Locked in.

Internet's been playin' up recently so this is the first update for a while.


The script has been passed on to various producers and agents and also Warp films. It's just a matter of waiting now to see what they think. I've lined up some other places and people to send the first draft to if this first batch of contacts doesn't pan out.
I'm not sure just how long I should wait for a reply or any feedback from these people. I'm sure they're very busy and get scripts shoved in front of them on a daily basis. I'm not going to hold my breath - I'll give it a month or so.

If nothing comes of this, it's not quite a' square one' situation. There's always a possibility of private funding or indeed self funding. If it comes to that I'll have to reign in the script's excesses to reduce cost but this is the kind of film that would suit being shot on cheapo camcorders guerrilla style.

This limbo state I'm in, as the script gets thrown to the dogs, has allowed me to start a new project. I've spent a week or so weighing up the relative values of three different ideas I've wanted to do and have finally settled something quite odd, a bit of a challenge really. Bad Day On Jerusalem Hill weakest element was character I'd have to say - not that it really mattered, it was after all a action/horror movie - so this new idea is almost entirely about individuals in isolation. I'm calling it 'Locked' for the moment and hopefully will allow me to concentrate on an aspect of writing that I'm not entirely confident with. It's a multi stranded story in the style of Altman or PT Anderson with a good dose of Stephen King and 'Lost' thrown in aswell.

I'm going to aim for a steady five pages a day on this, nothing to ambitious. Hopefully the structure of having what is essentially a group of short stories will make the process faster. We'll see.