pre-production Your Next Project

[NickClapper]

Some of you I know of old, some of you are new to me. Anyhow, I did a similar thread to this years and years ago and found it a good way for people to articulate what they were working on and what they want from their next project.

So...

– What are you thinking about? Or writing? Or applying for?
– How does it fit into your current work? Something different? A progression? More of the same?
– What do you want from it? Fun? A career? An Oscar?

Let's talk about what we're planning, however sketchy, and how we hope to actualise it.

 

[Cracker Funk]

Is this how you wrote Antihero?

Not even slightly. I was at a desperate time in my life when I wrote "Antihero". I had recently come off a couple of failed filmmaking projects and was feeling really discouraged about the whole thing. I was feeling so down on it all that I actually decided to quit filmmaking forever. That lasted about an hour, lol. I made this decision right before a work shift. I told my friends and got encouragement to keep going. During our shift (serving at a busy restaurant) we spitballed potential ideas and by the end of the day I had the general idea for "Antihero". The result of this is that we basically shot the vomit draft (we technically shot a 2nd revision of the screenplay but it was very similar to the vomit draft). I decided that for "Rose", I'd do the exact opposite and be much more methodical in my approach, while still allowing lots of wiggle-room (I love shooting improv).

Side-note -- I'm pretty sure I'm going to follow up "Rose" with the silly idea I posted on FB. For those not connected with me on social media (feel free to DM me if you'd like to connect that way) the gist of the story is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" meets "Titanic", taking place in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. So, it's basically "Zombieland" except with a love triangle that ends in tragedy.