The project is in a constant state of change, of evolutions, developments and continuous motions of elevated and deflated emotions. A project that, within itself, is a statement on the world I see around me. A friend of mine said "what we see and what we hear does mean we experience what we see and what we hear". But what is happening is that we have been talking a lot about The JOB but have you really seen anything yet? Bar the posters, the quick releases of the teaser for "Home" and the Facebook status updates, I would say, you have seen very little of what The JOB has to offer.
But one thing stands to debate; it's bite is about as profound as it's bark.
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I have always seen these small things as the injections of the project; the little things that keep it alive.
"Home", the viral we finished shooting last year, which was held up due to various technical and logistical issues come the end of the year is nearing completion (now) for publication end of January and with it's new titles, score and temp. pre-dubbed soundtrack, it's in a good place for a final release this month, with a potential temp. opinion release of as soon as next week.
The off-shoot of this viral, specifically as much as it had excited the FUCK out of everyone at JOB HQ and really got the blood flowing within the creative group, it had shown one thing; the beast began to breath. We had decided on a further viral including the prospective cast which would be secured some mid-April entitled "Club" which has been put back due to the coming of "A to B", which has cropped up in the last week of so.
"A to B", simply put, is The JOB short film. A condensed and easily digestible 5-minute short detailing a simple story set to a strong theme, shot in the style we have chosen for the series and showing off everyone's skills in cast and crew, acting much like a sizzler-reel; although dissimilar as it's not a collection of images / moments from a larger piece. This is looking to be shot come the Spring with a first draft already compiled and cast more or less secure. I'm hoping it's as diverse and as exciting as what we've written and I am genuinely looking forward to this. More of that to come in the coming months.
But all this is secular to what is the actual goal; shooting the 'A- Shift' series' pilot.
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"Bourac", The JOB pilot is still looking to begin this year, however at this current juncture, at a creatively slow snail's pace, it has been injected with the promise of a strong cast, a visually dynamic and provocative cinematic quality hinged by an absolute passion to see it through to conclusion. I think the issue I might have with it is, after we begin I won't be able to stop until it's done. It's going to be a journey, long, hard, difficult, potentially self-destructive and exhausting but I've never known a single director who has not sacrificed something for the potential of what they wanted to say. I'm not a crash-test dummy, The JOB is not a car and we're not hitting brick walls but what I am trying to say is that I'll get this made; we'll get this made.
The script is strong; a real insight into a world we all know about and experience but would never associate specifically, but I am feeling (and always have since the birth of the beast) it's made it feel more human. But like we've always said, it's been the tag for the last two years:
Maybe you'll just find out.
Ryan Jon Amey Henderson
Co-Creator/Co-writer