Lazy Son of a Gun


I have not been faithful to my blog this whole week. Guess it's not a habit yet. What I've done for the film this week: worked on a treatment to turn my short into a feature. Man the process of getting notes can really snow you under. Note after note after note. And they all make a piece better. I plan to head to Albuquerque next Wednesday or Thursday to start the process that leads to countdown. In the interim, someone from another film snatched away my editor, so he had to be replaced, and now I've got to get in tight with my d.p. and get a vision going. Earlier this week, I met with the woman who wrote and directed the movie, "Phat Girlz." Very helpful and insightful about what cameras do what to what effect, and about other details of making a story work visually. (So thanks Nnegest. That was on the money.) Seeking out some directing books today and getting back on storyboarding. I don't like it because I'm lousy at drawing. But it must be done. Every shot needs to be on the page before it's on the screen. Onward.