By Buzz McLaughlin ( September 14, 2009 at 9:36 pm) · Filed under Independent Film, David Strathairn, film business plan, film company, film development, the sensation of sight
This brings us to the summer of 2004 when we all moved to New Hampshire full-time and marks the beginning of what is called the development phase on any movie project.
I should mention here that Aaron and I had several scripts already in draft form that we had to choose from for our first three projects outlined in the business plan. Two of them were Aaron’s and one was mine. One advantage we had as partners in a new film company was that we were both writers first and had an abundance of our own material we wanted to bring to life. So while we were struggling through the business plan, Aaron was also polishing the script for The Sensation of Sight. He worked through Read the rest of this entry »
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By Buzz McLaughlin ( September 9, 2009 at 5:33 pm) · Filed under Independent Film, film business plan, film company, film production
It all began in the fall of 2000 in Orlando, Florida when a play of mine (Sister Calling My Name) was being given its Florida premiere.
The production company flew me down from New York for the opening. Aaron Wiederspahn, who eventually became my producing partner in our film company Either/Or Films, was one of the founders of the theatre company and had championed my play and was its biggest fan.
Of course because of that we instantly hit it off. Read the rest of this entry »
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