Sunday, January 22, 2012
Where I am now
Well, it's the start of the second year into the new decade, and I didn't make my movie. I failed.
I have done more videos, though. More wedding videos, more videos for others, and more filming as an actor. But everything else is slowed right down, and I obviously didn't reach my objective.
So where do I go from here? I know I have to write the screenplays, for one thing. And then get a crew and cast together to do some more stuff. I have to keep busy, doing anything that's related to making movies, making videos, editing, writing, and doing stuff that makes me a "film maker" and not just a guy who shoots wedding videos.
I have made a music video, which is an accomplishment. Two music videos, in fact. Of which I am somewhat proud, and also have learned lessons in business and production of films.
I can do more. This is obviously why I'm back on this blog.
Let's see what happens over the coming months...
I have done more videos, though. More wedding videos, more videos for others, and more filming as an actor. But everything else is slowed right down, and I obviously didn't reach my objective.
So where do I go from here? I know I have to write the screenplays, for one thing. And then get a crew and cast together to do some more stuff. I have to keep busy, doing anything that's related to making movies, making videos, editing, writing, and doing stuff that makes me a "film maker" and not just a guy who shoots wedding videos.
I have made a music video, which is an accomplishment. Two music videos, in fact. Of which I am somewhat proud, and also have learned lessons in business and production of films.
I can do more. This is obviously why I'm back on this blog.
Let's see what happens over the coming months...
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Film Race entry
Well this was the entry into the film race this year.
Not very good; didn't even get placed. But it was helpful in a lot of ways, as I did develop characters I want to use in the future. I think there was a point we actually abandoned the idea of a three minute thing, and went for scenes that would have worked for a much longer project, so at the end of it we had nothing that would edit down to three minutes.
Which is why it didn't work.
But I still have to post it, as it's part of the process of accepting what I do. Some part of me did it, and I have to accept that part of me and his achievements.
If that doesn't make sense right now, it will at some point...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
So...
So I've finished a screenplay (first draft, anyway) and have got going on a couple more. Did the 24 hour film race (didn't win, or even get placed!) but feel OK about it as I did glean some good things about it which will lead to my doing more with the characters that were developed in it.
Had a walk today and thought about just how hard it is to put a film together, but I also realised how much a very old attitude of mine has been doing its thing over and over again: that I've so often tended to give up on projects when they've got difficult.
This isn't entirely related to this blog: more so with the "Artist's Way" blog or one of my other positive thinking bloggies, but maybe it's something I can use as a topic for a film. Who knows?
But there are other things that are interesting about the whole process of making this film, and it's definitely to do with my frame of mind and general attitude. It's a learning experience, for sure, to make this thing. I know there's been a certain lack of determination, generally speaking, and this is something I need to deal with in order to keep the momentum going and the motivation up for this - and other - projects.
I do need to work with people. I do need to collect more people who'll be part of my team making this thing. This is something I learned from doing the 24 hour film race, I think: that I need to trust people in a team. I need to be able to be a team player as well as an independent, otherwise I'll be stuck doing absolutely everything myself, which just won't do, will it?
I must realise, too, where my strengths and weaknesses lie. I know one of my key strengths is as an actor. That's one of the primary reasons I'm making this film, so I do have to come up with a character for myself that's interesting, watchable, and exciting. I think I've found that character with the one I did for the short, so again that's a positive.
It's a matter, too, of getting a crew together to make this interesting short. Probably going to be a 20 minute thing, I should think.
Had a walk today and thought about just how hard it is to put a film together, but I also realised how much a very old attitude of mine has been doing its thing over and over again: that I've so often tended to give up on projects when they've got difficult.
This isn't entirely related to this blog: more so with the "Artist's Way" blog or one of my other positive thinking bloggies, but maybe it's something I can use as a topic for a film. Who knows?
But there are other things that are interesting about the whole process of making this film, and it's definitely to do with my frame of mind and general attitude. It's a learning experience, for sure, to make this thing. I know there's been a certain lack of determination, generally speaking, and this is something I need to deal with in order to keep the momentum going and the motivation up for this - and other - projects.
I do need to work with people. I do need to collect more people who'll be part of my team making this thing. This is something I learned from doing the 24 hour film race, I think: that I need to trust people in a team. I need to be able to be a team player as well as an independent, otherwise I'll be stuck doing absolutely everything myself, which just won't do, will it?
I must realise, too, where my strengths and weaknesses lie. I know one of my key strengths is as an actor. That's one of the primary reasons I'm making this film, so I do have to come up with a character for myself that's interesting, watchable, and exciting. I think I've found that character with the one I did for the short, so again that's a positive.
It's a matter, too, of getting a crew together to make this interesting short. Probably going to be a 20 minute thing, I should think.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Tension between characters.
Screenplay: the tension between characters.
I'm finding it really interesting to look at the tension between characters, and what the dynamic is. Fascinating stuff, for sure.
I'm finding myself writing a bunch of things that draw on that peculiar power game between men and women: the sexual tension, the control thing, the fear/love/sex dynamic.
Wonder what that's about?
The writing does bring something up for me, though. Frankly, I'd rather be writing THIS (about writing) than actually doing it for real. Perhaps because of all the expectation on me. Again, why I need to simply write a bad screenplay. It will break down an awful lot of blocks for me.
I'm finding it really interesting to look at the tension between characters, and what the dynamic is. Fascinating stuff, for sure.
I'm finding myself writing a bunch of things that draw on that peculiar power game between men and women: the sexual tension, the control thing, the fear/love/sex dynamic.
Wonder what that's about?
The writing does bring something up for me, though. Frankly, I'd rather be writing THIS (about writing) than actually doing it for real. Perhaps because of all the expectation on me. Again, why I need to simply write a bad screenplay. It will break down an awful lot of blocks for me.
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