The Earth Begins to Move (blog 14)
Eventually but it is not yet sorted we have reached a figure of $315,000 worth of equipment to be insured which includes the Red Camera, The Sound Equipment, and all the extras from PS (Production Services, based in Canada http://www.psps.com/locations.html). But the guy who calls the final tune has left the office and while Paul tried his best to reach him, his mobile was off. And now I have the adumbration of a deal, but it will not be until the morning that I can send an amended cover letter from our insurance company, in which an agreed figure between all parties can be cut in stone and PS limited be written into our contract as Loss Payees and on and on goes the merry go round of double Dutch and blind Dutch courage without the booze. No gym or sauna for me today. Hard drives and 40 mini DV tapes have been ordered. Kev arrived over and will stay here for the duration as he wants to muck in and get down and dirty. Great to see him, we both kicked straight back into idiot, fun, creative energetics on seeing each other again jumping about the place like blasted guinea fowl.
Alan O'Sullivan and his wife Joanne are the steel cables in the back round holding this structure together. Night after night we have meetings to observe and contain the budget. Alan's book keeping skills are impressive and impeccable. Joanne is always there clearing the way for me and making endless organizing phone calls, and codifying the accounts, their involvement grows day by day, and their excitement is contagious. I can't believe how lucky I was to find both of their energies, to support and move this entire epic forward.
I had a great pitch conversation with Jason at Cine Electric for a hopeful deal with the lights, he will get back to me. We got the offer of Vans and what ever vehicles we need from Des Adams which is superb and very generous of him to want to help. The VW camper is being held until I get our Visa number by Steve at Snail Trail. John Naughten, is sending the copies of the forms we need for the anti money laundering proof of legitimacy for Spiderhole Productions Limited. Brendan Barret a local enterprising individual is off to London tomorrow and will seek out a hotel deal for us in Ealing, which is great. The Tickets are booked for 8 crew, cast, make up and me to leave Kerry Airport early Sunday morning the 11th of May. And I dealt with Robin Williams and had the status of the Carnet clarified, but I cannot relax until I hug Vinit, and tell him some yarns about Irish history on our way to Ballyheigue all sitting in a Van full of the latest camera technology and all about to embark upon the creative twister of a feature film.
Daniel has arrived and is in bed as I write this, we had a series of fun interviews with Priscilla Faye who will shoot the documentary. I thought it went well as an ice breaker, and we had some laughs, as well as capturing our first hour of footage shot at 25P (25 frames per second using a Progressive Scan) I am now three days into my second diet, which is a Cabbage Soup diet administered to patients as a prep for immanent surgery. A supposedly healthy mainstream technique, and a method of safely burning off excess weight, and for me a seven day trial, you can look it up on line, it is good. I have lost 10.5 pounds in 8 days and I feel great, although I could sense my daemon rising with the excitement and male conviviality bubbling over between us all this evening as one can of beer was passed round between them, and some cigarettes smoked, part of me would like nothing more then to nail some pints and get goofy and yet another part of me is determined to follow through and delay gratification until the fat lady sits on my face and I get to munch on the big juicy reward of a fanatical and focused vision.
A new day, 6.30, and the weather is glorious, clear blue skies over a tranquil perfect bay where a fishing boat, Pa Kane I suspect is already out after lobster. A thin glittering frost coated our car as I tramped out for my cycle this morning. Daniel who is used to waking at every turn of his wee baby Gem immediately responds to any movement I make sleeping in a bed along side his, this proximity helps us to hammer out issues and details and have a laugh.
Daithi and Kev will be rising soon as they pull of for the location about 8.30, they have been doing superb work. Between the two of these men you have probably the potential for nuclear fission, they both possess volcanic imaginations, are superb musicians, designers, inventors, and as unorthodox a set of genetic strains as I have ever come across. Daithi's vision for the interiors is manifesting day by day in consultation with Daniel. Kev is as industrious and capable as a van full of monkeys, all gigs and reels, and certainly a one man show. And like the Titans they are this mountain of a task is taking shape fast.
I spoke with Alan about the catering again this morning, and this really is an un-nerving situation, as I just made up the budget and at a casual computation it seems like we have like shoe laces at this stage to play with, but then again shipping has not been finalized and neither has the deal with lights, so I suspect both of those will suck down another couple of shoes, and so we will simply have to tickle some toes for shits and giggles, leaving us with no contingencies and the possibility of a potential catering bill cracking smack back like a laughing boomerang at my forehead. We will possibly have 20 mouths to feed for 21 days, both here and London, better get back on the pitch trail and pan handle for some more gold.
