I originally made this blog as a way of getting intimate things off my chest. Things I wouldn't even say to my family. I figured I'd just put it out there for strangers to read. I honestly believe that if you keep shit locked up inside it turns into something bad. Like cancer. I had some garbage I really needed to get out of me. So I made this blog under a false name and figured that no one would know it was me posting it (save the one person that I told about it - hi, Linds).
A couple people have now mentioned this blog to me, and I found myself being quite alarmed that they knew about it. It's supposed to be secret. They found it by googling the name of the film I'm working on. I removed the name of the film from this blog, but it's still turning up on google.
I have a certain amount of anxiety about this. As far as I know, my family is unaware of my atheism. That's just a whole can of squirming worms I'd really not like to open anytime soon. I'd really be uncomfortable if a certain ex-girlfriend of mine read this. ...or her sister. Also, now that I know people that are close to me are reading it, I'm no longer able to express myself freely.
So if you've read this blog - you know me in real life - and your name isn't Lindsay, congratulations! You've stumbled upon something that I never intended you to see. Something intimate and personal. Enjoy. It may or may not be here tomorrow, depending on how I feel.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Making a movie (pre-production)
I just started working on a short film that I've wanted to make for about the last 15 years of my life. It's a post apocalyptic samurai movie; sort of Road Warrior meets Yojimbo. No matter what I was doing, it's always been there, like a worm in my brain, chewing and squirming around for over a decade. I'm finally going to get in there with my fingers, dig it out, and share it with the world.
I'm making a 10 minute short film first, and if it's successful a feature length will follow. After typing that it seems like I should put the "if" in bold capital letters, in a 50 point typeface. That's a pretty big if. I digress. I'm submitting the short film to the Guam International Film Festival for starters. The deadline for submissions is July 1st, so I've got to work fast. I'm taking the first 2 weeks of June for production, and the the last 2 weeks for post-production. I'm officially in pre-production. "What does that mean?" That means I'm pulling all of the elements together. I've got to draw hundreds of storyboards, get props, make costumes, choreograph a sword fight, make about 20 gallons of fake blood, find a way to hang people without actually injuring them, and find a beautiful island woman willing to take her top off on camera. And I need to do all of this before June 2nd.
I'm not a rich man. Making movies costs a shit ton of money. The only more expensive art form than filmmaking is architecture. So in terms of architecture, how do you make an interesting building for less than $2,000? I mean, that's maybe a tool shed at best. No one would pay money to see a Tuff Shed. "Hey man, give me $8 and you can check out where I keep my lawnmower." Please. But what if it's a tool shed on a tropical island next to a cascading waterfall, smeared in blood, with naked women inside? Now that's something someone might pay money to see. That's the posture I'll be taking with my films until the day I start using other people's money to make them.
I'm making a 10 minute short film first, and if it's successful a feature length will follow. After typing that it seems like I should put the "if" in bold capital letters, in a 50 point typeface. That's a pretty big if. I digress. I'm submitting the short film to the Guam International Film Festival for starters. The deadline for submissions is July 1st, so I've got to work fast. I'm taking the first 2 weeks of June for production, and the the last 2 weeks for post-production. I'm officially in pre-production. "What does that mean?" That means I'm pulling all of the elements together. I've got to draw hundreds of storyboards, get props, make costumes, choreograph a sword fight, make about 20 gallons of fake blood, find a way to hang people without actually injuring them, and find a beautiful island woman willing to take her top off on camera. And I need to do all of this before June 2nd.
I'm not a rich man. Making movies costs a shit ton of money. The only more expensive art form than filmmaking is architecture. So in terms of architecture, how do you make an interesting building for less than $2,000? I mean, that's maybe a tool shed at best. No one would pay money to see a Tuff Shed. "Hey man, give me $8 and you can check out where I keep my lawnmower." Please. But what if it's a tool shed on a tropical island next to a cascading waterfall, smeared in blood, with naked women inside? Now that's something someone might pay money to see. That's the posture I'll be taking with my films until the day I start using other people's money to make them.
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