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Man... i'll be so glad when this semester break arrives. Putting together all these pre-production packages is such a bore. All the documentation that's got to be done... statements, logs, scripts and storyboards. I know that other roles in the production are busire and have more to contribute but its still a pain in the arse. Don't even get me started on the script i'm supposed to have already had handed in. The proposal/pitch went ok-ish even though i new the idea i had was going to be difficult to work into the necessary size script... i didn't think it'd go as flat-out terribly as it did. The original idea was way too big to be of much use so i was just going to chop it down to something that would incorporate part of the original script... like maybe a prologue or epilogue or something... but after about 5 or 6 attempts to get it to work that way i've decided to just give up on the whole thing and start a new idea from scratch. Which is problematic for 2 reasons... one, i don't know how much of a problem my lecturer is going to have with that... and two, i now have to get myself into the headspace of a comletely different idea... genre... the whole shebang. Kinda like having to go the long way back home only to try and backtrack to exactly where you were in the beginning. My next biggest hurdle is figuring out exactly how to write this fucking thing... most of the dialogue between the two primary characters is via telephone text messages and online chat... and i'm having mucho trouble trying to figure a way to write said dialogue in a manner that is dynamic, interesting, effective and economical. *shudder*
On another note, i got an email last nite telling me about my 10 year high school reunion. Hooray! Written sarcasm just doesn't have the same edge... How the hell do these people find you? In the 10 years since i finished high school i've been to three different universities... i've had about a dozen different jobs, moved house i don't know how many fucking times (as have my parents... and even so... they're not listed under my surname) and lived in two countries other than Australia. Maybe i should've legally changed my name... Seeing certain people again... yeah, sure... the idea has its charms and there are a few people that i wouldn't mind at all seeing again... but depending on who ends up going along to this thing... there could be a whole lot of people there that i didn't particularly have a lot of time for 10 years ago... and let me tell you... time hasn't improved that disposition any. Besides... its the whole scenario that just gives me the wiggins... being in a room with all those people and having 'that' conversation over and over again for the course of the nite... "Yeah, hi... i'm still a university student living on or just above the poverty line... i'm working part time in some lame clothing store chain and have yet to achieve all that much with my life career wise... How bout you?" Ugh...
I don't know how... but somehow i'm going to figure out a way to get my script shot this year. I'm entering it into festivals and farming it around... i will do something with this short if it kills me. If anyone wants to read and give me some feedback let me know... the more the merrier. I figure its got about another 2 or 3 drafts before its ready for shooting.
I've really been having a strong urge to do something musical with my life lately... i've always wanted to... i used to play piano and guitar... but lately... just this year i've been having this thing biting me inside telling me that i have to get up off my arse and start making some moves to make this shit happen. Not sure exactly what road i'll be going down at the moment... there are some Decks in the house that i could be playing with, which is cool... i'm going to start teaching myself how to really use and use well a lot of sound related software like production programs and pro-tools for post sound. I'm going to start learning guitar again and chrissy says she's thinking of selling her piano to buy a synth... if she does that... i'll get her to teach me... i should be able to pick up the basics again after a little practice. And she keeps encouraging me to go and get some voice lessons which might be kinda cool also. I just have to start doing something more creative outside of uni. Taking that first step can be fucking hard.
back to that bloody script... damn internet...
On another note, i got an email last nite telling me about my 10 year high school reunion. Hooray! Written sarcasm just doesn't have the same edge... How the hell do these people find you? In the 10 years since i finished high school i've been to three different universities... i've had about a dozen different jobs, moved house i don't know how many fucking times (as have my parents... and even so... they're not listed under my surname) and lived in two countries other than Australia. Maybe i should've legally changed my name... Seeing certain people again... yeah, sure... the idea has its charms and there are a few people that i wouldn't mind at all seeing again... but depending on who ends up going along to this thing... there could be a whole lot of people there that i didn't particularly have a lot of time for 10 years ago... and let me tell you... time hasn't improved that disposition any. Besides... its the whole scenario that just gives me the wiggins... being in a room with all those people and having 'that' conversation over and over again for the course of the nite... "Yeah, hi... i'm still a university student living on or just above the poverty line... i'm working part time in some lame clothing store chain and have yet to achieve all that much with my life career wise... How bout you?" Ugh...
I don't know how... but somehow i'm going to figure out a way to get my script shot this year. I'm entering it into festivals and farming it around... i will do something with this short if it kills me. If anyone wants to read and give me some feedback let me know... the more the merrier. I figure its got about another 2 or 3 drafts before its ready for shooting.
I've really been having a strong urge to do something musical with my life lately... i've always wanted to... i used to play piano and guitar... but lately... just this year i've been having this thing biting me inside telling me that i have to get up off my arse and start making some moves to make this shit happen. Not sure exactly what road i'll be going down at the moment... there are some Decks in the house that i could be playing with, which is cool... i'm going to start teaching myself how to really use and use well a lot of sound related software like production programs and pro-tools for post sound. I'm going to start learning guitar again and chrissy says she's thinking of selling her piano to buy a synth... if she does that... i'll get her to teach me... i should be able to pick up the basics again after a little practice. And she keeps encouraging me to go and get some voice lessons which might be kinda cool also. I just have to start doing something more creative outside of uni. Taking that first step can be fucking hard.
back to that bloody script... damn internet...