Step Nine: ShortFilm4Kicks: "Wayward" Pre-production

Fabulous writer, novelist, and my sister Colleen Garrison wrote a screenplay for a short film (approx. 12 minutes) entitled Wayward (tentative title). To view the full screenplay click here. She wrote it in anticipation for Halloween.

It's about a girl, Shelley, who takes a walk in the woods and encounters a witch whose intentions are not kind, to say the least. Shelley thinks it is just a crazy woman, but she quickly learns that everything really isn't what it seems.                                                                                                There are four characters: Shelley, the Witch, Shelley's brother Mark, and Shelley's mom. I will be playing Shelley; Colleen--the Witch; Jared--Mark; and Mom--Shelley's mom, of course!

For pre-production, we had a production meeting a week ago where we read through the script and made any necessary revisions. We conceptualized the project, picked filming locations, and discussed possible costume and props. We will finalize everything before filming. I've memorized my lines (don't know bout Colleen and Jared though) and am eager to start shooting this weekend.

Hopefully we can have it done and feature it for Halloween!! And if it all goes well, we may redo the production with better equipment, extra crew, more cameras, and better sound.... but probably not. We just want this for Halloween!

Hopefully it will be just one of many screenplays that Colleen writes these next several weeks that I can act in and we can produce together. For me, it would be invaluable practice and experience.