I spent a long time trying to decide what to call this post. More time, ironically, than actually writing it. Still, I think you'll agree that it's a pretty fine title! Especially considering the content.
Now we discussed the division of labour pretty early on in this process. There are only two of us, and a fair amount of stuff will need to get done during the course of this project.
Here's how we've divided it up:
Stead:Producer (A.K.A Organisation Man). I'm basically a lazy sod and if you left it up to me, this job wouldn't get done until 2012 - and even then, I'd get distracted by the Olympics! So as producer, it's up to Stead to get us organised. He's going to knock up a project plan, engage the cast, get in touch with potential locations, book our tuxes for Cannes and so on.
Musical Director. Stead fancies himself as a bit of a musician. To be fair, he used to run a recording studio back in the 1800s and has been the front man for his band
The Torr for more years than I can count (which I realise means little as I have to stop when I run out of fingers). So Stead will be writing and performing the music for our endeavour, with a little help from his merry men.
Leading Man. The star of the movie will be handsome, clever, funny and charismatic. Unfortunately, we couldn't find anyone like that, so Stead will be our leading man.
Dazza:Scriptdude. Every movie needs a script. And I'm the man who's gonna knock it together! I've even leaned to write especially! Stead will, of course have input into the script, but the bulk of the scripting chores and the subsequent breakdowns and storyboards are all down to me.
Director. Yeah, for a few weeks, I'll be able to delude myself that I'm in charge. I'll even boss Stead around and everything! It'll only last while we're on set, though.
Cameraman. Most of the time. If I can persuade someone else to hold it, all the better!
Of course, there'll be some overlap. We'll try not to fight.
So the script for this project is still in it's infancy. We know the gist of it. Where it starts and where it goes and even one or two things that happen along the way. Putting all of this down on paper is the first thing to be done. Once that's complete we can start looking at all sorts of other logistical things - locations, casting, props and so on.
