Yaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn. Ah. I’m tired. Really really tired. I think it’s the climate change. I’ve been back in the valley of the sun for about 2 days. But I had to pull an all nighter in Logan airport on Monday night so I’m recovering from that too. It’s really tough trying to get back in the groove of things.
My trip was good. No water skiing. My aunt’s going through a divorce and the boat is “his”. Sigh. Well we did go canoeing and kayaking so that was cool. Got to hang out with some loons.
It took me the whole week I was there to edit down the script. I’d get 10 minutes here, and 20 minutes there. But I got the screenplay down to 104. I’m gonna go through it one more time and look for 4 or 5 more pages to cut. If I can get it under 100 I think I’ll be in good shape. After that I’ll contact Miguel and we’ll get together to do a final approval.
I’ve heard from all the actors that auditioned save one. Mr. Josh McDermitt for the role of Derek Rightman. I emailed him yesterday but still have not received a response. I’ll call him this afternoon. The actors I offered the roles of Michelle and Ricky too turned down the offer. One said the commitment was too much which I respect and the other said the role wasn’t his style. Oh well. Still waiting on Brad Golden. I happened to talk to his boss before I left and his boss said he was excited about the project. So that’s good I guess.
Our production meeting yesterday was good. We went over a lot of stuff.
Noel still hasn’t heard from Microsoft. I gave her an additional assignment. She’s gonna get an inventory list from Miguel regarding equipment we’ll have access too through the school of theatre and film. That was we can plan out way ahead of time what we’ll need for each day with what we have available. We’ll also figure out what we need to find elsewhere.
Travis said Denny’s is looking real good. We just might switch to them. He had a lot of progress with the manager. I guess the guy was excited. I also put Travis in charge of researching deferred payment contracts. I told him to email Miguel for a lead. I want to get the contracts drafted with in two weeks.
Linnaea didn’t get to the police station yet. Hopefully she’ll get there before Sunday’s meeting. She had some questions for me regarding the sorority philanthropy costumes and some of the girls’ outfits. I told her the truth. In that scene I want to SELL SEX. She got the point. I took her down to the stage (which is in the same building as our meetings) and showed her what I had in mind. She liked it and had some good ideas. We’re going to start getting together once a week, just me and her, to go over things for the movie. Linnaea also wants me to send her a list of the characters and their descriptions. I’m gonna do that today.
Danielle said she’s gonna send me the list of contacts for craft services today.
I booked a space for the read through of the screenplay with all the actors. I think I’m gonna change it though. I have for a month from now but I think I’m going to move it closer to the production. By that time we’ll have the whole film cast and the read through will go smoother.
I emailed Jamie about playing the role of me yesterday. He responded with enthusiasm. We’re gonna bring him in for a reading. I’m excited to see what the other producers think. I think he’s gonna work out nicely.
Linnaea had a suggestion about an actress for the role of Michelle. I looked her up on myspace and her look is fine. We’re gonna bring her in and see how she does reading.
6/29/06
6/20/06
New England and a Red Pen
Well, I’m in New England. Nashua NH to be exact. I’m here for few days then going to a a camp up in north NH to water ski with some family. Maybe this trip will be more fun than I thought. I’m still going to be doing stuff for the movie though while I’m up here.
So I talked to Miguel on Monday. He called me and we spoke. Over all it was good. I’m not so worried. Below is an email I sent to the crew this morning outlining how our conversation went:
Team:
I spoke with Miguel and it went very well. He had some very constructive criticism. The one thing he wants me to do is cut down the script. He said it's too long. He said, from a producing view point, we're going to be traffic cops trying to manage chaos. He said if the film is shorter and more concise then it will be easier and we'll get to concentrate more on making a good product then on just making a product. So, I'll grant Miguel's wish and go through the screenplay and see what I can cut and condense. He did have good points in saying sometimes there are 7 lines of dialogue that could be condensed to three lines and have the same point and content. I also think this is good because it's something we'll all face in the industry. Good Practice you know. So, while I'm on the plane I'll see what I can find from there. Have a good week everyone.
So while I was on the second plane from Cincinnati to Boston I used a red pen I had bought and started going through the script. Surprisingly enough I got to page 60 and was able to cut roughly 7-8 pages. I might actually get it down to 100 pages if the pace keeps up like this. I haven’t really gone through the screenplay in a few weeks and it’s amazing what I find that can be condensed or simplified. I feel it’s better already. I’m glad Miguel put his thumb down. Thanks Valenti! I’m gonna keep working on it tonight.
I am supper stoked! I’ve gotten four responses from actors so far about parts and they’ve all accepted the roles! I was a little worried about Alicia De La Vega, well… I should say I was worried what any actress would think of the role of Alaska. Because of the scene where she gives head. I don’t know, some people are weird about that stuff and I really really wanted her to play the role. But she accepted so it’s all good. Steve Murphy also accepted the role of Officer Price which I’m happy about. I wonder if he’s figured out that he has to shave his head. Well, I think he reads these posts so Steve, guess what!? Well nothings permanent so we can talk about it. I’m also a little concerned about him living in Sedona. Not sure how that’s going to work (it’s about 3 hours away from phoenix). David Aslan and Katie Pengra also accepted their roles. Yahoo! Like I said. I’m excited.
Just out of curiosity I opened up all my past production diary files and found out that so far this thing is 56 pages long in word. Cool. Book deal, hear I come! Haha. With this speling?
So I talked to Miguel on Monday. He called me and we spoke. Over all it was good. I’m not so worried. Below is an email I sent to the crew this morning outlining how our conversation went:
Team:
I spoke with Miguel and it went very well. He had some very constructive criticism. The one thing he wants me to do is cut down the script. He said it's too long. He said, from a producing view point, we're going to be traffic cops trying to manage chaos. He said if the film is shorter and more concise then it will be easier and we'll get to concentrate more on making a good product then on just making a product. So, I'll grant Miguel's wish and go through the screenplay and see what I can cut and condense. He did have good points in saying sometimes there are 7 lines of dialogue that could be condensed to three lines and have the same point and content. I also think this is good because it's something we'll all face in the industry. Good Practice you know. So, while I'm on the plane I'll see what I can find from there. Have a good week everyone.
So while I was on the second plane from Cincinnati to Boston I used a red pen I had bought and started going through the script. Surprisingly enough I got to page 60 and was able to cut roughly 7-8 pages. I might actually get it down to 100 pages if the pace keeps up like this. I haven’t really gone through the screenplay in a few weeks and it’s amazing what I find that can be condensed or simplified. I feel it’s better already. I’m glad Miguel put his thumb down. Thanks Valenti! I’m gonna keep working on it tonight.
