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I had a brief chat with Jimmy today in the van as we made our way back to Ang Mo Kio after a couple hours in the office. We spoke about how we’re going to go about the financial matters of the film. We threw out a couple of potential sponsors but I’m still not quite decided. For one, I’ve sat on the draft script of the film for a long while now. With the initial crazy excitement and liberal creativity that comes with it, I realized I’ve taken quite a big bite.

As it stands now, I have at least SIX main characters, and that’s NOT counting the antagonists who, at some point of time, would have to appear on-screen. I reflected back on my past experiences on set and decided that having six main talents on set would be inappropriate.

I related my concern on the potential blunder this could turn out to be and he agreed. Thus, we’ve decided to keep it small. But what about the action? Can it still be big and flashy if we have, say, only two people in the film?

Yes, he said.

Some of the set-ups he threw out went like, “One boy, one girl.” or “One girl, two boys.” or “Two girls, one boy.” Short of going off in the wrong tangent, I understood what he meant. Somehow, I’m afraid it’ll end up into another drama. Then again, that’s up to creativity.

Regarding shoot dates, we plan to shoot only on weekends and only a day of a weekend. After one shoot day, the rest of the week will be spent editing till the next weekend, where everybody else will see a rough edit of the film. Hopefully, this will help get most people in the right direction of our idea of the film. This will go on till the last day of shoot. We’re planning, at most, THREE shooting dates. The major reason for this type of scheduling is to accommodate the cast and crew’s personal schedule. After all, we’re either working or serving the Army. Time is a factor. A precious factor. Especially on weekends.

I’ve been assured that I have absolutely nothing to worry about regarding the stunts and effects side. Financially, or otherwise.

Looks like I’ll be busy writing this week.

- Audi

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