Who Also Stand and Wait
There’s no quick way to learn patience… but anyone involved in the screen industry needs a ton of it. In some other industries decisions are made in a nanosecond. But in the film world everyone is hedging their bets, looking over their shoulders, scared to decide in case the make the wrong choice.
Currently I’m waiting for:
1. A New Zealand distributor to get back to me after reading the script (six weeks and counting).
2. An Australasian distributor to read the script (four weeks).
3. The NZ Film Commission to read the script (only two weeks).
4. Budget and schedule to be completed.
5. Recoupment template from NZ Film Commission.
6. Various documents from the UK producers.
7. The end of the world, which may well come first…
The frustrating thing (forgive me if I’ve mentioned this before) is that you’re constantly waiting for and dependent upon the decisions of others. The upside is that filmmaking is a team effort. The downside is that very few films survive the process.
Did somebody say interminable?
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