Nicely put Stacey! So helpful. My personal green light for The Empty Sea in the last two weeks:
Hired Eve Symington for some coverage to help with one final polish. Her notes were spot on, and the polish is coming along nicely. — Funded Producer Darren Demetre to build a budget based on the new draft in the $ 6 mil range. He's also promised to send it to his contacts at Groundswell when ready. — Darren asked for a look book, so that is in process with a graphic designer. — We have a script for a teaser which we'll shoot in late May: proof of concept, director talent and designed to tantalize potential lead actors by featuring the role as a mystery man (we never see his face as he performs his magical fixes ... "Who is that guy!?") — Began work with Casting Director Lana Veenker, putting some cash in escrow, to at least get one of these actors to read it: Andre Holland, LaKeith Stanfield, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Arinze Kene, and long show David Olewow. — And finally Neil Kopp of Film Science is giving it read as we speak. ... There ya go!
Nicely put Stacey! So helpful. My personal green light for The Empty Sea in the last two weeks:
Hired Eve Symington for some coverage to help with one final polish. Her notes were spot on, and the polish is coming along nicely. — Funded Producer Darren Demetre to build a budget based on the new draft in the $ 6 mil range. He's also promised to send it to his contacts at Groundswell when ready. — Darren asked for a look book, so that is in process with a graphic designer. — We have a script for a teaser which we'll shoot in late May: proof of concept, director talent and designed to tantalize potential lead actors by featuring the role as a mystery man (we never see his face as he performs his magical fixes ... "Who is that guy!?") — Began work with Casting Director Lana Veenker, putting some cash in escrow, to at least get one of these actors to read it: Andre Holland, LaKeith Stanfield, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Arinze Kene, and long show David Olewow. — And finally Neil Kopp of Film Science is giving it read as we speak. ... There ya go!
Great read! Catching back up now that we’ve entered the postproudction phase of our short.