"The Ledge" News

Had a good meeting with my producer friends Eric and Lori over at Bald Brother's Studio Productions last night.

Initially, I headed over to see the current cut of "Previously Viewed," which is coming along. Didn't have much more to say about the edits. Looks like now, the biggest task left is going to be adjusting audio.

But the best part of the evening regarded my most recent short script, "The Ledge."

Lori had requested my short scripts to give them a read since she, for some reason, seemed interested in producing something of mine. So, I sent her "The Box Office" and "The Ledge." Lori was not particularly fond of "The Box Office." Of course, I knew it was in need of a major rewrite, which I have not started to work on since I finished it over a month ago. Maybe once the rewrite is done, she will like it better.

Once we finished our discussion of that script, we moved on to one she claimed to really, really like. Instead of just discussing the script and what might make it better (I certainly think it needs some tweaking), we found ourselves fully immersed in a preproduction meeting of "How do we do this?", "When do you want to shoot?", "What about casting?", etc., etc.

Another thing we talked about was the name. I started the process of writing with the title "The Ledge" in my mind, but as I got further along I decided that I wanted to change it. So, now "The Ledge" is called "The End."

It was all so exciting. And I think all three of us were extremely pumped about this project.

It is going to be a challenge, based on the location of the script. I've decided to keep mum on the details so when everyone who reads this finally sees the film, you all will be completely surprised.

With all that said, it looks like in 2009 Broken Heart Films, in association with Bald Brother's Studio Productions, will present "The End."

B

Bad News...

Well, it may not be bad, but it's less than good.

The "Director's Diary" I've been promising? Well, it will not be as great as I'd hoped. Turns out the tape from the last night of shooting has video but the audio is messed up and I can't capture the video into Final Cut Pro. I am going to try another camera, but I think I'm out of luck.

There was some very funny, FUNNY, stuff on there with Eric and Zack. Oh well...

I hope to have a version up next week.

But don't hold your breath... :-)

B

Logo has arrived!

Well, folks, here it is. The unveiling of the Broken Heart Films logo. Thanks again to Kim, one of the finest graphic designers in the world, for putting this together for me. It doesn't really touch on my original idea, but it turned out that was kind of a bad idea. This certainly worked out better. The first logo is the primary, and the other is the secondary.




Let me know what you think...

B

August 5, 2008 Update

Hey everyone. Sorry about being away for so long. No excuse, just haven't been blogging. And I know, I know, you're all wondering where the "Director's Diary" footage is from "Previously Viewed." Well, me, too!

Hopefully soon.

But for now, I have better news. The first draft for "The Ledge" is complete. Handwritten in my composition book it came out to 51 pages, but properly formatted in my fancy computing machine it is a svelte 20.2 pages. However, since it's a short film, some might complain 20 pages is too long. It does have a lot of dialogue, so I feel like it might come in under 20 minutes.

Frankly, I like this piece a bit better than "The Box Office." But I plan to make them both.

I hope to meet with a producer friend of mine next week to discuss these two projects. In the meantime, I plan to work on a rewrite of "The Box Office" and try to secure the sync rights to the song I want to use in it. I got verbal permission to use the song, but in order to protect everybody involved, I am getting them in writing as well. Once I secure that, I'll let everyone in on who the artist is and the name of the song.

But "The Ledge" is kind of crazy. With the exception of the final, very short scene, there are only three characters that play for 19.5 pages. I really want to tell you all what it's about, but I don't want to give anything away, so I'm staying tight-lipped.

Other news, I will be unveiling the official Broken Heart Films logo here soon. My friend Kim, who is an amazing graphic designer, has been working on this for me, and I am very pleased with the results. While it will be great looking at it on the Web, I can't wait to see it on a big screen in front of one of my short films.

Finally, with the logo complete, I am closer to setting up my official Web site. Right now there is just a placement page at www.brokenheartfilms.com. But I should have it up and running by the end of the year.

That's it for now.

Shoot me an e-mail or leave a comment. I'd love to hear from everyone.

B