The writing process begins for Team 3

Hey everyone,
Jason here of Team ... 3 I suppose. I'm just getting home from a really productive brainstorming session at Denny's.



Last night, after the meeting I was consumed with overwhelming dread. Here's me:

"Ideas! IDEAS! Where are all the ideas!? This whole thing has to be written ... TOMORROW so we can start filming immediately after work on Monday. This isn't possible ... this isn't possible!"

It's my mindset during any timed project. Something always seems to work out in the end, but 75% of the time I have to get ready for any project is plagued with self doubt and pure terror. Finally after giving up, and hoping that someone else is sitting around at home writing out a brilliant idea, I gave into the temptation of sleep. But, just before drifting off, a small but usable idea popped into my head. I made a quick note of it and collapsed.

CUT TO:

INT. JASON'S LIVING ROOM - DAY
JASON sits in front of the T.V. deciphering last nights, almost incomprehensible note.

JASON
What!?

After more studying he finally makes some sense of it, and decides to call DAN. Jason dials Dan's number, and waits for him to pick up.

DAN
(on phone)
Hello, sir.

JASON
Coffee! Must have coffee! Let's drink coffee and write!

***

So anyway, we go for coffee on foot. It's one-hundred degrees-plus, and I'm wearing my not-made-for-long-excursions-shoes. We head for Highway 30, (our location) because, where better to go? What's this? Not open on Sunday? Really? But it's so hot, and we've come so far. Oh well, Burger King it is. We get cold sodas and minimal amounts of food, because it's so hot that food seems crazy. I've got ideas, Dan's got ideas, we end up planning out the whole short in an awkwardly long stay at Burger King. On the way to our next destination we run into the one, the only, Chris Jennings. He's at Houghts doing, presumably, the exact same thing we were. We wish each other luck, share some insecurities, and we're on our way.

Fast-forward to 7:30 and the whole teams meets up at Denny's, where we share the idea, and flesh it out even more, writing down everything scene by scene. Good times are had, and ... other times.



All in all, it's fun, and much is accomplished. Fast forwarding once again, I'm sitting in front of my computer, blogging obviously, and getting ready to turn my notes into a more organized shooting script. Then I will proceed to stay up most of the night planning it out shot by shot, because I work most of the day tomorrow, and would love to begin filming exactly at 6 o'clock. We'll see ... wish us luck!