to do so. I stood there and spoke briefly with Paris, she is actually a nice person. I decided that I had to have proof that I was in the same room as Paris Hilton, so I took this picture.

Then came the introduction by DLB, TZ and DS. They asked us not to remain in silence during the movie. Then the movie began. It was crazy! People singing, shadow casts, glow-sticks! Unbelievable.

When the movie was over, there was a brief Q&A with everyone. After that we had a signing session. I met Ogre, who is an amazing guy. Really funny.


Then, Ralqui was tempted to take some pics, first there was DLB and after that Alexa Vega. We approached her and spoke with her for some time. I told her I was from Tijuana and that Ralqui was from... er... (I couldn't remember!). Ralqui wasn't pleased with my previous comment and he uttered the words: "Chinga tu madre!" (which in spanish means: "f*ck your mother"). After hearing that, Alexa replied: "Hey! hey! Que te pasa?!" ("What's wrong with you?"). We we're surprised she understood us. She then began speaking in spanish for a little while. We then approached her with our idea to do a Mexico Road Tour. She was thrilled and said she was up for it.

We said goodbye to Alexa and headed on towards Darren Smith, Ralqui took his picture and we spoke very briefly with him. Then came Terrance, we walked towards him and Ralqui got a hug and took a picture with him. We then spoke about the possibility of a Mexico Road Tour and told us what to do.

Finally we left the theater and said goodbye to the Repo! Theater Experience. We arrived at Tijuana at aproximately 5:00am on Sunday.

After that, I decided to spread the word about Repo! I made private shows at my house, trying to convince my friends to buy it. Some of them did. But above all, they enjoyed it.


Early this month we had a little chat session with DLB and he announced the release of the extended soundtrack and of the new Repo! Road Show (organized by fans for the fans) and a permanent theatrical run for Repo! Midnight Screenings once a week, or month (I'm not sure).

I was so fortunate to have witnessed this film in theaters. It may be called the worst film of 2008. But it has become one of my favorites. I don't care if you love it or hate it. JUST WATCH IT PLEASE!

VIDEO COMING SOON!


-DIAF

Filming "Mala Civilizacion"

Hey, folks!

As some of you know, principal photography for the upcoming Rodrigo Alvarez (my sibling) project "Mala Civilizacion" took place last Saturday and Monday. I really can't think of any full details of the filming, since I was pretty much busy all around those days. I can't recall anything at all haha. But, luckily our good friend Jose Angel Paredes (fellow film-maker and all around nice guy) wrote a summary of some of the moments he witnessed. You can read more about it (in spanish) at his blog: CeroBudget.blogspot.com.

We're due to finish principal photography this Friday. So, stay tuned.


-DIAF

DIAF on blogspot!

Ok, so... How do you work this fucker?! hahaha.

First of all, hello, everyone! And welcome to this new addition to my media coverage.

I created this blog so more people can have access to it. That and that most of all my movie-making friends have one.

Second, for those of you who don't know me, my name is Diego I. Alvarez Flores (DIAF). I am a film-school student, aspiring film-maker and all around nice guy. I started doing short-films around the age of 16 and have continued to do so.

Here's my filmography:

DIAF's The Man Kills (2006) [writer/director/producer/photography/editing/composer]

Crónica (2006) [visual fx/editing)]

Lalo y Lola (2007)[visual fx/photography(uncredited)/editing]

Bury the Hatchet (2007)[co-writer/director/executive producer/editing/composer]

DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart (2007) [writer/director/co-producer/photography/editing/composer]

Lapsus (2008)[2nd Unit director/editing/visual fx/photography (uncredited)/assistant director]

Oh, Mon Dieu! (2008) [Editing/Visual FX]

Bury the Hatchet 2: The Gathering (2008) [Writer/director/producer/editing/special fx/photography/composer]

Catalina (2008) [editing]

Mala Civilizacion (2009) [assistant director/executive producer/editing]

DIAF's Untitled Project (announced) [writer/director/producer/photography/editing/composer]

The Beach Party-Roadtrip Massacre (rumored)


Some of my merits/awards:

- Foxploration Movie Awards 2006 [Best Picture - 3rd Place - DIAF's The Man Kills]

-Corto Creativo UDC 2007 [Muestra Internacional - DIAF's The Man Kills]

- 2do Festival Internacional de Cortos en la Cd. de Chihuahua 2008 [Nominated for the Anthony Quinn award - Best Picture, Best Director, Achivement in Editing, Best Screenplay - DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart]

- Corto Creativo UDC 2008 [Seleccion Oficial - DIAF's The Tell-Tale Heart]



You can view some of my short-films at:
www.youtube.com/diafdeux
www.youtube.com/diafdirector


So, have fun.
Check back often for more updates.

-DIAF