On top of that, doing a bit of a call out for some “thugs” to do some quick action sequences with, set on the back drops of some abandon rooftops – I’m sure its definitely going to be fun.
I’ve been more and more pedantic about cinematography these days (what sells through the lens) and getting down and dirty with lots of shot experimentations and gadget building with my handy man dad.
I’ve been in a little bit of heated discussions lately with some, “real filmmakers” (or so they call themselves, because they’ve taken themselves so serious at the craft, and people like “me” disturb them).
I am quite amused when they responded with:
“We are filmmakers that make film for intelligent audiences. Action, comedy or youtubey stuff is trivial…”
Seriously? What’s up their….You get what I mean.
“We aspire to be the next Tarantinos…”, the leader of the elite moronic filmmakers group babbles on.
Oh man. How original. I don’t think Mr Tarantino ever quoted himself saying “I aspire to be someone-else-besides-myself-because-I-don’t-know-who-the-*beep*-I am”.
Plus, he didn’t go to film school, he just knows what he wants and has made it happen.
Lateral thinking, innovation and drive not stick-up-yourself film buddies!
I’m going off track again. But some cool things are happening in HK with Bey Logan and “Snowblade”. He’s currently doing some shoots and I can see that some of the “blood and gore” team (Michael Dinetz) is having a wild time with the blood spray.
Michael Dinetz is squirting some fun
Mike Leeder and his team is also currently working on some another uber cool concept “Zombasians”, the trailer is due out soon.
Love ya all and stay tune for more rants!
Maria Tran
You didn't really get me started on this before, but film culture attracts the wrong kind of people for the all the wrong reasons. The word itself carries all this meaning and tradition, and it's held in all this high regard and seriousness that can't ever be questioned. People are drawn to it for ego, not art.
ReplyDeleteAnd with all that ego comes insecurity over cultural identity and how the rest of the world will see Australia based on our movies etc. So the seriousness is doubled.
And the more you invest in film culture, the more you invest in the identity and ego that comes with it.
For me, I had to ditch the word entirely to distinguish the difference between myself and 'real filmmakers'.
I've never worked with actual film, and given the freedom of the technology I have with Digital Video I don't ever plan to. So I came out of the closet and became a DV Rebel, and started calling what I do Moviemaking :)
Haven't looked back since.