So the question of the day is: At what point does something profound become cliche? Don't ask me why I'm thinking about this, but it brought me some amusement on the drive to work this morning. I think the answer is 3. One for the person who said it first. One for the person who repeats it. And one for the next guy that that still figures it's a good idea. I figure after the third guy then it'll probably become something if it isn't already...if only a cult...after that, it's all downhill.
Eh, it's a take on it anyway.
When we left off, I was babbling incoherently about the crew in a fasion not dissimilar to the announcer from the powerpuff girls...so I suppose I should finish what I started and continue babbling incoherently in grossly long winded sentences about the importance of being ernest in an impractical world where the monkeys will play in their pajamas all day and the cup ran away with the spoon...still with me?
Anyway, it was a night shoot for three nights. Friday night we finished around 2 am. Sat we finished about...well I went to sleep at 7 am. Then on Monday I got home around 3. Keep in mind now that I have a full time job...40 hrs a week and all that...needless to say I was tired come Tuesday. Tuesday night in fact I fell asleep at 6 PM and woke up at 6 AM...it was a really wierd morning...and I fell asleep in jeans and a collar shirt...let me tell you that really sucks in the morning. I never would have thought that a collar shirt could mess up your kneck like that. Go figure.
So it was cool being the assistant director. I pretty much got to do every job that wasn't specifically assigned and then some that were...granted that's a lot, but I'm starting to get used to doing everything...I hardly ever use a big crew for my own projects. It kind of makes you better organized and helps you think on your feet. Anyway, I ended up spending a lot of time with the sound guy rigging the camera and figuring out where to set the boom...that's kind of a chore when the director wants all the windows showwing and man there were a lot of windows showing. I also did a lot of searching around for strange and exoptic set pieces, shot set up, called attention to issues. I don't know, a lot of stuff. Man I love making movies. I do it for free if they paid me;)
hehe.
I got the new impression software last night from the ebay guy. I haven't gotten to use it, but it looks lagit. Pretty sweet! I've always wanted this thing, but I never had an excuse to get it until I needed it to do a job:)
So I've been working as Assistant Director on this film called the Sandman. The film is by second time director Richard Boyton. His first film was a short called "Oops" if you ever stumble across it. Anyway, working on the film was a blast! There were three actors, a man, a woman, and a girl. All three of them were simply awesome! We really couldn't have asked for better talent. They were reading pages and pages of dialog while everyone else was trying not to fall asleep...I suppose I should mention it was a night shoot, so we were all practically asleep while shooting it...okay, maybe some people actually were asleep, but that's beside the point. Honestly it was a sight to see.
Richard was a great director and fun to work with, as was Darrell our DP who amazingly mananged to hold the camera still for an entire six minute scene. I could go on and on about how great the crew was but unfortunately I have to go back to work...anyway, I'll rant later...and I'll put some links up to their sites when I get around to it.
Later!
After a rather long and silly hiatus, I've once again started work on The Dreamer. You can see the intro trailor in the 2d flash section. Don't hold you're breath, cause it might be a while...it's kind of a side project...but rest assured it will be completed. So far it's looking pretty good. Maybe I'll post some screen shots...