The Born Good (Hybrid) Film Challenge: How I'm using Lost In Sunshine and Aether Paranormal filmmaking styles to breed something Good!

Hey, my sweet Sunshines!

Sorry it's been a few weeks since I've officially blogged, but I've been (*deep breath*) working a day job for $, booking makeup gigs for the fall, planning logistics for a trailer to shoot in two weeks that'll hopefully be playing in a 6-plex this summer, learning more about transmedia thru our new LIS transmedia producer, Adipat, finding time to work on my current screenplay, & read my screenwriting magazine, finishing a paranormal feature & figuring out a festival route for it, talking to people in LA about a possible reality show for our group, planning to shoot my first solo feature this fall, while learning about a 5 minute reel we aspire to shoot for LIS this summer so it can be shopped by our team in Toronto...oh, and getting ready to start esthetician classes in Aug. so I can get my license for that... ya know, the regular.

What have you been up to, Jelly Bean? Whatever it is, I hope it boosts your creative juices so that they're overflowing, and that you are inspired to hit your internal GO button! If you find yourself deflated and dehydrated by your day, perhaps it's time for a change...? :)

Today, while on a Lost In Sunshine production call with my producer, Lorie, I realized that the new feature I'm shooting this year, Born Good, has been (stylistically) inspired by previous work. Basically, my two styles of filmmaking are merging, for better or worse! :)

With LIS, we use a more traditional style of filmmaking, so to speak. We're a low-budget film, but we operate about as frequently and thoroughly as a major studio film!! Much of that comes from passion, and the incredible talent that chooses to participate in our journey and make it happen with us, despite an unpredictable timeline.

In example, we storyboard, we do extensive location scouting, we cast with a professional casting director, pay a legal attorney, marketing/distribution specialist, etc., and plan on shooting with a FULL crew when the time comes!

With Aether Paranormal, we are far less traditional. Our style's more fly-by-the-seat-of your-pants, with multiple brainstorming sessions and notes before we shoot from a detailed outline. No real script to talk about. We thrive on the unknown... after all, it's a paranormal investigation, right? Our hope is that we will capture what we don't already know!! And in some cases, we rely heavily on our chemistry and group-dynamic to pull us through!

Born Good is in some way a hybrid. My experimental concoction. I'm more concerned that I have a solid story than a script, even though screenwriting is my first love. I know that we won't have the time or budget to have a script supervisor, or money to pay for something like...oh... PA's!! So, I have enlisted the help of two very talented actors, whom naturally possess the skills my characters need, and hired crew that's used to the fly (i.e., Beaux from AP & ION Image Studio, LeVan Owens, Ia Enstera (AKA Art Goddness), and Shad Chancey from Goat45 Design).

The payoff is uncertain, as with most endeavors, but something tells me this is going to be a special shoot. There's no time for bullshit. There's no time for anything that's less than productive, so having no-nonsense crew and a positive, friendly cast is crucial. Locations have to be free, food has to be donated, producers have to think outside the girl scout cookie box, and time has to be respected.

I'm looking forward to all the love this production and its 'makers' will bring... oh, and the sweets, too... where's my sweet witch whoopies at yo!?

Don't forget to join our Born Good experience on FB, too!

J

What I Know For Sure (behind the scenes)

Hey my lollipop kids, yesterday we shot some sweet pics for our documentary, What I Know For Sure!

If you want to spirituality-stalk us, you can do it on its OWN PAGE!

We shot these "bookends" in Mustang Ridge in SE Texas, and in my ole neck of the woods, South Austin.

Beautiful (still) imagery was captured by Shad Chancey (Goat45.com) and Gabri Means (photosbyGabri.com) in addition to the moving images, captured by LeVan Owens, and I couldn't be more high if I consumed ten thousand sugar cookies!

BIG THANKS to my fab model/actress, Venus Monique, too. Can it get any more gorgeous, daring? I think not.

Talk about 3 peas in a pod! Exchanging lenses, drooling over focus and brilliant manipulation... It was all an F stop blur to me, but I think we came out clearly OK! ;)

Love, J

More pics to follow SOON... in the meantime, join us on FB too!

Say hello to my (new) little (feature) film, Born Good

Hey Friends!

Want to see how quickly film magic happens? You are about to experience the manifestation of something GOOD this year, so stay tuned, Sweetnesses! :)

Recently, I wrote a new script that we'll be filming this year in Austin and surrounding Texas areas. We'll be shooting this magic with a 7D and over the course of a week (or two). It'll be a challenging, exciting, and magical experience for me to be involved so intimately with such tremendous talent.

The idea is to take around a 60 pg. script with a solid STORY, and use actor improv to fill in the middle. Only there's no fluffy stuff... it's like a heavy cream centered, heart shaped chocolate cream puff. YUUUMMMMYYY.

Rolls like this:

The title: Born Good. Tagline: Some of us are born good. Others have to dig a little deeper.

Born Good is a dramatic dark comedy about a twenty-eight year old hot southern mess, and aspiring country music star, Katie, who returns to her tiny hometown in Texas to tend to some unfinished business, before traveling to Nashville to become the next big thing.

Born, raised, and still living in her hometown is, Steven, who secretly wishes he could be a comedian, while running his family's B&B and Hollaback Funeral Home business, but he doesn't have much hope for his dreams or future.

After Katie learns of her potentially life-threatening illness, she decides to visit Steven, and reveal a secret so big that it will change their lives forever.

Starring
Katie Page and Steven Goff
Writer-Director
Jentri Chancey
Director of Photography
LeVan Owens
Art Director/Art Goddess
Ia Enstera
Sound
Taylor Perkins
Art/Web Design/Photography
Shad Chancey
Photography
Gabri Means

Other crew/cast TBA

Produced By
4020 Productions

I'll be posting new word on the development as we move along... expect goodness.

"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you really don't know
How great you can be.
How much you can love
What you can accomplish
What your potential is"
Anne Frank

KATIE PAGE

STEVEN GOFF

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