I dream in film shots, frames and cuts right now. My head's spinning around 180 degree and 30 degree rules. And I'm trying to find the perfect pencil to draw erasable lines along a straight and noble ruler for daily script coverage calculations.
Gearing up for my first big, solo directing project, "A Fork in the Road," I'm in preproduction Haedes and can only see dangling edges to tie together.
There's the shot list and the storyboard and then, "oh no!" a script rewrite--back to the shot list and storyboard. And then the actors, they changes according to whether or not they have the passion, or the time...or the money to allow themselves the time.
And if I could only relate my nightmares about film being ruined or underexposed or--worst of all--poorly shot and poorly directed.
Whewwww, I'm glad I have Doug Schulze and Kurt Mawry from the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan (sorry about the plug, dear reader, but they disserve it!), Rob Skates in Cinematography, Tim Savage for Screenwriting and, tada!, our new "Producing" class instructor, the incredible Kathleen McDermont, who could sail a preproduction perfect storm.
I'll be posting more about this filmmaking adventure in the days and weeks to come. And, as always, I welcome your comments (although go easy on the criticism, okay? I'm green at this).
H.P.
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