ZFarms Productions Presents: "Dear Remembrance"

[ZFarms Productions]

I'm definitely in on this. Can't wait for it. The Big Blind was leaps and bounds forward for the crew and I, and we hope to step it up for TwilightFest.


Dear Remembrance


Crew:

Dean Zarbaugh II - Writer/Director

Eric Collins - Producer

Josh Schnose - Director of Photography

Allen Wiggins - Assistant Director

John Sessoms - Sound Mixer

Spencer Hall - Editor

Visual Effects - Martin Rivera

Bart Bagsby - Casting Director


Cast:

Lauren - ????

Ben - ????

Jared - ????

Dana - ????

John - ????

[ZFarms Productions]

reserved

[ZFarms Productions]

Crew updated

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Good stuff! Keep us up to date...

[ZFarms Productions]

Will do!

[Silent Knight Productions]

Hi, Dean. Your friendly neighborhood Editor here.

Can't wait to start production on this one.

[ZFarms Productions]

I'm glad you're on board Spencer! Looking forward to working with you.... AGAIN!

[ZFarms Productions]

Crew updated again.

[Simon Höfer]

Welcome to the fest! Keep it coming! I'm waiting for a poster :D

[krestofre]

The Big Blind was leaps and bounds forward for the crew and I, and we hope to step it up for TwilightFest.

Those "leaps and bounds" improvements are the best things to come out of these fests, in my opinion. :beer:

[Tom Marshall]

Yo Dean... looking forward to watching your progress on this one. Send me the script if you want me to give some feedback. :beer:

[ZFarms Productions]

Will do Tommy. Once I figure out which idea I'm going with.

[Tom Marshall]

And if you need help with whatever, just let me know.

[ZFarms Productions]

Those "leaps and bounds" improvements are the best things to come out of these fests, in my opinion. :beer:

Yeah. I'm very proud of The Big Blind. It was by far one of the best shorts I've ever made. I'm looking forward to going even further this time around.

[Tom Marshall]

I thought you did a great job with The Big Blind.

[ZFarms Productions]

I thought you did a great job with The Big Blind.

Thanks Tommy! I appreciate it!

[Silent Knight Productions]

I think that once we decide what direction we want the short to go in, whether it be more Horror or more Comedy, we'll have a much better idea of what we're dealing with. So many options are flying around, haha.

[ZFarms Productions]

Yeah. Plus outside the one idea I have which can go two directions, I'm trying to come up with back up ideas to have just in case.

[Blaine]

Good luck, Dean. Time to ratchet it up another step...:beer:

[ZFarms Productions]

Good luck, Dean. Time to ratchet it up another step...:beer:

You know it Blaine. I'm sending you my rough draft here in a minute for your thoughts.

[Blaine]

You know it Blaine. I'm sending you my rough draft here in a minute for your thoughts.I'll watch for it.

[ZFarms Productions]

It should be in your inbox.

[ZFarms Productions]

working on the script again. changing some things around then waiting for official rules so i can go back and make any changes necessary in the script

[ZFarms Productions]

Adding a ball in wouldn't be hard, so yeah. I'm gonna get started on putting one in

[ZFarms Productions]

script just went through another rewrite. going to be going through more soon.

[Tom Marshall]

What draft are you up to?

[ZFarms Productions]

i'm on ten total i think hahahaha.

[Tom Marshall]

lol... nice...

[ZFarms Productions]

assistant director added to the crew.

[ZFarms Productions]

Screenplay is almost a lock. It's 4 1/2 pages. Nice and concise. Going to make some minor dialogue tweaks.

[gabrielflorit]

Interesting - keep us updated!

[ZFarms Productions]

Roger Dodger

[ZFarms Productions]

screenplay going through another draft. i'm actually working on a different idea than i originally planned on doing.


Sound mixer added to the crew

[pauly_the_hitman]

Good luck...
Pauly

[ZFarms Productions]

Thanks Pauly!

[ZFarms Productions]

script just went through another rewrite. going back and tightening dialogue, and looking at scene ordering and going from there.

[ZFarms Productions]

Getting together with the casting director tomorrow to schedule a casting call. Script is almost done. Just a few minor dialogue changes need to be made.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Getting together with the casting director tomorrow to schedule a casting call. Script is almost done. Just a few minor dialogue changes need to be made.Awesome! Sounds like you are well on your way.

Mike

[ZFarms Productions]

Yes. Bart (the casting director) really wants to help out. I was the casting director for "The Big Blind" and while I enjoyed it a great deal, I'd like someone else to be helping with their input, and help take a little of the pressure off me, because I'm working hard with our visual effects guy, Martin Rivera (DVXuser name Martin Rivera) on the shots I have in mind for the VFX, plus working with the DP Josh on everything possible now, to ensure a smooth running set.

[Tom Marshall]

Wow man, you're already casting? Cool...

[ZFarms Productions]

We're going to be scheduling the casting call. Most likely we won't be able to actually cast until Mid August

[ZFarms Productions]

title coming soon!!

[Kyle Stebbins]

title coming soon!!

