Appalachian Film festival rolling in

Dave Lavender is doing a preview for the upcoming Appalachian Film Festival and suggested the idea of a whitewater stream of film coming out of the mountains. I thought it a good idea but wanted to put someone in a raft coming down the film rapids.
A caricature of someone wouldn’t work, cause the person would need to be widely recognized by our readership. So I decided to go with a “generic” film director-type guy, with a megaphone, ball cap and heavy-soled workboots. Note in the rough that I put one of those, artsy beret-type hats on him (I don’t know if its an actual beret) but after having done it, think the director’s ball cap smashed down on his head with oversize sunglasses would work better. I’ll need to leave enough room to fit a camera as well.
Here’s a quick rough, where I’ll obviously need to go in and put the mountains around, so he won’t look like he’s riding a rollercoaster.
I’ll also need to be mindful of where to put the obligatory headline and copy.

More to come soon.