"A Date with Destiny" - Directed by Iain Carson, Produced by Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Distributed Producer
Green-lit by the "studio" and here we go! :D

Looking forward to working with Iain Carson... he AD'd on my last short film, and I see a lot of talent in this young man! Looking forward to seeing what he brings to the table!

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CAST:

Jason Collett: Sam Cooke

Amy Treadwell: Destiny Robinson

"Batman" Dan Phal: Hank

Ethan McDowell: Pete

Brad J. Silverman: Professor Vanderhoven

CREW:

Co-Writer/Director: Iain Carson

Co-Writer/Producer/DP/Editor: Brandon Rice

On-set Sound: Amos Ralston

Makeup Design: Daniel Noa

Original Music: Herman Witkam

Sound Mixer: Ryan Frias

Graphic Design: Rodney Smith
 
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Production Diary

4/30/2009

-Approached Iain Carson with the proposition to collaborate on a Questfest entry. Brainstormed basic concept and title

5/1/2009

-Basic synopsis written and sent to the "studio" which they green-lit immediately.

-Spoke to Rodney Smith (DVXuser member "puckthemad") about designing a poster.

5/3/2009

-Had a script/story meeting with Iain Carson, it went well. Basic outline completed. Script writing begun.

5/7/2009

-First draft of script completed. Story is good, a little long, will have to tweak a bit.

-Rodney Smith sent over teaser poster, looks great! Thanks Rodney!

-Approached one actress for one of the roles, first casting begun.

5/8/2009

-Iain finished draft 2 today, sent it over to me.

5/12/2009

-Finished pass on the script, draft 3, pretty close to being finished, one minor thing may change.

-Script is pretty long for the competition, but the dialog will be very tight, script is coming in at 11 pages right now.

5/14/2009

-Officially cast our first actress! We'll be working with Amy Treadwell! She was fantastic in my last short A Dim Light, and I'm looking forward to working with her again.

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5/18/2009

-The fabulous Herman Witkam has signed on to score our short! We're excited to have the talents of Herman on the team!

5/19/2009

-Final Draft of script completed.

-Begun working on shot-list.

5/20/2009

-Location scouting completed, location cleared.

-Auditioned an actor for one of the main roles.

5/21/2009

-Officially cast another role, Brad J. Silverman will be playing "Professor Vanderholden" :D

-Began scheduling for shoot dates. Should be finished with principal photography by June 6th.

6/2/2009

-All roles have been cast as of today.

-Continuing to fill in some crew positions.

-First official shoot date Friday, June 5. Followed by Saturday, June 6.

6/5/2009

-Had to scramble to figure out what to shoot, but finally managed to get several pages shot in a few hours

6/6/2009

-By far our heaviest shoot day of the production, shot about six pages in about eight hours, everything turned out fantastic!

6/7/2009

-Imported all of the footage and began assembly edit of the short

6/9/2009

-Finished cutting 2/3 of the picture, it's a bit long, going to have to tighten and shorten some of this.

6/11/2009

-Upon receiving a few notes from Iain, we went through and tightened the edit a bit. Finished compiling the official first cut of the film, everything we have shot thus far. Clocking in under 4 minutes! The edit is looking great!

6/15/2009

-Sent second cut over to Iain to look over. Began working on scheduling, many issues arising, but we should be able to make it!
 
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Welcome to the party ... oh, er wait, that was a different fest :grin:


Well, welcome anyway ... looking forward to seeing what Iain brings to the table.
 
Grandpa Blaine, will you tell us the story of Jack Daniel Stanley's soul again??

Glad you're in for this one Brandon - should be a fun fest.
 
Started a production diary on the first page. Meeting with Iain tonight to go through the story, and some casting ideas. Things are moving along :)
 
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