FEATURE: Survival - The Feature, based on our Timefest Entry...

I'm hoping for much sooner than Christmas for this announcement :) Looks like we've got some interested investors as well, so once all the contracts are secured and we have our investment package squared away, hopefully the money will start to roll in. Any millionaires in DVXuser-land want to invest in our film?
 
Exciting Announcement #1: Our budget is very near completion. 88 pages long! That includes the complete Budget, Shooting Schedule and Day out of Days. A few slight modifications and we are ready for investors.

All of this put together by our new Producer/UPM (Exciting Announcement #2): RJ Louis :)
 
Investment package has gone out to our first potential investor. Word on the street is that he might want to invest the full budget :)
 
The producers (William Hopp, RJ Louis and Jordan Wagner) and I are planning on heading back up to northern California in December to lock down every location we will need, as well as look into some logistical stuff. We will have a huge crew compared to what I'm used to (remember, the short this is based on had a crew of 5 people, and we were the cast too) :) I've never had a 1st Assistant Camera, let alone a 2nd Assistant Camera :huh:
 
My first instinct would be to say that's a really aggressive schedule, but I guess it depends on a lot of factors... budget being one of them.
 
It is a very aggressive schedule, but RJ Louis is also our UPM and wrote the budget and shooting schedule. Check him out on imdb and you can see he has a ton of experience. I trust his judgement, and after reading the shooting schedule, it seems pretty right on. There will definitely be a few tough days, but I think it's doable. Our budget is at $2.8 million.
 
Looks like we might get word on our financing as soon as next week!

That could make for a VERY thankful Thanksgiving -not that I don't already have a ton to be thankful for :)
 
If you have the budget for a professional crew you'd have been a fool to shoot on DSLR's. The serious features that currently use them only do so when they're the only option because of their form factor.

Good luck with the financing!
 
I guess it's more because I feel that DSLRs can do all that I need them to, and I can get much more coverage for a single take. I like having four or five angles to choose from for each shot when I'm editing. We can only afford two REDs with their associated crew members so I have to adjust my normal style of shooting. For this show, my preference would be to have five small, light cameras that don't need so much support. Perhaps that preference can be tacked up to my lack of experience, as I've never shot RED before. On the other hand, being able to grade RAW footage is going to be flippin' sweet :) And don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that we can shoot this way, but I still think DSLRs -in capable hands- deliver more than enough quality to play on the big screen.

I would have liked Survival to be the first movie to show in theaters in wide release that was shot entirely on DSLRs, but someone else will definitely do it.
 
The producer's conference call with our investor got pushed off until tomorrow. If all goes well, we could have our budget by Monday.

The suspense is killing me!
 
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