Countdown to Crooked
Been busy prepping this thing. Schedule, shot list, shot design, rewrites, crewing.
It's an odd hybrid of intentional filmmaking, improvisational ensemble work and documentary. It hasn't been easy letting those invovled to understand it is not a free-for-all yet can not be entirely plotted, composed and planned. I certainly want to go about it with a very loose approach, yet I know that without limitations and structure it will be a mess. Creating that structure is the task at hand as we go into the weekend. It's a fine line of control and expectations.
I've had some hard lessons this week. Heath and I had a confrontation regarding exactly that issue of planning. The clash was ugly, but we've recovered and decided mutually that this project was no longer something he wanted to pursue. He is a very good actor and would have brought a lot to the screen. A great replacement returned to town and contacted me within an hour of the unfortunate spat with Heath. Travis is not the actor that Heath is, but he is a goofy bastard that brings an element of raw unpredictability. Certainly, a very different energy. Another benefit of Travis is his experience behind the camera and his willingness to be hands-on with gear and other production needs.
Peter Bauer and Eric Gorski are prepping the 100 tapes and the script/schedule. My approach to sides and the script is innovative and not something I have ever heard of anybody trying before. Sort of a mini cue card system. The actors are not going to get a script. Rather I am cutting the script up scene by scene and handing little peices of dialogue to the actors as we go.
What else?
Nicola is doing the grocery shopping.
I am going to try to get some rest for a bit later today. Ha!
nc
It's an odd hybrid of intentional filmmaking, improvisational ensemble work and documentary. It hasn't been easy letting those invovled to understand it is not a free-for-all yet can not be entirely plotted, composed and planned. I certainly want to go about it with a very loose approach, yet I know that without limitations and structure it will be a mess. Creating that structure is the task at hand as we go into the weekend. It's a fine line of control and expectations.
I've had some hard lessons this week. Heath and I had a confrontation regarding exactly that issue of planning. The clash was ugly, but we've recovered and decided mutually that this project was no longer something he wanted to pursue. He is a very good actor and would have brought a lot to the screen. A great replacement returned to town and contacted me within an hour of the unfortunate spat with Heath. Travis is not the actor that Heath is, but he is a goofy bastard that brings an element of raw unpredictability. Certainly, a very different energy. Another benefit of Travis is his experience behind the camera and his willingness to be hands-on with gear and other production needs.
Peter Bauer and Eric Gorski are prepping the 100 tapes and the script/schedule. My approach to sides and the script is innovative and not something I have ever heard of anybody trying before. Sort of a mini cue card system. The actors are not going to get a script. Rather I am cutting the script up scene by scene and handing little peices of dialogue to the actors as we go.
What else?
Nicola is doing the grocery shopping.
I am going to try to get some rest for a bit later today. Ha!
nc
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