My fathers birthday, nice people, and the rainbow.

Just witness something beautiful. Today my father would have been 75 years old. Something I had have mentioned in the past that my father was a fan of was rainbows. This afternoon I drove my mother and I to the cemetery. I go there when I can. Afterwords we stopped at Popeyes Chicken in Hybla Valley. The line was incredibly long and there was only 2 registers open. Behind me in the line was a young black man and walking in to the restaurant was an old white guy, bout 90 years old. As the older man got in to the line the young man was quick to allow the older man to go before him. It was a very nice gesture. I couldn't help but listen in to the conversation as the young man help the old man go through the menu to decide what he wanted, he seemed to be having a little bit of difficultly. The young man, whom I would learn is named Jamal didn't need to help "Grandpa Joe" as he liked to be called at all, he also didn't need to allow him to go ahead. It was just a wonderful display of kindness, something you rarely get to see. Absolutely moved by what i saw, as soon as we got to the register I took both of their orders and paid for their dinner. I had to. It was a wonderful feeling to give the same respect and kindness to the young man whom had just shown a wonderful kindness to the old man, and I am glad I got to be a part of it. We chatted for a second then all went our separate ways. As sat down at the table my mother had been waiting for me at and looked out the window and their shined the brightest rainbow I had seen in a long time. Every time I see a rainbow I think of my father and sometimes things happen at just the right moment that when I looked out maybe that rainbow was a little nod. Thank you to Jamal and Grandpa Joe for helping to make my fathers birthday a little brighter for me and my mother. Happy 75th Birthday Dad. I know you're looking over us, just as we are here to look over others.

Where do the characters go when not in use?

Good Morning, Something very weird happened.Where do characters go when they are not in use? Where do they hide out? I was watching Monster Madhouse last night as I was working. I realized something, and this is very strange, when I am watching Slo Frank on the screen, while I am sitting there watching the show, I tend to go in and out of character. I do not know if I do this all the time because I do not pay attention, but i know that it does happen, and has happened before. All of my characters are very very personal to me and they are in fact, a mind altering experience, with great depth. When I deliver you get what you pay for. I have said on numerous occasions that when I am in a role there is usually still a 5 to 10 percent me still in there somewhere floating around almost as a safety net. I am beginning to wonder if while I am not in character if the characters are still lingering around in their own kind of safety net. Ready to reappear if needed when the surroundings become overly familiar and something triggers it. I don't know. I wish I could video my face without me knowing it while I am watching myself do a deep performance and see where my eyes go, see where my facial expressions go, and see where my mind goes. It's kind of creepy when you think about it. I do know that when I do go in to character, I am tucked away inside somewhere and I am warm. It happens when I get comfortable writing too. I become very warm. My body temperature changes. Like I am covered up by somebody else warm skin. When these things happen I know that I am "there". Who knows. Maybe I am going crazy,

Actor's thoughts, Beginning my character "Grotesque"

Actors thoughts, Beginning my character "Salice" in the film "Grotesque"

Well, here we go. The new year has begun and I have quite a bit on my plate so long as everything goes as planned. The final draft for Grotesque is in my hands. I guess different actors have different ways of doing things to prepare for a role. Upon receiving the final script for about 6 days ago, I have so far read through it 5 times. (Roughly 102 pages) It takes a few times to really let everything sink in. I will continue to read it at least once a day. This is a lead role.

I have my yellow highlighter out now. Now that I am familiar with the story, I will begin highlighting my speaking roles in the film. Then of course, begin reading my lines over and over again. I will read and record the entire script on a cassette player and on an individual cassette read only my lines. So I can begin obsessing over them. Meanwhile I will be writing down little notes on the side about that character, (What I like to call the rules with in the world he lives in)  things that he likes to do that are brought up in the script. For example, If the script mentions he is allergic to milk, I know how to associate that with other parts of his life in my character development. If someone is to mention buying ice cream at the end of the film, his reaction will be slightly different that the normal person, even if he doesn't say it.

It is mention that there is something willed to Salice (My character) Which also leads me to believe that, although not mentioned, there is a reason it was left to him and not his brother, sister, or aunt, who also play major roles in this film. I would like to think, although not mentioned, is that his father was lead to believe that he was the most responsible of the four. He is also a very firm believer in taking care of his family, although he is not trusted, he is the only one that could be trusted. There are a lot of things that go into character development, and why a character acts the way that he/ she/ it does. This is all just a beginning process. This is usually about how I start. What about you? How do you start? If this has helped anyone please feel free to share it. This will also be available to read at www.christopherinlow.com

