PRODUCTION PLANNING

Yumi goes to camera in less than two weeks...

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO: by the numbers

375 days of pre-planning, casting, trying to raise money, writing, more casting, trying to raise money, gathering a crew, filling out forms, rewriting, emailing, making websites, scheduling, meeting with cast and crew, applying for credit cards

140 props that I'm going to go buy in the next couple of days

1000 tiny pictures scanned/photographed, cut out, and stuck in a book. My no storyboard idea went out the window.

500 or so shots will make up the shotlist that I'm compiling over the next few days

122 meetings over the last 12 months, some of them involved wine and/or beer

24 ads placed on craigslist or the like

4272 is the number of friends on yumi's myspace page

110 is still the number of pages in the script

34 is still the official draft number

234 or higher is the actual draft number

11 characters, 2 smaller parts, 2 dogs, 4 fish

4 is the number of people who suggested I cut or combine characters

5 notebooks filled with different thematic yumi things, camera notes, location notes, colour notes, character notes

10 is the number of books I've read on low to no budget filmmaking/directing/writing over the past year.

24 hours is the amount of time that passes during the 110 page script

2 cameras

11 bottles of wine mentioned in the script

2200 emails have been exchanged or sent during the pre-production phase

7 mini DV tapes of auditions and locations

0 is the number of people involved with Yumi who want to shoot this film in any "traditional" new Hollywood style.

25 (or more) people have told me that making a film with no movie lights (or 2 little Kino banks) on DV or HD is impossible.

93 and counting...the number of times I've seen this film all the way through, in my head.

12 days until Yumi falls in love