Here I am losing my mind over not having a shooting schedule yet and I realize that you don't even have a TITLE.

Thank god, man. Sometimes I just dont think I can take the monster heat. :beer:

You've calmed me.

[ZFarms Productions]

Here I am losing my mind over not having a shooting schedule yet and I realize that you don't even have a TITLE.

Thank god, man. Sometimes I just dont think I can take the monster heat. :beer:

You've calmed me.

Glad to be of service :thumbsup:

[ZFarms Productions]

We're shooting on Sept. 7th, 14th, and 21st.

Casting soon!

[ZFarms Productions]

Title added

[Tom Marshall]

Interesting title...

[ZFarms Productions]

Yes it is. Veeerrry interesting. :thumbsup:

[ZFarms Productions]

just got sides and bios done. we're getting ready to start casting as soon as possible.

[ZFarms Productions]

Looks like we won't be able to cast until Sept. 6th at the earliest. I wanted to cast earlier and have more time to work with the actors, but the current schedule I have for classes isn't allowing us to cast any earlier.

Oh well. As long as we can cast and shoot before the due date, I'm happy. I'll post any updates as they come in, but until we cast there probably won't be too much more news.

[Rodney V. Smith]

You can still go ahead and do your shotlist... You have any time for even rudimentary storyboards? I've found that those are a great help when planning shotlists and taking care of any potential problems.... especially any crossing the line problems...

[ZFarms Productions]

Oh yeah, I've been working on storyboards/shot lists since I finished the script. I just wasn't going to say anything about it. But yeah, those are being worked on as we speak.

[Rodney V. Smith]

aha! A secret ferreted out. Guess you;re not going to be posting storyboards anytime soon eh?

[ZFarms Productions]

God no. My storyboarding sucks.

[Rodney V. Smith]

there is technology for that...

[ZFarms Productions]

yes but with technology comes money. i don't have any i can dump into storyboard software. i have to save it all for the budget of the film. i don't have a job, so i'm living from expense check to expense check.

[Rodney V. Smith]

I hear ya. Gotta make the money really count in every way. I have my own business and half the time is spent chasing down new jobs, so I completely understand the need to budget wisely.

I seem to remember somebody posting their sketches that were one step above stick figure, but they did serve to illustrate the scene very well. My own rough sketches are quite similar so it's not completely unheard of. I'll post mine and then you'll see how bad mine are and then not feel so ashamed of your drawing ability...

[ZFarms Productions]

my sketches get the point of the shot across, they're just not that great quality wise.

[Rodney V. Smith]

i'm guilty of stick-figures. :grin:

[ZFarms Productions]

i'm officially dropping out of Twilight Fest. I can't get casting secured in enough time for us to shoot, and edit, and put in the VFX shots.

[Tom Marshall]

What!??! Man, that sucks! Sorry to hear it, Dean...

What would you need in terms of cast? How many actors?

[ZFarms Productions]

5 actors. 3 mid 20's, 2 in their 40's and 50's.

it sucks, but oh well. i'm gonna focus on some other scripts i've got.

[Tom Marshall]

When were you planning on shooting?

[ZFarms Productions]

september 7th, 14th, 28th.

[Tom Marshall]

I can put a word out to some of the actors I know in Ocala, but I can't promise anything...

[ZFarms Productions]

its all good man. i appreciate it though. i'm just gonna work on the other projects i have in the works.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Sorry, man.

[ZFarms Productions]

Sorry, man.

it's all good. shit happens, you know? just gotta move on.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

it's all good. shi* happens, you know? just gotta move on.I hear you. On to bigger and better things I'm sure.

Cheers,

Mike

[ZFarms Productions]

i've got a couple cool shorts i've written and am currently redrafting to make them shooting scripts.

[Tom Marshall]

Cool man. Let us know how they come along. :beer:

[ZFarms Productions]

definitely.

also, tommy, i'm waiting for those notes :beer:

[Tom Marshall]

Yeah, I know. I need to set some time aside to work on them. I'm a really bad procrastinator... lol

[ZFarms Productions]

haha. i can be too.

[Tom Marshall]

I shouldn't be with S&G though... it's really important to me!

[Blaine]

i'm officially dropping out of Twilight Fest. I can't get casting secured in enough time for us to shoot, and edit, and put in the VFX shots.:huh:

[Kyle Stebbins]

i'm officially dropping out of Twilight Fest. I can't get casting secured in enough time for us to shoot, and edit, and put in the VFX shots.

Dude. We're still working on the script! I know for a fact that on O2 there were arguments on PUNCTUATION for lines in the script up til the night before shooting! It's all about detail, man... and I think it's too early in the game to tell if you're behind or not.

AND we need makeup aficionados, brilliant FX treatments, and locations that will allow us to hold crazy over-the-top gore zombie battles!

Sorry to hear you are dropping out, man. Wish you didn't have to!

[ZFarms Productions]

all the casting dates from now till november are booked solid. i can't get in to get a casting call out for the film.

i'm saving the script to do at a later date, but there's no feasible way to get it done for twilight fest.