The good news: I'm well on my way to getting my first-ever production off the ground. Great script. Great cast. DP and 1st AC in place. (Still need sound recordist though, but that's a separate thread.) And a budget of $6,000 including post secured.
The bad news: I have absolutely no idea how the HELL to find locations for this project in time before we HAVE TO start shooting this May. AAAAHHH!
What's my "first-ever production" about you ask? Here it is:
Bobo Noir (French for "spoiled Parisian brat") is a pastry arts dropout with a heart of gold (or opal, his birthstone). His dream: become the black John Belushi. His skill: awful-awesome. His parents -- a professor of 19th-century Namibian watercolors and a Montgolfier Prize Winner in toy plane aviation -- have banished him from the family olive oil fortune. But a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and a cousin convalescing in Mexico, have given him a summer in SoCal to pursue his funnyman dreams.
So that's the synopsis. Since I'm based in LA, as is the cast and crew, we can't afford to trek too far out to find suitable locations for this project. And those locations include:
- a DINER
- APARTMENT INTERIOR (Art-Deco furnished if possible; living room, kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms)
- APARTMENT EXTERIOR (front lawn, OK to shoot at night, OK to activate sprinklers at night)
- another SMALL, CRAMPED APARTMENT
- an OFFICE / RECEPTION DESK
- an EXECUTIVE OFFICE SUITE
- an ANTIQUE SHOP
- COFFEE SHOP
- COMEDY CLUB
- WAREHOUSE / GARAGE / INDUSTRIAL FACILITY (OK to create + cleanup a small mess)
Now ok, I know what you're probably thinking... I should probably terminate the project. Have given that a lot of thought. But have ultimately decided to push past the trepidation and commit to realizing the project. (Maybe beginner's idiocy?)
So far I've tried posting on Craigslist and city-data.com/forum... no luck :/
I tried cold-calling a diner and, bless his heart, he almost started laughing when I mentioned what I could afford to pay. He said he would need AT LEAST $2,000 for one day's shooting. If I weren't an athlete... I would have had a coronary
I would just be out driving around and around for potential spaces.... but I have a full-time job which I can't really get away from for this project.
I would hire a location scout, but... I just don't know if there's enough money in our budget for one. Or is there?
What the heck can I do to make this work? I have THREE WEEKS to identify and lock down at least a majority of these locations. ANY advice or wisdom would be lapped up like a pitcher of sangria on Cinco de Mayo. Oh yeah, sangria's Spanish, not Mexican. Nevermind.
Thank you!
bobonoir@gmail.com
The bad news: I have absolutely no idea how the HELL to find locations for this project in time before we HAVE TO start shooting this May. AAAAHHH!
What's my "first-ever production" about you ask? Here it is:
Bobo Noir (French for "spoiled Parisian brat") is a pastry arts dropout with a heart of gold (or opal, his birthstone). His dream: become the black John Belushi. His skill: awful-awesome. His parents -- a professor of 19th-century Namibian watercolors and a Montgolfier Prize Winner in toy plane aviation -- have banished him from the family olive oil fortune. But a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and a cousin convalescing in Mexico, have given him a summer in SoCal to pursue his funnyman dreams.
So that's the synopsis. Since I'm based in LA, as is the cast and crew, we can't afford to trek too far out to find suitable locations for this project. And those locations include:
- a DINER
- APARTMENT INTERIOR (Art-Deco furnished if possible; living room, kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms)
- APARTMENT EXTERIOR (front lawn, OK to shoot at night, OK to activate sprinklers at night)
- another SMALL, CRAMPED APARTMENT
- an OFFICE / RECEPTION DESK
- an EXECUTIVE OFFICE SUITE
- an ANTIQUE SHOP
- COFFEE SHOP
- COMEDY CLUB
- WAREHOUSE / GARAGE / INDUSTRIAL FACILITY (OK to create + cleanup a small mess)
Now ok, I know what you're probably thinking... I should probably terminate the project. Have given that a lot of thought. But have ultimately decided to push past the trepidation and commit to realizing the project. (Maybe beginner's idiocy?)
So far I've tried posting on Craigslist and city-data.com/forum... no luck :/
I tried cold-calling a diner and, bless his heart, he almost started laughing when I mentioned what I could afford to pay. He said he would need AT LEAST $2,000 for one day's shooting. If I weren't an athlete... I would have had a coronary
I would just be out driving around and around for potential spaces.... but I have a full-time job which I can't really get away from for this project.
I would hire a location scout, but... I just don't know if there's enough money in our budget for one. Or is there?
What the heck can I do to make this work? I have THREE WEEKS to identify and lock down at least a majority of these locations. ANY advice or wisdom would be lapped up like a pitcher of sangria on Cinco de Mayo. Oh yeah, sangria's Spanish, not Mexican. Nevermind.
Thank you!
bobonoir@gmail.com