Primera Lectura de Guión

Yesterday we had our first official table read! The purpose of it was to identify potential problems in the screenplay: unidimensional characters, overwritten dialogue, unnecessary scenes, etc. Fortunately the feedback from the team was 90% positive, and together we managed to identify some problems with the main character, (when more than 3 people point out a potential problem in your script, you should definitely take a look into it).

It is an amazing experience to watch actors read the characters you wrote, and even better, to watch the emotional reactions you planned emerge on the faces of the readers. Even though these are not the actors of the final cast, (maybe some of them will be), i was thrilled to see them act the broad range of emotions that the characters of this film experience, and i have to say, kudos to my friend Dario Rocas for doing an amazing reading of the senior characters of the film, he definitely has a very broad actoral range.

We are currently in a very early stage of the production of the film, but it is one of the most important stages because the entire project will be built upon the screenplay, so it is very important to lay a solid foundation for the success of the film. I have been writing and rewriting this script for almost a year and a half, the last draft was 166 pages but i rewrote it to 128 pages. This was the draft that we read at our table read, and now i will be rewriting it again.

To tell you the truth i am a very desperate person, so i am doing my best to be patient and i keep remind myself that great things take time. Stay tuned if you are interested in being part of my journey in making my first feature film.