Your film “Project Primal” has been officially selected in the short film category of the American Golden Picture International Film Festival. What were some of the challenges you faced making that film?

Luke, would no doubt have his own list of challenges being director, editor, and co-star as well. For me on the acting side, the initial

challenge was to pretend how one character was going to respond to someone who was a line ahead of them that wasn't there.

Specifically, how the next character was going to reply before the first character uttered their line. Not in an exact response of course,

but have a ballpark idea, y'know? I still wanted to shut my brain down from ideas enough so that we could get an initial original reaction.

Doing this early on I felt very stiff, but the more it progressed, especially once we got the end of the night shots and into the field scenes,

it became like second nature. Luke was kind enough to read the other characters lines back for replies when he was able to set up the

camera on those tripod moments. Ultimately though it was like tennis practice serving against the wall and it was interesting fun to be sure.

Post-production-wise, later on we started to get a feeling that this particular production was a bit too much for only 2 first-timers to be doing. First-timers of something this size anyway. Don't believe either of us would be too keen to do another meant to be this long with just the 2 of us. We would both surely welcome working with a fuller and more capable crew on future projects.

Being involved in making a film what was the  lesson you had to learn?

Letting the inspiration of post-production flow a little more organically. I am very regimented when it comes to the way I approach

things outside of acting. Make a list, do everything on the list, check it all, corrections, do pick-ups, check those pick-ups,

see if the director wants anything else along with some changes, check it all one more time, and then finalize. Boom. Done.

But that's not always the case, I'm sure. This was one of those instances, since this initially started as a masking/rotoscoping exercise clip,

then the next thing you know, we have a 30 minute short film with an actual story in it.

Who do you like to work with if you have a choice?

As an actor, everybody. Ready to fall in LOVE with how different people approach different characters and then getting real with it as

we bounced off each other. It puts me in a happy fever just thinking about it. And behind the camera, anyone that connects; simple as that.

We don't have to have everything in common or even become besties, but if we're both passionate about the story

(even in completely different ways) oh we are going 'film steady'. Have no problem wearing your pin.

To you, what part of the filmmaking is the hardest part?

Don't find any of it particularly hard at the moment. Pose this question again in 5 years and I might change my tune. But even the most

grinding moments, which was the masking without blue or green screen, really wasn't that trying. I never consider anything

I do as 'work' its always looked at as an experience. It's a blessing to be able to do anything. I'm thankful for all of it.