We’re just about ready to roll. I’m leaving tomorrow early morning for our location to better visualize my shotlist against the locations. By March 18 we’ll start principal photography.
What can I say? It feels like opening night of a theater production. Even though you’ve prepared for it, somehow you still get some jitters.
But just like in theater, I know that when the show starts, it’s all going to work out alright.
Break a leg team!
All the while I’ve been writing here, I never really went into details of what the film is all about. Here’s a synopsis of what to expect:
[31 July 2009 -- Because the film radically changed through the course of production, the previous synopsis no longer applies. I have, therefore, decided to delete it lest it give future viewers the wrong expectations. Below, instead, is an updated synopsis.]
24k
Receiving good omen from a medium, Manok and Boyet journey back to their treasure site in the mountains to continue digging for Yamashita treasure. With them is Freddie, a new member of the group, who is financing the rest of their operations. Upon returning to their site, things don’t quite happen as the medium predicted. In the thick of their obsession to find treasure, they are forced to make choices that would change their destinies.
24k is a true-to-life depiction of the misadventures, the bizarre encounters, and the melancholic life of a group of treasure hunters who gamble their future digging for Yamashita treasure.
Hooo! Time flies!
I’m shooting in 5 days and it seems there are still a lot of things to prepare. I’m excited and anxious at the same time. It kinda reminds me of getting married or having a baby. It feels like you’re never completely prepared for it. Hahaha!
art dep! paki urong ang waterfall!
We did some last-minute arrangements at the location last March 9-10. Everyone in Suyo is so excited already.
Today, we’re having a script reading and look test with the cast.
I just finished the final written revision of the script yesterday. What a relief. This exercise made me realize that a script is never really final. As long as there is time available, a writer will revise and revise. Hahaha! Well, it feels good to finally let go. Any other revisions will just have to happen on the set.