moving ahead, step by step

I had a small infusion of cash put into the untitled web series I'm working on.

This is good news.

We (my motley band of intrepid filmmakers, that is) are moving forward.

I have my Isabella. As much as I can say she is locked in. I don't have a contract/release for her yet.

I have a tentative title of Storm/Drang. Kind of stupid, I know. It's a rip-off from Sturm und Drang by a German playwright. In title and overall feel of stress and storms and emotions. It really is a story of the human condition masked in a sword fighting/sorcery costume.

I want to film the first two episodes, then go approach some more backers. This producing thing sucks. I've known it for a long time, and I hate doing it, but at least I can say it's mine. (As in mine, I mean a collaborative effort of like-minded artists guided by my direction).

I can film the first two in the next few weeks, as long as I can arrange a good shooting schedule based on the needs of my actors. As far as casting is concerned, I have a minor villain cast, the three "heroes" cast, the main "villain" cast, and offers out to several people. By offers I mean me begging for them to spend a few days in the cold to film a pet project of mine for basically nothing but a credit and some food my wife and I will cook for them.

Maybe a cake. People like cake.

The biggest road block for me was finding out the results of the damn CT Scan I had two weeks ago, the little lymph node that lit up on the PET/CT (Oct 1st) has been nagging the hell out of me. Today I found out I am all clear, but I have to go back on steroids for a few weeks to manhandle this annoying rash (GvHD). Really, aside from overactive sinuses and the rash, I feel pretty good.

Not good enough to run a mile, or even walk a mile, but good enough to shamble around the house and clean. If I attempt to race my son home from the bus-stop one more time again I'll probably suffer a heart attack. Seriously.

But this post isn't about me health, it's about my creative endeavor.

I have other scripts and ideas floating around, but before I delve into that territory I have to get this project up and running.

And I'm getting a hell of a lot closer.

Stay tuned. . .