2010 is a big year for Electric Man - the script's ready, key people are all on board, the publicity campaign is underway and as long as we can raise the funds, we're getting set towards shooting in the late spring. It's a tricky time to ask people for money, no one knows how long the credit crunch will last, it's freezing cold outside and backing our film may seem like a shot in the dark. But I'm hoping that we can persuade people to give us just a little to get the snowball rolling. C'mon, spread a little sunshine! Although that might adversely affect the snow...
In the meantime, we're starting some important production planning. Just before Christmas, Dave, Scott, our DOP, Rich and I all went to have a look at our main location - the comic shop, Deadheads. It's a fantastic place and looks just like a comic shop. I mean exactly like the kind of comic shop you'd get in a movie. Gaf (who runs the place) had re-painted the front of the shop, so it's all bright and shiny on the outside. The inside is a different story - it's just the sort of place our loser heroes, Jazz and Wolf, might hang out. But, sometimes reality is just too real, so we'll need to do some set dressing and we're thinking of rigging up a frame so Rick can put the lights exactly where he wants and we can build displays around the vertical struts, conveniently giving our mysterious femme fatale a place to hide when the boys think the shop is empty.
We're also planning to recce a few more of our outdoor locations just as soon as the snow melts and we're looking for places that show a different side of Edinburgh, so feel free to make suggestions!
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