50 Days

There are about 50 days left until we begin shooting Salvaging. That means about 50 more wake-ups with anticipation of this shoot on my mind. I can't wait to get to it but I know that there is prep still to be done. Besides getting the cast in place, my attention is aimed squarely at finding and locking down locations for the shoot.

In the script, a couple of characters push a broken-down car through city neighborhoods on their way to a junkyard. It should be pretty straightforward. First and foremost, I need a junkyard. After that, I need a few different neighborhood streets and then a few areas with some visual interest for transitional shots between scenes. I've been out and about on my own scouting for junkyards with the idea that once I find the junkyard, I'll choose the other locations by their proximity to it.

Like most things with this project, because there is little to no money involved, it's hard to really lock anything down almost two months out without the promise of pay. But because the junkyard is central to the story, we are probably going to have find money in the budget to pay for the location. That way we insure availability and have a contract that says we can be there when we need to be there.

Now if I can just find out where "there" is.

Joe

For Chicago area readers with location ideas: email me at salvagingmovie@gmail.com or leave a note in the comments section. I'd appreciate any help and thanks.