The biggest question of the last couple
of weeks as been when will the teaser trailer go up? It will be the
first or second week in October when we launch or fundraising
campaign on Indiegogo.com. The video will only be running on the
campaign page until after the fundraising is over. Then, it will go
up on DraggonTV's Youtube page. There also will be more images put
up on this site, but we will save some for the campaign page. We will
also have some mini interviews with the cast. There has to be a
reason for fans of all sorts to come to the page, after all.
Meanwhile, we have been very busy
scouting locations for the full shoot. I was, in fact, visiting
downtown LA locations the week after the trailer shoot. We have
almost every location that we need for the script we have in mind. I
have one or two more places I'd like to visit before we actually
write the script and set the budgets. That last bit brings up a
couple of questions we've been asked.
First, we aren't writing the script
solely on the resources we can find within out price range. The
script will spring from two stories in the upcoming Demonspawn
anthology. We expect that to come out in November. We know enough
about the elements in those stories to figure out budget items like
locations, cast, props, costumes, etc. I completely forgot to mention
that in my initial blog about budgets, so the confusion is entirely
because of me. And the other question is about the fundraising's
outcome on whether or not we actually do the shoot. The reason we're
going with Indiegogo.com as opposed to Kickstarter.com is because
with Kickstarter if the campaign is even a dollar short of its goal,
nothing is paid out. With Indiegogo.com, the campaign is paid out
whatever is raised by the end of the fund raising period. Thus, we
are building a three tier budget. There is a best case scenario where
we are only limited by time to get what we want shot. We would go for
a stunt coordinator who does wire work so Simon can really leap about
with Joe in his arms. We'd really like to have Simon's fangs done by
a dentist like we had for Demon Under Glass. Those are more comfortable and thin enough to allow Simon to speak without a lisp.
There is the middle
budget where we get some of the bells and whistles and cut back on
others. And then there is the bare minimum budget where we'd have to
get really creative, but we could still get something done and have
it look good. Below that minimum, we are not willing to turn the key
in the engine. The shoot will be a SAG project, so we want to
maintain a professional level of production values and a decent level
of pay for cast and crew. It's also important on a shoot that will
always be pressed for time that everyone working is well fed and
comfortable at the various locations. We're not sure what those
levels are yet. We will have basic budget numbers posted as part of
the campaign, so donors will know where the money is going.
The next couple of weeks will mean a
lot of touring locations and interviewing crew candidates. We're
deliberately picking a time of year to shoot when most of the
industry is quiet. That gives us a fairly nice sized pool of people
to choose from in each position where we have a vacancy. Some slots
are already filled. I have found almost all of the locations that we
will need. Only one remains elusive. I plan to work on that in the
next week or so. I'd prefer a real life location for the gastropub,
but Los Angeles is so jaded about shoots. They believe that even if a
project is low budget, that couldn't possibly apply to their rates.
And a claim of giving a place exposure is met with a roll of the
eyes. A good yelp review can be seen by thousands of potential
customers without costing an establishment any down time. I am seeing
claims by businesses that they are film friendly on the LA film
Commission site. They claim is that these businesses want to stem the
flow of runaway productions. It sounds good. I plan to check them out
with an optimistic outlook.
I'll report on my results the next
time.
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