On Thursday, June 1st, Deborah Willis - the author of the short story and screenplay The Weather - will be doing a reading from her newly released book The Dark and Other Love Stories at the Women's Centre of Calgary. The event is free, so if you're a woman in Calgary that likes good writing, it's the place to be! Check out the event on Facebook:

Yesterday, Elaine, Siobhan and I headed to RiverCross Ranch in Springbank, AB as a potential location to shoot The Weather. RiverCross Ranch was built as the set for a TV series called Wild Roses. The series didn't last long as it was in competition with the family favourite, Heartland. Rather than letting the set be torn down as was intended, the Springbank community came together to help maintain it. A foundation was added to the set, and RiverCross Ranch is now home to a c

Although the script for Auryon is still in the final stages of editing and The Stand Up is still in the writing process, The Weather is ready to be storyboarded! Storyboarding, in case your film terms are rusty, is the process of drawing out all the shots the Director and Director of Photography (DOP) want for the entire film. It can be rather tedious (particularly when your director is only mildly competent at drawing), but is a super important step for making sure everyone

Last week we met up to read through Cayley Wreggitt's script The Stand-Up for the first time. The Stand Up was originally written as a stage play and is currently in the process of being converted into a film script. Check out our actors, writer, and director looking fine: