UNKNOWN ACTORS ACCEPTED

Director Alexander Payne on the Road Again

Alexander Payne is batting a 1,000. His previous feature films --
the abortion comedy "Citizen Ruth," the political satire "Election,"
and the bittersweet road trip "About Schmidt" -- established the
writer/director as a skilled storyteller who created showcase roles
for actors...

"But I just see them all as one; I try not to distinguish between
famous and non-famous when it comes down to making the movie. I just
want to meet everyone; I want to meet a lot of people, hear their
thoughts, audition them, and think who would be best."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&cid=598&ncid=762&e=6&u=/nm/20041018/film_nm/film_payne_dc

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EXTRAS WANTED FOR SD SHOOT

One of my fellow filmmakers is shooting a short. I worked on her
doc which got into Palm Springs Film Fest last year. Let me know if
you're interested and I'll email her script to you.

-Anup


I'm shooting a very short, surreal film called
"Carnival" on Wednesday, Oct 27. This is part of a
trilogy "Algorithms" about the war on terror, which is
my Master's thesis film. We need to simulate the
crowds at a carnival, since we're shooting in Seaport
Village on a weekday, when there aren't many people
around.

Would any of you have the time to be part of the crowd
in the film? It would also be fun to have the camera
pick out familiar faces in the crowd. If you can come,
feel free to bring friends and family, the more the
merrier.

Also, we're looking for performers of various kinds to
situate at strategic locations -- clowns, acrobats,
mimes, jugglers, magicians, etc. If any of you can and
would like to perform, that would be absolutely
wonderful.

Here are the details:

Date: Wednesday, Oct 27

Time: 1 to 6 pm

Location: Kettner Blvd., by Seaport Village, south of
Harbor Drive (we're shooting right on Kettner, near
where it ends in a roundabout by the bay).

I'm also attaching the screenplay, in case you want a
better idea of the film.

Thanks a lot for your attention and hope to see you
there.

Cheers!

Cheryl


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CHARACTER NAMES AND LAWSUITS

Here's something to consider when writing character names in your
script.
-Anup


Linklater "Dazed" by Lawsuit

They keep getting older, but apparently their reps stay the same.

Three former high school classmates of Richard Linklater are suing
the filmmaker and Universal Pictures, claiming the trio has suffered
constant humiliation after their last names were used for characters
in Linklater's 1993 cult classic Dazed and Confused...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/eo/20041011/109753860000.html

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PRODUCTION QUALITY

I finally saw 'Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind'. I highly
recommend it. However, what I want to discuss is the production
value. It looks like a $60K-$200K (low-budget) film at a festival.
It's nice to see one with huge stars and brilliant writing/directing
team work put it out in its raw form. The acting, writing, and
directing really shined which made you forget about the low
production value. Some might argue that the story dictates this
look, but I say with an awesome script and great acting, you can
have any production value you want and still make it work. Just my
2 cents.

-Anup