preproduction -> screenpaly feedback loop

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wheatgrinder

Hi all,
I had an interesting experiences. Last weekend while scouting locations and taking test shots I found myself rewriting a major part of my story due to the inspiration of the space I discovered..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUjM-Z1II8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUjM-Z1II8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object>

just BEGS to be in my short.

Which makes me wonder how frequently these types of things happen in preproduction.. you meet an actor who brings something you hadn't considered to the story, or find an awesome prop that adds a dimension you must explore..
 
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Just curious, but what apparatus are you using to achieve those fluid movements?

My entire short script was based on actors I had available, but then those actors ended up getting divorced and, thus, completely changing the storyline. And then facts in their real lives started mirroring some of the plot points in the short where it was best to just drop the project. :lol:

So I can relate.
 
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ALL THE TIME. I once had a young lady who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag audition for me, and I wrote a part (with no lines) for her because she had this incredible LOOK I had never seen before. She needed to be in the picture.

Locations, too...we did a movie in a police station last summer and while checking out the location we noticed this observation room next to the interrogation rooms, where someone could watch a closed-circuit feed of whatever interrogation was happening. I wrote a scene specifically to utilize that cool closed-circuit video feed.

It's a sign of a good video artist...taking the time to alter plans and stories to incorporate new beauty that is observed.
 
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coo, sounds like "change" is NORMAL.. when everything is new, everything is a surprise! (kinda like Alzheimer's I suspect, everyday a new adventure!)

The apparatus is my DIY riff on the IndieSlider (thanks zazaslider.com for the inspiration) mounted on my tripod. http://www.vimeo.com/9085688 Its undergone a few improvements since the video, but you can get the idea from the clip above..

Camera is canon HFS100.
 
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I had a very small role in my script, with just a few lines. I added some more dialogue for the actors to use at the auditions. I liked it so much I kept it in the script. I'm also considering adding a short scene so I can use another one of the actors I auditioned for a different role - he's not the top pick, but he's good and could play something else.

Remember, change is the only absolute in life!
 
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It happens quite a bit for me (though I'm one of those who shoots a rough idea first, then does some writing:lol:). I found myself in your situation the other day doing some stuff for greatest film ever-I busted the frosted glass casing on a lamp(NOT part of the scene:lol:). As I was sweeping it up, it got me thinking about my 2nd "Sonja" short (yes my masked girl has a name!;)that I am doing with mirrors. I was still finangling the story when it came to me(as I was busting the rest of the glass off) "hey, what if one of her mirrors breaks, and she gets "stuck" in the mirror world and has to find a way back?"

Those are some really nice shots-look forward to seeing them in the film! Reminds me, I have a brother in law in Oregon-do you know.....:lol:(joke about knowing someone who lives in the same state/province/country).
 
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Actually u can change your movie in the entire production of it.. for example.. you have seen that while visiting the scene there could be more or another story to it.. i have two examples.. one like yours where in a movie i was making there should be a bedroom with woods on the selling so the character could hang herself by the neck but when we were visiting there wasn't any bars on top.. so i had to write the scene to the outside so it could be done the hanging scene and it worked even better than the first write...

another example is a change in Post Production.. Editing can do it very often.. after completing the movie i've made a first edit of it just exactly like the script.. the move was seen b people who enjoyed and then a few months later i found the movie and started realizing that.. with just the editing i could actually make a not a totally different movie but a movie with a different message... and that's onde of the magic of film.. with some shots you can make endless movies...

At least is what i think...
 
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