March 9, 2008

"Join This Group?" Preproduction

Lives Agape's first production is a short mockumentary entitled "Join This Group?" detailing the (over) importance of Facebook within the collegiate setting. The first draft was written in December 2007, and the last draft was just finalized last week. The project was greenlit when camera operator/coproducer A. F. signed on board. Currently all crew and half the cast has been confirmed.

The biggest concerns we have right now are getting the last half of the cast confirmed and getting the production schedule finalized. Already we've run up against scheduling problems. We think that the interview-like style that dominates most of the project will help minimize needed shooting time. Once the rest of the cast is confirmed, we'll finalize the shooting schedule for sure and start constructing the few props needed as well a confirming locations.

We're going to rely on a three person crew, writer/director/coproducer, camera operator/coproducer, cinematographer/audio recording. As we start detailing shot lists, location surveys, and lightning set ups, we might need to call in some favors.

However, at this point in the production schedule, everything seems to be fairly on track.

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