Rehearsals for "Boundaries of Attraction"
posted July 7, 2008
"The Resurrection" has been put on hold temporarily - just about five weeks, until "Boundaries of Attraction" is in the can. For those of you not into film-speak, that means, filmed - not in the trash. :-p The term comes from the idea of taking a reel of film out of the camera and putting it back into the metal cannister. Of course, we're not using film stock, but "in the plastic case" doesn't sound as dramatic.
I did take David Snyder and Rob Kersey out into the woods by the side of the house to film one of the "Resurrection" dream sequences recently - complete with malfunctioning fog machine, for that cheesy old horror movie look - but we probably won't get much else done on it until mid-August. There's simply too much to do before the August 2nd shooting date for "Boundaries".
We have a fixed date for filming (August 2nd through the 9th), due to scheduling issues with the Derry House - our location. So we have to be ready by then. This means a ton of pre-production work, such as storyboarding, set dressing, lighting tests, etc.
And, of course, rehearsals.
We have our cast now, with the exception of Donna, a lesbian character in her early twenties with a few lines. If you, or someone you know, might be interested in reading for the part, please contact casting@dunkirkstudios.com
We had a major glitch the weekend of the read-through, when the person we'd cast as Josh dropped out, due to personal reasons. I appreciate that he dropped out before we'd really begun, rather than wait until half-way through the rehearsal stage, but it put us in a very bad spot, only a few weeks before filming. Fortunately, Xebic Smith, who'd been cast in a minor role, stepped up and has been doing a great job in the part!
Apart from Donna, our cast is:
Robert Kersey, playing Ty/Sean
Billy Baraw, playing Forrest
Dina Baker, playing Lindsay
Stephanie Aurora Long, playing Cara
Xebic Joseph Smith, playing Josh
Ashley Caron, playing Caitlin
Greg Murphy, playing Billy
Rebecca Howland, playing Christy
Michael Fontana, playing Frank and doing make-up
In addition to Donna, we are looking for people to play several minor roles (with one or two lines) and as many people as we can round up to play extras at the party the film takes place during.
We had our first full rehearsals this weekend, and they went really well. Since this is our first drama, as opposed to a genre piece - horror or sci-fi - I've been constantly trying to impress upon the cast how essential it is for the writing and acting to be top-notch, if we want to pull it off. The writing and acting in a horror film should be good, as I've ranted about many times, but the audience is willing to let a certain amount of cheesiness slide, as long as they're having a good time. But in a drama, if the writing is cornball, and the acting wooden, the audience will be bored to tears. This has been one of my main sources of stress since beginning this project.
After this weekend, I'm extremely upbeat and positive about how things are going. (As opposed to the pit of despair I was in a couple weeks ago - "Who WROTE this crap?!") We've got a fantastic cast (not to malign the cast in our other projects, in any way!) and I think they're going to do a terrific job!
I did take David Snyder and Rob Kersey out into the woods by the side of the house to film one of the "Resurrection" dream sequences recently - complete with malfunctioning fog machine, for that cheesy old horror movie look - but we probably won't get much else done on it until mid-August. There's simply too much to do before the August 2nd shooting date for "Boundaries".
We have a fixed date for filming (August 2nd through the 9th), due to scheduling issues with the Derry House - our location. So we have to be ready by then. This means a ton of pre-production work, such as storyboarding, set dressing, lighting tests, etc.
And, of course, rehearsals.
We have our cast now, with the exception of Donna, a lesbian character in her early twenties with a few lines. If you, or someone you know, might be interested in reading for the part, please contact casting@dunkirkstudios.com
We had a major glitch the weekend of the read-through, when the person we'd cast as Josh dropped out, due to personal reasons. I appreciate that he dropped out before we'd really begun, rather than wait until half-way through the rehearsal stage, but it put us in a very bad spot, only a few weeks before filming. Fortunately, Xebic Smith, who'd been cast in a minor role, stepped up and has been doing a great job in the part!
Apart from Donna, our cast is:
Robert Kersey, playing Ty/Sean
Billy Baraw, playing Forrest
Dina Baker, playing Lindsay
Stephanie Aurora Long, playing Cara
Xebic Joseph Smith, playing Josh
Ashley Caron, playing Caitlin
Greg Murphy, playing Billy
Rebecca Howland, playing Christy
Michael Fontana, playing Frank and doing make-up
In addition to Donna, we are looking for people to play several minor roles (with one or two lines) and as many people as we can round up to play extras at the party the film takes place during.
We had our first full rehearsals this weekend, and they went really well. Since this is our first drama, as opposed to a genre piece - horror or sci-fi - I've been constantly trying to impress upon the cast how essential it is for the writing and acting to be top-notch, if we want to pull it off. The writing and acting in a horror film should be good, as I've ranted about many times, but the audience is willing to let a certain amount of cheesiness slide, as long as they're having a good time. But in a drama, if the writing is cornball, and the acting wooden, the audience will be bored to tears. This has been one of my main sources of stress since beginning this project.
After this weekend, I'm extremely upbeat and positive about how things are going. (As opposed to the pit of despair I was in a couple weeks ago - "Who WROTE this crap?!") We've got a fantastic cast (not to malign the cast in our other projects, in any way!) and I think they're going to do a terrific job!