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Archive Twenty-eight
A shooter and more populace to shoot ...
Finally
got me a cinematographer,
Michael Hardwick.
'Bout time, huh? Are you ready, Michael? 'Cause we
start shooting at the end of next month, so we got to get rolling.
New official start date is July 26, with formal prep starting a
couple weeks before that. Of course several of the keys will
start before then ...
We've also
got some casting news to spread around; joining
Erin is
Steve London as
Ambrose,
Najarra
Townsend as Sofie,
Mitchell Presas
as Troy,
Robert Pike
Daniel as Shaemus, and
Christian Carroll as Ryan. We have two more principals
to cast, and are currently in negotiation with one of them.
So, more on that next time, but I'm very happy with our cast and
expect some amazing things from them ...
And
finally, I'm in the middle of about fifteen different tasks, some
of which I've already mentioned and others, well, I'm still trying
to figure out. It seems now that I'm having less time to
write in this blog, so am not sure how often I will be checking
in. I will certainly try, but as you can imagine I'm up to
my neck in it. And of course the film comes first, and that
is my total and complete focus in life right now and the rest of
the summer ...
Oh, I
almost forgot. I have to make a run up to Shasta Sunday both
for the film and to talk to the logging operation raping the
forest next to our property. I got the word that they might
be cutting trees down on our property. Right, exactly on the
property we will be shooting our film. Boy, all I needed was
another headache in the middle of all this. The old adage is
true, when it rains it pours. I just wished it really was
rain falling, and not those majestic pines and firs dropping down
...
Jerry
June 13, 2007 -
More News
What
is this, a sci-fi convention? ...
We just
signed
Gary Graham
for the male lead, who most of you probably know from Alien Nation
and Star Trek:Enterprise. So, now we got Buck Rogers meets
Star Trek, on Mt. Shasta. Maybe a quick rewrite, huh?
At the end of the film, some spaceships fly over the mountain peak
and beam them aboard, never to heard from again. Maybe the
Lemurians took them to a new planet? Ah well ...
 On other
fronts the local media is picking up on us. There was an
article in the Mt. Shasta Herald yesterday, and today a reporter
from the
Siskiyou Daily News interviewed me. A week from
Monday a reporter from the Herald is going to interview me.
I also understand that the Daily Tidings, the paper in Ashland, OR
had a story. We'll be listed in the trades soon, as well as IMDB. And we have a new film website up -
www.dreamsawake.tv.
It's very basic now, but as we progress there should be lots of
good stuff there ...
For
everyone's information, we'll be casting bit parts in Ashland on
Saturday, June 23 and in Mt. Shasta on Sunday, June 24.
Probably at a metaphysical library in Ashland and a Best Western
motel in Shasta. We got sixteen bits to fill. See you
there? ...
The last
couple days me and Brion, the line producer, trekked around the
mountain trying to lock in some locations. Not that easy,
matching specific script needs to specific locations we need up
there. CGI, anyone? ...
Jerry
June 28, 2007 -
Oh My, It's Been A While
Scrunching time and not being in the now ...
Time for
that time-warp program. You know, the one that allows you to
get done in a 24-hour day what it would normally take 30.
Yes, starting out about behind and never catching up? Well,
we're pushing that edge, I have faith that these things sort
themselves out. It's just being in the middle of all that
doesn't usually inspire any sense of strong security. But
hell, if we wanted to be secure we wouldn't be making a film,
would we? Right ...
Auditions,
both scheduled and open, happened in Ashland, OR last Saturday and
in Mt. Shasta on Sunday. Believe it or not, we had almost
150 people show up. That certainly exceeded our
expectations, and it looks like we're going to be able to cast
most of our bit parts out of these castings. Twelve out of
fourteen was pretty good. Now for those last two ...
Another article about yours
truly in the
Mt. Shasta Herald this Wednesday. The reporter
interviewed me at a local restaurant, and I have to admit he did a
good job. Thanks Paul. He'll probably come out during
production and get a few shots and a few more stories ...
Hey, we're finally listed in
IMDB. So
that makes us official, huh?
Lots going on now.
Still searching for an Art Director. After much discussion,
we decided we needed that instead of a Production Designer, which
seems a bit like splitting hairs, but of course there is a
difference. About ready to get a production office and
searching furious to bring aboard the rest of the crew.
Looks like our camera department is pretty set, and still working
on the art department. We also brought on board a
Co-Producer, who was also our Casting Director, Susan Johnston.
She believed in the project so much, she just couldn't leave us,
huh? Locations are still a challenge, but we're getting
there. Lots of logistics getting worked out, the details
which are probably pretty boring. But hey, we're becoming a
real production, and getting ready to fly ...
More later, hopefully with
not such a long break ...
Jerry
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