table reading for "sharp shooters" sitcom script

© Joselito Briones so i wrote a screenplay for a tv pilot that i submitted to a studio - no it wasn't picked up, but i thought i'll develop it anyway.  it's a silly sitcom with stock photographers as main characters.

photo above shows me, charles, and my neighbors tim, sim, shuno and another neighbor (who prefer to be unidentified) doing a table reading at tradesman in brooklyn.

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freshly made rice bread with bits of nuts and all sorts of deliciousness

from our neighbors the sims

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stock imitating life imitating stock

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

on top is a photo from a recent shoot in the east village in new york for stocksy, inspired by the photo below it, taken spring of 2009 in the peak district in the uk (taken to look like a stock photo) with friends, in a really, really old cottage we rented for the weekend.

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running theme

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let's get literal, shall we?  i thought i should have a series of photos with a running theme, and i was too lazy to think of one, so i just did one of friends running, everywhere we travelled. pictured above are marco and gau , the photo was somewhere in tuscany.

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© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

© Joselito Briones

and photo above was the last one, in birmingham, uk.

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dinner with marco and gau

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random pic time again - this one with marco and gau @ superfabulous champagne room @ the manila hotel.

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dinner at the marriott

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random pic time. this was at the marriott in manila. wil gave me t-shirt and marco gave me a pair of socks. I didn't have gifts for them so i gave them a steak dinner treat. first time i saw the new! and improved! marco.

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Oni & Libs

finally got to process photos from when i visited oni and libs in wellington - and basically just going through folders and finishing them up one by one so i won't have to go back to any past shoots wondering if i left out any unprocessed photos. have finished and archived 10 folders never to return, currently doing the beijing photos, but have to stop to prepare for move and travel to myanmar. next time i process photos i'll be in california already.


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rooftop christmas party

pics from the christmas party at the rooftop of my apartment.

left to right: mikee, d.a., ogie, benjie, rene, chris, josen, jan, jomel

filipino food catered by rommel (center)

all photos © Joselito Briones

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champagne dom pérignon, vintage 2000

ha! i'll finally get to pop this baby.

am having friends over for dinner sunday night and we'll get to enjoy this. was also thinking of making mulled wine but maybe i's a bit to much. we'll see.  i just thought maybe it's a good idea because it's supposed to be a pre-christmas meet-up and it's gotten sorta cold and all and it's gonna be outdoor (rooftop of my apartment).  anyway, someone's taking care of food, so i don't have to worry about that.  i announced in the invite that the dom pérignon champagne will be served at exactly 7pm to entice everyone to come on time :)


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jane, ruth, and eric in astoria park

random photo time! reminder of good times with friends in new york.


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peel bar, hong kong

this was a few weeks ago, i meant to show it to you but i got too busy i forgot. pictured are benj, ogie, and rene. we went to maxim palace dim sum place in city hall, and afterwards we went to this bar, peel at the corner of peel and elgin streets in soho. jomel joined us for dim sum but left early because he was dj'ing in this same bar later that night. anyway, it was still early and there was nobody else there, but mikee, the guy in charge of the place was so much fun.

this is what it looks like inside. we were told this is gonna close early next year and move to a different location.

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me in angkor wat

photo: charles george

charles took this photo in angkor wat, cambodia. (he did the post-processing too)


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this is charles doing his best robert mitchum impression

he also did an impression of smoking marlene dietrich and bette davis, but let's stick to this one.

we spent the whole day walking about so we decided to do an evening dip in the pool.  prince d'angkor hotel in siem reap, cambodia.  the staff are sooooo nice (well, the cambodians in general) and helpful.


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afternoon drinks

rene, ogie, benj, and josen (l-r) decided to come over for afternoon drinks at the rooftop of my apartment after we had dim sum in wanchai. the half-frozen dark bottle is hendricks.

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charles and dog

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charles, a good friend from way back, visiting from new york.  crazy about them dogs.

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oh and look!

awwwwwww.... and chocolates too!


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meet charlie

in case you've been wondering who this "charlie" is who's been leaving comments here, well, here she is :)

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hi joey,

hindi ko alam kung anong pic ang i-aattached ko kaya i2ng best pictures ko na lang.

thank you...pinky

So, this picture was taken last July 1 CANADA DAY...i live close to this beach in Lakeshore,Toronto.

It was already past 8:00pm but during peak summer here it is still sunny around 9:00pm.

We are waiting for the fireworks,very far from HongKong Fireworks. But because it is getting late we just went home because it is not worth the wait.

The funny thing is instead of having fresh air here in Toronto,the smell of marijuana is always in the air.The same thing during canada day,so we went home before we get addicted to it.

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sai kung town, hong kong

following charlie's (ms. p. in disguise) suggestion, i finally got to visit sai kung town.  well i'm sure i've visited 20 or so years ago when i lived in hong kong the first time, but during that time all towns' names sounded the same to me so i can't remember any of it.  this time around, dick, an old friend (in this picture, my nephews, two of whom are now married, were actually watching him do silly things to amuse them), came along.  photo, above, shows a fishing boat selling fresh seafood at the pier.  dick was amused when one of them got indignant when a customer offered her own bag to put her purchased fish in, saying (dick's translation): "oh please, i provide special plastic boxes for these".

the town center has narrow passages and seafood restaurants similar to those in lamma island's fishing villages, but this one, being in the main island, also has the usual chains of groceries and shops as anywhere else in hong kong.  being favored by expats, it also has some of the shops they frequent in central/soho.   

as this was just a stop before going to the beach, we didn't spend much time here.

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first draft is done

welp i'm finally done with the first draft of the story i was working on.  it'll need quite a bit more work on the dialog but it's mostly all there.  i tried to steer it away from any existentialist crap but somehow a bit still sneaked through.  i guess i'll just have to be more vigilant in keeping it out.

(photo above was taken at the same place, next day)

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hotel room drama

this photo was taken spring last year, in villa sassolini, in italy's tuscany.  i'm showing this because i liked this room so much (this is actually a huge living room adjoining wil's bedroom - this was the only unit with such a room, with a long communal table in the middle which we used as our very own hq in the hotel) that it inspired me to write a short story that the divas are helping me turn into a short film.  they will play themselves, of course, and hopefully we'll be able to find someone to play a character that michael would've been able to do (he has since moved to thailand).  anyway, knowing these strong-willed divas who'd insist on what they want, i won't be surprised if this ends up nowhere.  the least i can do is finish the script, then i can at least declare that i did something.

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