The Wheel Turns 05/13/2011

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The first production meeting was held at the Dark Heart Visions / Whatcom Filmmakers Co-op office, on April 29th at 6:00 p.m.  I have to confess, I was a little nervous.  While I had been talking about the project for some time, this would be the first time that it was officially rolled out to an entire group of some of the (I hoped) key players.  What if they didn't get along?  What if they had a completely different view of the project?  What if they just thought it sucked? 

As it turned out, my fears were unfounded.  Everyone was excited to be part of the project and all the personalities meshed perfectly.  The main purpose of the meeting was to get to know each other better, ascertain whether the people that I had picked wanted to be involved at all, give an overview of the project and its background and assign key roles to everyone.  Copies of the script were distributed and everyone got to tell us their background and what their strengths were.  We discussed the realities of the budget and fundraising options.  It was a good, fun meeting, with everyone contributing great ideas. 

The following is a list of everyone in attendance and the job assigned to them.  Later, I'll be making individual posts for each of them, highlighting their respective skills.  I'm very excited to have each and every one of them involved. 

LANGLEY J. WEST  (Hey, that's me!)                                                                WRITER / DIRECTOR

DOMENIC ("MIKE") BARBERO                                                                           PRODUCER

SUE MATTSON                                                                                                    LINE PRODUCER

SEAN LEONARD                                                                                                 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

BRYCE CARTER                                                                                                 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

IVAN OWEN                                                                                                        CREATURE ANIMATRONICS

DANN WARICK                                                                                                    ACTOR: CHARLIE BIRGER

SCOTT WHITE                                                                                                    ACTOR:  THE STRANGER

DAVE HUSS                                                                                                        ACTOR:  BILL, THE GUARD

RICK FARR                                                                                                         ACTOR:  GUARD # 2

As can be seen, many other roles still need to be filled.  Again, I have a wish list for many of the spots, and can only hope that my choices will be as excited about the project as the rest of us are.  As we broke for the evening, there was a buzz in the air.  I couldn't have been happier.  The following morning, I was scheduled to fly to Southern Illinois to hopefully secure some music licensing, get some background plates, do some research and visit my parents.  I had not seen them for 4 years.  The last time had been at my wedding in Giant City State Park.  My wife and I had been attempting to get me there for a visit for quite some time and I was greatly looking forward to spending a week surrounded by the world that was my childhood.

Southern Illinois State Troopers, circa 1920s

 

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