Night shoot
Boring and meandering preamble: This is a film I've been working on in some capacity roughly SIX years. I remember when i was about 17 and in lower sixth i was ranting at a friend. "I can write a better romcom than any of the shit hollywood make, and i've never even been in love."
Well, i've since finished school, university and actually been in love (once)*
The film pretty much always started with a post pub walk home. It was one of the things i never thought was captured on film properly. The weird mix of drink, sillyness, unusual bloke honesty and sheer buzz of being alive. It's gone through many drafts and changed a lot. It was surreal at one point, kowing and freeze frame/voice overy at others. Now it's played pretty straight, but the feelings always been the important thing.
And a few nights ago we filmed it. It's weird, but that scene has always been the film for me. Which is kind of telling, that my favourite scene in the romantic comedy is bloke bonding. But anyway, it was important to me and I'd been worrying a lot about it.
And it's perfect.
Really is. It's nothing like i imagined, but everything i wanted. God that's a bit wanky. Point is, it's not what i expected, but it's great. Conor the Director of Photography did a SUPERB job. It looks stunning, with Queens looming over them and great definition on their faces, wtihout losing any atmosphere. Some of it could well end up as publicity stills or the back of the DVD case.
PJ and Sam did a great job. Sam doesn't drink, which had me worried at first. But a few takes and he got into it and really nailed it. He and PJ, despite knowing each other a week, have a great chemistry. There's a relaxed looseness in the scene that makes it really feel right. Sam puts a nice warmness in a character, who in my script, is a boring nag. PJ gets the character, but i knew he would.
Right, i'm gonna start gushing. I know they'll read this and become harder to work with. If it helps, on set i do nothign but berate, mock and undermine them, so they are nothing more than maleable dough in my hands.
I'm happy my favourite scene is not shite though.
Eoin
* That sounds like i'm not any more. I'd like to state for the record that i'm still quite fond of my girlfriend :-P
Well, i've since finished school, university and actually been in love (once)*
The film pretty much always started with a post pub walk home. It was one of the things i never thought was captured on film properly. The weird mix of drink, sillyness, unusual bloke honesty and sheer buzz of being alive. It's gone through many drafts and changed a lot. It was surreal at one point, kowing and freeze frame/voice overy at others. Now it's played pretty straight, but the feelings always been the important thing.
And a few nights ago we filmed it. It's weird, but that scene has always been the film for me. Which is kind of telling, that my favourite scene in the romantic comedy is bloke bonding. But anyway, it was important to me and I'd been worrying a lot about it.
And it's perfect.
Really is. It's nothing like i imagined, but everything i wanted. God that's a bit wanky. Point is, it's not what i expected, but it's great. Conor the Director of Photography did a SUPERB job. It looks stunning, with Queens looming over them and great definition on their faces, wtihout losing any atmosphere. Some of it could well end up as publicity stills or the back of the DVD case.
PJ and Sam did a great job. Sam doesn't drink, which had me worried at first. But a few takes and he got into it and really nailed it. He and PJ, despite knowing each other a week, have a great chemistry. There's a relaxed looseness in the scene that makes it really feel right. Sam puts a nice warmness in a character, who in my script, is a boring nag. PJ gets the character, but i knew he would.
Right, i'm gonna start gushing. I know they'll read this and become harder to work with. If it helps, on set i do nothign but berate, mock and undermine them, so they are nothing more than maleable dough in my hands.
I'm happy my favourite scene is not shite though.
Eoin
* That sounds like i'm not any more. I'd like to state for the record that i'm still quite fond of my girlfriend :-P
posted by eoincleland at 4:02 PM
3 Comments:
my favourite scene in the romantic comedy is bloke bonding
d00d , kevin smith said those exact words.
i think he may even have had them in the same sentence, but don't hold me to that...
ps where's the other movie?
I would like to point out that I've known sam for nearly 2 years...
Cilli, that's some nice name dropping. "So the other day Steve said to Martin, ever since I saw Taxi Driver, i kne...blah de blah". As for the otehr movie... What's the movie equivelent of abandonware.
PJ - Way to ruin the publicity.
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