Schedule - permanent change

If there's one thing I have learned over the last few years working at Sigma then it's that you have to remain flexible.  Too often you can make a decision and have it robbed from you for reasons you could never predict - although the schedule is frequently the perpetrator.

The very exciting part of having our first chunk of funding in place means that we now have tentative shoot dates and casting and crewing to start pulling together.

At one point it looked like we had all the HoD's (heads of department) in place.  However, the nature of the project is that even though we are a funded operation we still can't pay high fees and we will be in production for a short period of time.  The upshot of this is if people get jobs that will take them up to Christmas or just pay a lot more money then economics take priority. 

We are forever planning and re-planning and changing and alternating and reconfiguring and swapping things about.  I expect things will chop and change some more before we shoot.  I suppose if there are people out there in a similar situation to mine then you should be aware that things are rarely set in stone before the camera rolls.

Tomorrow we have our first casting day.  It's for the part of Tommy.  The male lead in the film.  This is very exciting.  We have a bunch of guys coming into read for the role all of whom look like interesting options for the part.  I love the idea that tomorrow I will be able to see some life coming to the script for the first time.  I hope the schedule doesn't get in the way of anything that feels right tomorrow.