I've finished the STORYBOARDS!!!

This is a big-deal for me and I did promise you a behind the scenes look at the filmmaking process.

Storyboards...First let me tell you what we've done for the last month and half.

Once I recieved the script from Marina, I read through it a couple of times. Originally, I was waiting on a different script from Marina. I felt, "two lonely people", the original name of the script, was too long and I was looking for something shorter to shoot as it would not take as much time or resources.

I read many other scripts, about 20, before I decided on the script for "Meet Me in the Park." I couldn't find anything of similar quality, so I committed to the length and took on the project.

I took the script and began sorting the scenes into locations. I was budgeting time for the film. Although the script is 18 pages long, it only takes place in 4 or 5 locations. That was good. It's always time consuming to move cast, crew, and equipment from location to location.

After that I started reading through the script to see if there was anything we needed to cut and surprisingly there was very little. The script is pretty tight and the dialogue only needs a little polish.

Then, I began the storyboards, drawing a small thumbnail image of each of my shots and noting the action and dialogue in the scene. Alfred Hitchcock said that his films were basically finished once the storyboards were drawn. At this point I'm still open to interpretation, but I do plan on going through and refining the storyboards on a second pass this week.

Auditions will be held at the end of the month. I want for word of the cast session to get out and that is going to take a little time. I think between Randy's websites and Craigslist I should be able to see about 50 people.

That is where I am at right now. I'll get some information on Randy for the blog. He's a DP and were working together now and I have plans for him to shoot the film. He has a proper HD camera with a 35mm lens adapter. Nice look for the film.

Later,

Brad Ferrell

http://www.angelisdigitalstudio.com/