I am supper stoked! I’ve gotten four responses from actors so far about parts and they’ve all accepted the roles! I was a little worried about Alicia De La Vega, well… I should say I was worried what any actress would think of the role of Alaska. Because of the scene where she gives head. I don’t know, some people are weird about that stuff and I really really wanted her to play the role. But she accepted so it’s all good. Steve Murphy also accepted the role of Officer Price which I’m happy about. I wonder if he’s figured out that he has to shave his head. Well, I think he reads these posts so Steve, guess what!? Well nothings permanent so we can talk about it. I’m also a little concerned about him living in Sedona. Not sure how that’s going to work (it’s about 3 hours away from phoenix). David Aslan and Katie Pengra also accepted their roles. Yahoo! Like I said. I’m excited.
Just out of curiosity I opened up all my past production diary files and found out that so far this thing is 56 pages long in word. Cool. Book deal, hear I come! Haha. With this speling?
6/18/06
Offers to Come
Miguel canceled our meeting for Monday. He has a good excuse but it still makes me nervous. I tried to call him and he didn’t answer. I know its father’s day weekend and he’s got a young child so I understand that I’m last on his priority this weekend. It’s just inconvenient. I hope I can get in touch with him tomorrow. He wanted to reschedule to Tuesday but I leave at 6:40am on Tuesday. I expressed his concerns to the production team and they were 100% behind me so I’m at least happy about that. We’re going to do the film with or with out the school of theatre and film but we’d really like to do it as our capstone since it’s only appropriate and it’s going to be so much work. I’ve just got to talk to Miguel.
Our production meeting went well. We made final decisions on cast and are going to make the rest of the offers tomorrow. Well, offers to non-SAG actors. SAG actors are going to have to wait till I make a decision on the subject. I wish I could give the actors I offer roles a hard copy of the screenplay tomorrow but I’m going to be gone for a week and there’s no way to get it to them. But I also don’t want to wait to offer till I get home cause that’ll be over 3 weeks since they auditioned. So what I’ll do is send them an electronic copy and then if they want the part, when I get back, give them a hard copy. Instead of giving the DVD’s I’m also going to upload the rough versions of Credit Counselors, OK, and Rock.Paper.Scissors. That way they can see the films and be familiar with my work.
I talked to the team today about finding someone to play the role of Jared. Of all the actors that auditioned, that role is the one we can’t cast. But I had a long discussion with Jon Baranick, my best friend, about it. We talked about different actors that we knew and we came up with a good idea of who to play the role. I showed the production team pictures of him today and we’re gonna ask him in for an interview when I get back. See what the rest of the team thinks. So far that’s the best we have.
Our production meeting went well. We made final decisions on cast and are going to make the rest of the offers tomorrow. Well, offers to non-SAG actors. SAG actors are going to have to wait till I make a decision on the subject. I wish I could give the actors I offer roles a hard copy of the screenplay tomorrow but I’m going to be gone for a week and there’s no way to get it to them. But I also don’t want to wait to offer till I get home cause that’ll be over 3 weeks since they auditioned. So what I’ll do is send them an electronic copy and then if they want the part, when I get back, give them a hard copy. Instead of giving the DVD’s I’m also going to upload the rough versions of Credit Counselors, OK, and Rock.Paper.Scissors. That way they can see the films and be familiar with my work.
I talked to the team today about finding someone to play the role of Jared. Of all the actors that auditioned, that role is the one we can’t cast. But I had a long discussion with Jon Baranick, my best friend, about it. We talked about different actors that we knew and we came up with a good idea of who to play the role. I showed the production team pictures of him today and we’re gonna ask him in for an interview when I get back. See what the rest of the team thinks. So far that’s the best we have.
6/17/06
Screen Actors Guild
I talked to Vic and he said he’s gonna give me a call next time he’s in Tempe so he can get a copy of the script.
I made two offers for roles yesterday. I offered the part of Matt Snyder to Kent Walter. Kent did a great job in the audition. During his audition I told him that of all the people we’d seen so far he was the only one that read the dialogue the way it was written to be read. Everyone else did a good job and it was interesting to see how other people interpreted it but he hit exactly how I read it in my mind. We thought for a second of having him play Colin but he was just too good looking. Colin’s not ugly but he’s not as attractive as Kent is. But we knew right away that Matt was the role for him. I’m excited to work with him. I also offered the role of Mike Mason to Adam Roa. I’ve worked with Adam before. He played Chad (the lead) in Credit Counselors. I gave Kent his copy of the screenplay on Friday as well as a copy of the shorts I did. Adam’s gonna pick up his stuff on Monday at my work. I told both of them that they didn’t have to accept the part, but that I was giving the offer and that I want them to read the screenplay and once I figure out what the deferred pay is I’ll let them know. Then they can accept the part. But I wanted them to know that the offer is there. I’m excited to work with both of them. I’m gonna take another look at the tapes today and make more offers this afternoon.
I talked to SAG on Thursday. It went well enough. Basically if I want to do a SAG Ultra-Low Budget Agreement I have to pay all SAG actors a Minimum of $100 a day. There’s no way around it and there are not exceptions or other options. I really want these actors. I have a few options in what I can do about the money. I could try and raise the money. I could re-write the scenes and cut some of the SAG actor’s character’s content. I could try and re-arrange the schedule so that the SAG actors work less days but that seems like the hardest and most difficult option. I’m gonna work this out when I get home from my trip to Maine. I leave Tuesday and come back Tuesday. This and a budget will be my top priorities when I get back. I’ll make the SAG offers after I have made a final decision on what to do about the issue.
I’ve been thoroughly talking to Ron about all the SAG issues and he’s been a great help.
I’ve decided to formally put together a business plan. Although we’re not looking for investors I think it’ll be a good thing to do as far as practice and other things. We’re actually looking for donations. We want to try and raise maybe $5000 in donations. I’m gonna be putting in close to that of my own money. At least I hope.
The website was updated a little. I put pictures from the state press up.
Jon’s coming over today and I’m going to give him his copy of the screenplay.
I was supposed to have my lunch with Mallory today but she had to cancel cause she said her work scheduled her even though she asked for it off. She’s gonna call me when she gets out of work to reschedule.
