Kanowna (short film) the initial connection

I recently saw an ad on the ScreenHub website looking for a Director to direct a short film.  For which I responded to and was happy to get a response from the Producer, who happily and enthusiastically forward the intended script to me.  Upon reading it, I felt that it needed too much work in its present shape for which I was reluctant to do, I also felt that I didn't have enough connection to it to make it work.

I was however, very impressed with the enthusiasm of this Producer and suggested that we might work on something else, to which he "in principle" agreed.  I gave him an honest opinion of the previous script and advised that I would get my preferred script to him asap.