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Production Notebook
I have spent hours and hours today viewing demos.
We”re moving quickly, so I have to process a lot of material in a short amount of time. I've mentioned that I enjoy working with agents who rep. production talent. This continues to be the case: They are a quick hand at identifying which of the clients on their roster will be best for the project and then they turnaround full materials; reel, resume, et cetera. This makes it so much easier on our end: Instead of wading through their entire roster, we can watch/view the work of the precise few who make sense. At this point I”m also looking for the Greg Martin of costume design, and that”s no easy endeavor. I have meetings to that effect at the end of the week after I get through casting.
Right now it”s not so much an issue of finding the right caliber of talent or the interest as it is my making the best personnel decisions for the project and filling out the best team possible. I”m also looking at the future, the long term, since this project does give me a chance to work and gel with key crewmembers, so I really want to find individuals who are right for Artemis and perhaps beyond. Creative bonds like that aren”t something you can force, but you can make the best decision with that in mind based on what”s given before you. Furthermore, I'm keen on people who can see the potential and the vision from the beginning.
Thus, one moment I”ll be talking to a costumer or working with Greg on concepts for the film”s still photography (yes, already) or the like, and the next moment I”m looking at catering menu options for the shoot or doing something like researching what sort of rocks I want from props. Then, suddenly, I”m drinking more coffee and eating dinner at 2AM and it”s all “where did the day go” and “how did I just eat half a can of olives?”
Creating and supporting a world is delightful-strange and much more involved than you”d ever imagine.
PS: 1/2 a can of olives = amazing dinner that hits all required areas of the food pyramid.
OK fine: It was a whole can.
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