Thursday, March 22, 2007

First the storm...and then the hunt

It feels horrible to be clueless.Especially when the clues are horrible.

Now that was a piece of shitty blabber.I have been blabbering all day long.Its been a confusing,chaotic, crappy day.
Today,the twenty second of march, two thousand and seven,I take an oath.I swear by my sweet tooth,and the Greek God/Goddess of sweet tooth,if there is any,I will not lookout for a career in filmmaking.Once I finish my graduation,I will have had enough of filmmaking.
Its nerve racking.Please.I dont want my nerves racking.See there I go.When I am making silly conversation like that,its a sure shot sign that my nerves are racking.

It starts with a script.Let me inform all you people,who dont know already ,what a pain this script writing thing can be,more so..it is always a pain in the heart-wrenchingly wrong places.You have to have like a thousand things in mind.For example,if you have decided that the girl will get on the bike,you have to be sure.Will the girl get on from the right side or the left side.Now where will the camera be placed.If the girl is getting on from the left side,and the *goddamned* camera is on the right side,will you be breaking the 180 degree rule?..if not..then wont the audiences be confused?..
"but then,how can a girl just get on a stranger's bike?"
.."why cant a girl get on a bike just like that?..what is wrong with that?".."
"listen its not logical,girls dont do that"
"Girls do do that"
"how can you be so sure?"
"how can you be so sure?you think you know all the girls?"
"well at least I am happy that I know girls who dont do that kinda thing"
"achha..if the girl just gets on the bike..how will the audience be sure that the guy is a stranger?"
"hey you are right..the audience will think that the guy n the girl are going out"
"rite...the audience will be confused"
"the message will be lost"
"okay..*light bulb in the air*..the girl can just make a hand gesture..you know.can ask for a lift"
"bingo..then the guy becomes a stranger..n the audience wont think that they are going out'
"but isn't the girl supposed to be standing in a bustop?...how can she ask for a lift in a bus stand?"
"now what is wrong with that?"
"cummon..a girl cant be asking for a lift from a bus stand"
"maybe we can have a shot of the girl looking at her watch..to show that she is in a hurry"
"we cant do that...we cant exceed 10 shots"......
"but then we can......."
"o cummon..thats not logical..."
"whats so illogical......"

I am too tired to post the rest of it.They call it "brain storming"..I say..."brain smacking"..and yes..nerve racking.

Then you have the location.The hunt for the right location.what will do.What wont do.The lighting problems.Where will the sun be during shooting.I thought anybody who had the nerve to roam about the streets..aimlessly walking here and there...at broad daylight...under the scorching sun..would have to be mad....

but hey!..we did that today...we were looking for the perfect *shoot friendly* bus stand....which we were not able to find.Will have to do this location hunting thing again.
And this is just the brain stoming over the script...and the location hunting.In case you havent figured out already,we have to shoot the film...we have to work together....in harmony.The dates have been announced.Just waiting for the mayhem to start.

6 comments:

~Moo-lah Buz!nezzz~ said...

the girl never gets on my bike!!!!.... [:(]...
and how about giving me a job in script writing...i think its a wonderful job...better than an IT guy busting his ass all day-nite!!!... :-)

dreamy said...

o ya?..umm you cud be the actor?..that way you be the hero..and get the girl on your bike!

Statement said...

how bout passing on a Activa to the girl... no stranger.no bike... no long shots just one shot of ten seconds where she is driving :-P

dreamy said...

lol..good proposition..will include that in the next script.

Ambalika said...

GAWD..like i said..this write up just voices the opinions of,i thnk,evry MCV student,2nd yr onwards..n i being ur classmate..ur partner in this "nerve-racker"..can totally empathise wid u.. MAN,its fuckin-amazing,if i may say so..wel u hav mentioned very scarse parts of the "doldrum"..jus so dat othr readers may kno,let me add:this is ONLY A FRACTION(a very small one)..but hey adi,way to go,gurl..evry mass commer wil just relate to this amazingly wel!! cheers...

dreamy said...

thanks..Ambalika..for dropping by!..:)...and yea..we ARE partners in "nerve racking"..