On Hold

Man did I cut. I cut and cut and cut and cut. I got the screenplay down to 98 pages. Phew. Molly read it and said she couldn’t tell where I cut so that’s good. I guess it needed to be shorter.

I talked with Miguel yesterday and we’re getting together on Monday to go over any issues he has with the screenplay. He said he’s going to read it twice this weekend and make notes. I’ll be glad when this issue is all wrapped up and done.

I was supposed to call linnaea’s son Jason about storyboarding but decided not to. I was also supposed to make a list for linnaea of all the characters and there physical descriptions. I decided not to do either. In face, I’m doing nothing but working on the screenplay till Miguel gives it the final ok. I’ve printed out a copy of the 98 page version and am going through it for formatting, spelling, and grammatical errors. Something I’m not good at but oh well. I just am sick of wasting time doing things like the shooting schedule and stuff when the script keeps changing. Every time it changes it causes a ripple effect through out the whole production. so all aspects on the creative side are on hold till the screenplay is locked. Hopefully that’ll be this Monday. We’ll see.

I talked to Brad Golden and Josh McDermitt and they both said they wanted to accept the roles (pending the contracts of course). Well needless to say I’m excited to work with both of them.

We’re bringing in Jamie Israel to read for us on Wednesday the 5th. I’m excited to see what he brings to the table. I think it’ll work out nicely. Well I hope.

The drama has started. Some of the producers, and although you think you (producers reading this) know what I’m talking about you don’t, have expressed some concern about other members of the team. I’m gonna have to start kicking some ass. Well, not really. But this is the politics that comes with filmmaking so here I go. I’m pretty good at this stuff so I think I’ll be able to handle it well.

I’ve started directing. Kind of. I had an actor email me with a lot of questions regarding their character, character background and stuff. I emailed them back with very little information. I’m a big fan of the David Mamamet style of directing. His book “On Directing” is awesome. I suggest anyone pick it up. I hope the actor isn’t frustrated with the lack of info I provided them. I still haven’t heard back from them when I sent the email.

Speaking of the email by the actor about their role, I’m so happy with all the support I’m getting on this film from the cast and crew. It’s really really uplifting and when things are hard it’s nice to know I’ve got such great support. Thanks guys. Let’s make a great fucking movie!