Originaly posted at: Project Pedal...

As promised: if you click on "the production" drop-menu to the left, you'll notice something new under "the idea / storyboard" section. The sketches are in no particular order and really don't tell a story either, they basically cover everyday situations. I've started to get a feel for how the boards will be organized for the trip, [nothing final but;] when the time comes I would separate the shot-ideas by their 'purpose', example: "everyday use", "forest", "flat-lands", “desert”, etc...

This way as we travel through certain landscapes for several days at a time; the crew will have a checklist of shots to focus on capturing. They serve more as a reference than a "check-list", on top of that of course, the crew could be as creative as their little hearts desired, I just would never go into this kind of thing with no “plan”. The more ideas and input the merrier.

I watched a trailer for a film last night called, Primer, an independent film from Shane Carruth, a 31 year old first time director / writer / producer / actor / editor who's built-up quite a buzz since Sundance. Well, the film's website has a forum, which mostly consist of people asking: a) what the film meant? b) if it was coming to [fill in the blank]? And c) if they could plug their own film... but - a certain thread caught my eye, it was titled: You can't make a film for $7,000. It was written by Shane himself and despite the title, went on to say how actually it was very possible to film a feature length movie for 7'grand, shot on film [16mm] no less, not miniDV, but there was a 'price to pay' for cutting so many corners. It's a very interesting, short comment and something that without a doubt gives us "little guys" hope.