Last Thursday, I had the chance to meet with Brian Strasmann along with Maddie Kelm and Phil Tuckett. Our meeting objective was to bounce ideas off each other relating to the Picabo Street screenplay, and Brian had some good thoughts. Honestly, he had written a screenplay in the past about a ski racer that's eerily similar to Picabo's story. We talked about the opening scene being an epic bike race down the hill where Picabo used to work during the summer as a kid. She and her friends would throw their bikes in her dad's truck and race down the mountain where they hauled rocks for construction. It would be an exciting way to begin the movie.
Also, during the weekend, I managed to complete my mini-documentary/vlog about our Park City trip a couple of weeks ago. The finished product ended up being longer than expected, but a nice way to practice a little more with filming and editing.
Today, we discussed production books. Phil gave us an example of a film that almost happened called Team 51. The production book was pretty solid, with bios of all the crew working above the line, actors they were interested in, locations they had picked out, a budget summary, and examples of other independent films that did well in the box office. I'm planning on keeping the production book as an example for future projects.
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