"15 Eyes" is being shelved for now. It was impossible to avoid bloodshed with Izzy Lawson on such a project, as apparently 20 minutes actually means 30 minutes and 30 minutes is too long a movie.
The new debut production for the company is a teaser trailer for "Megabyte", a TV series about video game designers who must stop one of their creations from bringing about the end of civilization. Who knows if we will ever get the funding to make the actual series, but a trailer is a good start. The concept has been done several times before (i.e. "Ace Lightning"), but if we do end up producing the series, how we roll with the concept will no doubt generate interest ... I'm thinking it's one of those shows with a cult fandom.
Showing posts with label 15 Eyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 15 Eyes. Show all posts
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Backup plan
Because "15 Eyes" has become far too ambitious a project to fit between the second semester's school workload, I have devised a better, less epic debut.
It used to be that when it comes to weddings, the bride and the groom were the only subjects fit for cinema. Judd Apatow's Bridesmaids changed that.
For "Here Comes the Wait", Sezar Salad Hashbrown will focus on the people least likely to be of interest to anyone at all: the random people in the pews who are just watching the whole wedding unfold. However, it is these people that hold the greatest opportunity for comedy and drama because as third-person observers, they subsonciously (rarely consciously) project themselves onto the ceremony, and each wedding guest sees the married-couple-to-be in an extremely unique way.
Instead of taking the whole of February and March 2012 to attempt all of the shooting required for "15 Eyes", "Here Comes the Wait" will be filmed somewhere in that period in (hopefully) a single weekend. "15 Eyes" filming will be postponed until at least May 2012.
It used to be that when it comes to weddings, the bride and the groom were the only subjects fit for cinema. Judd Apatow's Bridesmaids changed that.
For "Here Comes the Wait", Sezar Salad Hashbrown will focus on the people least likely to be of interest to anyone at all: the random people in the pews who are just watching the whole wedding unfold. However, it is these people that hold the greatest opportunity for comedy and drama because as third-person observers, they subsonciously (rarely consciously) project themselves onto the ceremony, and each wedding guest sees the married-couple-to-be in an extremely unique way.
Instead of taking the whole of February and March 2012 to attempt all of the shooting required for "15 Eyes", "Here Comes the Wait" will be filmed somewhere in that period in (hopefully) a single weekend. "15 Eyes" filming will be postponed until at least May 2012.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Limbo
Beyond the title, there isn't anything of substance I can say. "15 Eyes" is quite simply and unequivocally in limbo while the people attached to the project recuperate from a very chaotic term at Sheridan.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
New Sezar Salad Members
New members of the team include Adam Turgeon (who will be playing Travis Green in the upcoming 15 Eyes), Bohdan Onushko (who will play Mr. Mort), and Izzy Lawson (who will take charge of cameras and lighting).
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Male auditions almost finished
Four main roles in 15 Eyes. Three of them are male. A total of 9 guys signed up to audition (3 for Travis, 3 for Mort, 3 for Dr. Katzenlager), which is good considering how small Sezar Salad is right now. With 1 left, I can breathe a temporary sigh of relief ....
.... before having to cast the one female role: Brenda. Which 11 girls have already expressed interest in. Do you ever notice how much more attention women pay to things than men do?
.... before having to cast the one female role: Brenda. Which 11 girls have already expressed interest in. Do you ever notice how much more attention women pay to things than men do?
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Deadlines I
Many times I will talk here about deadlines for Sezar Salad projects.
My favorite author, Douglas Adams, once infamously said I LOVE DEADLINES. I LOVE THE SOUND THEY MAKE AS THEY GO WHOOSHING BY. Ironically, I take the opposite approach. Having learned from years of failed enterpreurial ventures, my philosophy is that deadlines really help people in not only finishing their work, but finishing it in high quality.
Here are several crucial 15 Eyes pre-production dates, mostly as a written reminder to myself in the days ahead.
Deadline for casting the male roles: November 18th
Scene 5 deadline: November 25th
Deadline for casting Brenda: December 2nd
Deadline for assembling key crew: December 16th
Full screenplay deadline: January 1st
My favorite author, Douglas Adams, once infamously said I LOVE DEADLINES. I LOVE THE SOUND THEY MAKE AS THEY GO WHOOSHING BY. Ironically, I take the opposite approach. Having learned from years of failed enterpreurial ventures, my philosophy is that deadlines really help people in not only finishing their work, but finishing it in high quality.
Here are several crucial 15 Eyes pre-production dates, mostly as a written reminder to myself in the days ahead.
Deadline for casting the male roles: November 18th
Scene 5 deadline: November 25th
Deadline for casting Brenda: December 2nd
Deadline for assembling key crew: December 16th
Full screenplay deadline: January 1st
Saturday, November 5, 2011
The First Post (alternate title: How Do You Know That Anyone Will Actually Read This Blog?)
The creation of this blog marks the official birth of an artistic group I have founded:
The Sezar Salad Hashbrown Company.
Its mandate: to master the art comedy filmmaking, and to breathe life into Canadian cinema.
At this starting point, there are seven members: Jordan Kowalski, myself (Mo Leslie), Jonah Murray, Nicole Nadeau, Rob Sapienza, Christopher Wallace and Brianna Wodabek. The seven of us, all Sheridan College first-years, are at work on our first project:
15 Eyes. A 20-minute satirical piece about an ordinary man and the vision he gains ... literally. Blinking into theaters summer 2012.
Provided the group does not disband or disintegrate after the debut effort, we will make high-quality low-budget shorts for the festival circuit, eventually preparing ourselves for feature-length material. We will generate brilliant new ideas that Hollywood will be jealous of. (Note that we dont have to immigrate from Canada to Hollywood in order to be awesome.) And on top of that, we will do everything in our power to make people laugh.
That is the first post.
Hooray.
The Sezar Salad Hashbrown Company.
Its mandate: to master the art comedy filmmaking, and to breathe life into Canadian cinema.
At this starting point, there are seven members: Jordan Kowalski, myself (Mo Leslie), Jonah Murray, Nicole Nadeau, Rob Sapienza, Christopher Wallace and Brianna Wodabek. The seven of us, all Sheridan College first-years, are at work on our first project:
15 Eyes. A 20-minute satirical piece about an ordinary man and the vision he gains ... literally. Blinking into theaters summer 2012.
Provided the group does not disband or disintegrate after the debut effort, we will make high-quality low-budget shorts for the festival circuit, eventually preparing ourselves for feature-length material. We will generate brilliant new ideas that Hollywood will be jealous of. (Note that we dont have to immigrate from Canada to Hollywood in order to be awesome.) And on top of that, we will do everything in our power to make people laugh.
That is the first post.
Hooray.
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