Catching up with Adam Briggs

Reversion actor Adam Briggs is currently performing in the play, Artifacts of Consequence from May 13 - June 5 (Fri. & Sa.t @8pm and Sun. @3pm) at the Sherry Theatre, 11052 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601.
See http://www.stokastik.org for tickets and info.

And also performing in the upcoming Dreams From a Dead City at the Hollywood Fringe Festival on  Sat., June 11th @ 10:30pm, Sat., June 18th @ 6pm, Sun, June 19th @ 11pm,  Mon., June 20th @ 10:30pm, and Thurs., June 23 @ 11:30pm. Go to http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/505 for free tickets and info.

He is recurring in two web series, The Gunrunner Billy Kane http://www.gunrunnerbillykane.com and Dwelling http://www.watchdwelling.com which are in post production at this time.
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Jason Frost on No Regrets

My wife and I saw a lot of movies at Sundance.  Reversion was the one we talked about the most, and not just because I was in it.  Because I love "what if" stories.  Take a normal world and then give it one different rule.  And tell that story.  I've been trying to write a paragraph that gives the concept justice, but it's a little too big for that.  I think the thing I enjoyed the most was trying to explore what it would be like to not have any regrets.  If everything is pre-determined, then I don't really have the alternative options bouncing in my head which give rise to regret.  I just have what I did, what I'm doing and what I'm going to do.  The fact that they're all mashed together is almost secondary.  I'm living a life without choices.  And then comes along a woman who doesn't agree with that view.  Despite all evidence to the contrary, she wants to believe there is choice.  And meaning.  We talked about that for hours while drinking champagne at Sundance.

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Ed Refuerzo on Getting into Character

I think the character Nick, in his crazy world, found he was comfortable and calm in surfing, which he used as a tool to differentiate time. To prepare for Surfer Nick, I made a CD mixed with reggae music and some beachy acoustical songs, and listened to it while driving until I actually shot my scene. It helped me relax while I was driving through the streets of LA, like I had everything figured out. I think Nick had everything figured out.

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Jason Frost on Shooting Underwater

 I distinctly remember the extensive filming of the underwater/strangling segment.  My eyes burning from the chlorine, peering blearily under the water to try and hit my marks.  Rori Cannon a blurry shape ahead of me, the camera a blurry shape to my right.  Holding my breath and trying to move underwater while the guy in scuba gear is filming made me very aware of how little I could actually accomplish in one breath.  After several takes, Mia took me aside (as well as she could, when I'm in the pool and she's standing on the side) and said "Jason, could you... as you move... I'd like to see something..." to which I replied, aghast: "Oh, you want me to act too?  Sorry!"  
 
In trying to juggle all of the other items, I'd completely forgotten my main job: acting.  And that the world was only out of focus to my chlorine-blurred eyes, not to the camera 5 feet away from me.  
How embarrassing.
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Beth Scherr on Filming Reversion

"Reversion" - wow, what a mind f@*#.  Let me explain, there are two main components of this film in my interpretation.  Number one being the science fiction aspect of a world where people live and have no sense of linear time.  What?!?  Component number two is the humanity of these people living such an "inhumane" existence.  Reading this script and preparing for the film were on one hand like any other job, but on the other hand were difficult because the concept of "no time as we know it" is impossible to wrap your brain around. Attempting to understand how that could work, how it would affect people, what it would do to society was mind blowing.  So, in the end of the day, I did my explorations, but tried to put some of the confusion out of my mind to focus on the people and the relationships.  The reality that I could understand in this film was the fact that whoever, wherever, and under whatever strange circumstances people are still people.  We seek out relationships with others and make "families" in any situation.  This is where my character lived and breathed.  I was a member of a "family" at the house, which was mirrored in our close unit of actors and crew working on the film and hanging in the house all together.  Mia drives a close knit, organized machine when shooting.  She is clear and always available, which makes our job easier.  The experience was awesome and how amazing it is to be a part of something so unique and alive.
 
Since then, I have had the fortune to continue doing live sketch comedy here in Los Angeles with my group, FMF.  As well, I had a movie released on DVD called "Urgency" starring Brian Austin Green.  And, lastly I had the privilege to work with Mia again on her latest short film "Exposure" which can be found on Futurestates.tv/episodes/exposure.

 

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