On Thursday I thought it would be a good idea to post on an urban exploration website and ask for help and money. Yeah, I thought since the movie is about some of that stuff people might be willing to help. Wrong. All they did was make fun of me. So I deleted my account. Oh well. It’s was a bad idea anyway.
I made two offers for roles yesterday. I offered the part of Matt Snyder to Kent Walter. Kent did a great job in the audition. During his audition I told him that of all the people we’d seen so far he was the only one that read the dialogue the way it was written to be read. Everyone else did a good job and it was interesting to see how other people interpreted it but he hit exactly how I read it in my mind. We thought for a second of having him play Colin but he was just too good looking. Colin’s not ugly but he’s not as attractive as Kent is. But we knew right away that Matt was the role for him. I’m excited to work with him. I also offered the role of Mike Mason to Adam Roa. I’ve worked with Adam before. He played Chad (the lead) in Credit Counselors. I gave Kent his copy of the screenplay on Friday as well as a copy of the shorts I did. Adam’s gonna pick up his stuff on Monday at my work. I told both of them that they didn’t have to accept the part, but that I was giving the offer and that I want them to read the screenplay and once I figure out what the deferred pay is I’ll let them know. Then they can accept the part. But I wanted them to know that the offer is there. I’m excited to work with both of them. I’m gonna take another look at the tapes today and make more offers this afternoon.
I talked to SAG on Thursday. It went well enough. Basically if I want to do a SAG Ultra-Low Budget Agreement I have to pay all SAG actors a Minimum of $100 a day. There’s no way around it and there are not exceptions or other options. I really want these actors. I have a few options in what I can do about the money. I could try and raise the money. I could re-write the scenes and cut some of the SAG actor’s character’s content. I could try and re-arrange the schedule so that the SAG actors work less days but that seems like the hardest and most difficult option. I’m gonna work this out when I get home from my trip to Maine. I leave Tuesday and come back Tuesday. This and a budget will be my top priorities when I get back. I’ll make the SAG offers after I have made a final decision on what to do about the issue.
I’ve been thoroughly talking to Ron about all the SAG issues and he’s been a great help.
I’ve decided to formally put together a business plan. Although we’re not looking for investors I think it’ll be a good thing to do as far as practice and other things. We’re actually looking for donations. We want to try and raise maybe $5000 in donations. I’m gonna be putting in close to that of my own money. At least I hope.
The website was updated a little. I put pictures from the state press up.
Jon’s coming over today and I’m going to give him his copy of the screenplay.
I was supposed to have my lunch with Mallory today but she had to cancel cause she said her work scheduled her even though she asked for it off. She’s gonna call me when she gets out of work to reschedule.
On Thursday I thought it would be a good idea to post on an urban exploration website and ask for help and money. Yeah, I thought since the movie is about some of that stuff people might be willing to help. Wrong. All they did was make fun of me. So I deleted my account. Oh well. It’s was a bad idea anyway.
6/14/06
The Snags
Man, these production diaries are getting to be a large chore. A lot has happened in the last two days and I’m tired. It’s hard to sit here at 10:30 at night and write a synopsis of the past few days when I’ve got to get up early for work. But I like it none the less. Keeps me sane. Almost therapeutic.
Well first thing Tuesday morning I got in a tift with Colin about him playing himself. He really wanted to and I wanted him to but I just couldn’t fit the shooting schedule to what he needed. He said his work would probably only give him the time off for vacation and that’s only 11 days. He got kind of offended with me because he thought I was telling him that I’d rather someone else play him. Which isn’t true. I’d like him to play himself. But anyway, I assured him that wasn’t the case and today he had his meeting with his supervisor about his vacation time. I didn’t hear from him at all all day and when I talked to Dan at around 5 I told him we probably couldn’t cast him. BUT THEN!!! I got an email from Colin around an hour ago saying he got the whole shoot off and he’ll be here!!! Wahoo. I’m glad that worked out.
Vic said he’s interested in the role I offered him. I’m excited. He played this naked Native American in Jon’s zombie movie “blue juice” and he’s perfect for Officer Ashton. Hell, I pretty much wrote the part for him. He left me a message saying he was interested. I’ll call him tomorrow and work out the details of how to get him a script.
I finished the shooting schedule today. Well the schedule that is. I’ve still got some data entry to do. Stuff with props and set dressing stuffs. I’ll do that stuff when I get back when I start to do an official budget for the film. I’m just glad the preliminary shooting schedule is done that way I can start offering roles after I talk to SAG.
I did research yesterday into the different SAG contracts. I’m a little worried. Of the auditioners there are 4 actors that are SAG that I want to give roles too. But we can’t afford $1700. We have to pay them $100 a day according to the contract. I’m gonna call the head of SAG in our city and talk to him tomorrow about what my options are. Damn, I really want those actors. We’ll see.
The websites are all updated. I think they look nice thank you. I took everything out about the tunnels. Time to start being super secret.
We were in the state press yesterday. A photographer came to the auditions to take our photos for an article about the new film program. The article’s pretty cool but I was way stressed they were gonna say something about the movie. But they didn’t so it’s all good.
So far in the development and pre-production of this project I haven’t hit as big a snag as I did today. I got an anonymous business like email from Miguel saying in nicer words than this “there are serious issues with your capstone project”. Well I jumped right off the computer (which is why I’ll didn’t finish entering in the props and stuff) and walked right over to his office hoping to catch him. I did. We talked for awhile but basically he said I need to sell him on the fact that we can make this film. Which I can and will. We’re gonna be getting together on Monday to discuss the project. Even though this could be a potential problem, I’m happy it’s happening. I’ve been waiting for someone in the school of theatre and film to have serious issues with this project and I’m glad it was Miguel and not someone else. He had a lot of strange things to say and I’m not sure where he was going but he said he’s gonna go through my screenplay and shooting schedule thoroughly and we’ll talk on Monday. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.
Well first thing Tuesday morning I got in a tift with Colin about him playing himself. He really wanted to and I wanted him to but I just couldn’t fit the shooting schedule to what he needed. He said his work would probably only give him the time off for vacation and that’s only 11 days. He got kind of offended with me because he thought I was telling him that I’d rather someone else play him. Which isn’t true. I’d like him to play himself. But anyway, I assured him that wasn’t the case and today he had his meeting with his supervisor about his vacation time. I didn’t hear from him at all all day and when I talked to Dan at around 5 I told him we probably couldn’t cast him. BUT THEN!!! I got an email from Colin around an hour ago saying he got the whole shoot off and he’ll be here!!! Wahoo. I’m glad that worked out.
