Just finished a photo essay for our friends at Short End Magazine. It’s a collection of images from the shoot accompanied by a bit of narration. Check it out at:
http://shortendmagazine.com/content/view/600/70/
Well, I suppose it’s needless to say, but I’ll just say it anyways - We are wrapped!
Principal photography officially wrapped in the early morning hours of August 5th. Shortly after, the cast & crew enjoyed a lovely little wrap party hosted by the Lilly family. Then we all fell asleep for two months.
When we woke up we found ourselves in post-production and what a delightful place it is to be - no more night shoots, no more mosquitos, no more abandoned buildings or honey buns…
So please, keep in touch. We are awake now and well rested and there will be more updates to come. Lengthy ones. We Promise.
We are looking for actors age 15-25 to be extras in the opening scene of the film. We will be filming the scene in Trenton on Wednesday, July 3rd. If you would like to come out for the shoot please send a head shot to casting@americansleepover.com and we will send you the details.
Yesterday we sat down with a reporter for the Daily Tribune to talk about the film. When I woke up this morning the article was up on their homepage. Isn’t this technologically advanced world we live in great? Take a look - even if it’s just to check out our dorky photo:
http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/060408/loc_localn01.shtml
Pre-production has finally begun. Read more about it at:
http://shortendmagazine.com/content/view/555/65/
We will be back in Detroit in a couple of weeks for another open call. Here are the details:
Thursday, March 27th 3-9 p.m.
Michigan State University
Room 144 of the Auditorium Bldg. (corner of Farm Lane and Auditorium Roads)
East Lansing, Mich.
Saturday, March 29th 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Actor™ Workshop
307 West Sixth Street, Suite 201
Royal Oak, Mich.
There are four lead roles and a variety of supporting characters in the film.
A few of the roles we are searching for:
MAGGIE - A young teen in pursuit of adventure, Maggie ditches her sleepover for a high school party.
ROB - A boy desperate to live up to his own tall-tales, Rob spends the night searching the neighborhood for the beautiful girl who crossed his path in the supermarket.
CLAUDIA - Looking for friends, Claudia enters the lion’s den - showing up to the junior-girls’ sleepover.
SCOTT - An early twenty-something on a quest to find twin sisters with answers about a failed relationship he can’t seem to shake.
THE ABBEY TWINS - College-bound twin sisters that Scott believes hold the answers he’s looking for.
We had a really nice trip last month. We would like to thank everyone who came out - those of you who auditioned, as well as those of you who just stopped by to offer support. We are planning on having more auditions at the end of March, so if you missed us the last time, hopefully you can make it out the next time around. We are tentatively looking at the last weekend in March, so check back with the casting page for details.
Also, C&G did a little write up on David. If you happened to miss it, here’s a link to the online article.
http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2008/01-16-08/RF-INDIEFILM.asp
We will be holding auditions in Michigan next month!
Saturday, January 19th, 2008 we will be at the Royal Oak First United Methodist Church, 320 W. 7th St., Royal Oak, MI 48067 from 10am until 5pm.
and
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 we will be holding auditions at the Ruth Peterson Senior Center, 990 Josyln Pontiac, MI 48430 from noon until 4pm.
If you have questions, please contact us at casting@americansleepover.com.
We’ve decided to shoot Sleepover on the new RED ONE. Very exciting. There was a time when we thought that shooting digitally would mean sacrificing something in image quality, but we no longer feel that way thanks to RED.
What’s so amazing about this camera (besides its ability to capture 4k images…) is that it is incredibly cheap when compared to other high end digital cameras capable of the same image quality, not to mention 35mm cameras. That said, it’s not THAT cheap…but for the price of a camera rental package we can own our own system which will facilitate making film after film, and that would make everyone happy, no?
In order to make this possible, we are forming a co-op with some other indie film friends/colleagues. The idea being that we will all go in on a system and then share it. While one group is shooting another is planning and then another group shoots while one moves into post…
We have yet to pick out a clever little name for our co-op…we welcome any suggestions you may have.
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