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!
Thank you! I was on the consulting tab of Film Specific, and I’ll likely be reaching out in 2025 when I have scripts (that I actually want to produce) completed and ready to grow, as well as some legal entity, either stateside or here in Colombia. I think there are a lot of advantages having an international focus as opposed to just the US, and also a sincere number of challenges. One that I know for certain after doing my short here, is the funding for a feature-film in COL, Ecuador, or Mexico (assuming minimal locations that we can actually secure and actors without star appeal) will be a much smaller number in comparison to some of the small budget indie projects shot in the US. How I can guarantee a return on investment, however, is something I will be hoping to learn from your content and others. All I know is that I see a potential for international audiences in a way that supersedes the previous compartmentalization of the Latin American market. There is definitely a demand for original stories that aren’t tailored to a telenovela. How to sell this vision I have is something I’m not too sure on how to do, not yet at least.
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!
Thanks David and sounds like you're in a great place with your project - congrats on all the forward movement!
Great read! Catching back up now that we’ve entered the postproudction phase of our short.
Thanks Robin!
Thank you! I was on the consulting tab of Film Specific, and I’ll likely be reaching out in 2025 when I have scripts (that I actually want to produce) completed and ready to grow, as well as some legal entity, either stateside or here in Colombia. I think there are a lot of advantages having an international focus as opposed to just the US, and also a sincere number of challenges. One that I know for certain after doing my short here, is the funding for a feature-film in COL, Ecuador, or Mexico (assuming minimal locations that we can actually secure and actors without star appeal) will be a much smaller number in comparison to some of the small budget indie projects shot in the US. How I can guarantee a return on investment, however, is something I will be hoping to learn from your content and others. All I know is that I see a potential for international audiences in a way that supersedes the previous compartmentalization of the Latin American market. There is definitely a demand for original stories that aren’t tailored to a telenovela. How to sell this vision I have is something I’m not too sure on how to do, not yet at least.
Cheers,
Yep, totally agree Robin!