I can’t stress enough how integral the Joseph Nils Blog is to our script. The kids have really been helping out by modeling for the photos. In this way, we can pin down the look and feel of the film and also have what I believe to be some really beautiful picutres of my family during this very specific time.
We’re kicking around a new name: “Chalmetia.” As the script is written now in the first draft, the entire thing except for the very last sequence is set in Chalmette. But, not Chalmette. It’s like a hyper-real Chalmette mixed with a magical dream world Chalmette. This place is Chalmetia.
We steal bits of dialogue from the kids as well. When they say something funny or out there, I jot it down. In this way they are really co-authors of our work, and I like that.
Photographed by Patrick Jackson. Originally published on Joseph Nils.
