Welcome to Bear Town
Well the web site is almost done. Actually, the web site for Bear Town will never be done - not at least until I've completed the film, but www.bear-town.com is almost good enough to go live.
It's hard to believe I actually first wrote Bear Town (in the form of a TV pilot script) about ten years ago when I was sixteen. Although I like to think that the quality of my writing has vastly improved since then, the basic story has never really changed - it's always been about "three bears, one gangster and a couple of dozen cockroaches" (kinda catchy, ain't it?).
I've made pretty good progress on the development of the film so far. I've been working on it in bits and pieces for three years, but started working on it seriously about a month ago. I've produced a lot of conceptual artwork and most of the film's characters have been now designed, even most of the background ones. Some prototypes of puppets have also been built, but nothing that's ready to be used on screen. Once I've got the web site up and running I'll be refocusing my efforts on finishing the screenplay - it's more or less complete, but many scenes are only vaguely described in a paragraph or two and need to be fully fleshed out with dialogue. I estimate I've got another 20 - 30 pages to write.
I've also been borrowing films from the library to reference for some of Bear Town's action sequences and last week I finished writing Side Street Stick-Up a short film I may shoot over the summer as a "teaser". I hope to use Side Street Stick-Up to help sell the film to potential investors and/or funding agencies and with that in mind I deliberately structured it to demonstrate how all of the tricky elements of Bear Town (puppets, computer animation, compositing, etc.) can be dealt with on a low budget. I also haven't actually directed something in several years so my demo reel is a little thin and this will let me get back in to the filmmaking swing of things, provide me with a "calling card" and prove that this (feature) film can actually be made.
But first I have to get back to work and finish this web site....
It's hard to believe I actually first wrote Bear Town (in the form of a TV pilot script) about ten years ago when I was sixteen. Although I like to think that the quality of my writing has vastly improved since then, the basic story has never really changed - it's always been about "three bears, one gangster and a couple of dozen cockroaches" (kinda catchy, ain't it?).
I've made pretty good progress on the development of the film so far. I've been working on it in bits and pieces for three years, but started working on it seriously about a month ago. I've produced a lot of conceptual artwork and most of the film's characters have been now designed, even most of the background ones. Some prototypes of puppets have also been built, but nothing that's ready to be used on screen. Once I've got the web site up and running I'll be refocusing my efforts on finishing the screenplay - it's more or less complete, but many scenes are only vaguely described in a paragraph or two and need to be fully fleshed out with dialogue. I estimate I've got another 20 - 30 pages to write.
I've also been borrowing films from the library to reference for some of Bear Town's action sequences and last week I finished writing Side Street Stick-Up a short film I may shoot over the summer as a "teaser". I hope to use Side Street Stick-Up to help sell the film to potential investors and/or funding agencies and with that in mind I deliberately structured it to demonstrate how all of the tricky elements of Bear Town (puppets, computer animation, compositing, etc.) can be dealt with on a low budget. I also haven't actually directed something in several years so my demo reel is a little thin and this will let me get back in to the filmmaking swing of things, provide me with a "calling card" and prove that this (feature) film can actually be made.
But first I have to get back to work and finish this web site....
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