directing journal 2
Sep. 18th, 2009 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holeintheground*
like i said before about schedules, that's a pain in the ass. last night's location scout ended up with me going there minus my director of photography. i was REALLY hoping we could make it there together somehow, and he could kind of be my right hand man in terms of deciding if the location works or not. but, things don't always go as hoped, so i had to just go there myself, sort of make a decision on the spot, and i hope that Andre will be able to work with it. Andre's a good guy, one of the people i've met in the film program that i would be excited to go and hang out with socially. plus, i've seen his work and he is good. like, almost intimidatingly good, and he's done a lot of pretty gorgeous shots, and he takes things seriously. the only problem is that he is almost always busy, so it's been tough for us to get together about this. he always seems to be helping out about a billion different film shoots, and i'm not really sure if i have the authority to say "hey dude, this class project is more important than the music video or feature that you're currently crewing on...". i dunno.
the location definitely has the look, and will require minimal art direction (it's some dirtball bar in East St. Paul). the only real problem is that it is a very tight and confined space, which will work for the mood, but i think i'd rather have a more open space and fake that it's tight rather than actually working in a small space. we'll definitely be limited in some ways, but maybe that'll be a good thing?
i definitely am forming a more and more solid idea of what i want this to look like in my head.
also, we hung out after looking at the bar location, and our main actor, Nate showed up. (Brittany called him and invited him. they're friends). that was pretty cool, i think, since we didn't get to be best buds, but i think got to know each other a little more socially. i feel like that's a good idea, since if directing is a lot about trust between the actors and directors, it seems like spending time with actors socially, and having a beer or two (or eight) together could be really helpful in setting up some trust and getting to know eachother on a personal level.
like i said before about schedules, that's a pain in the ass. last night's location scout ended up with me going there minus my director of photography. i was REALLY hoping we could make it there together somehow, and he could kind of be my right hand man in terms of deciding if the location works or not. but, things don't always go as hoped, so i had to just go there myself, sort of make a decision on the spot, and i hope that Andre will be able to work with it. Andre's a good guy, one of the people i've met in the film program that i would be excited to go and hang out with socially. plus, i've seen his work and he is good. like, almost intimidatingly good, and he's done a lot of pretty gorgeous shots, and he takes things seriously. the only problem is that he is almost always busy, so it's been tough for us to get together about this. he always seems to be helping out about a billion different film shoots, and i'm not really sure if i have the authority to say "hey dude, this class project is more important than the music video or feature that you're currently crewing on...". i dunno.
the location definitely has the look, and will require minimal art direction (it's some dirtball bar in East St. Paul). the only real problem is that it is a very tight and confined space, which will work for the mood, but i think i'd rather have a more open space and fake that it's tight rather than actually working in a small space. we'll definitely be limited in some ways, but maybe that'll be a good thing?
i definitely am forming a more and more solid idea of what i want this to look like in my head.
also, we hung out after looking at the bar location, and our main actor, Nate showed up. (Brittany called him and invited him. they're friends). that was pretty cool, i think, since we didn't get to be best buds, but i think got to know each other a little more socially. i feel like that's a good idea, since if directing is a lot about trust between the actors and directors, it seems like spending time with actors socially, and having a beer or two (or eight) together could be really helpful in setting up some trust and getting to know eachother on a personal level.
