Some of you may know we got a big hurdle ahead: the film project I want to get done.
While I have no idea when this is going to get done, I got a bare-bones screenplay idea ready.
The obvious question is, who’s going to do it. The economy in Holywood post-coronavirus is slower than it was before. I certainly would like to have the biggest names in motion pictures working at this, but who knows ? That and the fact that I’ve never done something like this before.
I think most of what you can watch now on TV is poor quality: watch Netflix and all the major movie channels and tell me if you find something good. I personally haven’t watched a really good movie since the Game of Thrones on HBO.
“We are optimistic that we will go back into production on some shows as early as early as late July or August, said Jeff Frost, president of Sony Pictures TV Studios.
People in the industry offered varying estimates for how much new safety measures and longer shooting schedules might add to a given production’s budget, from 5% to doubling or tripling the cost.
Some of the guidelines are similar to what most of the country has been doing for months- wearing masks and social distancing. However, that doesn’t work for actors in front of the camera.
Actors’ off-camera experience on set is likely to change, too, including minimizing the time between the application of makeup and shooting a scene, said Screen Actors Guild general counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.”
Wall Street Journal, June 13-14th, 2020
So few are ready to shout “lights, camera, action” just yet. Maybe for months to come. Overseas I don’t expect the situation to be different. Yet actors, producers, cameramen and everyone else involved need jobs. On my side, I have no cast requirements at this time. Nor do I have a set budget. We’ll make it on an economy budget if we need to. But I know that when this gets done, in the right hands, it will make a star out of some man and some woman. Better yet, a few men and women.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
Good choice for the new James Bond soundtrack