Austinville

"A Fine Day in Austinville"

A weekly comedy sketch in which all the sketches take place in and around Austin over the course of one single day.

Each sketch will be filmed and uploaded to the Internet as a weekly vodcast.

The sketches sprawl all over the place physically and chronologically, and comprise a large cast of characters.

Current Status: Pre-Production (as of 3/26/07)

• The crew (so far)....

  • Director & Editor: Amy
  • First AD: Adrian Rodriguez
  • Casting director: Micah Sampson
  • Director of Photography: Ellie Fenton
  • Locations Manager: Brandy Retzolk has been helping a bit on this. Andrew will inquire about a more full-time scout.

• The schedule....

  • March 28th: Crew Locked
  • March 31st: Locations Locked
  • April 1st: Casting Session (with Peter Rogers), Tech Scout w/ Crew Keys
  • April 2nd: Casting Callbacks and Decision

  • April 6th: Director Location Scout, Rehearsal, Evening Pre-Pro Meeting

    • Amy arrives
  • April 7th: 1st Shoot Day
  • April 8th: 2nd Shoot Day

  • April 9th: Wrap Day

    • Amy departs

• Casting....

  • Micah will run the sessions; Peter will attend as well.
  • The casting session is April 1, 8pm-11pm, University of Texas Communications Building B (a.k.a. CMB) 4th Floor Studio 4C

  • The callbacks are April 2, 8pm-11pm, University of Texas Communications Building B (a.k.a. CMB) 4th Floor Studio 4D

    • More information about CMB.

• Opening credits...

  • Jonathan is ready to do music.
  • Howard is ready to do artwork.
• Amy has gone over her notes on the scripts with Peter & Karin.

• Peter and Karin are starting on the next batch of scripts.

  • We have a page about the big picture of where the 'season' is going.

• Food! Karin is our food wrangler. (Or, to use the more proper and less fun term, "Craft Services Manager".)

  • Saturday breakfast: bagels/coffee/juice(Karin - order confirmed at Einstein Bros Bagels, 3022 W. Anderson Ln)
  • Saturday lunch: Sandwich stuff (Sara and Peter)
  • Saturday dinner: TBD
  • Saturday snacks: water, fruit, soda (Shellie F., Andrew)
  • Sunday breakfast: bagels/coffee/juice (Karin - order confirmed at Einstein Bros Bagels, 3022 W. Anderson Ln)
  • Sunday lunch: sandwich tray (Karin - order confirmed at Thundercloud Subs, 2801 B S. Lamar)
  • Sunday dinner: TBD
  • Sunday snacks: water, soda (Colin)

Questions from Peter, with answers from Andrew:

1. Can we get the locations we need?

   • It's not about "can" we get them. It's a matter of "how" we can get them. I will see if Brandy is willing to work full time on finding locations.

2. How do we get the casting-session footage to Amy?

   • Casting footage needs to be digitized into a small format and uploaded to a website. I'm hoping Peter can help upload the candidates onto his wiki, but I also have a back up option. The UT building has internet connection, so we can upload as we go if we need to or upload halfway through.

3. Can we get the food stuff squared away?

   • <s>If Karin could help put together the catering and craft services options for the shoot weekend, that would be ideal.</s> Done.

Scripts

Here's the scripts we have so far: in .fdr, in .html.

General Information

• Possible Shooting Locations
• Some Notes About Tone
• Running Gags
• The Random Idea Bin

• Opening & Closing Credits

  • Re-titling!!!
• The Big Picture

Storylines

These are the ones we're starting out with, along with some possible scenes. We may not use all of these storylines, or all the scenes for each storyline, but it gives us a good starting place and guarantees that we can produce scripts on a regular basis.

• Desired Qualities of a Storyline
• Storyline #1: Mike the Tour Guide
• Storyline #2: Jesus Takes a Day Off
• Storyline #3: The Haunted House
• Storyline #4: Ted Lives Life to the Fullest
• Storyline #5: LARP Patrol
• Storyline Collisions

Footnotes