Crewing Up

I have decided to go with two producers.

Bobby McDonald showed up to our first meeting with a locations breakdown and notes, prepared like he was already producing the film. Bobby will be working with Scott Honea. Scott just returned from Park City, Utah where the last film he produced, The Oregonian premiered at Sundance. 

There are two more additions to the SOL crew. Jessica Anisman has agreed to be our Production Designer. You can see Jessica’s work in The Freebie, a film staring Dax Sheppard, which is currently out on video. Reuben Steinberg will be our Director of Photography. Reuben was the DP for my last short Funky Pickles. He is very talented, easy to work with and most importantly, I trust him.

Tuscan Hall

Producer Hunt

Over the past few weeks I have been meeting with local producers trying to find someone to pair up with for the duration of preproduction, production, and post-production. Taking a film from concept through completion is a long and difficult task. The process is stressful and I want to make sure I choose someone I can depend on. A producer that gets the script and understands our goals. I have met with many talented and more than capable candidates and think part of the problem with making a decision is I like many of the people I've met with. I decided earlier in the week that I was done meeting with people. Now I am sitting and reviewing my notes from the dozen or so meetings. Wish me luck.

Location Scouting 1/31/2011

Location x 20

I completed a locations breakdown today to use as a guide during pre-production while I am producer-less. It looks like we are going to need 20 different locations which will make a 2 week shoot difficult. I will need to cut that number down or at least find multiple uses for a single location.  It's funny, when Jonathan and I were writing this it felt like we'd limited ourselves much more. We based the entire story around a single location, at least that's what we thought.