Magicians spend years finely tuning their technical skill and showmanship. However, it’s the business side of being a magician that will ultimately determine their success or failure. “The Magic Life” follows the journey of three magicians: a 17 year old from Beijing in magic school, a 25 year old living a block from the Magic Castle and performing on Hollywood Boulevard for tips, and a 32 year old with an MBA from NYU who moves from New York to L.A. to pursue his passion. All bound by a love of magic and facing their dream.
Today we launched the website + trailer to my new film "The Magic Life" [link] -- it's a feature-length documentary that follows three aspiring magicians trying to turn their passion into their career. I'll detail a little backstory on the film itself, talk about the website + trailer, and then...
I just got back from the 2nd "editor screening" of my documentary. We're trying to make a few festival deadlines and as part of our efforts to go from rough cut to fine cut (or even from where we were which was just a fair amount of completed scenes but not a full movie to a fine cut) -- we've...
