Auditions, or not today

I have received quite a few auditions as mp3s, after advertising on Shooting People. I have been really pleased with the response. It seems mp3 is the preferred way of doing things now and I can understand why, as it saves time and gives the actor more chance to read over the script and record it than an audition would.

There were a couple of actors who lived locally, who wanted to do an in-person audition, so I arranged one at Screen Yorkshire here in Leeds for today. Unfortunately, they both pulled out at the last minute (this morning) and left me with a room booked for the entire day and no one to audition. Still, I have had a number of really interesting mp3 auditions, which will help me figure out how the film is going to sound.

Hello,
I have decided to start a blog for the production of my new film 'Special Glue and Other Stories', so anyone who is interested can follow it's progess.

The story so far...
I have secured some funding from Screen Yorkshire's Low Budget Award scheme to help make the film. They have supplied me with a mentor, Sylvie Bringas, who I have met up with and had a super useful chat with about improving my film making.

I have aquired the talents of sound genius Matt Baldwinson of Leeds bands Tangaroa and A.S.A., surprisingly enough to record and produce the sound for the film. I have found a place to record it and will begin to do so when I have finished auditioning actors for the narrator role. I am doing this largely to improve my own performance, but I am keeping an open mind.

Over the past few days I have been re storyboading the three shorts that make up the film, 'Special Glue', 'Stupid Table' and 'Painting' based on my discussions with Sylvie. I have come up with some cool new visuals that I think will make the films a lot richer.

The script has also had a bit of an edit - filtering out some of the superfluous bits and changing some of the language. I am trying to do more visually this time, that isn't directly described in the audio. I am hoping this will provide more humour, if Lee and Herring's golden rule of comedy is true - I hope to 'confound people's expectations and from thence the humour will arise':)

More soon.

Andy.