MARY DOE BLOG - Journal of the Dead

Detailed Marketing plan unfolds – Internet, viral and press media coverage planned. I feel we need someone to manage the Internet Campaign – the job is way to big for me to take on.

One of those brick walls that you never see coming – well the whole world just smashed head-on into it.

Work has been extremely slow and everyone is feeling the pinch. The local film and commercial industry has ground to a slow crawl.

When we have our meetings regarding the financial direction we had planned for MARY DOE – I realize how many of our investment plans and contacts have changed or gone quite. We had been setting ourselves up with some solid business contacts and investment opportunities but we have to ride out and re-evaluate the dismal situation at hand. It can’t last forever!

Paul, Franc and myself sit down to chop the hell out of the budget. By the end of the day we have removed a quarter of the fat that we do not need. But we need to take out more. We have to get the Production Manager to go over the figures again.

FUCK, WE ARE WAY OVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET. I MEAN WAY OVER!

We could see lots of things to get rid of and refine to bring the budget down – it’s just going to take a bit of work.