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.