June 9th 2015

At some point I feel as if busy has become the norm. I just shot my scenes in a short film in New Bedford Pa where I play a character named "Archibald". I also just recently finished the rough draft of a short story currently titled "No Matter What" which is about a horror story about a dog and his family, and I am about to begin working on a new song for the "Lyrics and Melodies" project. I just moved in to a new home so I am trying to get settled in while keeping everything going. Two very  low budget independent films I have done under the direction of Richard Vasquez titled "Your Pomegranate" and "After the Funeral" are both available for free viewing on You Tube. In "Your Pomegranate" I play an Anger Management counselor and "After the Funeral" I play the character "Chris" brother of the one that the title is about. The special thing about the film "after the Funeral" is that the whole film is improvised. We were told, what is going on but that was it. It was a good challenge and I was able to work with some very well rounded improve actors.  

I am starting to get comfortable in my own skin as I realize how I can get all the things done that I want to get done. I have always been a person that has one million ideas going through my head at one time. They may not all be great ideas, I am definitely the first to admit that. I can certainly obsess over an idea, and when I excitedly explain the idea I can certainly see the look of disinterest on the persons face. I suppose it doesn't matter though. A lot of my ideas may also be accidentally offensive,  Accidentally because some people don't realize what exactly I am trying to accomplish with my goal and art. "My art" being the key words I suppose. If all artist did the exact same kind of art without adding our own feelings and emotions into it there really wouldn't be any need for any of us. Artistic expression may be the most important part of art and it may also be the most ignored. Artistic expression sometimes also leaves me scared to introduce my art to others because of fear that they may not get it. Which has definitely happened before. However, at this point. I don't really care. I don't aim to offend. I aim to get it out of my system before it all clutters up in my mind and drives me crazy. Characters, Stories, Poetry, Songs, and other random thoughts.

Anyway, I think I have finally figured out how to operate and get it all done. One thing at a time. So please stick around and continue to visit my webpage for updates. Get on my mailing list. I am planning to flood the world with my imagination cause I think I finally know how to get it all out and I hope you all enjoy it.

Back from New Bedford Pa.

Hello! I'm back from New Bedford Pa. With a little bit of a sore throat! It's okay though. I had an amazing time in Pa with this crew and cast and especially all of the background actors. What a wonderful group of people. With luck I will end up back on the set with all of these people again. As I have always said, anyone that is in a scene is the star of that scene. The background actors really make the shoot as "real life" as possible and they are a huge part of the movie magic. This group of background actors really rocked it in front of the camera and off camera and really helped to make this shoot as wonderful as it was. I was also able to work with some really wonderful actors as well- Michael Jaccobs and Marc Goodman. This was all done under the direction of Joseph Pattisall and Angel Sepulveda. Two completely amazing Directors that i hope every serious actor will have the opportunity to work with and Peter Sawyer for giving us an amazing script and for all of his hard work in bringing this amazing script to life. This was a grand experience. Thank you all.

Today's Sunday School Class

At the end of the school year my Sunday School class will have a CD full of songs with them singing. Today my Sunday School Class will be recording "Jesus loves me" with the help of the amazing engineer Alexander Steele. The opening verse will be performed by my 5 year old student. He was excited about this last week. I hope the long stressful week of Kindergarten hasn't changed his excitement. I thank God that I am given the opportunity to teach children, not only the word of God, but also incorporate what I know as an artist into my teaching.

January 4, 2015 Happy New Year

Well hello 2015. I have made it this far.

I have erased this about 3 times because I keep thinking... This is a blog and I have to have it a certain way or it will not be "blogged" correctly. This is a problem. In reality I am not writing to win any awards so I don't personally care. I am laying these words out there to keep people updated with what is goin on in my life and with different projects and to keep myself knowing that there is stuff to get done this year. With as busy as things were last year I managed to leave a couple of projects incomplete. While I wait to hear back about some films I might as well get some of these things done.

Creepshow styled story about the dog is almost done. I plan on that being completed soon. Then I have a couple more stories I will be writing to go with it. I plan on doing a Creepshow styled anothology and I hope to do it right. I feel like there is a certain feel that these stories has to have and I think I have that feel for it.

I am 25000 words into a novel  currently titled "A Doll in the Woods" that I need to recommit myself too.

Finished work on an audiobook

Children's book under the name of Uncle Cee

All my regular Slo Frank and Monster Madhouse stuff

Preparing my lessons for Sunday School

"Love" audio Project

Lyrics and Melodies projects

Super Secret Project

This does not include the films I am signed on to do this year and there are a couple of other things....

On top of that it seems like I need to continue my promotion..... That is going to be my number 1 priority in Ent I think. I need to do each of these things one at a time too.... One at a time...... Then after it is done and I am perfect with it........ promote promote promote.


This is going to be a crazy year!