The longer we work on this, one thing is for sure--this looks more and more like a regular film. If you remember long ago this was going to be more like a taped theater piece, very abstract. Then I was going to shoot everything flat and stage-like. Now the most recent shots look more or less like a regular film.
Part of this has to do with making this thing easier to produce. Just getting the narrative working is enough of a problem. Part of this also has to do with rediscovering what film people probably already know. When I light and edit the footage too flat, too much from the front, everything looks small. It feels like we're shooting in a garage (which we are). When I start moving the camera around the space feels much bigger. When edited flat, the piece doesn't seem slow and sculptural. It seems a little disjointed. Changing angles seems to propel things forward.
It's also interesting how different the shoot is when Erik is there. Last Friday, we were sort of like an organic unit with Erik aiming lights by hand and me moving the camera. We got a lot of arty shots. Monday night, we also got good shots, but less arty stuff.
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