What's your daily ritual?

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Firm1

I didn't know where to post this, so I decided to put it here.

Anyway, I was just wondering what everyone's daily ritual was like whenever they get into the movie making process.

I work at Target right now as a lowly cart attendant doing night shifts so my schedule is really obscure. Usually I wake up around 11:30 in the morning. I grab a big cup of coffee and smoke a joint. Then, I lock myself in my room until about 3 in the afternoon and write all afternoon, only taking a lunch break in between.

When I go to work around 4 or 5, I usually get another big cup of coffee from Starbucks and walk around, doing the least amount of work as possible, while I brainstorm solutions to pressing issues I've been having with my screenplays or with the pre/post production, itself. Then, around 11 at night I go home, take a shower and sit in bed until 3 in the morning, smoking on and off, while I write more and more.

I basically repeat this process throughout the week...Of course, this is only when I'm in the process of writing my screenplays and that generally lasts three to four months at a time. When that's over, my life gets exciting again. I actually go out and collaborate with other people.

So, what's your daily ritual?
 
Shit.
Piss.
Get off the couch.
Scratch my asstronaught.
Rub one out.
Fire up the PC Brick1000.
Eat last night's pizza my neighbor threw out into the trash can.
Ogle his daughter getting ready for school through her bedroom window.
Rub another one out holding the pizza slice in the other hand.
Stagger back inside.
Plop down and start working on the beer I left open @ 3am.
Goto my routine porn sites.
Find some new ones.
Pull up my boxers from around my ankles.
I'm dry, so I go get another beer.
Get back to the puter.
Pull up a celtx file and reread whut I rote, loookin fur errers.
Mostly I juss laff @ how clever I am.
Go get another beer.
Stare at my neighbor's wife through the dining room window.
Rub another one out.
Check for new porn.
Watch Annoying Orange.
Play World of Warcraft.
Write some gibberish.
Get another beer.
Take a nap.
Wake up.
Change my pee soaked boxers.
Eat a handful of off-brand cheezits.
Watch Disney Channel
Decide which girl to claim dibs on.
Write an imaginary conversation between me and her in celtx.
Change the names.
Have another beer to wash away my guilty feelings.
Watch my neighbor's kid get home from school.
Have another beer to wash away my guilty feelings.
Go wash my hands.
Remember to do laundry 'cause I got no towels.
Wipe hands on... shit... what can I wipe my hands on?
The wall, on the way back to the computer.
Check my splellin an grammer.
Smile at how romantic I am.
Wipe away a tear.
Go get another beer.
Watch my neighbor's wife argue with him in the drive way.
Rub one out.
Go write their argument on celtx.
Change the names.
Check for new porn.
Turn off the Brick1000.
Goto fridge for another beer to wash down another handful of off-brand cheezits.
Watch adult swim on the couch.
Fall asleep with my vienner wiener in hand.

Repeat.

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No set ritual, but I've noticed that the only way I ever get any writing or pre-production work done is by burning all bridges in my social life. Ignoring calls, texts, facebook event invites. Basically being a lonely hermit who never leaves the house. And even then I'll find excuses to clean or do laundry or cook (reheat) meal after meal, all to avoid doing any real work.

I keep telling myself it'll all be worth it once I'm successful, so either I'm right and I'll laugh about my struggles someday, or I'll die miserable and alone :) Yay for filmmaking!
 
moonshieldmedia said:
No set ritual, but I've noticed that the only way I ever get any writing or pre-production work done is by burning all bridges in my social life. Ignoring calls, texts, facebook event invites. Basically being a lonely hermit who never leaves the house. And even then I'll find excuses to clean or do laundry or cook (reheat) meal after meal, all to avoid doing any real work.

I keep telling myself it'll all be worth it once I'm successful, so either I'm right and I'll laugh about my struggles someday, or I'll die miserable and alone :) Yay for filmmaking!
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Yeah, that's kind of my situation right now. I like people, but they're distracting when you're trying to make something big. I haven't completely severed all ties, but I'm damn near close. I really only hang out with two or three people and only on the weekends.

I do feel lame, but I like to think it'll work out in a roundabout sort of way. How old are you, btw? I'm 24, which is why I still haven't given up, but if I'm nowhere close to being established as a filmmaker by 35 I'll probably move on to something else.
 
moonshieldmedia said:
No set ritual, but I've noticed that the only way I ever get any writing or pre-production work done is by burning all bridges in my social life. Ignoring calls, texts, facebook event invites. Basically being a lonely hermit who never leaves the house. And even then I'll find excuses to clean or do laundry or cook (reheat) meal after meal, all to avoid doing any real work.

I keep telling myself it'll all be worth it once I'm successful, so either I'm right and I'll laugh about my struggles someday, or I'll die miserable and alone :) Yay for filmmaking!
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That's kinda the way it goes. Being on set, my daily ritual generally consists of: wake up early, drive for an hour and a half to location, shoot a 10-12hr day, probably go an over overtime, wrap camera, drive an hour and a half home and crash in bed. Wake up the next day and do it all again. Working on any kind of drama, that's pretty much your life - though the good part is it tends to only be for 20-30 weeks and then you get a break to have a rest, see friends etc. Plus, you tend to become pretty friendly with everyone else on set.
But yeah, you don't get much of a social life.
 
Firm1 said:
How old are you, btw? I'm 24, which is why I still haven't given up, but if I'm nowhere close to being established as a filmmaker by 35 I'll probably move on to something else.
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I'm 26 but I'll be 27 in December. The feature that I'm making right now is kind of my one big shot to direct something great all on my own. I'm spending every penny I've ever made and calling in every favor I can for my film, so there really may not be a 2nd chance, or at least not for several years. If it fails, I'll probably just stick to screenwriting or working on other people's projects.
 
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