The last weekend has been busy:
Saturday was spent shooting our IFC Spirit Awards submission, a 90-second short that should turn out pretty funny. True to our natures we ended up with enough material to fill three times that length. We'll probably have to save that for the extended edition DVD.
On Sunday I worked with Mischa again on his "Conversations" short film, a run-and-gun flick on which I'm working as D.P. . Mischa's a good guy, and the short should be interesting. It's got a very cool, 70's-inspired look that's helped by the overcast, rainy winter. Of course, all that wet and cold makes it a bitch to shoot. "Pain is temporary, film is forever," right?
I had an epiphone last night (unfortunately it didn't involve how to spell epiphany): I work best with actors when I know them. This actually comes from watching Cory, who has a very solid bullshit detector when it comes to false moments. It's not the same with me. If I know someone, then I have an excellent sense of when something they say or do doesn't ring true. If I don't know them, however, their expressions are like a series of masks: recognizable as gestures in a broad sense, but inscrutable on an honest emotional level. This means that in the future I will have to spend time with my actors before shooting. Not necessarily rehearsing (although that may be the excuse), but just getting to know them.
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