Vic said he’s interested in the role I offered him. I’m excited. He played this naked Native American in Jon’s zombie movie “blue juice” and he’s perfect for Officer Ashton. Hell, I pretty much wrote the part for him. He left me a message saying he was interested. I’ll call him tomorrow and work out the details of how to get him a script.
I finished the shooting schedule today. Well the schedule that is. I’ve still got some data entry to do. Stuff with props and set dressing stuffs. I’ll do that stuff when I get back when I start to do an official budget for the film. I’m just glad the preliminary shooting schedule is done that way I can start offering roles after I talk to SAG.
I did research yesterday into the different SAG contracts. I’m a little worried. Of the auditioners there are 4 actors that are SAG that I want to give roles too. But we can’t afford $1700. We have to pay them $100 a day according to the contract. I’m gonna call the head of SAG in our city and talk to him tomorrow about what my options are. Damn, I really want those actors. We’ll see.
The websites are all updated. I think they look nice thank you. I took everything out about the tunnels. Time to start being super secret.
We were in the state press yesterday. A photographer came to the auditions to take our photos for an article about the new film program. The article’s pretty cool but I was way stressed they were gonna say something about the movie. But they didn’t so it’s all good.
So far in the development and pre-production of this project I haven’t hit as big a snag as I did today. I got an anonymous business like email from Miguel saying in nicer words than this “there are serious issues with your capstone project”. Well I jumped right off the computer (which is why I’ll didn’t finish entering in the props and stuff) and walked right over to his office hoping to catch him. I did. We talked for awhile but basically he said I need to sell him on the fact that we can make this film. Which I can and will. We’re gonna be getting together on Monday to discuss the project. Even though this could be a potential problem, I’m happy it’s happening. I’ve been waiting for someone in the school of theatre and film to have serious issues with this project and I’m glad it was Miguel and not someone else. He had a lot of strange things to say and I’m not sure where he was going but he said he’s gonna go through my screenplay and shooting schedule thoroughly and we’ll talk on Monday. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.
6/12/06
How we Audition
So, I figured since I didn’t go to much into the auditions in my last post I’ll tell you guys exactly what we did.
I posted auditions by appointment only. Actors were required to provide a headshot and resume. Actors would email me and I’d set them up with a time. I gave actors the option of emailing an electronic copy of their resume and head shot as well. Almost every single one of them brought in a head shot. As I said before, about 40 actors of the 70 that signed up showed up. When they first arrived at the room where they were told the auditions were being held they were given a form and a questionnaire to fill out. The form was generic. Name, date, phone, email, etc. the questionnaire had questions like “are you willing to shave your head?” and “are you comfortable portraying sexual acts for comedic effect” over all there were about 25-30 questions in that nature. We wanted to make sure actors knew what they were getting into and also we wanted to make sure we knew what actors were willing to do if we were interested in offering them a part. Then when, we were ready (the auditioning panel that is) we would radio in to the waiting room and call the actor(s) in. one of our staff would walk the actor(s) to the back room with their forms and headshots and resumes if they had them with them. The actor would come in and if there were two we’d have them read together and if there were one we’d have Linnaea Kimble, our production designer, read with them. I would introduce everyone by name and job to the actor(s) and then I would have them slate for the camera. They would say there name, their audition number, and do a left and right profile for us. Then we would have the actor read the scene twice. First time I told them to read it how they thought it should be read. The scene was two actors telling a story to someone and at the same time talking to each other, kind of like hosts on a morning talk show. If the actor presented the information in a positive manner I would ask the opposite. And if the actor initially presented the material in a negative manner I would again ask the opposite. After that we would go through there forms, ask them some questions about the answers they gave or anything on their resume, and then let them ask if they had any questions for us. And that was it. The actor(s) would then leave and we’d talk about them. Some people we know right away and other’s we’d have to think about. At the end of the day we spread out all the head shots on a table and I had note cards with character names and the whole staff would look at the headshots and we’d debate about who should play who. Over all it was a great, successful weekend and we accomplished a lot.
I posted auditions by appointment only. Actors were required to provide a headshot and resume. Actors would email me and I’d set them up with a time. I gave actors the option of emailing an electronic copy of their resume and head shot as well. Almost every single one of them brought in a head shot. As I said before, about 40 actors of the 70 that signed up showed up. When they first arrived at the room where they were told the auditions were being held they were given a form and a questionnaire to fill out. The form was generic. Name, date, phone, email, etc. the questionnaire had questions like “are you willing to shave your head?” and “are you comfortable portraying sexual acts for comedic effect” over all there were about 25-30 questions in that nature. We wanted to make sure actors knew what they were getting into and also we wanted to make sure we knew what actors were willing to do if we were interested in offering them a part. Then when, we were ready (the auditioning panel that is) we would radio in to the waiting room and call the actor(s) in. one of our staff would walk the actor(s) to the back room with their forms and headshots and resumes if they had them with them. The actor would come in and if there were two we’d have them read together and if there were one we’d have Linnaea Kimble, our production designer, read with them. I would introduce everyone by name and job to the actor(s) and then I would have them slate for the camera. They would say there name, their audition number, and do a left and right profile for us. Then we would have the actor read the scene twice. First time I told them to read it how they thought it should be read. The scene was two actors telling a story to someone and at the same time talking to each other, kind of like hosts on a morning talk show. If the actor presented the information in a positive manner I would ask the opposite. And if the actor initially presented the material in a negative manner I would again ask the opposite. After that we would go through there forms, ask them some questions about the answers they gave or anything on their resume, and then let them ask if they had any questions for us. And that was it. The actor(s) would then leave and we’d talk about them. Some people we know right away and other’s we’d have to think about. At the end of the day we spread out all the head shots on a table and I had note cards with character names and the whole staff would look at the headshots and we’d debate about who should play who. Over all it was a great, successful weekend and we accomplished a lot.
Yay for Communication!
