New Ally

In the past few months, the movie had taken a backseat to several hairbrained ideas I'd come up with. Most of them were Okay ideas, but ultimately, they were taking me away from my primary objective - which is to make this movie.

It all boils down to reality. I really hate reality. Reality tells me that I'm never going to get all those people together to do this - for 3 straight weeks. Reality tells me I'd never be able to ask off from work for that long of a period. Reality tells me that there are just so many minute details that have to be ironed out before anything can happen, and because of the fact that I (and all the others involved) have to work and have normal lives, many of those details can only be ironed out in the days preceding filming - and if one thing goes wrong, we are potentially screwed. It really makes me dizzy just thinking about it.

The key however is financing. By paying people, I can ensure that they will be there. I can ensure that I am getting professionals. I can raise the production value and make the potential for an audience greater.

While covering an AIDS benefit recently, I interviewed an organizer who mentioned that they had raised $30,000 from private donations even before the auction began. At that moment, I realized that there were a great many people out there with the ability to give out money at will. I also realized that many of those people were arts and gay friendly - many might be gay themselves.

See, the movie is a gay coming of age story - a new twist for gays in cinema where they are not the sadistic villain (as is often the case in Hollywood films) nor the victim of disease nor hatred. In my screenplay, the characters exist in a world where it takes "all sorts." It's how I remember college - it may not be how things have become again - but it was how I remember it used to be. Perhaps this movie can help turn things around again.

Well, I made the aquaintance of a man with a lot of connections within the gay community (and investment types) here in Shreveport. I gave him the run-down of what we were doing, and he has decided to help us. He came over last night and we went over the script with him. From his reaction, I think he liked it. I also think we found our demographic (although I was already pretty sure about it). Gays are going to LOVE this movie.

He is making phone calls... and giving us lots of names. We are currently trying to get another person involved - a local cinema and art person. She knows more about fundraising and hopefully how to approach investment types.

I am totally rejuvenated. This movie is going to be BIG. And it's going to blow Shreveport off the map!

Oh yeah! The movie is now called "All Sorts." We felt it had a better ring to it than Welcome to my World.