I've decided to take the practice dialog and work on little self-contained shorts...1 location, 2 characters, something simple that I can pound out in one sitting and then throw away or dab up the coffee you just spilled. Who knows, I might even post them here. I need to get more okay with the concept of putting my work out into the world and letting it, I don't know, percolate with the fishes. I'm contemplating theme weeks, or perhaps I'll go back to Dave's idear a years ago of basing an art piece a week around one word. Katrina got a whole quilt out of Pentimento...all I got was this lousy joke.
Brief aside..Tron's soundtrack still rocks.
I think I need to talk to folk and get them to come up with random words or scenes. Or I suppose I could use one of many random plot generators out there, but it doesn't have to be too detailed, the goal is dialog and lots of it. While I named the subject of this post "Counterpoint" based on the following videos, I think perhaps that's what we'll base next week's short on. Who knows what we'll get...probably a script about closet quilters.
Random aside: Today I saw a mouse uterus. It would be safe to say I didn't anticipate writing that when the day began.
Anywhoo, onto the videos. I like the idear of short films....2-5 minutes doesn't feel like a long time to tell a story, but it's amazing what you can accomplish in that span of time. The next 2 films are 1:47 and 3:00 respectively and while rather simple in story, they both have a depth of meaning that makes them quite powerful and entertaining. Once again it's all about the execution...and as with most films, they're better in full screen.
After You - Written/Directed by Adam Linzey
I really enjoyed the next film - great music, great editing.
Ribbons - Directed by Brodie Rocca
Ribbons from Brodie Rocca on Vimeo.
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