On The Painful Road

As of today we are officially active in the Patreon page and the very few that joined us so far have paid their dues, on the first of the month, as a matter of fact. We will have frequent updates on the projects we’re working on, including exclusive pictures, videos and a constant buzz of what is happening.

Although we’ll be updating on the progress of the films elsewhere, Patreon will be the place where we will have lengthy discussions, exchange of ideas, hints of what is going on, chats with our patrons, where we will cover all of what is going on in our work to make these films happen. Those exchanges will be reduced elsewhere.

This week we begin with a video clip where Dani, Simonne and Mila introduce their characters.

Characters Introducing Themselves
The story of Seditiosa centers around three characters. (…).
Read more and watch the video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/characters-70979308?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator

The week that is ending was dedicated to the pre production work for 69 Année Érotique, with more rehearsals, some discussions about costumes and make-up, a nice video of Simonne and Jac singing to each other was produced and edited and a lot of that time was also used to shoot more material for the pitch for the fundraising campaign for Seditiosa.

Preparing a pitch is as hard work as producing a short film, as a matter of fact the Video Pitch is a short film, one that requires people pitching, talking about what we’re doing, showing clips of what we did before, what we can do with very little money and everything else we want to convey convincingly and succinctly, it all has to last 2 to 3 min tops.

When you make a feature film, you have 90 minutes or more to tell your story. When you work on a pitch is like working on advertising, but for spots that are longer than the regular 30 seconds clip of a couple of cars looking pretty.

It is hard work, indeed, and we’re dedicating most of our time to that critical task.

When Amy discussed her thoughts with Jac, she made him change the criterion he was working on. He had been in a rush before because he wanted to launch the campaign right away, so he was basically following the model they had for Justine and Olalla. Amy didn’t think either of those archetypes would work the same way for Seditiosa, the new film needed a fresh perspective because it is a different kind of story.

The Pitch for Justine is very different from the one for Olalla. They are not alike at all. The concept for Seditiosa has its own power and it needs a treatment according to its subject and that’s what it is getting.

This weekend Jac will be busy in many fronts. Moving furniture from one place to another, yes, he’ll be a mover for a few hours this Saturday. The furniture will decorate the now messy set for 69 Année Érotique. After the move he’ll be very busy setting them all up in their new place, that includes the bed in his bedroom.

Once he’s comfortable with that part of his work, he’ll go back to the pitch with fresh ideas. When he does physical work his brain works with more intensity on his schemes. That’s why it was a routine for Amy and Jac to take very long walks while discussing scripts, projects, concepts.

He walks with Rocky, his furry companion, a lot, but the four legged friend is more interested in what went on with all the neighborhood dogs that left all their elaborate and intriguing news in the walls, lamp posts, trees, car tires and sidewalks. Jac uses that time to put some thoughts together but without the benefit of having a second opinion.

I’ll have more news after everything is done and I’ll have the pictures of what the set looks like after Jac’s done with the moving. This is what it looks like now.