"Sometimes the end ....feels like the beginning"
Ok. It’s taken a long time for me to get to writing this post. I’ve been putting it off for a while because I just havn’t been in the mood to face it. The reason is because just before Christmas I had to CALL THE SHOOT OFF AND PUT THE FILM ON HOLD because we just didn’t have enough money.
Going back to mid December this was a completely crazy time. I was so busy trying to organize everything, find the last locations, rehearse with the actors and go over the sets with Michael the DOP. The rehearsals were awesome and put a huge smile on my face. Max and Claus are really great. This makes it even harder now that the film isn’t going ahead at this time.
So basically in the last few days before the Christmas break we got our final deal back from Bavaria Film and it wasn’t quite as low as we had hoped. On top of this, our last chance for financial support, 13th Street, decided not to back us. I weighed everything and after much consideration decided I would put 20,000 Euros of my own (and borrowed) money into the film. In the end, even this was not enough.
A last minute glimmer of hope had us scrambling around between Christmas and New Year trying to see if we could make it work but eventually we had to face up to the fact that it was not completely prepared and yes, we didn’t have enough money. So we called everyone and told them it wasn’t going to happen at this time. I felt the worst for Michael because when I rang him he had just spent the entire day going over the locations with his gaffer. I’m really sorry Michael.
Anyway there is way more behind the story but I can’t be bothered to go into it. I’d rather just move on.
If things had gone to plan we would be shooting right now and as it turns out the weather is no good anyway. I wanted snow and it is 11 degrees C at the moment and also has been raining. The weather would have been crap for the film. So that makes me feel a bit better.
The new plan. Try and shoot it next winter in March or April. We have another year to prepare and find some different finance possibilities (if there are any) and I’m going to try and do some more writing in the meantime.
On a positive note. I had drinks with a producer from Ratpack Filmproduktion last night and got chatting to him about writing and eventually the short. He said he’d like to read it so I’m sending the script to him tonight. A great contact to have in the future whatever happens.
So… on a final note (for now) and not that anyone from the crew actually reads this blog but I just want to say a HUGE thankyou to everyone who jumped on board this crazy film. It’s a real shame it didn’t work out for this time but thank you all so much for all the time and effort you all put into it. It really was amazing for me to have had the opportunity to meet and work with you all and I hope that we can all regroup again when the time comes. Cheers!!
..and Happy New Year!
Ok. It’s taken a long time for me to get to writing this post. I’ve been putting it off for a while because I just havn’t been in the mood to face it. The reason is because just before Christmas I had to CALL THE SHOOT OFF AND PUT THE FILM ON HOLD because we just didn’t have enough money.
Going back to mid December this was a completely crazy time. I was so busy trying to organize everything, find the last locations, rehearse with the actors and go over the sets with Michael the DOP. The rehearsals were awesome and put a huge smile on my face. Max and Claus are really great. This makes it even harder now that the film isn’t going ahead at this time.
So basically in the last few days before the Christmas break we got our final deal back from Bavaria Film and it wasn’t quite as low as we had hoped. On top of this, our last chance for financial support, 13th Street, decided not to back us. I weighed everything and after much consideration decided I would put 20,000 Euros of my own (and borrowed) money into the film. In the end, even this was not enough.
A last minute glimmer of hope had us scrambling around between Christmas and New Year trying to see if we could make it work but eventually we had to face up to the fact that it was not completely prepared and yes, we didn’t have enough money. So we called everyone and told them it wasn’t going to happen at this time. I felt the worst for Michael because when I rang him he had just spent the entire day going over the locations with his gaffer. I’m really sorry Michael.
Anyway there is way more behind the story but I can’t be bothered to go into it. I’d rather just move on.
If things had gone to plan we would be shooting right now and as it turns out the weather is no good anyway. I wanted snow and it is 11 degrees C at the moment and also has been raining. The weather would have been crap for the film. So that makes me feel a bit better.
The new plan. Try and shoot it next winter in March or April. We have another year to prepare and find some different finance possibilities (if there are any) and I’m going to try and do some more writing in the meantime.
On a positive note. I had drinks with a producer from Ratpack Filmproduktion last night and got chatting to him about writing and eventually the short. He said he’d like to read it so I’m sending the script to him tonight. A great contact to have in the future whatever happens.
So… on a final note (for now) and not that anyone from the crew actually reads this blog but I just want to say a HUGE thankyou to everyone who jumped on board this crazy film. It’s a real shame it didn’t work out for this time but thank you all so much for all the time and effort you all put into it. It really was amazing for me to have had the opportunity to meet and work with you all and I hope that we can all regroup again when the time comes. Cheers!!
..and Happy New Year!
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