However you got here, welcome and thanks for stopping by. My name is Joe and I'm a filmmaker living in Chicago. To make the not so long story that much shorter, towards the end of last year, I submitted my short script, Salvaging, to the 2010 Production Fund competition being sponsored by the Independent Feature Project/Chicago. The chosen script would receive approximately $100,000 worth of in-kind donations from various local vendors in order to take the script from page to screen. After jumping through a few hoops, I received the great news that Salvaging was chosen for the fund and I would get the chance to realize a long-held dream and make a movie.
I've directed and written a few things in the past but this is going to be on a whole new level and I plan on giving it everything I have. There's much to do in the coming months, from continued fundraising**, to location scouting, to casting and on and on. I decided to write this blog in order to document the process and, as the above title suggests, to realize that every step along the way is an important part of the journey and to enjoy it. I also thought that this process might be interesting to people out there who want to know what goes into making movies and so this blog is for you, too.
Thanks for reading and I hope you find the good, the bad and the ugly of making movies as fascinating and rewarding as I do.
Joe
* I've take the title from a book about artist and photojournalist Dan Eldon. You should check it out.
** While the fund supplies a lot, there is still much in the film's budget that remains uncovered. To help with that, I've started a fundraising page at http://www.indiegogo.com/project/view/3855. You should check that out, too.
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