I've been thinking about this for several weeks - and I've been hesitant to write about it, hesitant to ask people about it, hesitant to really admit that it's a problem. But we desperately need help with this film. Not in all areas, but there are goals I have that, it is becoming more and more apparent, will fail if it's just Amanda and I.

I can handle the editing. I can handle the writing. I can handle keeping myself on schedule - not that I don't fall behind, but it's more a matter of too much to do and too little time (or not enough help).

And because of this I am always falling behind in one area of the project as a whole - I am always falling behind on emails, falling behind on blog post, on vlog updates, on reaching out to new people, on making advances with the script, on encouraging write ups and interviews to get our name out there. The weight of these un-marked to-dos has been growing the further into post-production I get.

An example; we have goals of planning multi-state screening events of 64 Days to build more awareness and practice DIY distribution (for when FToM is released). This is something I could take on myself - the managing of localized people who are helping to book venues, RSVP guest, handle equipment needs, etc. But I could not do this while at the same time writing as much as I need to, and editing the film. So I feel stuck - I know it's something the project would benefit greatly from, but how do I pull it off without more help? How do we find more help when we have no budget?


I suppose this post is simply a feeler - I'm curious about people's thoughts on this. What people's ideas and suggestions are on the possible trade-offs for people joining our team. We have a long road ahead of us... there's a lot of work left to be done... and it's a lot to ask of people. Is it crazy to pull outside people into this mess?

Labels: FToM, Post-Production