Happy Post-Thanksgiving!

So, the Thanksgiving holiday is past.  I hope everyone had a great time and ate lots of great food.

I'm finally updating the blog but don't think that nothing's happened in this time.  

Some stuff we've done over the past few weeks:

• Photo shoot with "Young Agnes" (Stephanie BoWell).  A full day and then some but lots of fun with tons of different costumes and hairstyles.  Tons of credit goes to Stephanie and Liz, our Hair & Makeup Designer.
• A grueling, three-hour blocking rehearsal at the location.  We had a lot of fun with the cast and E.J. getting photos for the story boards and going through the blocking of the film.
• Several rehearsals.  Having actors working with Tim to set the right tone for the film and get to know their characters.
• Scheduling the film.  Just tonight, Tim, E.J, Ying, and I planned out the timing of all the shots and scheduled the shoot.

What's coming up, you might ask?  Well, starting Tuesday we're moving into our location, getting all of the production design pieces in place, and doing the final preparation for the film.  Thursday we get all of our equipment and start a first, abbreviated day of shooting with a skeleton crew.  Friday is our first full day of shooting!

I'll see about posting a few photos each day so that you can see what we're up too but don't think we're going to be giving much away!

Costume Fittings!

Hey all! We have some fun shots of some of the possible costumes we'll be using for the photos in Teddy's Cigar box.  Timothy, Yao, Stephanie, and I met on Sunday to play dress up and see how the period clothing from UT's stock would do for our needs.  We found a bunch of stuff that wouldn't work but we found some really great possibilities, too.  So, here you are:

A nice daytime/casual type dress.

Flowy cocktail dress with a subtle pattern.

Fancy evening dress, a bit long but really pretty.

So, that's just a hint of some of the costumes we've been looking at for the film!  Who knows if they'll be in or not and there's tons of other stuff we've not even shown you yet!

Update!

So, don't think that, just because we haven't posted anything that nothing's been happening.  Here's what we've been doing over the last few days.

Tim and I spent most of the day Tuesday driving around Austin.  We started off at Lucy in Disguise to see if we could find any interesting costumes for our upcoming photo shoot.  They were still pretty depleted from Halloween but we got an idea of what they have and took some photos to show to Yao, our costume designer.   

The rest of the day was spent driving all over Austin trying to find stores and restaurants and coffee shops that were willing to donate to our cause.  It was quite tiring.  I can honestly say that I've never been in so many food-type places in the same day.  Hopefully some great donations will come of it and we'll get some food to keep the cast and crew happy during the shoot.  If not, it's beans and cabbage stew for everyone... it will be a very... fragrant... set.

Then, Wednesday Tim, E.J. and I spent over an hour at the shooting location planning out shots, seeing what was possible in the location, and some general drooling.  It really is an amazing location and we're lucky to be able to call it the Atwater family home.

Immediately following the location visit, we headed back to my house to meet most of the cast for our first read-through of the script.  I made peanut butter cookies and we all had a great time looking over costumes and getting to know each other and the characters in the film.  Much fun was had.

Thursday I found out that Universal Music, owners of the publishing rights to the song Cinnamon as performed by the group Derek, don't need us to contact them about licensing until after we have the film practically finished.  YAY!  Something that doesn't need to be done now.

Today I went to a few more restaurants to see if they'd give us some lovely food and Tim met up with Yao to go through the costumes available through the theater department.

And, I think that was about it...  So, now you're up to date!

Oh, and we're up to  $130 on the Kickstarter fund!