I just completed shooting on a short film entitled habitat 235. It's the story of my character, James Kelly, who's awoken in the far flung future from a cryogenic sleep. This world is run by machines and powered by the mind energy of humans. Kelly luckily (or unluckily) is immune to the drugs used to control the rest of humanity and is left to wander, ponder his fate, and plot his escape.

Awoken in the future with L.A. smog intact.

While a particular shot was being set-up, I was reminded of one of the reasons I really enjoy being in films. So often, what you see of a set is all that’s actually there. See three houses on a street and chances are, that’s all there is. On this shoot, using a generic room, a table, a few metal parts and some creative lighting, we had the feel of a sterile, futuristic control room.

It’s so creatively freeing to know that you don’t need a big budget to make interesting shots or to tell a good story. Imagination and ingenuity is all it takes. Now if the industry at large would only notice that . . .