Week.
What a week. Whirlwind. Madness.
The Studio honchos we’re working with for our Documentary film brought us in to meet with them and have a “general” meeting. A “let’s get to know each other” meeting. Ever the cynic, I’m hanging in there with a 50/50 banner in my head but it turns out I might’ve been a tad off. The “general” went very well and was surprised to find out they are actually very enthusiastic about the project. We were praised for the work done and were told that the studio is actually working on a big name A-list feature film (fiction) that has a similar theme.
There’s something in the air with our theme. Zeitgeist is a good word for what’s happening with our film right now.
Mind you, we also found out that there might be a competing documentary directed by a reputed documentarian to be produced by another global Studio. I took that as interesting news.
So flows the water to the sea in this competitive and brutal film industry.
We are encouraged by the support and hope to know more by the end of the week. If we get confirmed (greenlit?) it will be a coup for us given the Studio we’re working with and the relevance of the project.
What we presented to the Studio was a full creative treatment and a budget. We are making a type of “Verité” film for them and as such, the treatments always fall under the tentative category but on this occasion, the vision we put forward seems to be catching well. The budget itself, given the nature of the beast is also to be considered tentative but we always put forward the notion that we are willing to work with anybody on notes and comments for both budget and treatment. When doing these presentations and submissions it’s ALWAYS important to be open and direct. We certainly were.
On the flip-side, we still push forward on the things an independent production company has to do for cash flow.
You know, a production company, well, it has to produce. That’s always been my motto.
We choose our corporate clients very carefully and we just got approached by another institution similar to one we’ve worked with before. Excited to work in that environment again.
Let’s see if my cynicism can cauterize a little bit.
