about: preproduction

What is preproduction? The preproduction process is crucial to a documentary's success. "Failure here sends you out on the wide ocean in a leaky boat with no charts and few provisions."

"It is not the will to win that's important. It's the will to prepare to win that really separates those who wish and dream from those who make it happen". - Dick Tomey

three easy steps... Project pedal's preproduction has largely consisted of myself wondering, "what steps am I suppose to take, and more importantly, what order am I suppose to conduct them in"?

Step one: buy a book that will hopefully help me make sense of my mess. Finish reading book, and find that now, my mess has tripled, due to the book bringing to light about a hundred details I was overlooking.

So, step two: Take a deep breath and remind yourself: "one baby step at a time". By a three-ring folder and, like an anal-retentive dork, fill it with color-coded folders separated by budget, funding, script drafts, storyboards, etc...

And finally, step three: realize that preproduction is mainly a juggling act, and that learning to multitask like a madman is the best and possibly only solution for a first-time indie filmmaker.

preproduction's deadline: The bike trip itself is scheduled to leave the 26th of May, 2005. Whether filming will begin a few days before is still undecided. On a side note, the 29th of May will mark the four year anniversary of my first cross country bike trip.

[update 04/10/05]: Production has been rescheduled for May 26th, 2006. Related post: "change of plans..."