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Specs
SHOOTING LOCATION: Cancun, Mexico and surrounding areas
LENGTH OF SHOOT: 10 Weeks
Crew
PRODUCERS: Francis Ford Coppola, Wes Craven
DIRECTOR: Wes Craven
WRITER: Wes Craven
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Pilar McCurry
SPECIAL FX SUPERVISOR: Brock Jolliffe
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hyung-ku Kim
EDITOR: Ed Marx
Cast
KRISTEN: Anna Paquin
AMANDA: Eliza Dushku
NICOLE: Shenae Grimes
LAURA: Erica Leerhsen
HEATHER: Christa Flanagan
CC: Bryan Greenburg
BACH: Doua Moua
NOEL: Jared Padalecki
DEUCE: Nick Steele
FERNANDO: Luis Guzman
ROBERTO: Otto Sanchez
MEXICAN GRANDPA: Danny Trejo
MR. NYBERG: J.K. Simmons
MRS. NYBERG: Shirley Jones
PERRY: Jeremy Sisto
The roles of the Mexican Granddaughter and helicopter pilots are very small and could go to unknowns.
Marketing/Promotion
There would be 3 distinctly different poster campaigns. One featuring the hot young cast, one featuring the exotic locale and one with the red glowing Chupacabra eyes staring out from a dense, dark jungle.
The trailer would be very rapid cuts, basically just getting the general point across that there are a bunch of good looking people being hunted and killed in the jungle but not giving away any of the plot.
Because a lot of the cast are lesser known actors, it shouldn’t be much trouble (in terms of their schedules) to get them in to heavy rotation on all the late night talk shows promoting the film. Also, many appearances on channels like MTV, Spike, Cartoon Networks Adult Swim, etc… would be a good idea to make certain that every member of the target demographic knows about the film.
Another promotion idea could be to give away 1 round trip for 2 to Spring Break at each theatre showing the film on opening night. This would get people out in droves right away and as long as the film is made well, the positive word of mouth will bring in more than enough extra viewers to offset the cost of the promotion.
It’d also be a smart idea to promote the film heavily at the actual Spring Break locations like Cancun, Acapulco, Mazatlan, etc.., even sponsoring parties and bar nights and having cast members making appearances.
I guess that concludes my entry as well as my stint here on HDC Idol. I just want to say to Chrono & Flayed that no matter how this ends up, I had a blast competing with you and reading through your incredibly creative entries each round. Roshiq, Ferret, BloodRayne, alky and everyone else who spent time posting high quality work… Great job. These sorts of things don’t work very well without good participation so thanks for making this contest an excellent and memorable one.
I’d also like to take a few seconds to thank V for putting on a fun and incredibly challenging contest as well as thank all the judges, Neverending, Doc, Austin, Hammerfan and Roderick Usher for taking the time to critique and grade the entries. Well done and I can’t say I disagree with anything that’s been said by any of you thus far. You’ve all been superb, fair and impartial in your grading and judging.
It’s been a blast. Thanks again V.
This is bwind22, signing off.
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