Hey folks!
Filming is underway on Private Life and we are proud to bring you an early look! Many thanks to Julian Vlcan for his awesome photography!
We’ll keep the photos coming! In the meantime, if you’d like to see more head over to our IndieGoGo page! http://igg.me/p/188491?a=226950
The cast and crew of Private Life would give a special thanks to Great Outdoors president and chapter coordinator for the Boston/Manchester/Worcester/Providence region Mike Boisvert for supporting Private Life in a huge way! Mike has generously offered to spotlight Private Life on the gayoutdoors.org blog AND will be discussing the film in their next newsletter! They’ve also linked to us from their Facebook page as well! Thank you so much Mike!
Gayoutdoors.org is a nationwide organization that hosts social events and group trips to the country’s best destinations for gay and gay-friendly men of all skill levels. Gayoutdoors.org is the world’s largest gay outdoors club, with more than 75000 active members in every state and eight foreign countries. They have been active since 1999 and basic membership is free. If you love the outdoors as we do, sign up with gayoutdoors.org today to get the latest news on all of their events. You will be joining a wonderful community of nature lovers!
We look forward to continuing our relationship with Gayoutdoors.org well into the future!
Watch producer Billy Sullivan brave a massive log while location scouting
Greg, Billy and the rest of the crew have been traveling all over Los Angeles county searching for the perfect locations for Private Life. Along the way they filmed some video of Billy testing out a fallen tree.
Throughout production we’ll posting fun behind the scenes videos such as this so that you can see the film in progress and journey with our crew as they strive to bring this film to life. And now you have your choice of viewing options! We’ve got a new Vimeo channel set up here: https://vimeo.com/channels/privatelife, a new Youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/privatelifemovie. And of course we’ll continue posting new videos directly on our blog, along with updates and photos of the production.
Thank you again for following our film!
We are proud to announce that the three main roles in the film have been cast! Greg and the cast recently did a table read together. It was an exciting moment to hear the words on page spoken by aloud by the wonderful actors that will bring these characters to life on the screen. Expect an announcement on just who these talented actors are very soon!
‘Private Life’ has been very fortunate to have Mike Page (www.imdb.com/name/nm2969001) on board as our Casting Director. Mike is currently working on ‘Arrow’ new upcoming series from David Nutter that will be premiering on the CW network this fall. Mike brought in an incredible amount of talented actors to read, making the casting process very challenging! Greg was very thorough in the process, sitting down one-on-one with the final round of actors to discuss the script and the characters. Greg had this to say about the process: “It’s been a really fantastic experience. I’m so grateful to be able to take time to make this choice as it’s an incredibly important one.”
And now those choices have been made. Be sure to check back soon for an official announcement on who the main cast is! If you haven’t already sign up for our newsletter to get all the latest info on ‘Private Life’.
We are proud to announce the launch of our IndieGoGo fundraising campaign! You can find our fundraising page here: http://www.indiegogo.com/privatelife
We believe this will be a special film; a story that needs to be told. Greg is a talented and passionate filmmaker who is eager to bring these characters to life. But we can’t do it without your help! We really do know how tight times are and ANY support you can offer is truly, truly appreciated. Please consider making a donation to help this film become a reality. And share our campaign page with your friends, family and anyone else you believe would be interested in seeing this film.
Thank you for your generous support!
Recently members of the ‘Private Life’ crew traveled to Ojai, California to scout locations for the most challenging location needed in the film: a suspended footbridge high over a chasm. (Greg was also excited to visit Ojai for the very first time as this is where Jaime Sommers lived on the 70’s television show “The Bionic Woman.”)
Greg and crew were fortunate to meet Patrick S. O’Donnell early in their search for a suitable location. Patrick is a suspension bridge enthusiast with an impressive collection of photos and profiles of bridges all over North America. (www.flickr.com/photos/suspensionstayed/) With Patrick’s help our crew was able to identify a handful of potential bridges, including the one featured in the pictures above. This is a privately owned bridge in Ojai was designed for use when the vehicle bridge upstream washes out during high water times. Without this bridge people would be stranded on the far side of the river.
Greg, along with our cinematographer Matt, visual effects supervisor Leandro and production designer Emiliano, studied and photographed the bridge; trying to determine whether the bridge can be transformed into the dangerous set piece needed for our story through the right angles, set dressing and visual effects. This bridge is one of many potential locations our dedicated crew is studying and and searching for as we move closer to production.
Keep an eye on our blog and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/privatelifemovie) for more updates!
Along with setting up our new website, crafting a stylish newsletter for our followers and of course creating a Facebook page for folks to like us, we’ve also created a dedicated Vimeo channel for all of the exciting videos that we will be creating and posting throughout our production. Throughout production our director Greg and other members of our crew will be shooting behind the scenes video so that we can share with the world what an amazing journey creating this film will be. We will have footage available from scouting, test shoots, and more available over the coming months. Make sure to check out the channel often! https://vimeo.com/channels/privatelife
Also if you haven’t already check please “like us” on Facebook as well for photos and more updates: https://www.facebook.com/privatelifemovie
We are excited to bring this film to life and reach an ever expanding audience. Please feel free to share our site, our video and our Facebook with your friends and family!