Posted by TheClerkCalledFreeway at h24-79-46-43.cg.shawcable.net on January 30, 2002 at 13:36:30:
And you're probably all wondering where the heck I've been for the last while...or if you haven't, I'm gonna tell you anyways, because that's the kind of nice guy I am. I've been casting for my film (all done...casting that is) and doing the preproduction legwork. I got good news and bad news.
GOOD NEWS:
My director of photography got a D.V. camera we can shoot on. Yay! Now shooting the flick will be cheap!
The script is getting good reviews from people I know. Not "rave" reviews, just "Hey, this is funny stuff" reviews.
I'm going to Gulf Islands Film School for Spring Break, so when I return to my humble abode, I'll know a lot more about film than I do now...
I'm gonna join the local Society of Independent Filmmakers to get a discount on their swank editing facility ($15 Canadian per hour)
BAD NEWS:
When I'm finished my shooting and my editing, I gotta send my stuff away to Toronto for processing into 16mm...at $250 per minute of footage. Thankfully, the really nice people at the Society of Indepedent Filmmakers have lots of government arts grant forms...so, I'll just apply for as many as I can and hope that the Canadian government, masters of throwing money away, can throw some my way...
Whew!