Winter, a Fairy Tale

Wild Imagination Films

Wild Imagination Films

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After realizing the initial project was a bit more than we were ready to tackle, we came up with a second story after listening to John Sheets idea for a rather odd love story. (If you PM him I'm sure he'll be happy to share his concept with you.)
Thus, "Winter" was born. I am really excited about this project and I hope the rest of you will be anxious to see it by February. Some of the more exciting aspects of it I am really torn about giving up before the screening.
I will tell you this. We're going to do this old school and not try to go with CGI and greenscreen. All the effects are going to be practical. We've thrown the gauntlet down for ourselves and we're doing this as a period piece.
Just yesterday I received a note from the artist Quinton Hoover after I wrote to say how his artwork had really helped me show my crew what I was thinking. He was very happy and flattered by the thought of his work being inspirational to us.
SO, the plan now is to work on the casting and the practicals and get the shots all planned out and blocking and costumes done this month and then shoot in January. Lighting tests are underway and all manner of trickery is being thought up.
We are very very excited about so many things on this project. We'll be getting to use the Advanta Lite Jib we recently purchased. Early testing has shown really nice results. I'm certain the end results will look very professional.
More later....
 
Here is the poster

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This is our Fairy/ Nymph.
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Here are several screen grabs gathered together for easier viewing.
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The father and son


a little snow in Texas
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Would you like me to design a poster/scheme for you? I'd be more than happy.
You can see my work on my thread as well as Dustin Rogan's film, "Given".

Let me know =)
 
Thank you Como.
Kyle, Thanks, right now Mike Pedro (designer of the beautiful and mysterious poster for Revelations) is working on the poster idea. But if he gets swamped at work or anything I'll definitely give you a shout. I did the banner thingy late last night, all by myself without any help from anyone. (I am not a PS artist)
 
Huge strides in the finalization of the script today. Looks like we'll have some very powerful moments in the story everyone will be able to relate to. Now to costume and effects, as well as props and locations. This will be our biggest endeavor to date. (bigger even than the car wreck in After Life) It just keeps getting better.
 
With everything we have going for us right now, this will be the project to watch. I now those are some pretty big words, but this story is developing itself, the locations are appearing out of nowhere, we have all the tools we could possibly hope for and everyone is in a great mood.
BTW Jason, I like the banner, I work in an MRI facility.
 
You know, the thing is, I was all set to do this really intertwined story with very off beat thinking and style. Now, I just want to make a really pretty and straightforward Fairy Tale type love story. I'll give this much away right now. Don't look for a dark undertone. Don't look or expect some lurking evil. Just sit back and bask in the picture and let yourself go.
I've fought to keep this simple and I hope it leaves everyone happier for having watched it.
 
First day after the casting call went out and there were over 50 responses. I've pared them down, but I 'm certain there will be another batch tomorrow. It's so difficult to tell anything at this time. I've worked with a couple of the respondees before. Lots of new faces and some really not so good ideas about what a headshot should be.
 
Good luck with day two of auditions, man :)

I like where you're going with your thinking on the story direction. Keep it simple, and tell a nice tight little story that can carry a deeper meaning, rather than trying to cram too much information in such a short time. That's something I really tried to focus on this time around too in developing the story.

Good luck to you man.
Later,
Jason
 
Luis Caffesse said:
Wow - that's alot of responses.
Where did you send out the casting call?
Best of luck with everything.
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Austin's Craigslist gets me literally 50 responses a day.

It's actually an incredibly stressful process to respond to everybody and get things scheduled.

Pre production = my greatest weakness.

I like the way this short is shaping up, although Blush sounded pretty interesting.
 
More fun and excitement. John and I were talking this morning and he has had some really great ideas for the beginning of the story. A direction I had not originally thought of and as hesitant as he was to tell me about it, I liked it a lot. I know, vague and vaguer still. Let's just say, maybe not everything is as wonderful as I had originally thought.
On casting calls. Someone once told me (after I had commented on the time it took to write everyone thanking them for responding if I didn't want them to read, and setting stuff up if I did) you don't have to write everyone a personal note of thanks. Most of the responders never expect to hear anything if they aren't picked. Loathe as I was to not write everyone, I have accepted this practice.
On the simple story line.
I have watched as many of the short films as I have been able to on here and other sites. It is the simple, concise story everyone goes for. We're going to be working really hard to make the dialog in this short feel like a conversation or a fight or an admission of love. I think some rely on the picture alone to carry the story through the rough parts, but I think it's the simple shots and well thought out moves where the art of film making comes alive.
More news as it happens.
 
Thanks Chris, we're arranging a place to hold them. One of my friends works at a hospital and is going to see about using one of the meeting rooms. we may have to pony up and rent a banquet/ meeting room at the hotel down the street and hold an all day marathon audition. The numbers are growing as we speak on people who would like to be considered.
 
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