The Good, the Bad, and the ... Weird
Topic: Pre-production
The Good -- I'm getting paid for my script in about 2-3 weeks.

The Bad -- We will NOT be making our film in October.

The Weird -- Instead, we will be producing three movie trailers, one for each of three different films.

Confused yet?

Rob had a meeting tonight with "money dude." We were hoping that this would be the night where the allotments of money for the film would be finalized. Instead, it seems that the money dude was so impressed by both the script and Rob's reel that he wants us to produce a series of three movie trailers to show investors. Those three trailers will consist of Shadow Falls, The Twenty-Third Letter, and an as-yet-undecided third movie. My own scripts, Forgotten and Atonement (both of which would need to undergo a name change) will be contendors.

While this is an obvious set back, the pay off could be huge. We're being given a nice sum (I won't be specific here, but it's VERY nice) to produce the three trailers so the sky's the limit on what we can do ... well, okay, maybe not the sky ... but at least a very high ceiling. Once the first trailer (Shadow Falls) is completed, which will happen in October, it will be shopped around to investors while we start on the next trailer. The money dude is looking for Shadow Falls to have a budget of $750,000 instead of $325,000 ... so we would have much more to work with. And once the first film is in production, the others could fall into place as investors decide to jump on the bandwagon.

The reason for the trailers is simple ... it is a fantastic way for the investors to really see what we're going for. Plus, it gives Starway Pictures the appearance of a serious production company. It's all about appearances ... and the better our presentation, the more likely that our first film will not be our only film.

Still kinda sucks, though.