Finding Aid for the Luis M. Meza Papers 1993-1997
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Luis M. Meza Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1993-1997
Collection number: 40
Creator: Luis M.
Meza
Extent:
1 linear foot
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The collection consists of papers related to Meza's
two films. A short: Who Gets to Water the Grass? And his feature film: The
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (working title, You Lose). Various work prints,
Beta tapes, VHS tapes, final film prints and screening cassettes are also a part
of the collection.
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Physical location: Currently located at the Chicano Studies
Archive, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA. All film masters and prints will be stored at
the UCLA Film and Television Archive. In the future papers realted to this
collection will be stored at the UCLA Southern Regional Library Facility.
Language of Material: Collection materials in
English
Access
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty researchers
as well as independent researchers. To view the collection or any part of it,
please contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu or the librarian at
yretter@chicano.ucla.edu
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by permission only.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies Research Center. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Archivist and/or the Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research
Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA
Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also
be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Luis M. Meza Papers, 40, Chicano Studies Research
Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Luis M. Meza to the CSRC at UCLA in 2006. Deed of gift on file at
the CSRC archive office.
Biography
Born in Mexico Luis came to the U.S.A. as a young boy and grew up in the
Highland Park district of Los Angeles. Meza attended Loyola Marymount
University, majoring in Communication Arts where he made his first narrative
short film, Who gets to Water the Grass? After working at entry level jobs in
the film industry he attended UCLA in the Master's program for Film and
Television writing.
Luis Meza was a participant in the Walt Disney Writer's Fellowship where he
wrote and developed material with executives at Hollywood Pictures and he was
also invited to the Sundance Institute as a screenwriting fellow.
Meza's feature film, which he wrote and directed, The Staccato Purr of the
Exhaust was selected by the Sundance Film Festival in 1996.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of papers related to Meza's two films, his short, Who
Gets to Water the Grass?, and his feature film, The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
(working title, You Lose). Various work prints, negative cuts, Beta tapes, VHS
tapes, final film prints and screening cassettes are also a part of the
collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Luis M. Meza
chicano
feature film
Los Angeles
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
Who Gets to Water the Grass?
You Lose
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d., 1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
Working title: "You Lose"
Talent representative memo
Mambo casting schedule
Mambo casting fax
Mambo casting Schedule
Mambo talent information form
Letter to Orlette Ruiz of Mambo casting
Introduction to Story
Casting specs
Casting notice
Box 1, Folder 2
Luis M. Meza Papers
nd
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
Working title: "You Lose"
Crew list
Cast list
Box 1, Folder 3
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
Working title: "You Lose"
"You Lose" Screenplay
Box 1, Folder 4
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
Working title: "You Lose"
Partial screenplay
Box 1, Folder 5
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d., 1992
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Weathermen and Women
3 Weathermen and
Women Screenplays
Box 1, Folder 6
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Film and TV 434 papers
Step outline
2 page synopsis
Character sketches
Box 1, Folder 7
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust.
Working title: "You Lose"
key code sheets
Box 1, Folder 8
Luis M. Meza Papers
1992
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Weathermen and Women
Letters to UCLA staff and faculty
from L.M. Meza: Informing
of intent to produce narrative short
Box 1, Folder 9
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Breakdown sheets
Box 1, Folder 10
Luis M. Meza Papers
1996,1997
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Festival Programs
Sundance Film Festival1996
Cinefestival 1996
Newport Beach Film Festival 1997
Virginia Film Festival 1996
Denver Film Festival 1996
Box 1, Folder 11
Luis M. Meza Papers
1996,1997
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Flyers for Sundance screenings
Box 1, Folder 12
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Flyers and postcards for free screening
at Laemmle's Santa Monica 4-plex
Box 1, Folder 13
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Promo Stickers, postcards, and business cards.
