We are so close I can smell the coffee and doughnuts at my 4am wake up call! Everything is moving along well, despite having to put back by 6 weeks owing to a foul-up with the financial completion. Now just tidying up cash-flow we have a confirmed schedule start of 10 July for pre-production with a 24th August 2009 first day of principal photography. Everything is in place - cast, HoD's, studios, equipment , and post-production elements. Money in the bank with a little more to gather and we are rocking ready!
It's getting very exciting as Steve Simmons completes the storyboards, concepts, mood boards, and costume preliminaries ahead of our first production meetings. Steven Priovolos, currently overseas will be back to help me with test shoot and equipment compilation ahead of final delivery requirements from Panavision. currently we are still negotiating with both Kodak and Fuji for their best stocks, unsure quite of which to go with. We may end up shooting test strips of both the Eterna 500 and the Vision2........only because Vision3 I feel will offer too saturated an image for our needs.
We are continuing with our production design ideas and will undoubtedly have something very intriguing for the Production Designer and Art Director when they are brought onto the project and the production meetings begin in earnest. Mike Peel, heading up our SFX department, is also working hard, currently on a scale model of the set, again for those first production meetings in July.
So all in all things are incredibly busy. If you want an update on any other of Oceanstorm Films projects then you know where to head by now........the blog is online here as well.
Catch you later!
Nick
Hard Shoulder Poster - First Draft
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Friday, 13 March 2009
Set the Rigging....
Well just time I think in my busy schedule to get you up to date with what's happening.............
1) Studios agreed - London, down at 3 Mills Studios it looks like - same place Danny Boyle Shot 28 Days & Sunshine.
2) 2 perf 35mm supplied by Panavision it seems plus a coupla 3 perfs for the 'stunt sequences' and those are under wraps.
3) Set build designs under way.....a really gruesome, wet, slimy, abandoned roadside diner.
4) Finance proceeding with good contacts and negotiations well under way with a final budget approaching £300k.........a far cry from the £50k I first conceived possible....maybe on my DV cam but not now!
5) All cast in place.........deal memos being put together.....Jamie Foreman and Wil Johnson headlining.
6) Discussions ongoing for theatrical distribution.....with major sales/distrib entity. Coming to a cinema near you now more than likely!
7) Storyboards being compiled from a very comprehensive shotlist but we won't be slaves.....adaptability is our maxim. Great design work from my buddy, Steve Simmons!
8) Website due to go 'live!' by March 14th 2009 so keep an eye open for it!
9) Now confirmed participation from the Vfx guys behind Hellboy and BM: The Dark Knight, the sound people on Captain Correlli's Mandolin, the post prod guys on Hunger, music score from the composers of Rise of the Footsoldiers, and model makers from The Descent.
10) Also stunt prep for some amazing road, and fire work being completed by a team whose credits include Saving Private Ryan, and Casino Royale.
So there is a bit of information to keep you excited for what HARD SHOULDER is going to deliver. How did we achieve all this you might ask, on only £120k cash budget? The answer is we didn't. Without the support and passion of many talented individuals we would never have got this far let alone be on the verge of something so exciting....and so sizable.
Remember one thing as you go about preparing your own projects................there is nothing more valuable than a..................GREAT SCRIPT!
Keep truckin everyone.
Nick
1) Studios agreed - London, down at 3 Mills Studios it looks like - same place Danny Boyle Shot 28 Days & Sunshine.
2) 2 perf 35mm supplied by Panavision it seems plus a coupla 3 perfs for the 'stunt sequences' and those are under wraps.
3) Set build designs under way.....a really gruesome, wet, slimy, abandoned roadside diner.
4) Finance proceeding with good contacts and negotiations well under way with a final budget approaching £300k.........a far cry from the £50k I first conceived possible....maybe on my DV cam but not now!
5) All cast in place.........deal memos being put together.....Jamie Foreman and Wil Johnson headlining.
6) Discussions ongoing for theatrical distribution.....with major sales/distrib entity. Coming to a cinema near you now more than likely!
7) Storyboards being compiled from a very comprehensive shotlist but we won't be slaves.....adaptability is our maxim. Great design work from my buddy, Steve Simmons!
8) Website due to go 'live!' by March 14th 2009 so keep an eye open for it!
