It's very exciting times, folks! Stockholm Santa is marching steadily toward production! In this thread
I'm going to document our journey from pre-through-post-production. As tempting as it is to just talk
up the project and make myself sound all super-professional, I'm gong to be as honest as I can here
about how this film is actually getting made.
At best it will be a place for some people to learn something, even if it's what not to do. At worst, well,
there will be a record so that the world will know how and when we died, and what we died fighting for.
Let's start with the basics, for those of you who aren't familiar with the project.
Download and read the full 8-page script here: http://www.sammigirl.com/santa/StockholmSanta.pdf
Brief Synopsis:
After briefly encountering and falling in love with a mysterious girl, young Brady goes on a mission to
find out who she is and where she came from. His yearning to find her leads him to do something he
never thought he would do: kidnap Santa Claus.
Who's on Board so far?
Sammi Stephans - Director and de-facto Producer
Ernest Worthing (yes, THAT Ernest Worthing!) - Director of Photography
http://http://www.ernestworthing.com/
Mike Farnham - Assistant Director
Joseph Weindl (aka CrackerFunk) - Editor
Dan Scott (aka Wheatgrinder) - Special Effects
Catering and Kraft Services - My Mom
What's have we got done?
The budget has been made, not met, and slashed. All props are either already bought or will be borrowed/donated.
My parents have agreed (to my wonderful surprise) to kick in a little cash plus pay for the food. Everyone
listed above is a volunteer, and the actors will be, too. Most of the meager budget I've got is going to pay
a sound person $50/day.
The script has been broken down and scheduled for a two-day shoot. However since the lead and one of the
other three actors are children, we're going to have a crew call for the day before to get the shots planned.
This way (fingers crossed) we can keep the hours for the kids to a reasonable amount.
Day One of shooting we've got 3 5/8 pages; Day Two we've got 4 7/8
[more to follow...]
I'm going to document our journey from pre-through-post-production. As tempting as it is to just talk
up the project and make myself sound all super-professional, I'm gong to be as honest as I can here
about how this film is actually getting made.
At best it will be a place for some people to learn something, even if it's what not to do. At worst, well,
there will be a record so that the world will know how and when we died, and what we died fighting for.
Let's start with the basics, for those of you who aren't familiar with the project.
Download and read the full 8-page script here: http://www.sammigirl.com/santa/StockholmSanta.pdf
Brief Synopsis:
After briefly encountering and falling in love with a mysterious girl, young Brady goes on a mission to
find out who she is and where she came from. His yearning to find her leads him to do something he
never thought he would do: kidnap Santa Claus.
Who's on Board so far?
Sammi Stephans - Director and de-facto Producer
Ernest Worthing (yes, THAT Ernest Worthing!) - Director of Photography
http://http://www.ernestworthing.com/
Mike Farnham - Assistant Director
Joseph Weindl (aka CrackerFunk) - Editor
Dan Scott (aka Wheatgrinder) - Special Effects
Catering and Kraft Services - My Mom
What's have we got done?
The budget has been made, not met, and slashed. All props are either already bought or will be borrowed/donated.
My parents have agreed (to my wonderful surprise) to kick in a little cash plus pay for the food. Everyone
listed above is a volunteer, and the actors will be, too. Most of the meager budget I've got is going to pay
a sound person $50/day.
The script has been broken down and scheduled for a two-day shoot. However since the lead and one of the
other three actors are children, we're going to have a crew call for the day before to get the shots planned.
This way (fingers crossed) we can keep the hours for the kids to a reasonable amount.
Day One of shooting we've got 3 5/8 pages; Day Two we've got 4 7/8
[more to follow...]
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