I’ve been following the blog of the entire life development of several movies, but The Living-Room War is the first I’ve caught at the very start, and interesting reading it is too.
The latest news is that Doug has experienced some difficulty raising production money for his feature.
Not getting development money is a funny thing. Basically a company is saying we are not going to pay you to do something that you are already doing and will most likely continue to do without getting paid. I just got turned down for twelve grand that I was planning on putting towards a couple of research trips and using to give myself a little more room to sit down and write. But financing or no financing I’m still gonna write another draft of “Living-Room War” and then another, and another until it’s finally a screenplay that I feel is ready to produce. The fear of failure is incredibly high and it’s easy to get bogged down and think, “well if they won’t support the project financially, it must be no good.” But that’s just a game of hope and fear.
However, all is not lost, his resolve is strong and he’s continuing.
I made a decision before finding out the results of the grant that I would try some diversification tactics and so I’m going to spend the next couple of months writing the first draft of my second feature length screenplay, “Ten Years In”. I’ve by no means given up on “Living-Room War,” but I have lately realized that the plan to raise 2.5 to 3 million dollars in the next three years is a very tough goal, so with that in mind I’ve decided to make a five to seven hundred thousand dollar Super16mm feature first. I don’t want to crush “Living-Room War” into a little box in order to make it for super cheap…
There’s also a short and a commercial he’s worked on, with two rough edits available for viewing from his site. The commercial Backwards BBQ and the commercial short Vertical Integration.
The first is cool, and the second made me giggle. Have a look and see what you think.
