everybody hurts sometimes
today was one of those bohemian days, where energy flowed and we could taste the artistry as we talked.i went up to kirk's today to meet and talk. it seems i'm up there about every day, not fully sure what we're going to talk about and sometimes not really sure what was discussed when we leave, although knowing that we did get things figured out.
on monday we addressed the issue that both of us have been working on this movie largely as 'producers', looking at it from a business point of view. that's great and necessary and all that jazz, but we are also the director and d.p., and really should be discussing shots, styles, themes, and all that jazz.
that's kind of what today was.
we went through some storyboards, looked at examples of movies and how this shot here was really cool and the pacing of this movie was great and how we want our opening sequence to have this sort of feel, and then walking ourselves through it.
we bring the camera here, then it comes around over here, and then this shot!
it's encouraging to start seeing scenes and get a feel our project, but somewhere during about a boy, kirk suggested an idea for music. i wasn't sure what he was quite getting at at first, nor did i know what i thought of it. but once it hit me, i loved it and threw some suggestions back. i suspect that some astronomer somewhere must have noticed the planets aligning, because kismet hit the apartment. as what i thought was a bad example, i threw out a song suggestion for the rain puddle scene. kirk loved the idea and i suddenly realized that the combination i mentioned was too good to have been my own idea. he pulled it up on the computer and i read the scene with our new background music [and i did a reading better that nearly all of the auditions yesterday, thank you]. we were jumping around, getting excited and throwing out ideas and a 'what ifs' and even kind of freaked out his little rat dog.
our meeting ended on the phone with some licensing company, trying to find out what we have to do to get a major band to let us use their song in our little movie.
but man, is it ever exciting.
casting was interesting yesterday, and we've found a potential person or two for gardner, but certainly we're still grateful that we have two more agencies and an open call before we have to make our decision.
i have a good friend whom i think not only looks the part but has a good personality for our sister heroine. she came over tonight and read and rehearsed the scenes for a while. now, i'm not the director, but i've sat through hours of auditions with kirk giving direction enough to know what he wants from the scene, plus, i've read the script myself several times and know what's going on here [and i suppose c) would be that any insights i can give her will already push her ahead of the crow]. she's never acted before, but she's recently off her mission and with some practicing [and perhaps too much shouting for our neighbors next door with tiny children], her scene ended in near tears which almost had me in near tears.
i think she's got a chance.
posted by --jeff * @ 12:04 AM
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