Status So Far

The production status of Freshmen lies somewhere in the triangle of Development, Script Writing, and Pre-Production.

The Script is not yet completely finished. 4 of the 5 stories are written. The 5th story that has yet to be completed is that of the Officers. My biggest problem with this part of the story is that I know little about the culture of police officers. What does one police officer say to another while patrolling together in a police car? To gain this kind of information, like any good writer, I need to do research. I've already interviewed an ASU Police officer via email but the info doesn't seem to be enough. For this reason I have signed up for a ride-along with ASU police for this Thursday night. But I merely signed up. The police department is supposed to contact me and let me know if it's yay or nay. I have yet to hear word from them. I really hope I can go. I'm actually looking forward to the experience. Yes it will be good for me to do the research I need to finish the SP but it will also be interesting in of it's self. The shift I have signed up for is on a Thursday night/Friday Morning, close to finals, from 6pm-6am, the exact time frame and day the movie takes place in. With out the officer's story the SP is 104 pages long. It needs to be trimmed and to do so I have started a complete re-write. I'm on page 30-something for the re-write and hope to really start working on it when finals are over.

The movie will be made for an independent study with Prof. Miguel Valenti in the Fall of 06. So, by default, the shooting dates are tentatively scheduled for Fall of 06. We'll shoot then as long as everything falls into place. I've talked to facilities management about shooting in the tunnels and they're pretty ok with it as long was we fallow their guide lines, which is fine with me. They're going to set me up with one of their employees to do a location scout/tour of the tunnels sometime in the next month. I spoke with reslife about shooting in Sahuaro Dorm and they transferred me to the marketing director of reslife, who seemed excited about the project and even offered to help me find some empty rooms in Sahuaro in Fall of 06. We have to shoot in Sahuaro for several reasons. One is that that's where it all really took place, and two one of the scenes relies on the architecture of the building to convey a plot point. I know this seams complicated now but when you see the movie it will make sense. I've also been talking to the people in charge at the MU about shooting in the back of the bowling alley and possible using that entrance to the tunnels as a break station for when we shoot in the tunnels. Facman likes that so that's probably what we're going to do.

I've been talking to certain actors about key roles. I know I want a few actors for certain parts so I’ve sent them emails stating my interest in them for the film. I asked them to email me back if they were interested or not. Tentative means they're interested but would like to see a script, Request Pending means they have yet to respond to my email, and Confirmed means they want the part no matter what. Here’s a quick list of what the cast may look like.

Brandon: Michael Zduniak (tentative)
Colin: Colin Redemer (tentative)
Rehman: Rehman Anjum (Request Pending)
Matt: Josh Smith (Request Pending)
Jeff: Kris Kaufman (Request Pending)
Aric: Arthur Trout (Request Pending)
Alaska: Kate Haas (Request Pending)
Jason: Jon Baranick (Confirmed)
Frat Guy: Jon Deremiah (Request Pending)
Officer Ashton: Vic Martinez (tentative)

I offered the role of Wayne to Walter Shedroff but he has a previous commitment in Fall of 06 and had to decline on the offer.

As for Crew I and Jeff Moran are the only for sure crew. There are several other interested parties but none of which are confirmed.