Proto budget (fully editable)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14_c3aT26L7gcHzsLc9meTYrY7oRiLsN90-05wR6Zn6Y/edit?usp=sharing
LA - Daniel's house (free)
Daniel lives somewhere in Los Feliz ish, I've been there once but don't have the exact address right now. It's a cool house with a studio/rehearsal space in the garage and a pool out back. He knows the neighbours well so we won't get any flack from them regardless what we do. The dogs are his and I think he can make them do stuff we need, like walk there, sit there and stuff like that.
Road trip (free)
Whatever is doable and looks epic between LA and Big Bear. Mike had tons of places in mind.
Big Bear (cabin rent + might need permit)
A cabin, mostly outdoor shots, porch and wide whole property shots, also shots with and in the directly surrounding forest. No hinking far away from the cabin though.
There's two cabins that look good. Need to scout to see how they are situated with neighbouring cabins. Links below.
http://bigbearcabinsandrentals.com/reservations/wild-rose-garden-cottage/
http://bigbearcabinsandrentals.com/reservations/hunters-lodge/
Thought: we should rent the cabin for two days, since check in time is 3PM and check out time is 11AM. Maybe you could talk to them about those though and get us from morning to evening.
Or we rent the cabin + one extra cabin for two days, and the whole crew can go up there after the LA + road trip shoot and stay, so we get an early start next day there. Max out the daylight hours and get both morning, day and sunset shots.
The place is called Animal Makers. http://animalmakers.com/
At the house:
Bird:
http://animalmakers.com/animated-bird-puppet/
This one is only week rental, and is really pricy. We only need it for 2-3 hours, tops. See if we can do something on the price?
Big Bear Cabin & forest:
Animatronic Mama Bear
http://animalmakers.com/animatronic-realistic-professional-adult-brown-bear-costume-mama/
We should have David (Ledinsky/Refused drummer) come over to them and try on the suit and try performing in it before the shoot.
Other puppets
http://animalmakers.com/realistic-beaver-hand-puppet/
http://animalmakers.com/animated-realistic-ferret-weasel-puppet/
http://animalmakers.com/animated-white-owl-used-display-prop/
http://animalmakers.com/animated-baby-birds-in-nest-prop/
Some of these are pretty pricy and also one week rentals. See if we can get a bundle discount or do one day rentals on the ones that are set to a week by default.
We also need a toy/teddy bear ferret and a skateboard, in a scene where Daniel see hundreds of ferrets riding skateboards down a road (We shoot one ferret taped to a skateboard and do multiple shots, that I then can composite).
Personnel:
http://animalmakers.com/art-department-services/
Roadtrip:
Vintage van
Mike had some ideas on this
Daniel Ledinsky, Artist
+1 (323) 823-7221
daniel.ledinsky@gmail.com
David Sandström, drummer & bear suit talent
Peder Bergstrand, Director
+46(0)709-817750
bergstrand.peder@gmail.com
Mike McMillin, DoP
Spencer Graves, Producer & Art Director
AirBnb house in Venice. We land Oct 1st and fly home Oct 13th.
We are two adults, 3 kids (ages 6, 4 and 1). I would like to communicate with the host if possible, she apparently have tons of kids gear (swings, pools & stuff) that we can borrow if we just talk to her.
https://www.airbnb.se/rooms/3027857?wl_source=list&wl_id=177118256&role=owner&check_in=2016-10-01&check_out=2016-10-13&guests=5&sug=51