what a weekend...

I think I underestimated the effort of making River in San Antonio, while living in Houston! 180 miles is a killer! ;( and with all the location scouting, i think i did about 600 odd miles in 2 days...

But the fun is worth it....it is awesome that we are actually attempting to pull it off in just one weekend! That means that we shoot all day saturday and all day sunday. Man, I am so not looking forward to that Monday...


It is now official. This is where we are shooting the poker scene:

A wine cellar was definitely not the first choice, but it just looked fabulous. The irony is that 'zinc' is the restaurant where I first narrated the script to Mari and Scott! ;)

The restaurant scene will be at the Oak Hills Tavern...easily the most hung-out place for Frost & Sullivan employees.....have had many memorable and forgettable nights there ;)...Daxton is meeting the rather 'cold sounding' owner today.

Most of the casting is finalized......but Federico continues to be a challenge. Have too many choices.....but I guess it is a good problem to have. Hopefully by Wednesday night, we should be all set!!

River - Locations

Here are the most probable locations for the restaurant. Let me know what you think. I personally feel that 'bumdoodlers' has the most suitable floor plan, but the wall colors suck. Spechts has beautiful insides, but:

- does not have the 'door' for the last scene

- we do not have permission yet

First 3 are Bumdoodlers and last 3, Spechts':

The River

I think 'River' gets kicked off officially tommorrow. I hope to be on the road scouting for one of the two locations. It is such a relief that there are only two, as against the 7 for haze. I dont think any of us want to try that out again.

I personally think some parts are a bit over the top...but most of my friends have told me it does not sound cheesy. I am not sure if they are just being nice to me!

Fox News on SAUFF and Haze

Fox news coverage

Did not have the time to record it. So had to 'buy' this clip ;(

Click on the link below for Fox News' coverage on SAUFF and Haze

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2byrx_fox2

Will try to get it on youtube soon. I think sharing / embedding that is way easier.

SAUFF update and Haze on Fox news

Today, we had a planned press conference at SAUFF, but only Fox 29 turned up. Myself and another director (Matt from Austin) were interviewed. The story came on the 9:00 PM news and Haze managed to grab a good 20 seconds of footage on air. Will post the video here when I get it.

Haze at SAUFF

Haze has been chosen for screening at SAUFF (san antonio underground film festival). It is a decently respected festival in Texas and has been around for about 13 years. I am told there were about 150 submissions this year. Haze was among the better 62 that will be screened. No, we did not win any of the awards, but it seems like we could get a fair bit of visibility for future projects.

Schedule below.
http://safilm.com/2007/events.html

updates on their way.