Dr. Horrible notes

I need to get stuff DONE:

• Fundraisers
• Advertising
• BLOCKING DESIGN (AAAAAGGGH)

Fundraisers:

• Maybe a small concert thing? With some food and live music?
• SOMETHING ELSE

Advertising:

• Stand pathetically on the sidewalk while passing out flyers in the freezing cold
• Posters up around the city
• Pass flyers out at school
• Facebook, but it's not that reliable
• SOMETHING ELSE

(I need this ><)

BLOCKING DESIGN:

• Watch it several times
• Listen to it several times
• VISUALIZE
• Write down ideas

IN SUMMATION:

I am so screwed.

I don't have any leverage over the city of Edmond.

AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH.

Growing pains

I'm loving all the negativity.

LOVIN it.

Man, I wish so many people disliked me all the time.

It's just funny to me how even when I try so hard to be friends, (genuinely, I might add), there's something about me that juuuust repels people.

But hey, soon we'll all go off to different colleges and a new crowd will have to put up with me. So you guys won't ever have to see me again if you don't want to, which at least four of you don't.

So there it is.

Man oh man.

I love growing pains.

However, with weakened relationships, old ones are strengthened, and that's comforting.

Let's be honest

"All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction."

- The Portrait of Mr. W. H. by Sandra Williamson, quoting "Erskine"

Napkin notes

"In the Mood for Love"

"Pi" - Darren Arronofsky

Tarkovsky - "Stalker", "The Mirror", "Solaris"

"Koyanisqatsi"

"Russian Ark"

Out of the entire conversation I had with David Rosfeld, this is what stuck with me:

• You don't need a green screen for car scenes if you have small microphones and a guy strapped to the hood of the car.
• Don't be drunk on set.
• It's actually better to shoot scenes with only one camera. It just takes multiple takes and lots and lots of editing.
• Consider the character, setting and story before considering how a scene will be shot.
• Don't try to perform Beethoven's 9th at Carnegie Hall with only six months of piano lessons.
• The gaffer is the electric guy.
• Sound quality and editing is more important than the cinematography.
• It's easier when you're young to ask for favors.
• Invest the most money in good food for the crew. They'll be a lot more willing to do everything you ask if you're super nice to them. Also, allow for mealtime to be downtime.
• You're probably going to suck for the next six or seven years.
• Going to a film-geek-populated town will make you average, irritating and completely un-extraordinary. It's the best kick in the ass you could ever ask for.
• You have to accept that you're going to fail horribly. There's no chance you won't. But those failures are tiles in a floor, and the more you make, the further you go.