Yesterday had some great moments as various members of the PS team expressed their enthusiasm and support for what we are trying to accomplish, Penny Watier has asked about having the details of the film sent so that they can use it in their PR for the company. I am holding back at the moment from attempting to get any local or national press as I want to keep it as tightly sealed as possible until we get it done. I don’t want any un-necessary disturbances and unforeseen intrusions onto the set which would cost us valuable time. When we have it shot I will bust a gut and chase after stories, from the Irish end of the film spectrum, the British, and then American, as well from the various magazine ladies I have got to know down the years, such as Jo Craven at Vogue and Lucy Yeoman’s at Harper’s and Queen, as well as of course going for the actual industry rags and so on and so forth. All that will be dealt with in its proper order. For now it is all about the big issues of getting everybody and everything thing into the country and comfortably in place so we can all in unison shout ACTION.
Alan O'Sullivan and his wife Joanne are the steel cables in the back round holding this structure together. Night after night we have meetings to observe and contain the budget. Alan's book keeping skills are impressive and impeccable. Joanne is always there clearing the way for me and making endless organizing phone calls, and codifying the accounts, their involvement grows day by day, and their excitement is contagious. I can't believe how lucky I was to find both of their energies, to support and move this entire epic forward.
I had a great pitch conversation with Jason at Cine Electric for a hopeful deal with the lights, he will get back to me. We got the offer of Vans and what ever vehicles we need from Des Adams which is superb and very generous of him to want to help. The VW camper is being held until I get our Visa number by Steve at Snail Trail. John Naughten, is sending the copies of the forms we need for the anti money laundering proof of legitimacy for Spiderhole Productions Limited. Brendan Barret a local enterprising individual is off to London tomorrow and will seek out a hotel deal for us in Ealing, which is great. The Tickets are booked for 8 crew, cast, make up and me to leave Kerry Airport early Sunday morning the 11th of May. And I dealt with Robin Williams and had the status of the Carnet clarified, but I cannot relax until I hug Vinit, and tell him some yarns about Irish history on our way to Ballyheigue all sitting in a Van full of the latest camera technology and all about to embark upon the creative twister of a feature film.
Daniel has arrived and is in bed as I write this, we had a series of fun interviews with Priscilla Faye who will shoot the documentary. I thought it went well as an ice breaker, and we had some laughs, as well as capturing our first hour of footage shot at 25P (25 frames per second using a Progressive Scan) I am now three days into my second diet, which is a Cabbage Soup diet administered to patients as a prep for immanent surgery. A supposedly healthy mainstream technique, and a method of safely burning off excess weight, and for me a seven day trial, you can look it up on line, it is good. I have lost 10.5 pounds in 8 days and I feel great, although I could sense my daemon rising with the excitement and male conviviality bubbling over between us all this evening as one can of beer was passed round between them, and some cigarettes smoked, part of me would like nothing more then to nail some pints and get goofy and yet another part of me is determined to follow through and delay gratification until the fat lady sits on my face and I get to munch on the big juicy reward of a fanatical and focused vision.
A new day, 6.30, and the weather is glorious, clear blue skies over a tranquil perfect bay where a fishing boat, Pa Kane I suspect is already out after lobster. A thin glittering frost coated our car as I tramped out for my cycle this morning. Daniel who is used to waking at every turn of his wee baby Gem immediately responds to any movement I make sleeping in a bed along side his, this proximity helps us to hammer out issues and details and have a laugh.
Daithi and Kev will be rising soon as they pull of for the location about 8.30, they have been doing superb work. Between the two of these men you have probably the potential for nuclear fission, they both possess volcanic imaginations, are superb musicians, designers, inventors, and as unorthodox a set of genetic strains as I have ever come across. Daithi's vision for the interiors is manifesting day by day in consultation with Daniel. Kev is as industrious and capable as a van full of monkeys, all gigs and reels, and certainly a one man show. And like the Titans they are this mountain of a task is taking shape fast.
I spoke with Alan about the catering again this morning, and this really is an un-nerving situation, as I just made up the budget and at a casual computation it seems like we have like shoe laces at this stage to play with, but then again shipping has not been finalized and neither has the deal with lights, so I suspect both of those will suck down another couple of shoes, and so we will simply have to tickle some toes for shits and giggles, leaving us with no contingencies and the possibility of a potential catering bill cracking smack back like a laughing boomerang at my forehead. We will possibly have 20 mouths to feed for 21 days, both here and London, better get back on the pitch trail and pan handle for some more gold.
Yesterday had some great moments as various members of the PS team expressed their enthusiasm and support for what we are trying to accomplish, Penny Watier has asked about having the details of the film sent so that they can use it in their PR for the company. I am holding back at the moment from attempting to get any local or national press as I want to keep it as tightly sealed as possible until we get it done. I don’t want any un-necessary disturbances and unforeseen intrusions onto the set which would cost us valuable time. When we have it shot I will bust a gut and chase after stories, from the Irish end of the film spectrum, the British, and then American, as well from the various magazine ladies I have got to know down the years, such as Jo Craven at Vogue and Lucy Yeoman’s at Harper’s and Queen, as well as of course going for the actual industry rags and so on and so forth. All that will be dealt with in its proper order. For now it is all about the big issues of getting everybody and everything thing into the country and comfortably in place so we can all in unison shout ACTION.
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