Do I tend to overthink things in filmmaking?

[Paul R Johnson]

Why does changing location change the actors? If you can travel to the locations so can the actors unless they live ridiculously far away. You are planning these things really, really strangely. If you decide to feature a castle in your screenplay and you don't have a castle, don't try to mock up something you hope will look like its in a castle unless you really can afford to build it. In your strange way of doing things, I'd suggest getting the sets sorted before you even put pen to paper. All your problems seem to emerge from not having things. Not having the locations, not having the actors and not having the right crew and technical support. You spend all your time fighting fires that should never have happened with proper planning. If you have a local castle, that the owner says you can use, write a movie set in the castle. Do not include a scene set in an underground cave if you don't have one.

[Ryan Elder]

I didn't say that changing the location changes the actors, did I? Unless I mislead you, or what did you think I meant?

[Brian Drysdale]

Originally Posted by Brian Drysdale

Are the actors going to live in a different country?

Because you say that they're only available for a certain amount of time. The logic of that is they're going to be moving away from where they are currently located.

[Ryan Elder]

Oh sorry, what I meant was, is that they are only available until their job gets busier season wise, or they have other acting projects coming up. I have to find locations before their other commitments up, if I cast them before I have found locations I meant. I didn't mean to imply that I would be moving.

[Brian Drysdale]

I never suggested you would be moving.

January and February is a good time for shooting low budget films because the rental kit is mostly available and the cast and crew are in the slack season.

[Greg Miller]

Originally Posted by Paul R Johnson

All your problems seem to emerge from not having things. Not having the locations, not having the actors and not having the right crew and technical support.

I might add, "Not having the requisite skill set."

[Boyd Ostroff]

Originally Posted by Boyd Ostroff

How many pages will it take to decide whether Ryan tends to overthink things?

Originally Posted by Josh Bass

Someone could do analytics based on the past two years’ worth of threads but offhand I’d guess between 27 and 70.

Looks like it's gonna be closer to 70...

[Ryan Elder]

Originally Posted by Brian Drysdale

I never suggested you would be moving.

January and February is a good time for shooting low budget films because the rental kit is mostly available and the cast and crew are in the slack season.

Oh okay, thanks, I can try to aim for a short film for then, and hopefully covid will have gotten better by then too.

[Pete Cofrancesco]

Originally Posted by Boyd Ostroff

Looks like it's gonna be closer to 70...

The way I look at it we're getting 70 pages of entertainment.

[Josh Bass]

Kinda true. I’ll make the popcorn.

[Pete Cofrancesco]

Originally Posted by Josh Bass

Kinda true. I’ll make the popcorn.

I'd prefer to have creative and intellectually challenging conversations with like minded professionals. I suppose those type of people don't need advice on a forum and spend their time doing rather than talking about it. I actually had a jib question and needed a primer but it was more expedient do my own research and watch a few Youtube videos.

BTW, popcorn sounds good.

[Brian Drysdale]

You can find more in depth answers to the questions being asked in a range of other sources. I suspect this is more a form of forum addiction than merely seeking the best solutions, since you'll find those quicker by other means, including using Google,

[John Nantz]

When making a movie in Saskatoon during January and February, prior EXPERIENCE with the martial arts gig will come in helpful ... remember the heater noise? And for outdoor shots, some equipment may have cold temperature limitations.

Just thinking ahead.

Found this "typical Saskatoon forecast" for [edit: January] 2021:
Big temperatures are ºF and blue ones are ºC
[one more edit: the location will probably require the movie company to pay the heating bill. Also, "experience" is in caps because experience is helpful]

[Ryan Elder]

Oh okay, but what's the martial arts gig I had before, have to do with this?

[Pete Cofrancesco]

Oh geeze Fargo was filmed in winter. No martial arts either. Yeah those Cohen brothers