Auditions went very well. I just finished sending out a thank you email to all the actors that auditioned and I told them that of the seven shorts I’ve done this was by far the most talented group of actors I’ve ever auditioned. And that’s the truth. We had about 65-70 actors signed up and about 40 actually made it out. 5-6 cancelled and the rest were no shows. It didn’t discourage me though because if they don’t show to the audition they might not show to the shoot or something like that. Weed out the unreliable ones first. I told all the actors that we were giving ourselves a month to make final decisions. I’m actually going to be notifying people on Friday or Saturday. I’m gonna send them the screenplay, the part I’d like them to play, and a DVD with Credit Counselors, Rock.Paper.Scissors. and OK on it. I don’t want them to accept the role till I give them the shooting schedule details (which I should have by that time anyway) and the sag contract (which I have no idea when that will be worked out). I just want the actors to know that I want them to play a certain part and if they read the script and don’t want that part and they decline it’ll give us enough time to find someone else and make another offer. We’re actually going to be doing more auditions. There were a few crucial roles that didn’t get filled, mainly the role of me. But I’m not being vain or anything. I’m a real dork, and there were no dorks that auditioned really. I mean, everyone was either real cool or a woman. And those are two things I’m not. So we’re gonna do another casting call in a month or so.
Travis got a hold of IHOP and it looks like they want us to pay for the time there. I told Travis to look into Denny’s and see what they say. Denny’s could easily replace IHOP, although I’d love to do it at IHOP. I talked to Ron about it and he had some great ideas. He told us to email them and tell them that the actors are eating in the scene and that they will be paying for food and that the crew and extras we bring will be eating as well. He also said we should ask if we could do some sort of casting call with the waitresses so that we could get IHOP more involved. It’ll be interesting to see what they say.
I have yet to respond to Lamont in regards to his email, I’ve just been so busy. I’ll try and do it tonight.
I’m on my way back to the computer lab in a couple of hours to start work on the schedule again. It’ll be fun.
The meeting last Wednesday was interesting. Everyone ended up canceling so it was just me Dan and Noel. I gave them hard copies of the script then and everyone else got there’s at auditions. Well, Travis got his from me at work but that’s fine.
I offered the role of Melanie (the RA) to Kate Haas and she accepted the role. She got her copy as well. I’ve worked with her a lot before and I really wanted her to play this role. It’s gonna be fun.
Still haven’t heard from the story board guys yet. I’ll call them this evening.
I’ve been going through a hard copy of the script all this last week highlighting characters, props, locations, set dressings, and crucial sound effects. This production draft will be my key while I finish up the schedule; it’ll make it THAT much easier and faster. So I hope anyway.
My cell phone is up and running! Yay for communication!
I got an email from Brad Golden, the gentleman I want to play Officer Robert Navarro. He said he was excited about working on the project which makes me soooooo happy. He gave me his address so I mailed him a hard copy of the screenplay on Friday. Now I just wait.
Travis got a hold of IHOP and it looks like they want us to pay for the time there. I told Travis to look into Denny’s and see what they say. Denny’s could easily replace IHOP, although I’d love to do it at IHOP. I talked to Ron about it and he had some great ideas. He told us to email them and tell them that the actors are eating in the scene and that they will be paying for food and that the crew and extras we bring will be eating as well. He also said we should ask if we could do some sort of casting call with the waitresses so that we could get IHOP more involved. It’ll be interesting to see what they say.
I have yet to respond to Lamont in regards to his email, I’ve just been so busy. I’ll try and do it tonight.
I’m on my way back to the computer lab in a couple of hours to start work on the schedule again. It’ll be fun.
The meeting last Wednesday was interesting. Everyone ended up canceling so it was just me Dan and Noel. I gave them hard copies of the script then and everyone else got there’s at auditions. Well, Travis got his from me at work but that’s fine.
I offered the role of Melanie (the RA) to Kate Haas and she accepted the role. She got her copy as well. I’ve worked with her a lot before and I really wanted her to play this role. It’s gonna be fun.
Still haven’t heard from the story board guys yet. I’ll call them this evening.
I’ve been going through a hard copy of the script all this last week highlighting characters, props, locations, set dressings, and crucial sound effects. This production draft will be my key while I finish up the schedule; it’ll make it THAT much easier and faster. So I hope anyway.
My cell phone is up and running! Yay for communication!
I got an email from Brad Golden, the gentleman I want to play Officer Robert Navarro. He said he was excited about working on the project which makes me soooooo happy. He gave me his address so I mailed him a hard copy of the screenplay on Friday. Now I just wait.
6/6/06
I'll Take What I Can Get
I’m tired. So tired. I’ve had a busy busy first part of the week. And I’m tired.
So last post I said 5 producers was enough. Well, we’ve added another. Noel Lucas. She’s new to the game so we gonna bring her on as a Co-Producer so she can get her feet wet. She’s film student at ASU and had a class with me and Dan. She had been emailing and calling me about summer projects and stuff and I told her that my only commitment thus far was Freshmen. She said she’d like to help any way she could and I invited her to a production meeting so she could see how we do things. Well at the meeting she signed on so I’ll put her profile on the website in a few days.
My production team doesn’t know this yet but I’m going to Maine in two weeks. My family’s there and I was gonna go in august but I didn’t want to leave for a week so close to production. I leave on Tuesday the 20th and come back Tuesday the 27th. I hope I can find something to do for the film while I’m out there. I’ll let the team know tomorrow
The production meeting went well on Sunday. We went a half hour over. Mostly because I walked them through how exactly auditions will run this coming weekend.
I sent out an email to the school of theatre and film today as one last reach to get actors for auditions this weekend. I’m interested to see how fruitful it will be. I made some alterations today for the auditioning room. It cost $25 but I think it will make a huge difference. What I did was had the room rearranged for us this weekend. It will be set up like a panel setting (like an audition!) instead of just a plane room. I also had the table draped. I’m excited about auditions. I think they’re gonna be fun.
I worked on the schedule all day yesterday. Well as long as I could. I didn’t get it done. I thought 8 hours would have been enough but it wasn’t. I was there from 10am-5:15pm. I only got really close to finishing updating the breakdowns. It took forever! I guess I didn’t realize just how different the old script was from the final one. The ladies on vacation till next Monday so next week my top priority is two things. One is finishing the shooting schedule. I wanted to have it done for auditions this weekend but oh well. The other is to get storyboard rolling.
I haven’t really talked to any of the story board guys yet. I haven’t sent them the script. Dan wanted me to have all the details worked out by tomorrow at our meeting but I’m not gonna be able to make that deadline. It was just something I couldn’t pull off.
