I shoulda been a director

Nov 08, 2006 00:45

Read the title like that famous Marlon Brando line "I coulda been a contenda" from On The Waterfront.

I am completely obsessed with film and film theory right now.  I seriously can't watch anything decent without geeking hard over it.  Seriously, I want to do an in depth analysis of social commentary implied by The Incredibles for heaven's sake, and I want to do it right, as in, my 30-50 page honors thesis.  I want to do it so bad that whenever I sit to write all I can think about is film and how visual rhetoric (a very cool concept) works wonders and how much I like certain elements and bla bla bla.

If it was just a matter of theory, I would be tempted to drop outta this shit and try my hand at directing.  Just enroll at USC (southern cal) and study directing.  Then I could try to impose my will on famous actors and producers alike for a living.  Alas, though, directing takes vision, talent and perseverance, and I lack all three.  Plus, liking movies is not exactly akin to being able to make movies.

But my new dream job is now taking shape.  Pixar has a board of in house writers to consult on/write ever script that animation studio does, and their movies (even Cars, to a lesser degree) totally rock.

Now physics. x_X
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