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And then there was Music

Casimir Effect is still talking up most of my life, as early casting has started and hopefully we will have contracts signed and big announcements soon. Read-through’s will take place the second week of September, to iron out the last bits of the script.

I am so, so happy with the work on the theme song so far by the lovely Nina Barnfather! Been humming the song for several weeks now, can’t wait to get the final recording done. We have another band doing a song for us, but not much can be said about that yet! But I am very happy with how things are moving along.

Render tests and art department stuff is looking good, colour palettes and a few props are being worked on. I think the footage from the 4D camera we will be using is more convincing than the AVATAR preview, plus no one has to wear silly glasses!

We have several options for multi award winning Cinematographers and a sound studio with engineers for the final mix arranged.

For the next few weeks I will be organising and writing for what I am provisionally calling ‘Iolanthus Online’, which will be a multiplatform interactive blog/social networking ARG (Artificial Reality Game). We are currently recruiting actors/writers; the story will be the lead up to Casimir Effect.

Full on pre-production is now on the event horizon and down the wormhole we go!

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Posted in Artifical Reality Game, Music, Pre Production, Script Development on August 25th, 2009 by lydia2600 | | Comments Off

 

Ice Lolly Time

Well this month has been spent tweaking and reworking the script. The third draft saw a scene lock the next draft will be what we take to the next stage. This will mean the end of Stage One (Script Development), and we moving to a phase of meeting talks deconstruction and problem solving we affectionately call pre-production, it’s a lovely and very important monster that is 80% of the film.

The script at the moment is sitting to my left, and it looks at me occasionally, demanding to be picked up and read. The feedback of this draft of the script has been fantastic I would say its better than expected, but we aimed high with this so the feedback is what we were expecting. We have reworked the action, giving it a better pace and more immediacy. It’s now less prescriptive, giving creativity to the actors, director and crew, allowing their creative talents to shine through. That’s the key to a good script, telling the story, not telling the director, actors or crew how to be creative. Were happy with the script, but still realise we need to get to the final draft, and that requires actors and read-troughs, as hearing it will make the world of difference. It’s our first chance to allow others to play in our sand box.

On the other fronts we have a named actor interested in the male lead, he loves the script and we are meeting with him tomorrow to discuss things further. I hope we can get him to sign soon as I want to send out our next press release. We are also looking at other local talent and starting to contact actors and crew about working on our film. This is a tense and exciting time, as we know what we want from and actor but can we find that mojo is the question. There is local talent that would be fantastic to get on board, but can they be the characters. Were not after acting, were after living and being the character, we want the performances to be genuine, so the actors will be asked to dig deep and find the emotions, find the part of themselves and their life which reflects the characters state of mind moment to moment.

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Posted in Casting, Pre Production, Script Development on August 18th, 2009 by Gabriel Strange | | Comments Off

 

It’s getting Drafty around here, Oh look a Third draft

It’s been a week or so longer to get here than planned, but then we did have four days in Prague, chilling and relaxing. It was much needed.

Anyway now were getting back on track fast the script is down to 38 page (our goal). We have gotten the script to third draft, it’s been tough and intense the last week, working solidly on each scene working on the themes motives and actions of each character in detail. Were there now and every scene is needed and important, every action has a reason, and every bit of dialogue is needed. It’s quite slick now. Also the structure has come together; all our plot points happen at the right time in the right order and the pacing is good. The only thing left to do is read-through with actors to see how it sounds and works in actuality.

We have also started to compile the directors notebook, this will be a weighty tome, were already at 59 pages. I’m expecting a ream or so to carry on set. This is the intense part, as this is what everything means, motivations ideas themes, background, stuff that is vital to getting the best performance out of the actors. I would say starting it this early has helped a lot on getting the third draft as tight as it is. It’s also unlocked hidden themes helped clarify character stories, and bring the main themes out. There is still a long way to go on the notebook, but it is the most vital thing we will write for the film after the script.

I have been in takes with a chap for our lead male role Dr. Robert Cameron, I cannot say who it is yet, but I know some of you girls out there will be happy, and some of you men. I hope to have everything in place in a few weeks for him and then I can drop a press release out and spill the beans. Some of you who are working on this project already know who I’m talking about but I hope you keep it as a surprise for everyone else.

Anyway time to chill for a bit, Lydia is going through the script one last time, then she is going to give the directors notebook a grilling.

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Posted in Casting, Pre Production, Script Development on August 1st, 2009 by Gabriel Strange | | Comments Off

 

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