I finished the script Sunday. I actually changed the title to “Freshmen: In the Night of Their Lives”. It gives the film a little bit of a cheekier mood (it was Jason’s idea. Thanks Jason). I want people going into this knowing it’s supposed to in fun. The final script clocked in at 117 pages. Well, 116 and a half really. Ha. But anyway. 20 copies were made tonight and I’m gonna pick them up in the morning. I’ll give them to the team tomorrow at the meeting. This is the only copy they’ll get from me. I’m gonna tell them that it’s $3 a copy from now in if they want or need another one.
Today I booked the stage in the MU in October for the Philanthropy scene. The stage goes fast so I wanted to book it ahead of time. I’m gonna go in and look at it tomorrow with the retractable wall closed so I can make sure it blocks out sunlight. If it works well we’ll do that shoot day for night. Which would be great. Save time and money.
I got an email from Chris LaMont today about the screenplay. I haven’t’ replied yet. It was ok. He had a lot of good things to say. The main problem he had with it was that he says the movie needs to be edited down heavily. He says he can’t keep track of who’s who. I think he’s wrong. Especially because of the example he used. Which confused me. He said think of great ensemble films like “can’t hardly wait” and how there were lots of characters and when you came out of the movie you could only remember three of the stories, if that many. I didn’t understand what he ment by this. Cause he said it was a great movie but then used it as an example of what’s wrong with mine. I still don’t understand. I’ll have to clarify it with him. I’ll email him tomorrow.
I’m grooming this girl to be either first AD or UPM on the shoot. Her name is Mallory and she’s amazing in a leadership role. I’m doing her a favor this week with some software for sound editing and then we’re gonna have lunch on Saturday the 17th. She’s been out of the country all semester. I really hope I can get her to sign on as crew. She’d be an even better producer but I don’t think she has the time. I’ll take what I can get.
So last post I said 5 producers was enough. Well, we’ve added another. Noel Lucas. She’s new to the game so we gonna bring her on as a Co-Producer so she can get her feet wet. She’s film student at ASU and had a class with me and Dan. She had been emailing and calling me about summer projects and stuff and I told her that my only commitment thus far was Freshmen. She said she’d like to help any way she could and I invited her to a production meeting so she could see how we do things. Well at the meeting she signed on so I’ll put her profile on the website in a few days.
My production team doesn’t know this yet but I’m going to Maine in two weeks. My family’s there and I was gonna go in august but I didn’t want to leave for a week so close to production. I leave on Tuesday the 20th and come back Tuesday the 27th. I hope I can find something to do for the film while I’m out there. I’ll let the team know tomorrow
The production meeting went well on Sunday. We went a half hour over. Mostly because I walked them through how exactly auditions will run this coming weekend.
I sent out an email to the school of theatre and film today as one last reach to get actors for auditions this weekend. I’m interested to see how fruitful it will be. I made some alterations today for the auditioning room. It cost $25 but I think it will make a huge difference. What I did was had the room rearranged for us this weekend. It will be set up like a panel setting (like an audition!) instead of just a plane room. I also had the table draped. I’m excited about auditions. I think they’re gonna be fun.
I worked on the schedule all day yesterday. Well as long as I could. I didn’t get it done. I thought 8 hours would have been enough but it wasn’t. I was there from 10am-5:15pm. I only got really close to finishing updating the breakdowns. It took forever! I guess I didn’t realize just how different the old script was from the final one. The ladies on vacation till next Monday so next week my top priority is two things. One is finishing the shooting schedule. I wanted to have it done for auditions this weekend but oh well. The other is to get storyboard rolling.
I haven’t really talked to any of the story board guys yet. I haven’t sent them the script. Dan wanted me to have all the details worked out by tomorrow at our meeting but I’m not gonna be able to make that deadline. It was just something I couldn’t pull off.
I finished the script Sunday. I actually changed the title to “Freshmen: In the Night of Their Lives”. It gives the film a little bit of a cheekier mood (it was Jason’s idea. Thanks Jason). I want people going into this knowing it’s supposed to in fun. The final script clocked in at 117 pages. Well, 116 and a half really. Ha. But anyway. 20 copies were made tonight and I’m gonna pick them up in the morning. I’ll give them to the team tomorrow at the meeting. This is the only copy they’ll get from me. I’m gonna tell them that it’s $3 a copy from now in if they want or need another one.
Today I booked the stage in the MU in October for the Philanthropy scene. The stage goes fast so I wanted to book it ahead of time. I’m gonna go in and look at it tomorrow with the retractable wall closed so I can make sure it blocks out sunlight. If it works well we’ll do that shoot day for night. Which would be great. Save time and money.
I got an email from Chris LaMont today about the screenplay. I haven’t’ replied yet. It was ok. He had a lot of good things to say. The main problem he had with it was that he says the movie needs to be edited down heavily. He says he can’t keep track of who’s who. I think he’s wrong. Especially because of the example he used. Which confused me. He said think of great ensemble films like “can’t hardly wait” and how there were lots of characters and when you came out of the movie you could only remember three of the stories, if that many. I didn’t understand what he ment by this. Cause he said it was a great movie but then used it as an example of what’s wrong with mine. I still don’t understand. I’ll have to clarify it with him. I’ll email him tomorrow.
I’m grooming this girl to be either first AD or UPM on the shoot. Her name is Mallory and she’s amazing in a leadership role. I’m doing her a favor this week with some software for sound editing and then we’re gonna have lunch on Saturday the 17th. She’s been out of the country all semester. I really hope I can get her to sign on as crew. She’d be an even better producer but I don’t think she has the time. I’ll take what I can get.
6/3/06
Entry in Transit
Here I am in Molly’s mini-van heading back to the city. We had to go up to some hoe dunk town for a retirement party. I guess one of Molly’s mom’s friends is retiring so we had to go. It wasn’t that bad. I would have rather worked on stuff for the film but it’s ok. There’s lots of stuff that I do where I would rather have worked on the film. Anyway.
Auditions are still steadily filling up. As of right now we’re gonna see about 60 actors so I think we should have a good pool to choose from.
I met with Jason and Chad for about 2 hours on Friday. It went fairly well. He had some really good things to say, some good suggestions as well. I took some of them and dismissed some of them. Most of the reason I dismissed his suggestions was not because it didn’t work or was bad but more because the screenplay is already so long. Chad came along and had read the screenplay and had some good things to say as well. I had wanted Chad to come on as a producer and Dan had talked about brining Jason on as a producer. Neither of them were really interested in working on the production. We didn’t talk about it but I could tell by there attitudes and about some other stuff we talked about. That’s fine with me though. 5 producers is enough ;)
I finished everything for the screenplay except for a few technical things. I tightened up the opening tunnel scene and mixed it in with the opening credits. It works much better. I’ve also strengthened the sense of alert in the cops in the beginning by adding some set up for the bomb threat. I’m still in the process of changing character names, location names, and police code. I want to make the police code a little more realistic and concise (Jason’s idea to his credit). The reason I’m changing a lot of names is because I don’t want to offend anyone or get sued. Some of the people the characters are based on have become very involved in the university and are usg senators or presidents of fraternities and stuff. As for the people who dropped, failed out, or I know I’m not changing their name. Like me Colin, and Brandon.
