Day 4

Hello.

       I apologize for the delay in a follow up blog, it's been a busy few days.  We had scheduled a shoot last Friday night but cancelled because of the rain.  Someday we'll be able to control the weather, when we have a budget...  Sunday was a long shoot.  We arrived in Kasota, MN at around 9:30 and began preparing for the shoot and we finally started around 11:30.  I haven't had time yet to really go through what we've gotten from the day, but most of it looks good.
      I've been very, very fortunate at every step of this process to be surrounded by people with endless enthusiasm and support for this project, and it's been invaluable in assuaging much of the stress involved.  In a forthcoming post I'll elaborate on them specifically and give them the credit and thanks they truly deserve, but for now all I can say is thank you, this has been so great because of you.
      This coming weekend we're taking a field trip down to Iowa for some sequences.  Principle shooting should be done in about three to three-and-a-half weeks.  Everything we've shot so far has been edited and is waiting for the rest.  After that we'll work on sound, polishing the edit, and then burn it to a dvd and send it off.  I'm working on securing a venue to show the final movie in late October.  I'm hoping to do it somewhere in Minneapolis but it depends on a few factors, namely how many people we think might actually attend (and so far it sounds like a lot) and thus what expense of renting out a theater we feel is justified.  Word of mouth has already been very good to us and it seems every day I hear more and more people saying their friends and their friends friends want to see it when it's done.  We want you to see it too.
      
      As I mentioned in my first post this blog also aims to promote not only our work but also the work of others, and ultimately to promote valuable resources in and around the cities for artists of many disciplines to actively seek funding, education, or other opportunities to advance their art as a career.  My personal investments are obviously in visual and written media so I'll begin there because I have already gathered numerous specific resources for that.  However, my hope is that as this blog (hopefully) continues to attract a larger and broader readership that any resources I may have missed or simply not know about are brought to my attention so I can both utilize them myself if applicable as well as spread the word about them to other artists.  Later this week I'll begin posting on specific resources I know about so don't worry, I'll keep my promise.

     In the mean time, thank you for surfing the web while at work and being salaried to read my blog.  My good friend Evan Kelly will be participating in a 26 hour fundraiser for the Duluth-based Renegade Theater.  He and his actor amigos will be dropping it like it's hot this coming weekend so if you're in the Duluth area please go check them out and show support.  He's a talented guy.

See: renegadetheatercompany.org

Have a good day, and thank you for reading!  "Podunk" will be here soon...

Andrew.