Student, Writer / Director. Florida, United States.
#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our Community Spotlight with Derek-Jon Flagge?
Derek-Jon Flagge’s film crew / production is Stacked Plates Productions. They make skits and short films. “I couldn’t do this without my best friend Armand Bolourian because he is the one I do almost everything filmed with.”
Work:
“I am a student, and I work for a local home-owned restaurant, Pepperoni Grill. I love directing and writing movies, and that is what I do when I’m not working, which
is a lot recently because of the amount of ideas I have. So you could say my line of work is writing and directing right now…”
Current Projects:
“I am working on a zombie/ ’infected’ short which is self explainable. Also, another short which we labeled as a ‘bromantic comedy.’ It’s about two guys who are best friends, and they don’t fall in love, they just are best friends and aren’t afraid to show that they are straight but hang out all the time, like going on ‘man- dates’ [laughs].”
Biggest Challenge:
“The biggest challenge while working on a short film is actually dealing with the cast. Sometimes
they can give you a hard time while directing when they feel they are tired, bored, and every other excuse they can think of [kidding].”
Solution:
“The solution for this challenge is nothing except humor. You can’t get to people and tell them what to do by being mean and pushy. If you want to get somewhere I think it comes from hard work and having humor in every single thing you do, which I do.”
Favorite Technique:
“A technique I love to use while making movies is jokes. I know it’s an odd technique, but I love to joke around and make people laugh while filming any genre of movie. It’s something that works so well for me because it puts everyone in such a good mood and brings the atmosphere of the project to a great level.”
Favorite Tool:
“My favorite tool would actually be my brain. Thank you, brain, for being there and letting me think of ideas, film, and concentrate on more than one thing at a time. But seriously, my favorite tool would just be my camera. It lets me do what I want to do and that’s all that matters to me.”
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