Wow, so my producer and I have settled on shooting dates. Fire in the Pulpit will be shot June 17th thru July 1st in Decatur, GA. It feels surreal, but having the dates solid and blocked out in my calendar makes the shoot even more real.
Finalizing any tweeks to the script is being done and I've got my script breakdown. I feel confident, and professional. The shoot is going to go off without a hitch (well, there will be hitches as with all productions) But so much prep and planning is happening in the next few months that those hitches will be nothing major.
Prepping a movie is like baking a cake.
The script is the recipe - it's taken time to perfect, passed down from other great scriptwriters in the past. To get my recipe just right I did trials, short films and web shows and wrote on spec under my own time and with no promise of pay just for the experience
The greenlight is the pre-heating - Deciding to go into this production over the many other scripts I have written was a deliberate choice, I looked at subject matter, budget, and the impact my first feature will have on the tone for the rest of my filmmaking life
The pre-production is mixing the ingredients - Getting the script ready to shoot, planning shots, storyboarding, casting, location scouting, locking down everything... the most important part. Too much of an ingredient here and you might destroy yourself mentally, too little and you might get a film that was a pain to even make. Just the right amount of preparation and the right ingredients will make shooting an excellent experience.
Production - BAKING! All the prep, all the planning, all the budgeting comes together into something that looks like total chaos, but is the funnest and best part of the process
Entering Post Production - let it cool! If you put the frosting on too fast, it will melt and who really wants to eat that cake. You must evaluate the footage, the shots, the composition and get prepared to bring it
all togetherEditing - The Icing on this cake, editing can actually make or break it all. I've seen indie films that could have possibly been saved with a better editing job. Its unfortunate to shoot and then mess up a film after the fact. It all comes together, the sound, the look, the feel, the pacing, everything in the editing!
Distribution - The cherry on top. I'm not really a fan of those canned cherries, but I digress. If everything comes together from pre-to post then the distribution is the sweet sweet cherry on top. People will want your film, they will buy the chance to show it to their audiences, negotiate deals, put up your posters, and make you realize it was all worth while
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