Ensemble Tremble
Go to Cornell Cinema on Thursday people: An afternoon with Peter Kubelka is on and this time round, procrastination or not, its GOOD for you. Just be there, its an event in Ithaca cinema. You can read some of the kick-ass folks in experimental film talk about him here. Other films to see at Cornell Cinema are (1) The Best of Youth, part 2 which plays tomorrow (as in Wednesday) and Saving Face come October 1. There are others but you should just look up the schedule here.
Work on the script continues to happen... The script is non-linear and ensemble so its like me hitting up against a wall all the time. I am trying to work out the flow of action on screen. Now some people will tell me: but you should just write the whole script and worry about the non-linear part later... except, I want to ask them to try doing it. The stories are really boring if I dont juxtapose things... for example, there is this sequence where one couple are listening to a song that describes failed love and are almost crying to it, while on the screen we see images of this other storyline where a couple's marriage is falling apart. Now there are tons of sequences like that where the dialogue should draw meaning from the scenes preceeding it except everytime I change one thing, its a domino effect on the story. NO GOOD!!
The other question I am wrestling with is the idea of an ensemble story with major and minor character and story lines. Maybe it doesnt have to be all perfectly balanced with every character speaking the exact same number of lines, but I am attached to the idea of the film being about a socio-economic world that is complete with its diversity and culture.
Back to writing... o, something else, its decided. I AM going to give my script in to Cathy on Thursday... Nervousss!!!
Work on the script continues to happen... The script is non-linear and ensemble so its like me hitting up against a wall all the time. I am trying to work out the flow of action on screen. Now some people will tell me: but you should just write the whole script and worry about the non-linear part later... except, I want to ask them to try doing it. The stories are really boring if I dont juxtapose things... for example, there is this sequence where one couple are listening to a song that describes failed love and are almost crying to it, while on the screen we see images of this other storyline where a couple's marriage is falling apart. Now there are tons of sequences like that where the dialogue should draw meaning from the scenes preceeding it except everytime I change one thing, its a domino effect on the story. NO GOOD!!
The other question I am wrestling with is the idea of an ensemble story with major and minor character and story lines. Maybe it doesnt have to be all perfectly balanced with every character speaking the exact same number of lines, but I am attached to the idea of the film being about a socio-economic world that is complete with its diversity and culture.
Back to writing... o, something else, its decided. I AM going to give my script in to Cathy on Thursday... Nervousss!!!
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