Tuesday, May 3, 2011

A (tiny) bit of progress...

... on the film short. Seth and I have discussed at least the direction we're heading. A sort of psychological thriller with a supernatural edge, maybe if Christopher Nolan wrote and directed a movie after reading The Monkey's Paw. We're trying to root the supernatural bit in something already existing, like witchcraft or the fakir in the Monkey's Paw to avoid overwrought explanations of the "why"  in such a short form. The conclusion of our story has more or less been decided, it's the whole middle thing we have to deal with. You know...plot development and the like. Working on this reminds me of high school English class and five page essays on Hamlet. You've got a lot to say, not a lot of space to say it. Be concise, but leave the art intact. Introduce nothing you can't explore fully and move on from quickly.

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