Cast One Sheet (cont'd)

Thomas Cast One Sheet: (Cast shown here are people I believe would be a good fit for the role)

Cast One Sheet

Dexter Cast One Sheet: (Cast shown here are people I believe would be a good fit for the role)


Charlotte Cast One Sheet: (Cast shown here are people I believe would be a good fit for the role)

One Sheet - 1st Pass

Here is the first version of The Celsius Effect artwork. I told you I would show it to you so here it is.

Silent But Not Without Motion

Things have been quite a few months with the progress of The Celsius Effect. I am writing a feature screenplay for a producer friend while also working on the script for The Celsius Effect.

I did the first pass of rewrites on the script and am going to be doing a read-through of the script on Saturday, March 7th. I have gathered together a group of actors to read for the different parts and people to sit in and listen to give me notes on things that could be done to make it better.

I also submitted for a competition from Netflix - http://www.netflix.com/findyourvoice. The semi-finalist will be announced on May 1st and the winner could potential win enough money and services to make a feature film.

I have also been putting together some ideas for the cast. Eventually I will start by contacting casting directors to see if that is a cast they think they could get. I am also putting together some One Sheets of ideal cast for each character. I will post those soon.

Know that this list may change through out and is listed in no particular order. They are just possible cast that I think would be a good fit for the parts.

Charlotte:

• Jewel Staite
• Ashley Scott
• Rachel McAdams
• Shannon Elizabeth
• Summer Glau

Thomas:

• Ian Somerhalder
• Dean Cain
• Michael Vartan
• Sean Maher

Conner:

• Scott Bairstow
• Christian Slater
• Emillio Estevez

Dexter:

• Michael Madsen
• Bruce Campbell
• David Caradine
• Mickey Rourke

Tools For Use

I am a Final Draft fan when it comes to script writing software but was introduced to program called Celtx - http://www.celtx.com.  While the script writing part of it may not be quite as intuitive as Final Draft and may take a little bit longer it does have some really cool features that Final Draft does not have.

Celtx is much more indie filmmaker friendly.  It provides options for not only writing but adding story boards and production schedules as well as announcing your work to a community.  I used to make fun of it a bit but retract all those statements for the simple reason of "Shooting Schedule, Storyboard/Shot List Creator and Call Sheets (although I have some very high requirements for my call sheets)."

Oh and did I mention the program is completely free?

The Celsius Effect will still be in development but there is the chance that another film will go into production before it does.  Hopefully be ready in time for a 2009 Halloween Release.

The Joys of Development

I am very glad I am still only in the development stages of this project.  I met with a good friend of mine that gave me some great notes that will be great elements to incorporate into the second draft of the script.  I was reminded that when writing a story you have to make sure that you add a meaning to everything that happens, the cloths they wear, the reason why they do what they do and, what I thought was the biggest learn from the notes I received, where the action takes place.  Blocking can make or break a scene on the performances given by the actors.

After the next rewrite is done I will have the read through of the script and see what other changes needs to be made.  I plan on having that complete sometime in December.

On a Rabbit Trail

This usually isn't something that you should worry about in the story stages of your script but I just realized this as my film Bounty had an offer made on it today and some carelessness in planning reared its ugly head.

When budgeting make sure you set aside money for E&O insurance, MPAA rating and Title Search and Opinion, not to forget everything you need for completing the edit, color correction and sound.  If you do not dip into these funds then you will have a much larger bartering leverage when it comes to distribution and if you are self distributing you will need these anyway if you want to get it into major outlets or even something as simple as Netflix.