Splendid Isolation - End Of Holidays Blog Update

I've been lying low fer a while, figured it was about time I put up another humorous yet informative post. But, I couldn't come up with anything informative, or particularly humorous for that matter, so instead, here's a drawing of what the MAPS building will look like next week when casting begins...
Oh, and listen to Warren Zevon.

Mata Laishu, Kisama!

Hungry Like The Wolf - Soundtrack Discussion

What direction should the soundtrack take for a film named after a Rolling Stones song? Well, rather than take the obvious route, I'm going with a song by the very cool (and unfortunately, very dead) blues musician Howlin' Wolf. Namely the song entitled "I Smell A Rat." You should give it a listen sometime (by strictly legal means, of course.)
Since I can't resurrect Mr Wolf and ask his permission for the song...
I guess I'll just have to find someone to recreate a soundtrack based on that specific piece of kickass music.

In other news, casting starts next week; I'm in the midst of storyboarding now; and Rowan's blog is really, really self-indulgent and uninformative (and this is coming from a guy who puts his own pictures up on his blog.)

Down On The Corner - Location Scout Part II

Today I wandered the streets of Adelaide in search of a slum for the opening scene. I had in mind something along the lines of fire escapes, dumpsters and other standard hobo spots. Turns out the city is cleaning up these areas so my search didn't prove to be as fruitful as initially hoped. However, I did find a nice looking carpark behind 'jive' with some awesome graffiti that would look cool in the scene.
Anyways, because of my incompetence as a location scout, I'm asking anyone who knows any such slums to send us some possible locations. Something along the lines of the backdrop for the Bob Dylan video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues"...

Don't Follow Leaders, Watch Your Pawking Meters...

What?!

With A Little Help From My Friends - Introducing The Crew

Here is a picture of Peter not 'getting' my script after 'reading' it...

In other news, pre-production is well underway now with casting, locations and the all important catering being organized. The crew list for "Gimme Shelter" is as follows:
Producer & First AD - Jen Wildwood
DOP - Tom Gaskell
Editor - Daniel "Danny Steel" Leek
On-Set Audio - Rowan Graham
Post Audio - Phil Hunt
Lighting & Production Designer - Nicholas Cleary
Stills Photography - Dragan Radocaj

Catering & Make-up are really the only positions to fill at the moment. Our shooting schedule places us alongside Daniel Vink's zombie film "Back to the Dead."

PS - Are looking for a throne for Peter to sit on during his visit to the set, so let us know if you find anything fancy.

Going Mobile - In Search of a Setting

Went out location scouting with producer Jen Wildwood today to find our safe-house. Above are the photos I took of the area. The site was my place of work (so we really didn't look very far at all) the Windsor apartment building on Carrington street. The exteriors look good but the images I have of the rooms themselves don't really do them justice. I should also have mentioned in my first post that the film's title is "Gimme Shelter" after the Rolling Stones song. I was so caught up in all my Nic Cage bashing that I forgot to mention this, somewhat vital, detail.

Overture - The beginning stages of a Student Film

To open on a high note - I hate blogs. As I also hate myspace, msn and most other internet or technology related things. I also hate Nicholas Cage. Then again, I hate most things. Probably didn't win any friends there. However, I accept the existance of the internet, blogs and Nicholas Cage. I don't have to like it, but they exist and blogs (unlike Cage) have their uses. So, today I begin the role of hypocrite and start the blog for my independant film with the worst kind of vanity post (hopefully my last.)

My film centers around a wise-cracking homeless man who fabricates a story that makes him witness to a mob hit in order to gain access to a house and other perks within the witness protection program. I'm hoping that hilarity, or at the very least, mild amuesment, will ensue.

Hope my spite hasn't scared you all off. I'll be back once my pride has regenerated.