Meetings with musicians

Had dinner last night with the famous rock star who is putting some money into the film. Very nice evening, he said most complimentary things about the script and told us funny stories about being on tour. Glad to say he 'gets' the feel and mood of the script right away. He's also going to ask the rest of his band if they want to invest, which would be excellent. He also offered us the use of some of their songs for our soundtrack, which is a great offer, but I fear it will somewhat unbalance the soundtrack. If all the other songs are indie cover versions and we suddenly use a massive big famous song it defeats the object of using the small cover versions, so we politely declined his very kind offer. We may, of course, change our minds.

Also contacted my friend in Glasgow to get him to contact some of the bands there whose music we want to use. For some reason Glasgow is home to a certain brand of indie music that would fit perfectly with the mood of our film. Fingers crossed some of them say yes. Have also arranged to meet another potential investor next Monday afternoon, so fingers crossed we can talk him into saying yes. I think I need another 25K to be able to resign from work.

Finally, have arranged to meet Mike Eley and our possible 1st AD this Thursday to discuss formats. General feeling is moving back towards 16mm, purely on a practical level to make sure we get everything we need in the can. Think we may save 35mm for the next film, if any of us live that long.