Panic Stations

We’re locked down to shoot the new short on the 3rd – 5th April. I have two pro actors, a top notch DP and Sound Guy, a much better camera than we used before, a location and… no lights. Or a tripod. Minor technicalities which I’m sure I’ll iron out this week. Still, if anyone has a set of Dedolights they aren’t using the week after next and are reasonably close to Kent (UK) I might need your help!

I’ve been rewriting the script quite a bit, it’s amazing how much dialogue you can trim when you know you’ve got actors who will be able to play the parts without having to vocalise every nuance. Although it’s shaved two pages of the original ten pages, it makes for a much more dramatic affair.

I’ve developed Ken’s ideas even further now to the point where I’ve been able to give it the working title ‘Assassins’. Everything is dovetailing nicely together now (even as I’m writing this I’m realising more connections and ideas for Ken and Ben to play with).

I’ve also made quite a bit of progress on a second rewrite of my Architurus script in the past week as well. I’m finally getting a good feel for what the story is really about (and just keeping it to that), which has meant quite a lot of changes, but much for the better. I think progress will be slow on that front for the next few weeks, but it’s something to keep me busy at idle moments.