Box 1, Folder 14
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Filming permits
Box 1, Folder 15
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Dailies receipts
Box 1, Folder 16
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Weathermen and Women
Panavision rental insurance
Box 1, Folder 17
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Photos
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose" Actor photos, rejects
Box 2, Folder 1
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Shooting report
Box 2, Folder 2
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Photos
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Actor photos
Box 2, Folder 3
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Screenplay
Box 2, Folder 4
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Camera package receipts
Box 2, Folder 5
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Shooting schedule
Box 2, Folder 6
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Props list
Box 2, Folder 7
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Oneline Schedule
Box 2, Folder 8
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Cast list
Box 2, Folder 9
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Shooting schedule
Box 2, Folder 10
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
resumes
Box 2, Folder 11
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Aimee Peterson continuity notebook
Box 2, Folder 12
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
One liner
Sounder one liner
Box 2, Folder 13
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Call sheets
Box 2, Folder 14
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Lab purchase orders
Box 2, Folder 15
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993
Physical Description: Printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Camera reports
Box 2, Folder 16
Luis M. Meza Papers
1992,1993
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Weathermen and Women
Notice of graduate standing
proposed shooting schedule
Box 2, Folder 17
Luis M. Meza Papers
1993, 1996, n.d.
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Production notes, cast notes,
synopsis, credits and press
reviews.
Box 3, Folder 1
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm a/b negative Who Gets to Water the Grass?
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 3, Folder 2
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
1/4 inch sound reel for Who Gets to Water the Grass?
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 3, Folder 3
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS copy from U-Matic for Who Gets to Water the Grass?
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 3, Folder 4
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm magnetic track for Who Gets to Water the Grass?
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 3, Folder 5
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm B/wind optical track for Who Gets to Water the Grass?
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 3, Folder 6
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film masters
Scope and Content Note
16mm print of Who Gets to Water the Grass?
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 3, Folder 7
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d.
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic of Who Gets to Water the Grass?
U-matic copy
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 1
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical pre final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 1
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 2
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical pre final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 2
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 3
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical pre final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 3
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 4
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical pre final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 4
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 5
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical pre final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 5
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 6
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 1
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 7
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 2
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 8
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 3
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 9
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 4
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 10
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm optical final mix of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
reel 5
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 11
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film masters
Scope and Content Note
16mm print of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 12
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm a/b negative of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
box 1
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 13
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm a/b negative of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
box 2
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 14
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm a/b negative of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
box 3
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 15
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm a/b negative of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
box 4
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 16
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
16mm a/b negative of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
box 5
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 17
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm work prints of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print with its matching magnetic track, reel 1
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 18
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm work prints of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print with its matching magnetic track, reel 2
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 19
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm work prints of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print with its matching magnetic track, reel 3
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 20
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm work prints of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print with its matching magnetic track, reel 4
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 21
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
35mm work prints of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print with its matching magnetic track, reel 5
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 22
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
Beta tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
One copy from a dirty work print with a scratch mix
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 23
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
time code copy
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 24
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
2nd time code copy
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 25
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Final cut
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 26
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Final cut copy 2
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 27
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Final cut copy 3
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 28
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Final cut copy 4
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 29
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1996]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
VHS tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
Final cut copy 5
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 30
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1995]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print set 1, part 1,
set of 2 reels in various stages of
post production. No music
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 31
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1995]
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print set 1, part 2
set of 2 reels in various stages of
post production. No music
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 32
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1995]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print, set 2, part 1
set of 2reels in various stages
of post production
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 33
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1995]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print, set 2, part 2
set of 2 reels in various stages
of post production.
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 34
Luis M. Meza Papers
1996
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print, set 3, part 1
set of 2 reels in various stages of post production. NTSC original transfer
master
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 35
Luis M. Meza Papers
1996
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print, set 3, part 2
set of 2 reels in various stages
of post production. NTSC original transfer master
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 4, Folder 36
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1995]
Physical Description: Film elements
Scope and Content Note
U-matic tape of Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
work print, set 4, part 1
set of 2 reels in various stages of post production.
Note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 5, Folder 1
Luis M. Meza Papers
n.d. [1995]
Physical Description: Papers
Scope and Content Note
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust
working title: "You Lose"
shooting schedule board
paper copies of board pages
