Blood & Coffee

the devolution will begin shortly after they post the rules. I've got a good little set-up so far and even have a line on the funeral home in Toronto who might actually let me shoot there one night... My wife says the location is actually quite perfect for what I have in mind, but we'll see when I get back to Toronto.

In any case, the funeral home scene is all sketched out and almost fully realized... Now I have my actors chomping on the bit waiting for a complete scene to go through. They're getting all excited now...
 
Setting up casting for Madame Vera and Vern (the towtruck driver of the dead).

Need more seasoned actors for these roles, especially Madame Vera... she's gotta be drop dead gorgeous at 40.... so maturity and sophistication is going to be important. If anyone knows any actresses in the Toronto area who fit the description, please feel free to point her my way...
 
Just ordered the contact lenses for my vampire characters. Apparently you can't share them, so I;ve actually had to spend money on this production.

Gonna have to keep track of actual money spent since this one is going to have a small budget. I was even thinking of building a set... but then reality asserted itself quite firmly and said "end this line of thinking right now"... realit of course being my sane and logical wife, who insists that I can bring the rein of the Fat Monster down without building an elaborate set...

SO back to square one.. I shall content myself for the moment that she let me buy the contact lenses... at least I have that much.

Now for the 20 gallons of blood and the flame retardant suit....
 
I see you are keeping up with the interesting stuff :D Should I tell your wife that you could have saved the contacts if you would do the eyes in after effects? :D
 
She already asked about that (I think she's been reading the board behind my back) and I adamantly stated that I needed the contacts since the eyes were going to be in so many frames.

I was actually going to hide the eyes behind sunglasses for most of the movie, but with the addition of Madame Vera, that became a little more challenging to pull off. So to save on time and headaches in AE, we're just going to shoot as much of this practically as possible.

And speaking on practical FX... gotta put out a feeler for the stuntman who gets set on fire. That's probably going to kill my insurance somewhat...
 
Okay scratch the stunt guy. It's probably best to do the fire as a VFX anway. Stuntmen are expensive, especially when they're going to be lit on fire. Apparently they don't like that too much for some reason. So all burning man FX are to be done in Post-Production.

Wonder when the TwilightFest classifieds are going to be up. I need a VFX artist...
 
I need a score for this one. Any composers out there who are interested in a quirky dark comedy, feel free to contact me...
 
Okay i think from the first two pages that we're definitely going to need a score similar in feel to "Fight Club". The whole feel of the story so far is quirky and definitely funny, so we're on a good track.

I can almost hear the music in my head now... wait no: that's the actual music from Fight Club...

By the way: the Madame Vera character ROCKS! When I find the right actress for the role you guys are gonna love her.
 
Pages 2- 3 and the Sammy character is introduced.
SAMMY, 20s, cute, curly hair, looks sweet, but has a really bad attittude.

Man I hope the Porn Shop location is still cool with this. I gotta go out there next week when i get back to Toronto. Meet with the owner and find out the "when" of the actual shoot. The actual scene itself is pretty simple logistically wise, and I'm planning for 4 major set-ups that may actually be simplified into one long steadicam shot.... but I'd have to do a few test shots with the actors to see if it matches the mood and the urgency that is required for that the scene...

Now gotta go back and work the dialog and the actions.... make it funny instead of being merely amusing....
 
Yeah, I dig the title. AND the poster. Let's finish this time, huh? I loved where the last one (for TIMEfest) was going.

Good luck.
 
Getting an early start this time around and hope to be shooting in 2-3 weeks. Gotta lock down these locations and find my additional actors. I've been meeting some new people in Toronto so it shoudl go a little smoother this time around.
 
Eww nasty. I want someone who LOOKS mature, not old. Older women have a certain look of experience in their eyes and even the way they stand that no amount of acting by a younger woman can replicate... It's like trying to dress your 20 year old buddy up as an old man with powder in his beard and latex... you can always tell the difference from faking it to being it.
 
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