This is just a self-indulgent rant as I am getting the usual pre-short nerves. Getting to the stage of having vast amounts of nervous energy. Am shooting over the first three weekends in March.
Have an amazing cast - really superb - some great locations, a professional DoP who is awesome (and doing it all for free as he loves the concept) and a short which I wrote myself. As an idea, we turned down an actor with a little 'name' value (it was unanimous - all five of us) who held storylines on British soaps such as Emmerdale and Holby City and who has a good role in a low budget (a few million $$) feature coming out in March.
This short is either going to be fantastic or a disaster. My last short was described as 'accomplished' (thank you Nick Clapper), great first short etc... and I really appreciate all the Indietalk feedback but in the overall context of shorts, it was no more than OK. The next one is significantly more 'out there' and will either be terrible or a complete, total and utter disaster - nothing in-between. It is high risk artistically, a difficult subject (based on a true story) and now I am getting pre-shoot nerves.
I am as nervous as a kitten, particularly as this could go either way. It will either be excellent or terrible. Fingers crossed and thanks for indulging me...
Have an amazing cast - really superb - some great locations, a professional DoP who is awesome (and doing it all for free as he loves the concept) and a short which I wrote myself. As an idea, we turned down an actor with a little 'name' value (it was unanimous - all five of us) who held storylines on British soaps such as Emmerdale and Holby City and who has a good role in a low budget (a few million $$) feature coming out in March.
This short is either going to be fantastic or a disaster. My last short was described as 'accomplished' (thank you Nick Clapper), great first short etc... and I really appreciate all the Indietalk feedback but in the overall context of shorts, it was no more than OK. The next one is significantly more 'out there' and will either be terrible or a complete, total and utter disaster - nothing in-between. It is high risk artistically, a difficult subject (based on a true story) and now I am getting pre-shoot nerves.
I am as nervous as a kitten, particularly as this could go either way. It will either be excellent or terrible. Fingers crossed and thanks for indulging me...
