Doesn’t that cat look happy?

That’s pretty much how I feel after our pre-prod trip to Ohio. Every single person we met with from the Mayor of Coshocton to the director of the local film commission was so positive and welcoming and helpful.

We started our week meeting with Coshocton’s leadership, kicking off with the Mayor and also meeting with the county Sheriff and then some local business leaders. As the week progressed, we met with local theater and art community leaders and a foundation that may also prove to be a valuable relationship.

The thing that strikes me, though, is that every single person we met with was incredibly professional and beyond courteous. Not that I’m surprised that they would be…I suppose one would just expect even a little opposition to such an idea. The contrary is true. Everyone so far has been incredibly supportive and some even excited about this. We’ve even already secured a few donations to the project.

In addition to meeting with people in Ohio, we also conducted a handful of interviews for our available Director of Photography position. We’ve been lucky to meet some incredibly talented and experienced individuals, and every one of them has expressed interest in working with us even with our tiny budget. This decision is not going to be an easy one.

The bottom line is that this trip was more positive and productive than I think any of us as producers expected it to be. We know that this will be a long road with its share of difficulties, but the momentum generated by this past week can’t be denied.

So now we’re on to some script rewrites and various pre-production busy-ness. Remember that you can always contact us if you’d like to be involved in any way.