That's right, bitches. We're officially in the first stage of production on this mother fucker. The script has been read by the people who needed to read it, and the will is there, so we are making it. This happened within the last month, and I have been working hard ever since to get my part done so that we can start shooting at the end of February.
The script is currently on it's second draft, and although a lot of concerns were addressed in the rewrite, the script for the most part remains the same as it was before. I added in a scene that I wrote before I even had the concept for the entire film, that summed up what I wanted to say with the film.
I am also almost done the shot list for the movie, which I originally started for the purpose of storyboarding, but it has now become more of a planning feature to try and get everything scheduled out for the one week of filming that we have for this flick. It's taking me a long time to do this, but it's going to help out a lot in the long run when it comes to setting up everything, and doing the blocking.
Colin, who now officially holds the title of Producer of the film, has the camera that we will be using, the Canon XL2, complete with wide-angle lens, and is working on finding us the most pivotal part of the film besides the actors and the time to do it, the location. He seems to be closing in on a couple possibles, and I am just waiting to hear what's going on there.
Other than that, the next big thing on the horizon is casting, which I hope to do next month, followed by the production design, which is going to be tough thanks to Christmas, as most of my money will be dumped into creating uniforms for the characters to wear, as well as getting several hundred DVD labels created and assembled. Not to mention the construction part. Fuck.
It's going to be fun, though. I know this, because I know this.
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