Looking for some feedback here.
I agreed to produce one of my scripts as a co-director.
The plan was that I would audition actors and direct the actors, and they would be director for all the visuals, camerawork, mis-en-scene, etc
They started working on the visuals, asked for my opinion, so I started thinking a lot about what the color pallette should be.
Those of you that know me, know that I started Christmas Hellfire with crayon drawings and spent a thousand dollars buying tons of different wigs and fabrics so i could get the precise shades that I want; I think that color palette is super important in films.
ANYWAY
About a week into this project, before any auditioning had taken place, I was inform that the film would be better if they directed the actors themselves; I would no longer be a director and I was demoted to Foley sounds??? wtf.
They also informed me that the project had already left pre-production, even though I was still spending my day thinking about pre-production color palette!
Yes I was spending my energy and focus on pre-production, without being informed that pre-production had ended.
Worst of all... I had finally come up with a color palette that I'm really excited about and love, but the time to discuss it was already over.
That really sucks, I was in a car accident one week ago, I've been dealing with a lot and still trying to get my 9' tall van into a compatable body shop, what a week.
Now I had told them that if we disagree on the visual stuff, they can have final say, I just wanted a voice, but apparently even that was asking too much?
There was no discussion at all about color palette before production started, I feel like my voice got taken away.
I was shut out of the creative process, and the rug was pulled out from under my feet as a director.
Now it's like.. i'm very conflicted. This is my script, and I thought I was going to direct it. I was very excited about directing another movie.
I never agreed to have someone else direct my script, I never agreed to give away my script to another person.
This is a good script and now that I have a color palette I'm excited about I think I might actually want to make it one day in a year or two myself, but they've already put in their time into their own version of my script and started the project already so I feel a little bad asking for my script back, even though honestly I feel very disrespected to be demoted to Foley and wasted days thinking about color palettes for no reason. Like my time is worth nothing.
What do you guys think I should do about my script?
I agreed to produce one of my scripts as a co-director.
The plan was that I would audition actors and direct the actors, and they would be director for all the visuals, camerawork, mis-en-scene, etc
They started working on the visuals, asked for my opinion, so I started thinking a lot about what the color pallette should be.
Those of you that know me, know that I started Christmas Hellfire with crayon drawings and spent a thousand dollars buying tons of different wigs and fabrics so i could get the precise shades that I want; I think that color palette is super important in films.
ANYWAY
About a week into this project, before any auditioning had taken place, I was inform that the film would be better if they directed the actors themselves; I would no longer be a director and I was demoted to Foley sounds??? wtf.
They also informed me that the project had already left pre-production, even though I was still spending my day thinking about pre-production color palette!
Yes I was spending my energy and focus on pre-production, without being informed that pre-production had ended.
Worst of all... I had finally come up with a color palette that I'm really excited about and love, but the time to discuss it was already over.
That really sucks, I was in a car accident one week ago, I've been dealing with a lot and still trying to get my 9' tall van into a compatable body shop, what a week.
Now I had told them that if we disagree on the visual stuff, they can have final say, I just wanted a voice, but apparently even that was asking too much?
There was no discussion at all about color palette before production started, I feel like my voice got taken away.
I was shut out of the creative process, and the rug was pulled out from under my feet as a director.
Now it's like.. i'm very conflicted. This is my script, and I thought I was going to direct it. I was very excited about directing another movie.
I never agreed to have someone else direct my script, I never agreed to give away my script to another person.
This is a good script and now that I have a color palette I'm excited about I think I might actually want to make it one day in a year or two myself, but they've already put in their time into their own version of my script and started the project already so I feel a little bad asking for my script back, even though honestly I feel very disrespected to be demoted to Foley and wasted days thinking about color palettes for no reason. Like my time is worth nothing.
What do you guys think I should do about my script?
