“Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh me head!” said Andy, who had not been heard from since 31st January…*
I’ve been studying and reading so hard recently. I don’t think I worked this hard when I was at college.
Judith Weston’s book is an absolute goldmine of information. I keep reading and rereading the pages to suck as much out of them as I can. I’m also deep into Directing Cinematic Motion by Steven Katz, which is also giving me much pause for thought.
I realised that I still hadn’t put enough effort into the characters of the short, so I’ve made a start at planning the first draft of the feature length screenplay that the short is a prequel to. Already I’m seeing layers of depth of character I can add.
I had a period a week or so ago where I suddenly thought, “shit, I’m right out of my depth here… I don’t think I can do it.” But just studying and thinking things through and planning has helped me a lot, and I already feel a lot more confident about the whole idea of producing this short.
I’ve got more people excited about the script now, which has gone through several more iterations, but I’m still not happy at all with the ending. I think the goal for this week will be to get that tight.
Also, I still haven’t heard anything from Ken’s son-in-law’s brother, so perhaps that project may not come to pass. I think I can still make the Ken Colley link anyway, so I’m not too fussed. It sounded kinda interesting though…
Oh yeah, I have made a promise to myself that within four years I’ll get an invite to the BAFTA’s! Big up to Chalie Kaufman for getting best screenwriter, well deserved if you ask me. He’s certainly someone whose levels of creativity I aspire to.
And now in true BAFTA Award winning Vera Drake stylee, I’m off for a cuppa… lovely.
* One for all you Rankin fans out there…