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Huzzah for putting the final touches on the new design for my blog (http://www.tylerleisher.com).. I think it looks much more sleak and cool. But while I wait to play some Counter-Strike with some buddies from TeamLiquid.net I think I’ll blog.

I went location scouting today for “Dare,” and while I still need to confirm the use the house/kitchen I found THE PERFECT ALLEY. I cannot express this enough, what I saw in my head when I wrote the script is a real place and we’ll be shooting there.

Of course, it’s an alleyway and therefore probably belongs to fifty different people so we’ll be going guerilla on this one. The bare bones, Matthew (Talent) and Rance (Director of Photography) is all we need on this location so I’ll probably have the rest of the crew and cast call later in the day.

I still cannot believe how I found the alley though, I had the idea so I drove around my town and couldn’t find it. I remembered there’s a cool alley in Venice off of Superba Ave so I started to drive that way but got lost. I made a few lefts and a right and BAM saw something out of the corner of my eye. Drove over to it in, and instantly fell in love with it.

The closer we get to Sunday the more excited I get and the more I start to envision the way this film is going to turn out. Like everyone who is going to enter this contest, I think it’ll win. After looking at some of the competition I might be going above and beyond what is needed for this film… but at the end of the day this isn’t just another entry.

This is being made as a teaser for a longer short/feature, it’s meant to tease at the end (So, you’re probably going to say “Oh damnit… how’s it end” once you watch.. but that’s kind of the point.

Even if I don’t win on Filmaka I can still make up a press dossier, and along with this film shop it around like a calling card to try to get funding for a major one.

At the same time, I’m writing my next two projects. One is another contest entry called “Vibrations,” and another which has no name but it’s a feature film being written by my brother, my best friend and myself and pertains to vampires.

Enough for tonight, time to relax. I might post some photos of the alley tomorrow, or make a video on youtube for it.

I’m filming a short film on July 20th, and while we don’t NEED these positions it would be nice to have them.

I need a 1st AC familiar with focus pulling on the HVX 200, slating and helping the DP. We’ll be shooting to digital so tapes wont be an issue.

I also need a 1st AD, someone who can make a schedule and make sure I’m on it (I’m coming from an AD background so I’m usually good, but just in case).

We’ll be shooting at 4 locations, all on Sunday. Hopefully we can make it in 10 hours but we might run to 12.. nothing more than that.

Students are absolutely welcome, if not preferred. This should be a really fun shoot, you’ll learn a lot and get to work with some great people. If you’ve never 1st before and want to, now is your chance!

This is a short film (4 pages) for Filmaka.com, the director is an award winning new media director making the jump to narrative films.

Food will be provided, but no pay, we’re all working for free. I know, it sucks, especially with the SAG strike looming, but if this film is chosen as a jury level winner you will receive a portion of the $500 as well as paid work on the 2nd level project ($1,000 budget).

If you have questions, feel free to email (spam@leisher.net) me and we’ll discuss.

Hey! So, I removed all the pointless blogs on here so that I could make things more organized and more geared towards film, film making and visual effects.

So there is a contest online where this website gives you a topic, you make a film and submit it, and if you are one of the ten chosen you win $500, if you are one of the (I think) it’s five chosen from the owners of the website you get an additional $1000 to make a second film.

So this months topic is “Truth or Dare,” and I just finished working on the script for my film. It’s a story about a troubled teen dared to do something he never should have done, which ends up getting him into a much different life.

Writing it was surprisling easy, and everyone that I have given it to has loved it so far. Shooting is set for July 20th, 2008 so I need to get cracking on the storyboards and location scouting… the script calls for a Cop Car and an interogation room.. which might harder to find than anticpated but worst case I can always through the “I’m a student film maker” (Which I’m not) and they have the chance to be in something seen by millions (Which it doesn’t) but hey, Officer Joe Blow can go home and show his kids that daddy was in pictures.

Once I get it produced I’ll post the script here, it’s a short (4 page, 3 minute) story but I don’t want to give it out to the public until it is produced.