Back in the Groove

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.