9) Now confirmed participation from the Vfx guys behind Hellboy and BM: The Dark Knight, the sound people on Captain Correlli's Mandolin, the post prod guys on Hunger, music score from the composers of Rise of the Footsoldiers, and model makers from The Descent.
10) Also stunt prep for some amazing road, and fire work being completed by a team whose credits include Saving Private Ryan, and Casino Royale.
So there is a bit of information to keep you excited for what HARD SHOULDER is going to deliver. How did we achieve all this you might ask, on only £120k cash budget? The answer is we didn't. Without the support and passion of many talented individuals we would never have got this far let alone be on the verge of something so exciting....and so sizable.
Remember one thing as you go about preparing your own projects................there is nothing more valuable than a..................GREAT SCRIPT!
Keep truckin everyone.
Nick
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
This Ain't No Park 'n' Ride..............
Here's the gig - "Hard Shoulder" is now only 12 weeks, give or take, away from production. Watch this space. The new website to promote the film goes live on March 14th 2009 at http://www.hardshoulderthemovie.com/
It's going to be one helluva film!
Nick
It's going to be one helluva film!
Nick
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Project Developments..........
The finance plan has been put into effect and two significant private investors have come onboard to kick start the funding.
Also we have had confirmed interest from Jamie Foreman who has read the script and is looking to discuss the project with us.
Sales agent discussions are also under way.
Exec Production interest has been received from Matador Films as we push to compile the package for production.
The finance plan has been put into effect and two significant private investors have come onboard to kick start the funding.
Also we have had confirmed interest from Jamie Foreman who has read the script and is looking to discuss the project with us.
Sales agent discussions are also under way.
Exec Production interest has been received from Matador Films as we push to compile the package for production.
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Cast News..........
In the last few days we have made significant progress.........
Attachment from James Fisher (Hooligans, Zombie Diaries), and Lucy Drive (Banged Up Abroad), and Frances Speedie.
Confirmed interest to attach from Wil Johnson (Clocking Off, Waking the Dead)
Interest from Jill Greenacre (Brittas Empire), Angela Dixon (A Snake's Tail), and Jon Campling (Penetration Angst).
Request to read from Eddie Marsan (MI3, V for Vendetta, Hancock, Miami Vice)
Attachment from James Fisher (Hooligans, Zombie Diaries), and Lucy Drive (Banged Up Abroad), and Frances Speedie.
Confirmed interest to attach from Wil Johnson (Clocking Off, Waking the Dead)
Interest from Jill Greenacre (Brittas Empire), Angela Dixon (A Snake's Tail), and Jon Campling (Penetration Angst).
Request to read from Eddie Marsan (MI3, V for Vendetta, Hancock, Miami Vice)
Saturday, 5 July 2008
So Far So Good.........
I'm chuffed right now - really chuffed. The script for Hard Shoulder has been, to date at least, well received by my regular army of readers and the few cast members who have been shortlisted for roles already. No audition process on this one, just careful selection based upon the producer's knowledge, and close scrutiny of showreels.
The script is holding up really well. A few tweaks to the timeline is all that has been ordered so far, and in the main the narrative remains tight and focused. If anything it is the subtext that is proving tough to comprehend in all its complexity, for it is very multi-layered, and in places ambiguous. I don't necessarily think that a problem - in a 'David Lynch' kind of way it is complimentary. Oh to create something as memorable as Lost Highway.
Work continues to secure finance, find locations and suitable studios, as well as entice the two 'big boys' who will anchor the production for us. It is all a matter of chance but all in all we're ship shape and raring to set sail. Had some interesting advice today from a well respected sound recordist and am looking into securing his considerable talent for the duration of the shoot, as consultant if necessary, but in the sound 'hot seat' if possible.
Nick
The script is holding up really well. A few tweaks to the timeline is all that has been ordered so far, and in the main the narrative remains tight and focused. If anything it is the subtext that is proving tough to comprehend in all its complexity, for it is very multi-layered, and in places ambiguous. I don't necessarily think that a problem - in a 'David Lynch' kind of way it is complimentary. Oh to create something as memorable as Lost Highway.
Work continues to secure finance, find locations and suitable studios, as well as entice the two 'big boys' who will anchor the production for us. It is all a matter of chance but all in all we're ship shape and raring to set sail. Had some interesting advice today from a well respected sound recordist and am looking into securing his considerable talent for the duration of the shoot, as consultant if necessary, but in the sound 'hot seat' if possible.
Nick
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