EPTI went location scouting today for “Dare,” and while I still need to confirm the use the house/kitchen I found THE PERFECT ALLEY. I cannot express this enough, what I saw in my head when I wrote the script is a real place and we’ll be shooting there.
Of course, it’s an alleyway and therefore probably belongs to fifty different people so we’ll be going guerilla on this one. The bare bones, Matthew Leisher (Talent) and Rance Costa (Director of Photography) is all we need on this location so I’ll probably have the rest of the crew and cast call later in the day.
I still cannot believe how I found the alley though, I had the idea so I drove around my town and couldn’t find it. I remembered there’s a cool alley in Venice off of Superba Ave so I started to drive that way but got lost. I made a few lefts and a right and BAM saw something out of the corner of my eye. Drove over to it in, and instantly fell in love with it.
The closer we get to Sunday the more excited I get and the more I start to envision the way this film is going to turn out. Like everyone who is going to enter this contest, I think it’ll win. After looking at some of the competition I might be going above and beyond what is needed for this film… but at the end of the day this isn’t just another entry.
This is being made as a teaser for a longer short/feature, it’s meant to tease at the end (So, you’re probably going to say “Oh damnit… how’s it end” once you watch.. but that’s kind of the point.
Even if I don’t win on Filmaka I can still make up a press dossier, and along with this film shop it around like a calling card to try to get funding for a major one.
At the same time, I’m writing my next two projects. One is another contest entry called “Vibrations,” and another which has no name but it’s a feature film being written by my brother, my best friend and myself and pertains to vampires.
Enough for tonight, time to relax. I might post some photos of the alley tomorrow, or make a video on youtube for it.
