Open casting call for Saturday, May 2nd in Petaluma’s Theatre District,
From 1pm to 6pm.
For the address or additional information, please email : marco@lastrockstarproductions.com
or
kimoj@lastrockstarproductions.com
or call Marco @ 707-975-7984
Movie Summary:
Two brothers have impatiently awaited the creative destruction of Catharsis, which would give birth to their civilization. But the brink of man’s new dawn is dark with death, and the winds of change set the brothers against each other in a battle for the way of the future.
Eve
25 to 35 years of age, she is a very caring and thoughtful woman. She comes from a successful business family, but has chosen to focus her life on experiences and happiness rather than establishing a career. She is joyful and curious and values good company and food. She is open and accepting of people’s differences often trying to compromise to diffuse conflicts.
Eve is the girlfriend of Dillon, and she, with her charm and joy for life, has unknowingly helped change his perspective on the world, and the coming Catharsis.
Virginia
25 to 35 years old, she is a strong independent woman with a confident yet casual attitude. She is a successful professional, but cherishes her private time, which she fills reading, crafts, hiking and camping.
Virginia is Benito’s neighbor, and she has taken an interest in him. She can feel the mutual attraction, and keeps up her advances, though Benito has been meekly defusing her.
We are independent film-makers from Northern California, please check out our website @ www.lastrockstarproductions.com
Estimated length of the film will be an hour, once the film is completed we are planning on submitting the film to multiple film festivals. This is a non-paying and non-union film.
Head shots and prepared monologue are welcomed, but not necessary.
Previous acting experience a plus.
It has been a while since the first full draft of Catharsis, called draft 3, was finished and opened for feedback. Since then we have worked and reworked ways of dealing with the script’s problems. The main feedback problems we got was that the story relied too heavily on mystery and lacked character depth, which lead to the ending not carrying sufficient weight.
We spend a lot of time discussing the issues internally in the core production group, and especially how to address them without stepping on the story. James and Jim gave valuable input for Marco and I to work with in the rewriting process. Though we were not always in agreement about the tools to use and direction to take, suggestions got worked into compromises that benefited the overall script. When the fourth draft was finished, we had a read through at a production meeting, and identified a few last additions and edits. If you want to see a few clips from inside the production meetings, take a look over at our facebook page.
Now we have the finished script as will be used in the production of Catharsis. In my humble opinion it is vastly superior to the third draft. A lot of the mystery has been taken out and replaced with character development and suspense. Subplots have been added which make the story richer and gives it a better flow.
“Two brothers have impatiently awaited the creative destruction of Catharsis, which would give birth to their civilization. But the brink of man’s new dawn is dark with death, and the winds of change set the brothers against each other in a battle for the way of the future.”
A few months ago I found my self standing alone in the rain with a small video camera thinking about "The Five Obstructions". I was doing a 48 hour video marathon, and I felt like someone up above was pissing on my already low value production. The game went like this; Friday at noon they released the topic of the film, it was "surveillance". Then every participant or group of participants had 24 hours to shoot and 24 hours to edit a three to five minute film. Sunday at noon the film was due.
I recalled from the film "The Five Obstructions", that Lars von Trier was trying to force Jørgen Leth to make a bad film by giving him obstructions. Apparently Trier thought there was a kind of Cathartic value to producing shit. As a fan of much of Trier’s work, it was a consolation to think that my piece of shit film might in some way enrich me for future work. It least it was enough of an excuse to keep going with an acceptance of the inevitable result. I had my obstructions without needing Trier to invent new ones for me. There was the time constraint, which had not become easier when they announced the topic, which nullified most of the ideas I had hoped I would be able to use. On top of that I was alone thousands of miles from my usual production crew.
Now I am back in California working on a thirty minute plus short film, we just postponed our shooting schedule by one month to allow for more thorough script work. Though I am no longer standing alone in the rain, there are still limitations to work around. How do you make the story work when you cannot afford to block off a city block for filming, or get a helicopter for that perfect aerial panorama shot? You have to write fitting your resources, which at times strains the imagination. I am glad I am not back in the rain. It was a fun game, and I brought lessons from it, the most useful probably being identifying resources and limitations. I finished my film in the alloted time, something I know will not be the case with the next one. There are still story nuts to crack and cracks to mend. I added subtitles to the film, and you can check it out below. I would also encourage you to check out "The Five Obstructions".
This is a little game deviced over on Blog Cabins and round about The Movie Whore, I got tagged to play along. The object should be self evident.
Alien
Babette’s Feast
Chinatown
Dancer in the Dark
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Fog of War, the
Godfather, the
Hoffa
Illusionist, the
Joy luck club, the
Kiss kiss bang bang
L.A. Confidential
Matrix
Night of the Living Dead
Once Upon a Time in the West
Pi
Queen, the
Rain Man
Sword of Doom
This is Spinal Tap
Unforgiven
Vertigo
X-files, the
Yes men, the
Zentropa
That should make for a good mix.
I found this site helpful.
“Two men with a mission have traveled back to an impure time before Catharsis. The end is in sight when the love of one man endangers the fate of the world. He doubts that certainty can transcend time and overcome love, but duty to the greater good is hard to overcome, and a battle of wills erupt between the two men who were once like brothers.”
We have been working and postponed this project for a few months now. The third draft of “Catharsis” will be done on November 14th, and then enters the process of final edits. James Freeman will be directing this next Last Rockstar Productions film, which according to plan will be shot in January and February. This will be our biggest project to date with the final film ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. Most of the parts have been cast and fundraising has and location scouting has begun. We are very excited and will keep you updated with our progress as it comes along, and perhaps even ask for your assistance.
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Apr 27 2009