I told the production crew that I would have hard copies of the screenplay for them tomorrow at the meeting but their gonna have to wait till Wednesday or next Sunday. I’ll try and give them to them by Wednesday so that they can read the new draft before auditions on next Saturday and Sunday. I’ll definitely make the deadline for tomorrow for the final shooting draft of the screenplay and I would have had copies for them but the copy shop isn’t open on Sunday. I’ll send them an electronic copy. Hopefully that will appease them before I can get them a hard copy.
Since I was so close to finishing the screenplay Friday I emailed the lady in charge of the computer lab that has the Movie Magic Scheduling software. I’m soooooo glad I contacted her. I asked her when I could get into the lab cause she had told me that during the summer if I needed to use the software I had to contact her directly cause the lab would be closed other wise. So she’s going on vacation for a week on Tuesday! So she’s gonna let me in the lab at 10am Monday and I’m gonna stay there ALL DAY and completely revise the schedule. She’s gonna leave at 10:30 and I’ll just let myself out when I’m done. It’ll be really good to have the schedule done earlier than I thought. This way the production team can really get a head start on different things and at auditions I can be able to answer questions by actors about the schedule much better. Anyway, I’m excited to be getting the schedule done.
As a side not, just to let you know, I saw little scrapper Thursday night. We could here him crying outside so I went out looking for him with a bowl of food. After a few minutes I was able to find him under a car but he wouldn’t let me get close at all. I just left the bowl out for him. I don’t think he ate any of it. It was still full in the morning. I’m not worried about him though. He should be fine. He was wild before.
Auditions are still steadily filling up. As of right now we’re gonna see about 60 actors so I think we should have a good pool to choose from.
I met with Jason and Chad for about 2 hours on Friday. It went fairly well. He had some really good things to say, some good suggestions as well. I took some of them and dismissed some of them. Most of the reason I dismissed his suggestions was not because it didn’t work or was bad but more because the screenplay is already so long. Chad came along and had read the screenplay and had some good things to say as well. I had wanted Chad to come on as a producer and Dan had talked about brining Jason on as a producer. Neither of them were really interested in working on the production. We didn’t talk about it but I could tell by there attitudes and about some other stuff we talked about. That’s fine with me though. 5 producers is enough ;)
I finished everything for the screenplay except for a few technical things. I tightened up the opening tunnel scene and mixed it in with the opening credits. It works much better. I’ve also strengthened the sense of alert in the cops in the beginning by adding some set up for the bomb threat. I’m still in the process of changing character names, location names, and police code. I want to make the police code a little more realistic and concise (Jason’s idea to his credit). The reason I’m changing a lot of names is because I don’t want to offend anyone or get sued. Some of the people the characters are based on have become very involved in the university and are usg senators or presidents of fraternities and stuff. As for the people who dropped, failed out, or I know I’m not changing their name. Like me Colin, and Brandon.
I told the production crew that I would have hard copies of the screenplay for them tomorrow at the meeting but their gonna have to wait till Wednesday or next Sunday. I’ll try and give them to them by Wednesday so that they can read the new draft before auditions on next Saturday and Sunday. I’ll definitely make the deadline for tomorrow for the final shooting draft of the screenplay and I would have had copies for them but the copy shop isn’t open on Sunday. I’ll send them an electronic copy. Hopefully that will appease them before I can get them a hard copy.
Since I was so close to finishing the screenplay Friday I emailed the lady in charge of the computer lab that has the Movie Magic Scheduling software. I’m soooooo glad I contacted her. I asked her when I could get into the lab cause she had told me that during the summer if I needed to use the software I had to contact her directly cause the lab would be closed other wise. So she’s going on vacation for a week on Tuesday! So she’s gonna let me in the lab at 10am Monday and I’m gonna stay there ALL DAY and completely revise the schedule. She’s gonna leave at 10:30 and I’ll just let myself out when I’m done. It’ll be really good to have the schedule done earlier than I thought. This way the production team can really get a head start on different things and at auditions I can be able to answer questions by actors about the schedule much better. Anyway, I’m excited to be getting the schedule done.
As a side not, just to let you know, I saw little scrapper Thursday night. We could here him crying outside so I went out looking for him with a bowl of food. After a few minutes I was able to find him under a car but he wouldn’t let me get close at all. I just left the bowl out for him. I don’t think he ate any of it. It was still full in the morning. I’m not worried about him though. He should be fine. He was wild before.
6/1/06
Help Holding It Up
This is kind of random buy I got bit by a feral kitten last night. Molly and I were driving home and I saw an undercover cop cuffing a hooker. I told molly and she turned to look and when she turned back to the road we hit a cat running across the road. I turned around and saw the cat run off to the side of the road so we pulled over to see if anything was wrong. When we got to where the cat had been there was only this lone little kitten meowing. I don't think we hit him but we may have hit his mom. This stretch of road was really bad. Lots of traffic and construction, no place for an 8 week old kitten. Molly and I approached him and he ran around a corner. We followed and for a bit couldn't find him but started to here him crying again. I found him hiding up in a small tree. I reached up to and pulled a branch down and was able to pet him alright. He didn't hiss or anything. Molly told me to pick him up by the neck so I did. He didn't like that to much. As I was lowering him to the ground he struggled in my grip and was able to bite my right thumb and index finger with all his might. Writing this post is gonna be hard cause I know it's gonna be long. Anyway. We wrapped him in molly's shirt and took him to my apartment complex and let him loose there. Lots of people feed strays there and there's a big pool full of water. It’s a walled community and it's really safe. I named the cat little scrapper. Hopefully I’ll see him around. Little scrapper. Sheesh. Little bastard.
I met with Miguel on Tuesday. I went over to his office and he just happened to be there so we sat and talked for about an hour. We talked about locations on campus and reslife and the police and he's gonna do some administrative battling this summer and wants me to wait on campus locations till late July early august. That makes me extremely nervous. As of 3 days ago we're exactly 4 months out from shooting and I like to have my locations locked as soon as possible. There were also some issues with selling a product made for a class commercially. But these things will be worked out later. We also talked about getting credit for some of the other key students involved in the project. I'm excited about this because it boosts moral in the crew cause they're getting something more than nothing out of it, and also it kind of holds them to the production. So they have more at stake. These things help prevent no shows on the day of shooting ;)
I talked to facman today about the shooting date, location scout, and run through that I want to do and my contact was just full of yeses and oks. I’m so excited that this part of the production seems to be going off so far with out a hitch. Basically what I told him was that I wanted to do one more location scout. Then I wanted to sit with my crew and pick the exact locations for each and every shot/scene of the tunnels portion of the screenplay. Then we’d do a mock run through and go to every location so that when we actually film the crew that will be down there will be completely prepared for what needs to happen. I also talked to him about when we’d actually be shooting down there and everything looks cool. We’re even gonna keep working with the same guys that took us down before. They’ll be there for all three times we go in. they were awesome on the location scout so I’m really happy about it.
The elevator people emailed me Tuesday. it was a flat out no. in the email they sent was copy and pasted text from laws and stuff about only certified people entering elevator shafts and that the school wasn't willing to certify us or take the risk. I talked to the Miguel and the production team about it and they were cool. We came up with some alternative options.
I talked to Frankie and he's definitely interested he's gonna talk to the other guy, JJ, that did the bunny movie with him. I’m excited that their interested. They’ll officially sign on if they read the script. Hopefully they'll like it.
I haven't done much on the script since my last post. I’ve been super busy. But things are calm today and tomorrow and I’m planning on getting a lot done.
I had an epiphany the other day for who to use as a sound guy. I think I’m gonna ask the guy that did ADR for LOTD. I've got to do some ADR for some other shorts and I’m gonna email him to set that up. During the session I’ll mention to him that I’m making a film and looking for crew. I’ll try and use the same tactic I did with Dan Dredger. Try and get Andy to offer to help rather than ask him flat out.
Linnaea came to the meeting yesterday and it was great to see her. I gave her some old prop and vehicle lists so she can get started. I told her she can build her own team and I think she's gonna bring her son on board. She sent me stuff for her bio on the website. I’ll put it up this weekend
Auditions are filling up nicely and consistently.
Last night's production meeting went very very well. It also went an hour over. It was great though. Everyone showed up but Brandon. At the meeting I couldn't remember why he wasn't there but today I talked to him and he reminded me he had told me it was his girl friends birthday. So we talked about everything I just posted, except for the tunnels. I’ll tell them on Sunday if they don't read this. We also set some more dates. We backed storyboards to July 28th 2006. We want to make sure we have enough time to do it right. Posters and similar promotional materials are due February 1st 2007 and the official trailer’s due February 13th 2007. I feel really great about the team I have. I was just telling molly yesterday before the meeting that I was feeling stressed about the movie because we're only 4 months away. The meeting totally lifted that stress. I don't feel like the whole weight of the film is no my shoulders. I feel more like I’ve got 10 people helping me hold it up.
I met with Miguel on Tuesday. I went over to his office and he just happened to be there so we sat and talked for about an hour. We talked about locations on campus and reslife and the police and he's gonna do some administrative battling this summer and wants me to wait on campus locations till late July early august. That makes me extremely nervous. As of 3 days ago we're exactly 4 months out from shooting and I like to have my locations locked as soon as possible. There were also some issues with selling a product made for a class commercially. But these things will be worked out later. We also talked about getting credit for some of the other key students involved in the project. I'm excited about this because it boosts moral in the crew cause they're getting something more than nothing out of it, and also it kind of holds them to the production. So they have more at stake. These things help prevent no shows on the day of shooting ;)
I talked to facman today about the shooting date, location scout, and run through that I want to do and my contact was just full of yeses and oks. I’m so excited that this part of the production seems to be going off so far with out a hitch. Basically what I told him was that I wanted to do one more location scout. Then I wanted to sit with my crew and pick the exact locations for each and every shot/scene of the tunnels portion of the screenplay. Then we’d do a mock run through and go to every location so that when we actually film the crew that will be down there will be completely prepared for what needs to happen. I also talked to him about when we’d actually be shooting down there and everything looks cool. We’re even gonna keep working with the same guys that took us down before. They’ll be there for all three times we go in. they were awesome on the location scout so I’m really happy about it.
The elevator people emailed me Tuesday. it was a flat out no. in the email they sent was copy and pasted text from laws and stuff about only certified people entering elevator shafts and that the school wasn't willing to certify us or take the risk. I talked to the Miguel and the production team about it and they were cool. We came up with some alternative options.
I talked to Frankie and he's definitely interested he's gonna talk to the other guy, JJ, that did the bunny movie with him. I’m excited that their interested. They’ll officially sign on if they read the script. Hopefully they'll like it.
I haven't done much on the script since my last post. I’ve been super busy. But things are calm today and tomorrow and I’m planning on getting a lot done.
I had an epiphany the other day for who to use as a sound guy. I think I’m gonna ask the guy that did ADR for LOTD. I've got to do some ADR for some other shorts and I’m gonna email him to set that up. During the session I’ll mention to him that I’m making a film and looking for crew. I’ll try and use the same tactic I did with Dan Dredger. Try and get Andy to offer to help rather than ask him flat out.
Linnaea came to the meeting yesterday and it was great to see her. I gave her some old prop and vehicle lists so she can get started. I told her she can build her own team and I think she's gonna bring her son on board. She sent me stuff for her bio on the website. I’ll put it up this weekend
Auditions are filling up nicely and consistently.
Last night's production meeting went very very well. It also went an hour over. It was great though. Everyone showed up but Brandon. At the meeting I couldn't remember why he wasn't there but today I talked to him and he reminded me he had told me it was his girl friends birthday. So we talked about everything I just posted, except for the tunnels. I’ll tell them on Sunday if they don't read this. We also set some more dates. We backed storyboards to July 28th 2006. We want to make sure we have enough time to do it right. Posters and similar promotional materials are due February 1st 2007 and the official trailer’s due February 13th 2007. I feel really great about the team I have. I was just telling molly yesterday before the meeting that I was feeling stressed about the movie because we're only 4 months away. The meeting totally lifted that stress. I don't feel like the whole weight of the film is no my shoulders. I feel more like I’ve got 10 people helping me hold it up.
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