And the search begins

Well, tonight (early morning for the detail sticklers), just minutes ago, I posted our first casting call on craigslist, and this has made me very excited. I wrote the script for this movie, so as a writer it will be very interesting to see the characters end up coming to life. As an actor, though, I will finally have the opportunity to be involved in a movie with true actors who aren't there as a favor to a friend but because they love to act - and this is the highlight of the movie for me.

As someone who loves acting with every inch of his being, I can't describe how thrilling it is to perform with someone else. I'm really looking forward the variety of character types and actors I will be able to act with in this movie. I also imagine that the eventual casting sessions are going to be extremely interesting - seeing how different actors bring the same characters to life.

The first major step was finalizing the script. Casting is step two, and I'm happy to be on it.

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What a tease

My friend, Nick Reiber, and I got together for our first production meeting last Sunday. After going through the script for our joint effort production, Get Back, we quickly shot some footage for a pre-production teaser trailer. We wanted to have something to show people we are interested in working with, to give them a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like.

See it here.

Everyone who has watched it has really liked it, and that's been very encouraging. This is the first feature length project we have worked on, and I'm happy that it's on the right track.

Now, on to casting, location scouting, finding a crew.......