Uncover the Untold Secrets Behind Re-inventing the Western with Joe Cornet on SYS Podcast Episode 538
So now just a quick few words about what I’ve been working on. So, this is the last episode before I begin shooting my feature rom-com. We begin production October 27th and we’re going to shoot for three weeks. We completed casting last week and now I’m really starting to focus on some of the more creative decisions. I’m going back to all the locations. In fact, I’m going to go visit one of my locations after I record this podcast and just start really getting a hard look at these locations. And then I’m going to go in and start to tweak the screenplay to really match the locations that we have. Starting to come up with a shot list. This is going to be a rough shot list. I’m starting to work with the actors, putting together the costume, book, production, design, all of that sort of stuff, which I find sort of fun because that’s really, as I said, sort of the creative part of this. And this is super low budget. So, we don’t have a production designer, a costume designer and all this stuff. But hopefully I’ve allowed myself enough time to kind of do these positions. And it all comes down to sort of my vision as the director. I mean, I feel like these are creative decisions that are interesting and fun to do. There’s not, frankly, a lot of production design. Obviously, the costumes, it’s a modern day. So it’s not like there’s really a ton to do. It’s really, for the costumes, it’s a matter of just working with the actors and using the clothes that they have to sort of bring these scenes and bring this vision together. And most of the production design will be where we rented this great bar. It’s a fantastic bar. It’s got a lot of just atmosphere and stuff. So there’s not going to be any production design. That’s like six of our days of our 15-day shoot, so a little less than half. So a lot of the stuff is sort of already ready to go. But I’ve got to create like, this is a young guy. He’s like a 25-year-old guy. So I’ve got to create a bedroom that looks like a 25-year-old guys and a living room that looks like a 25-year-old department. That’s about the most in terms of the production design. But again, these are interesting things and these do relate to the screenplay. They do relate to the character. So, it should be fun putting all that together over this next month, the final month, as I said before I start shooting. I’m still looking for some extras on November 11th and November 12th. So, if you live in Southern California or free either of those days and want to help me out, please do email me [email protected]. That November 11th date is going to be up in Ventura. Just it’s the southern end of Ventura, the city of Ventura right where the 126 and the 101 meet. And then the November 12th day. I found this theater. It’s really, it’s a cool old theater that’s kind of been shut down and it’s by the Camarillo Airport. So, a little north of Los Angeles. It’s a huge theater that apparently was built. It’s like a sort of a decommissioned military base and they’ve got this huge theater that’s not being used. So that should be a good location. It should be easy to shoot. There’s plenty of parking and sort of just out a little bit away from town. So, there’s not going to be a lot of problems or any issues we’ll be able to shoot there all day. So, as I said, I’m definitely looking for some extras. If you have any interest in helping me out, definitely drop me an email [email protected].
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