Thursday 12 February 2009

Limbo

Dave printed up a few copies of the script which he has distributed to various pertinent people including our friend and part-time rock star Paul, whom we hope will eventually score the movie for us. That is if he even likes the script, of course. Why worry about the score so early?
One of the things we're aiming for to get this show on the road is to have a complete package to present to any studio/investors. This means that not only will we need to have a perfect script but also a marketing strategy, a solid vision for the production, the above mentioned score and any other resources we can muster to help the film whether it be in the form of actors, press links, funding, director...the whole shebang.

The script at the moment has on it's title page credits for writer (myself), producer (Dave) and Director (Damien Wasylkiw)

It's not enough just to bring a script to a studio and say 'We want to make this, where's my cash?' and hope they're blown away by the sheer awesomeness of the hundred or so pages in front of them. In fact we're not trying to sell a script, we want to sell a movie before it's even made. They have to believe that this is something they can get behind and if we demonstrate that 'Jerusalem' is something we can see through to completion and beyond in the most professional manner, then we have an advantage. I feel this is the best way to go forward, it's a lot easier to commit to something you know others believe in.

M. Night Shyamalan famously sent out the script for The Sixth Sense with a million dollar price tag attached to it. He was right to do so and it paid off.

'Bad Day On Jerusalem Hill' is not the Sixth Sense, it was never intended to be of that scope or... quality. It's a stripped down (although maybe not as stripped down as it needs to be yet) '70's style thriller working in the confines of an established genre with a few novel twists thrown in. But ultimately it's designed to be a money making, fun exploitation movie and any reassurance we can give that we intend to deliver on that, the better.
I intend to start pre-production before we've even finalised the script. I'll be applying my limited artistic skills to storyboarding a few key sequences, this added with the hundreds of location photos we have and extra scripts for webisodes and other support elements we have a sound base from which to launch our offensive on the cinema going public.

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