The Park: Production Meeting #2

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Production Meeting #2

So last Thursday was my rather crazy day. My schedule that day:

8:50 Leave Dorm

9:30-12:15 Screenwriting Class (Waverly and Broadway)

12:30-1:45 German Class (14th and 4th Ave)

2-4:45 Directing Class (Waverly and Broadway)

5-6:15 Dinner/Production Meeting

7-9:15 Acting master class (4th and LaGuardia)

9:45-10:45 Coffee

11:20 Back at the Dorm

Needless to say, Thursdays are usually rather crazy, but for some reason or another they also make the most sense for me to schedule production meetings (particularly with Mike). The master class (amazing) made my normally busy schedule even more hectic that particular day. But like always, we did schedule a production meeting and met up with a few friends to discuss their films as well.

The topic of this particular meeting was focused mainly on budgeting. We hope to get the costs of film down so that future investors will know where all the funds are going to.

I have to go back to Connecticut sooner or later to look at a few locations as well as confirm the ones I have in mind.

What's the estimate? I'm estimating about $4000 (transportation, extra film, possible lens rentals, craft services, etc).

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The Park

A stroke of luck hits Nick, a homeless man when he finds a ten-dollar bill on the ground at the park. His newfound fortune is short-lived when he finds himself with the obligation of taking care of Annabelle, a young girl forgotten in the park by her reckless parents. During their time together, Nick depletes his finances caring for Annabelle. It becomes increasingly evident that the relationship between the two is not simply based on obligation or responsibility, but a deep emotional connection related to each one's own sense of abandonment. They lend each other a sense of companionship and courage for the lives they know away from one another.

click HERE for a Wilton-based prospectus

Jill Sapenoff (director, writer, co-producer)

Jill is currently a 3rd year Film and Television Production major at the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Jill has worked on more than 10 student and independent films since starting film school. She has worked as a production assistant on an upcoming Sam Mendes. Jill also worked as the assistant director and stage manager to the "Voices in Conflict" production, which played at The Public Theatre in New York, The Vineyard Theatre, and the Culture Project. Jill continued work on the production through its adaptation to television for CPTV and is credited as the Associate Producer of the televised production. Click HERE for CV.

Mike Wright (co-producer)

Michael Wright is a 3rd year Film and Television Production major at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He has been involved in several student and independent productions, and has held the role of producer on several short films, documentaries, and a music video, both international and domestic. His most recent production role is Line Producer on "A Refugee," an award-winning 16mm color film about the Muslim/Hindu riots in Bangladesh in 2001. Michael is excited to be working with director Jill Sapenoff on "The Park", which reflects her talents as director and screenwriter. Click HERE for Michael's film, "Unfamiliar Faces."

Owen Levelle (cinematographer)

Mallory Westfall (art director, script supervisor)

Mallory is currently a junior majoring in Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has had experience in student productions ranging from screenwriting to directing to camera work. She has also worked for an independent television company working on factual programming for the A&E Biography Channel. Recently she took part in a training and internship program with the BBC in London. She is very excited to be working with Jill as both an art director and script supervisor.

Nick Mann (assistant director)

Nick Mann is in his third year studying film production at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He recently came back from a semester abroad in Dublin where he focused on screenwriting and traveling for a semester. Immediately prior he attended a summer program in Prague where he wrote, directed, and edited an a short film on 35 mm. The short film that he collaborated on for Apple's Insomnia Film Festival in 2007 came in 3rd place of over 1900 submissions. While Nick serves as an assistant director and 2nd asstant camera on student sets, his true passion is directing his own scripts.