In honor of this day reserved for keeping the planet beautiful, and our commitment to making our productions green, I present to you the first video in a series on greening your production.
Get out today and do one thing that will help make the world a little cleaner and in doing so, you’ll be helping future generations enjoy the same beautiful planet we do today.
Cheers
Casey
Well if you’ve been following the news for the last 5 days, you’ve probably seen Billy Bob Thorton’s ‘Blow Up’ on CBC’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi.
Well proof that you should be kind to us Canadians came full circle on the HOLLYWOOD ACTOR/SCREENWRITER and apparently musician.
He was greeted at the intro to his Massey hall show with boos and taunts of “Here comes the gravy”.
Was Booed out of a Baseball game, and then his band “The Boxcutters” (is that a reference to a 911 weapon? how un-appropriate) canceled the rest of their Canadian tour. Apparently some of the members had “The Flu”. More like Canadians were sick of them.
So in the spirit of Jest (and shameless self promotion) I doctored up this video.
Take it with a grain of salt and come be a producer on the film. http://www.mymilliondollarmovie.com
Cheers
Casey
Remember, there are no rules to funding a feature film and creative ways are coming up every day. These steps may help guide you as they have me.
1. GOT TALENT? USE IT. This is a creative business and if you have a hope in hell of being moderately successful, you better be creative. Apply this to your funding methods and you’ll be surprised at how well people respond.
2. DELEGATE. You can’t do everything yourself. Even if you try, it will hurt your efforts.
3. HAVE A SOLID BUSINESS PLAN. No one is simply going to give you the type of money a film requires unless they know you’ve got a plan to make the movie AND distribute it.
4. BE PREPARED TO PITCH . You never know who you’ll wind up talking to so know your sales pitch because you’d be surprised who you’ll be sitting beside in a restaurant, at they gym or on a plane. And pitch someone as aggressively for $100 as you would $100,000. Every penny counts.
5. PERSEVERANCE. This is not a sprint, it’s a marathon and you are going to have to find something that keeps you going. Hopefully it’s your desire to tell the story of your film.
Figure out what works for you, fine tune it and get out there. There is always money for a good project. I hope you find your’s.
I know this came out a week back, but I’ve been busy and just had a chance to see it.
This is still one of my favorite stories of all time and I’m so excited that a visionary director like Spike Jonze has brought it to life!
Check it out, the use of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” in the trailer is shear brilliance.
For a high res versoin, check out apple.com
Now I don’t like to distract people from how cool my project is, but this is one film maker that is doing something NO ONE IS!
Rob Spence is a Toronto Film Maker (funny, so am I) and he has gone his entire career with one eye… that is until now!
Rob, if you’re reading this, I’ll crew for you any day dude. Best of luck!
Cheers
Casey
Seriously, I can become a movie producer with Canadian Tire Money?
Yep, with economic times being a little tough, we’re making it easier for you to participate in the project.
We’re accepting Canadian Tire Money c to purchase frames (which cost $10 each). The money will be used to purchase environmentally friendly products at Canadian Tire for use during the film’s production.
I figure Canadian Tire Money is a great way to for people to become involved mymilliondollarmovie.com. I got the idea knowing that we would need several thousand dollars worth of environmentally friendly products for the production so why not support a Canadian retailer while making good use out of their currency.
Sound good? Email me to find out how you can buy frames and become a producer on mymilliondollarmovie.com with Canadian Tire Money.
Cheers
Casey
It’s a toss up between these two, but If I was forced to pick, Rourke was pretty Boss.
This is my first right pick of the night. A no brainier really.
