directing journal 4
Sep. 26th, 2009 12:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holeinthegroundi just spent the last 3 hours this morning being super productive. producing wise that is. as much as i am not a fan of the overall producing element, i kind of enjoyed making some lists. printing some documents, and also doing the breakdown sheet on the script. maybe i could be a good production assistant?
after talking with Andre, i have to completely re-do my shot list. he convinced me of some stuff, which definitely is opposite of the initial vision i had. however, he had some good ideas. and... perhaps, my original conception of a series of just really long takes isn't the best. perhaps i'll try that some other time.... but, the idea of bringing a little more humanity to Doyle's character is a good one, and i totally see his point of trying to get the audience to relate to this guy who is about to get shot, rather than having it simply be Jimmy's viewing of the situation. i watched Boogie Nights last night, and i forgot how i like Paul Thomas Anderson's style in that movie. those long moving shots are insane, and i think that'd be fun to try some time. but, not for this maybe.
i also re-watched Miller's Crossing. god that is so good. i might try and watch it again before the shoot next weekend, since i think it's quite relevant to what we're doing, Irish mob and all. a handsome film about men with hats.
do any of the characters wear hats? i don't think so, unfortunately.
the room we have is really small, which worries me. it'll take a lot to get shit out of there, but we can do it.
anyway, i'm still not sure i'm feeling creative enough to do another shot list. i distracted myself, and was productive enough to get some producing business taken care of, but... still not in a good enough mood to do another shot list. there is a vast difference between the logistical film work and the creative film work. it's really hard to try and force the creative stuff.
after talking with Andre, i have to completely re-do my shot list. he convinced me of some stuff, which definitely is opposite of the initial vision i had. however, he had some good ideas. and... perhaps, my original conception of a series of just really long takes isn't the best. perhaps i'll try that some other time.... but, the idea of bringing a little more humanity to Doyle's character is a good one, and i totally see his point of trying to get the audience to relate to this guy who is about to get shot, rather than having it simply be Jimmy's viewing of the situation. i watched Boogie Nights last night, and i forgot how i like Paul Thomas Anderson's style in that movie. those long moving shots are insane, and i think that'd be fun to try some time. but, not for this maybe.
i also re-watched Miller's Crossing. god that is so good. i might try and watch it again before the shoot next weekend, since i think it's quite relevant to what we're doing, Irish mob and all. a handsome film about men with hats.
do any of the characters wear hats? i don't think so, unfortunately.
the room we have is really small, which worries me. it'll take a lot to get shit out of there, but we can do it.
anyway, i'm still not sure i'm feeling creative enough to do another shot list. i distracted myself, and was productive enough to get some producing business taken care of, but... still not in a good enough mood to do another shot list. there is a vast difference between the logistical film work and the creative film work. it's really hard to try and force the creative stuff.
