Holiday Project 4

Holiday Project 4
Originally uploaded by JCriquet.

Well, today was not the massive disaster that I was ever so sure it would be... well, I'm being overly dramatic once again, but... Let's just say I thought it was gonna be a bit of a non-event, but I think what transpired was a simple bit of improvisational film-making, and it was lots of fun for me to direct once again.

I presented Chris and Maxx with a scenario and some basic character traits which they then used and took on board to create a dialogue between two people, a young man and an older woman (the mother of his best friend) as she tries to break off the affair that they've been having. The guys really started to get a feel for it in the end.

Our major dramas were the fading sunlight the low battery on the camera, and the complete lack of sound recording equipment. I think the first two will ne fine, but sounds gonna be a nightmare. We'll see how it goes. If we release it on YouTube we might be able to get away with some re-recording.

In any case, my thanks to the wonderful Chris Koch, actress extraoirdinare, and the fantabulous Maxx who has worked very hard to try and get some ideas out of me, and who was a source of valubale knowledge during the whole shoot.

Tomorrow never comes... No, wait, yes, it does.

I'm calling Maxx and Chris tomorrow with some semblance of an attack plan. We'll see how things pan out.

This whole thing has become so yikes, I swear.

Clearly I have no idea...

Clearly I have no idea...
Originally uploaded by JCriquet.

Spent some time at my friend Josh's on Monday night. During our festivities, I began to brain-storm some ideas for the film. I got lots of ideas. Lots. Lots of wonderful ideas.

I woke up the next day, and found that the ideas were less than wonderful.

Nuff said.

Still hitting a brick wall...

Maxx spent clost to 2 and a half hours with me today, as we wandered aimlessly around Norwood trying to think of ideas for the film. We still haven't had too much luck yet. Fuck.

Gots to get moving!

I've been screwing around on flickr when I should've been writing my script!

Well, still a couple of days to go, but only two actors secured thus far, Chris and Maxx. Maxx called me the other night with an idea for the film, a good idead that I've been mulling over; it's an idea we can most certainly build on. Thanks, Maxx!

There's still an actor or two that I have yet to cast... or call. I'm meeting up with Maxx tonight to talk things through some more.

As always, stay tuned.