Hey everyone!
I'm looking for your perspective.
As many of us are in the Indie world, I am an Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer. I am currently in preproduction on a short passion project that has been in my head for 40 years. I wrote it, am Producing it, and will be Directing as well.
As many of us are ADHD, like I am, I am wondering if you ever feel that something BIG is slipping through the cracks. It's only happened once in my Community College days and hasn't happened since but the feeling is there. I dropped something. But I don't know what.
Have any of you felt this way during preproduction? If so, what did you do about it? Details would be wonderful! Thanks!
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Shane!
It's wonderful to hear from you again! I read your book a few years ago as I was making my first feature "Turbo Cola" and reached out a few years ago to say thank you for the read. I didn't know you were on here. Pretty cool.
Yeah, it can drive you crazy sometimes. I do have 21 years of military service and 10 years of owning a business to fall back on when it comes to planning things. But it doesn't mean that mistakes don't happen or won't happen again in the future.
I guess the best thing to do is just do the best I can... and maybe read your book again! Lol! Have a GREAT day!
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Your screenplay is your playbook. If you are happy with it, follow it and you won't forget anything. You might learn things you haven't thought of before, but you won't forget anything.
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Brandon, you'll have to do some FPA (failure prevention analysis): everyone have the script? Does talent understand what they need to wear, what colors they shouldn't wear (DP can help you with the color palatte)? Hair and make up ready with their kits, have everything they need? Locations locked? Plan in place on how to move seamlessly between locations? DP ready with camera and crew? DP have everything: camera, lenses, lights, filters, gels, clapboard? Editor in the loop too, ready to go, understands the tone/feel, color palette? How is editor getting footage? On set with transfers and backup drives or waiting until it's a wrap? Got power or using batteries? Batteries all charged? And so on, and so on ... for each department you mentally go through it. Yes you will have someone in charge of each dept, and it doesn't hurt to ask the questions and go through a checklist with them. AND, ask them to do the same. FPA is about taking the risk/failure out of each area. I don't know the size of your production, crew. The smaller the shoot and crew, the more you'll need to have everything ready. Hope this helps, and break a leg!
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Dear Shane Stanley, I was flattered to get an email saying you wanted to join my network, but now it seems a) you have left this platform and/or b) you have been impersonated by someone. I have watched your You-Tube talks many times, particularly on plagiarism, about which I have my own .grim story. Well, I hope you are still here and that I can share that story with you sometime ... and my own screenplays, though I remember a killer line from your talks - 'No one reads spec scripts anymore'.