tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post355345191361003499..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Film School Follies: Part 19 – Dancing into the Fire IIAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-60048055912319970822010-04-12T16:32:52.735-04:002010-04-12T16:32:52.735-04:00(I'm typing this from the 5th Ave. Apple Store...(I'm typing this from the 5th Ave. Apple Store, so no Google ID for me today.)<br /><br />Andrew - I realize that. Being that we were students, some made better leaders than others. Our UPM on Canadians... okay leader but couldn't control the bad elements which only made things worse. Mike on In the Nude... good leader, complimentary but also a hard-ass when he needed to be. And unlike the real film business, we didn't have paychecks to motivate us. :-)<br /><br />Re: your earlier comment about the seat of your pants approach... it really is part of the fun. You have to deal with potential problems all day and at every stage of production. There's nothing like asking a couple of grips to jury-rig some device from C-stands, clothespins, and sandbags... and seeing the end result function on the set.<br /><br />Or finding some novel way to edit two shots together in post-production, a way you couldn't imagine just five minutes earlier.ScottDSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-31440544935546971972010-04-12T13:34:32.919-04:002010-04-12T13:34:32.919-04:00Scott, Being the bad guy is called leadership, and...Scott, Being the bad guy is called leadership, and without it, nothing happens.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-32833316371397233882010-04-12T09:51:09.154-04:002010-04-12T09:51:09.154-04:00Stan -
I wasn't around for pre-production on...Stan - <br /><br />I wasn't around for pre-production on In the Nude since I was busy on Canadians but... organization... yeah, not enough of that. Or rather, given the film school environment, it's only natural that every crew has its share of overachievers, big egos, and slackers who do nothing.<br /><br />But because we're all friends, no one wants to be the bad guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-48342087511527612642010-04-12T07:53:13.850-04:002010-04-12T07:53:13.850-04:00“Organize!” Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.“Organize!” Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-48170530660534190772010-04-11T15:31:46.810-04:002010-04-11T15:31:46.810-04:00LawHawk -
I can't think of a quote that adeq...LawHawk - <br /><br />I can't think of a quote that adequately describes our experience with this, or at least my own experience. The only one that comes to mind is William Goldman's famous "Nobody knows anything."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-48429089413856938672010-04-11T15:12:41.058-04:002010-04-11T15:12:41.058-04:00Scott: I can't help thinking of the old sayin...Scott: I can't help thinking of the old saying that a camel is a horse put together by a committee. LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-52031136646375541062010-04-11T14:42:20.114-04:002010-04-11T14:42:20.114-04:00Should be interesting, I can't wait to see it....Should be interesting, I can't wait to see it.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-12310698028024660882010-04-11T14:34:16.322-04:002010-04-11T14:34:16.322-04:00You'll find out in two weeks! In the Nude turn...You'll find out in two weeks! In the Nude turned out to be the best movie in our class, mostly by virtue of the fact that the other movies weren't very good! It's a perfectly entertaining little lark of a film and you'll see it soon. :-)<br /><br />I'm trying to put my finger on why we always felt rushed for time. I think it's because we were also taking classes during this time.<br /><br />I remember during Canadians, we should've been location scouting during the week but we were stuck in our useless pre-production class from 9 to 5 most days, plus our other 35mm filmmaking class. It looks like almost two months but a third of that time, we were stuck in classrooms.<br /><br />I don't know if it's different now but they didn't just tell us, "Go design and build your sets!" We had deadlines and certain things had to be done before others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-56833351852481138002010-04-11T14:27:16.388-04:002010-04-11T14:27:16.388-04:00Scott, I just strikes me that this should have gon...Scott, I just strikes me that this should have gone a lot smoother. Two months is plenty of time to assign jobs and organize most of this. How did the movie ultimately turn out?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-23575341666994290202010-04-11T14:06:42.265-04:002010-04-11T14:06:42.265-04:00From a look at the schedule, it appears that the f...From a look at the schedule, it appears that the first meeting was held on 6/4 and the first day of production was 7/25 so that left a little more than a month to do literally everything: casting, sets, plan shots, etc.<br /><br />There certainly is a seat of your pants approach to this (moreso on student films than big-budget features).<br /><br />In terms of production design, everyone would just love "one more day." But we were literally creating this stuff from nothing, not just designing it but figuring out how to build things. And since our films had multiple directors (and egos), approving things was always difficult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-73676053588648885692010-04-11T13:38:10.441-04:002010-04-11T13:38:10.441-04:00Scott, I sounds like there was a lot of seat of th...Scott, I sounds like there was a lot of seat of the pants, not much planning. Did you not have the time to plan?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com