The day gone by
Yesterday was really eventful...and i will try and give a brief summary of things because today can turn into one eventful day as well...I will be 1st A.D on Dan West's short film which we will be shooting over the labour weekend. It will be interesting to shoot and a roller coaster weekend. I will be acting in a small part in one of the final production at school - and guess what I am playing- a diary owner who loves cricket..heeheeee....talk about stereotypes. That particular short film is being directed by Alan Brash -who created the TV series 'The Strip'.
Darren did most of the work on finishing off the couch...it is nearly done -we are a meter short of cloth..and once thats done it will be onto painting the room :-)The school is helping us out with the material and stuff -which is really kind of them.
attended the Berlin Film Festival seminar...it wasn't too hot -i mean the lady just spoke what was written in the brochure and nothing more. Also i feel like an outsider to this industry. Film in NZ has to truly grow from the grass roots and the systems have to change before we can become competitive. NZFC commisions about 2-3 major feature film projects and several other smaller projects but that is not gonna make the industry competitive... In a country where money is scarce - digital is the way to go..instead of following models of bigger countries and trying to break their backs by trying to attain it - they should create their own rules. They have started moving in that direction but the change is too slow and it does not address the need for digital theatres. But then again sometimes i get the feeling that film making is no more a creative art - it is more about business. Is there a balance between art and business - i don't know.
things are gonna get interesting with Triangle today as the Grass valley SPG needs to be replaced and we have to do a make shift solution for now. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will work otherwise it is gonna be a long long day. Other than that had a text altercation with Rachel -one of the leads of the film...something which I will refrain from discussing on here. Let's say I was really tempted to close the entire project down. Independent film making is such an invaluable learning curve.
ciao later
amit
UNKREATIVE
posted by Amit @ 7:25 AM
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