Update #16: ACTRESS FILM DEVELOPMENT UPDATE -- August 3rd, 2011
ACTRESS FILM DEVELOPMENT UPDATE -- August 3rd, 2011
I’m still writing the script based on the scout I took in April. I am scheduled to scout the Mojave CA locations on September 10th, and Tijuana sometime In September. From those trips I can finish the first draft of the screenplay and enter into Phase 2, which is casting the lead and doing the last Pacific Northwest scouting (Washington State and British Columbia) in October/November.
The timing of the shooting depends on the funding of stage 2 which I will start probably in September. I’ve decided NOT to build the story around a summer-time shoot, I want to be able shoot the film at any time of the year, at whatever opportunity arrises with the actress and the money. That means I’ll have to adjust the end of the movie, where originally I intended to be based on the Actress hiking the 15 mile/24 km ONE WAY trip to the lighthouse at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. I don’t know the trail, but I’m assuming with a crew and equipment, that is a 2 day trip at least one way. (Did I mention the bears and wolves?) So she’s have to take a boat (I’m hoping) because that trail is only open about 4 months a year. That stuff I’ll figure out in the scout.
The alternative is the end the film where the road stops, somewhere around Port Hardy. I love the idea of the lighthouse, for what is probably obvious symbolic and visual reasons.
Thanks again for your support on the project, I’ll send you a copy of the script when the first draft is finished.
Till then, I am always interested in casting ideas… who do you see in this part? I’d love your ideas. She should be a “known” actress, 28 to 40-ish, with superior acting technique and instincts. Naturally she needs to be at a point in her artistic life that doing a micro-budget makes sense for her.
Yours,
J
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James F. Robinson is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles
He wrote, produced & directed the award-winning independent motion picture, STILL BREATHING starring Brendan Fraser, Joanna Going, Celeste Holm, Lou Rawls and Ann Magnuson.
STILL BREATHING was distributed by October Films (now Focus Features) in the US, and by Paramount (UK), Disney (Australia), Delon (S, Asia), Fox Latin America, Helkon (Central Europe), Arum Prd. (Spain), Cinema Service (Korea) and Ashe Continental (Africa). Lakeshore International handled foreign sales duties. The film has played on HBO, Showtime, The Sundance Channel, ABC Family, AMC, IFC, Bravo and other networks.
Robinson’s previous work appeared on PBS, The Disney Channel, The Discovery Network and other outlets.
Robinson founded CinemaElectric Inc. in 1999 and served as it's CEO and Chief Creative Officer. The company developed a new kind of media for mobile phones called "Pocket Cinema". Under Robinson's supervision, PocketCinema" was distributed in more than 50 countries. After taking the company public, Robinson left in 2006 to pursue new film and media projects.
Robinson has been a featured speaker at THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, MILIA-MIDEM (FRANCE), MIP-TV, NATPE, SXSW, MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET LONDON, INTERNET WORLD, iHOLLYWOOD MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT, 3G WORLD CONGRESS AND MARKETPLACE (HONG KONG), STREAMING MEDIA WORLD, iTV WORLD, CTIA and other key media and technology industry events.
Website: www.JamesFRobinson.com
