Creative Minds Meet

After months of email and text coorspondence between scriptwriter Sienna Malik and I, we finally met Sunday night at the Forest & Main Brewery in Ambler, PA. 

A lot was discussed... I got a chance to review all of the notes I've been taking on the script with Sienna and we came up with a gameplan for revisions. 

The script is already hilarious and so well written - and it's only going to get better. The inner-nerd in me suggested a handful of hidden Easter-eggs ranging from Star Wars to the Simpsons - and we developed an exciting mid-way plot twist that will surely take things in an adventitious direction - breaking down that old status quo. 

As soon as the final draft is finished (in the next month or so) we're going to start the casting process. (Something I'm really looking forward to - as it's one of my favorite parts of pre-production) and starting up our Indiegogo fundraising campaign. 

Stay tuned friends - more to come! 

Joe Ronca

Producer/Director "By the Dashboard Light"

PS: "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" has been stuck in my head for a week now... 

KMF Selects Script for 2014 Feature

Keasbey Mattison FilmWorks has selected Sienna Golden Malik's "By The Dashboard Light" for production. 

In August, I posted an ad on ISA (International Screenwriters' Association - networkisa.org) and Craigslist - looking for an original feature-length screenplay to produce and direct in the summer of 2014. Out of the 81 scripts submitted, I was finally able to narrow it down and select one. 

In her own words, writer Sienna Malik summarizes the story. "A driving instructor struggles to move his dysfunctional students forward and has just as much trouble progressing in his private life" 

I was immediately drawn to the simplicity of the story. At first the subject matter wasn't really what I was looking for, but the snappy dialog, well written characters and quirky chain of events kept me turning the pages. 

The final draft of the script is currently being written and soon an Indiegogo account will be created to secure funding for the production - slated for August & September 2014. 

On a techical note, the film will be shot with the new Panasonic Lumix GX7. My production friends John Martineau and Christian Jude Grillo of Potent Media have recently purchased two of these Micro Four Thirds camera systems and we're looking forward to putting them to the ultimate test... a feature film. 

More to come! 

Joe Ronca 

Producer/Director "By the Dashboard Light"