Ascalon Films’ next project, The Car, a ten minute comedy, is now officially out of development and into preproduction. Shooting will be three days in the first week of October. Format will probably be 16mm although I might try digital video if I can get hold of a camera at a reasonable rate (free would be nice).

So far, the writers, the editor and the production designer have been informed, with the latest draft of the script in the hands of each. Next up will be finding a DoP, then casting, crewing and location hunting. Oh, and finding a yellow convertable Porsche which we’ll also need for some pre-production shots in various locations.

Most important person to find, however, is a reliable producer who can organise everything and everyone to get the right places at the right times while I concentrate on the artistic side. That’s going to be tricky.

The madness continues. Everyone who’s read the new script so far likes it, so that’s a good start. Maybe I should have done that with the first two films. You live and learn.

Meanwhile, I wait for my friend and collaborator, Jaffa, to send me a French translation of Fate & Fortune for submitting to the Clermont-Ferrand festival. I wait. And I wait…